Availability of Evaluation Related to Hog Cholera (Classical Swine Fever) Status of East Anglia - US - An evaluation has been prepared by APHIS concerning the hog cholera (classical swine fever) status of East Anglia.

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - 9 CFR Part 94 - [Docket No. 00-080-2]

Action: Notice of availability and request for comments.

Summary: We are advising the public that an evaluation has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service concerning the hog cholera (classical swine fever) status of East Anglia, a region of England that includes the counties of Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, and the related disease risks associated with importing animals and animal products into the United States from East Anglia.

This evaluation will be used as a basis for determining whether to relieve certain prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of pork and pork products and swine into the United States from East Anglia.

We are making this evaluation available to the public for review and comment.

Dates: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 12, 2003.

Addresses: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery or by e-mail.

If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to:

Docket No. 00-080-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS,
Station 3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale,
MD 20737-1238.

Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 00-080-2.

If you use e-mail, address your comment to

Your comment must be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files.

Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No. 00-080-2'' on the subject line.

You may read any comments that we receive on the evaluation 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.

APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related information, including the names of organizations and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

Source: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - 13th March 2003