Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/02/14/03-3687/swine-health-protection
Timestamp: 2018-03-21 15:47:21
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A Rule by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on 02/14/2003
This rule is effective February 14, 2003.
68 FR 7415
Docket No. 03-008-1
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-3687 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-3687
We are amending the swine health protection regulations by removing Kansas and Oregon from the list of States that permit the feeding of treated garbage to swine and adding them to the list of States that prohibit garbage feeding. This action is necessary to reflect changes in the status of Kansas and Oregon, and thereby facilitate the administration of the swine health protection regulations.
Under section 10 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 3809), a State will have primary enforcement responsibility for violations of laws and regulations related to the treatment and feeding of garbage if the Secretary determines that the State: (1) Has adopted adequate laws and regulations governing the treatment of garbage to be fed to swine and the feeding thereof which laws and regulations meet the minimum standards of the Act and regulations, (2) has adopted and is implementing adequate procedures for the effective enforcement of its garbage feeding laws and regulations, and (3) will keep records and make reports showing compliance with its garbage feeding laws and regulations and their enforcement as the Secretary may require by regulation. States that have primary enforcement responsibility are listed in § 166.15(c).
Prior to this rulemaking, Kansas and Oregon were listed in § 166.15(b) as States that permitted the feeding of treated garbage to swine and in § 166.15(c) as States with primary enforcement responsibility. However, Kansas and Oregon have both repealed their laws permitting the feeding of treated garbage to swine. We are, therefore, removing Kansas and Oregon from the list of States in § 166.15(b) that permit the feeding of treated garbage to swine and are adding them to the list of States in § 166.15(a) that prohibit the feeding of garbage to swine. We are also removing both States from the list in § 166.15(c) of States that have primary enforcement responsibility.
We are taking this action to update our regulations with respect to changes that have already occurred in the laws of Kansas and Oregon regarding the feeding of garbage to swine. It does not appear that public participation in this rulemaking proceeding would make additional relevant information available to the Department.
The decision regarding whether or not a State will permit the feeding of garbage to swine is made at the State level. Since the State of Kansas and the State of Oregon have each notified APHIS that State law now prohibits the feeding of garbage to swine, this rule simply amends the regulations to reflect each State's decision.
Accordingly, 9 CFR part 166 is amended as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3801-3813; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.8, and 371.4.
a. In paragraph (a), by adding, in alphabetical order, the words “Kansas,” and “Oregon,”.
b. In paragraph (b), by removing the words “Kansas,” and “Oregon,”.
c. In paragraph (c), by removing the words “Kansas,” and “Oregon,”.
Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of February 2003.
[FR Doc. 03-3687 Filed 2-13-03; 8:45 am]