20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 13,1971
USDA Creates Animal and Plant Health Service (APHS)
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin recently
announced the creation of a new
regulatory agency—The Animal
and Plant Health Service—in the
U.S Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
The Animal and Plant Health
Service (APHS) takes over all
regulatory functions formerly
conducted by USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service
(ARS). These include the Animal
Health, Veterinary Biologies,
Plant Protection, and
Agricultural Quarantine In
spection Divisions Ad
ministrative support functions
essential to the new agency have
also been transferred from ARS.
Research support for the new
Pa. Gets Water Pollution Control Grant
Edward W. Furia Jr, Region
111 Administrator of the En
viornmental Protection Agency
(EPA), announced recently the
awarding of a $489,000 Federal
Grant to assist Pennsylvania in
the implementation of its Water
Pollution Control Plan for this
year
The decision to award the grant
was based upon EPA’s approval
of Pennsylvania’s Water
Pollution Control Program Plan.
According to an EPA evaluation
of the Plan, “the goals and ex
pected results of this plan-are
compatible with National and
Regional strategy, and their
achievement would significantly
benefit the quality of the waters
of the Commonwealth”.
However, payment of the funds
to the State is contingent upon
revision and completion of its
implementation schedule In a
letter to Governor Milton J
Shapp, Furia said, “ ... of crucial
importance to the success of the
water pollution abatement
programs is the project to update
and complete Pennsylvania’s
implementation plan for water
quality .. I urge your full sup
port of this project in order that it
may be completed by March of
1972 . . ”.
Federal law requires that
complete compliance with plans
is necessary before payments
may be made to the State.
The State’s newly created
New Cooperators
The Lancaster County Soil and
Water Conservation District
recently announced the following
new cooperators:
Ronald E. Yunginger, U.G.I.
Land Developement Corp., 135
acres, Manor Township; Jesse L.
Hart, 35 acres, Providence and
Martic Townships, and Edmund
F. Heltshe Jr, 50 acres,
Conestoga Township.
The following cancellations
were also accepted: S. Robert
Black, 134 acres, Little Britian
Township, John E. McGrann, 75
acres, Manheim; Ellis K.
Mentzer, four sites representing
60,81,77 and 90acres, Earl; Earl
D. Ranck, 115 acres, West
Lampeter.
Park H Miller, 118 acres,
Strasburg; Howard M.
Eshleman, 100 acres, Pequea;
George O. Burkholder, 70 acres,
Clay; Frank Cassidy, 138 acres,
Drumore; Reuben Zimmerman,
52 acres, Earl; Jonas M. King, 84
acres, Paradise, Arthur E.
Wenger, 150 acres, Eden, F.M.
McCorkel, 63 acres, Upper
Leacock; J W. Gardner, 152
acres, Fulton.
The Census of Agriculture
stopped counting farm horses in
1959 because their numbers had
declined so rapidly.
agency will remuin the
responsibility of ARS.
Dr. Francis J. Mulhern will
serve as acting administrator of
the new agency. Talcott W
Edminster continues as ad
ministrator of ARS.
Notice of the reorganization
was published in the federal
Register October 28. The
reorganization will become ef
fective on October 31.
“This organizational
realignment is designed to
strengthen both programs,”
Secretary Hardin said. “Both
agencies will still be large. Their
purposes are different, and both
need full time administration.
This change will make it possible
for the programs of each agency
Department of Enviornmental
Resources (DER), will ad
minister the program and co
ordinate State activities with
those of Federal and interstate
agencies. EPA will work closely
with DER officers to insure
completion of necessary tasks on
time, resulting in a strengthening
of both State and Federal water
pollution control efforts in
Pennsylvania.
The Federal Government
allocates $lO million annually to
assist State and interstate
to be fully responsive to current
problems.”
USDA functions to be handled
by APHS are in four major
areas;
Animal Health —National
programs in cooperation with
States to control and eradicate
communicable livestock and
poultry dieases and pests, assure
humane handling of livestock,
poultry, and laboratory animals
in commerce, and protect the
health and welfare of many pets,
circus and zoo animals and other
animals used for exhibition and
research.
Veterinary Biologies—
National control program to
prevent the production, im
portation and marketing of
worthless, contaminated,
agencies in their pollution control
programs.
Approval of the Pennsylvania
plan brings to four the number of
States whose plans have-been
approved in EPA’s Region 111. To
date, plans have been approved
for Virginia, West Virginia, and
Maryland. EPA is currently
reviewing plans for Delware and
the District of Columbia, as well
as the Delaware River Basin
Commission and the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac
River Basin.
dangerous or harmful virus,
serum, toxin, or analogous
products for use in the treatment
of domestic animals.
Plant Protection—National
programs for the control and
eradication of plant pests in
cooperation with States, Mexico,
and Canada. Conduct studies to
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