[ SHOWGSD-L ] APHIS Petition for rulemaking - Request for Comments in today's Federal Register

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[Federal Register: May 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 99)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 28902]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 1

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0158]


Animal Welfare; Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of petition and request for comments; extension of
comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our notice of petition
and request for comments concerning the definition of Class ``B''
licensee in the Animal Welfare Act regulations. This action will allow
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov
<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html
&log=linklog&to=http://www.regulations.gov>
, select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service'' from the agency drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS-2006-0158 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and related materials available
electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing
the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through
the site's ``User Tips'' link.
    Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0158, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2006-0158.
    Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket
No. APHIS-2006-0158 in our reading room. The reading room is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone
is there to help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov
<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html
&log=linklog&to=http://www.aphis.usda.gov> .


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jerry DePoyster, Senior Veterinary
Medical Officer, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234; (301) 734-7586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 10, 2007, we published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 17814, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0158) a notice of
petition and request for comments. That document notified the public
that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had received a
petition from The Hunte Corporation requesting that we replace the
definition of Class ``B'' licensee in the Animal Welfare Act
regulations with four new categories of licensees: Pet distributor,
exhibitor animal distributor, laboratory animal distributor, and other
distributor.
    Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before
June 11, 2007. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0158 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow interested
persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of May 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9901 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]

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