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USDA/APHIS RIN: 0579-AB97 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities; Unsealing of Means of Conveyance and Transloading of Products 
Abstract: In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, we amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and added Canada to this category. We also established conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. This rule will amend the regulations to broaden who is authorized to break seals on means of conveyances carrying certain ruminants of Canadian origin. Additionally, it will amend the regulations regarding the transiting through the United States of certain ruminant products from Canada to allow for direct transloading of the products from one means of conveyance to another in the United States under Federal supervision. These actions will contribute to the humane treatment of ruminants shipped to the United States from Canada and remove an impediment to international trade, without increasing the risk of the BSE disease agent entering the United States. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 93 to 95   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 450    7 USC 1622    7 USC 7701 to 7772    7 USC 7781 to 7786    7 USC 8301 to 8317    21 USC 136 and 136a    31 USC 9701    42 USC 4331 and 4332   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  11/28/2005  70 FR 71213   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  01/27/2006    
Final Action  03/00/2010    
Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Related RINs: Related to 0579-AB73 
Agency Contact:
Karen A. James-Preston
Director, Technical Trade Services, Animal Products, NCIE, VS
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
4700 River Road, Unit 40,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231
Phone:301 734-8172