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DE PARTMEN T OF AGRICULTURE
FAIRS, EXHIBITIO NS AND RACI NG DIVISION ORR # 2000 -039
The Michigan Dep artm ent of Agricultur e, Fa irs, Exhibi tions an d Racing Division, will
con duct a public hear ing on proposed am endment s to Regulat ion No. 852 , Upp er Peninsula Stat e Fa ir. The curr ent ru le is out of dat e an d upd at ing an d deletion of unn ecess ar y requirement s ar e needed . Curr ent live stock shows, practices, an d an ima l health iss ues necessi tat e an upd at e of exhibi tion stan dar ds. Business stan dar ds an d exhibi tion requirement s ha ve dra stically chan ged an d addition of ru les to govern live stock stan dar d dru g tes ting is also needed .
The public hear ing will be held on Wednesd ay, August 15, 2001 , begi nn ing at 3:00 p.m. at th e Terra ce Bay Inn , Em bers Room, 7146 P Road, Glads tone, MI.
The proposed ru les (ident ified as ORR 2000 -039AC) can be downloaded from th e Int ern et thr ough th e Office of Regulatory Reform at htt p://www .migov.stat e.mi.us/rules/orr . Copies of th e proposed ru les ma y be obta ined by conta cting:
Fa irs, Exhibi tions an d Racing Division Michigan Dep artm ent of Agricultur e
PO Box 30017
Lan sing, Michigan 48909 Telep hone: (517) 241-2529
Fa x: (517) 241-4217
E-ma il: devins@stat e.mi.us
All int erested persons ar e invited to att end an d prese nt th eir view s. It is requested that all stat ement s be submitt ed in writing for th e hear ing recor d. Anyone una ble to att end ma y submit comm ent s in writing to Fa ir s, Exhibitions an d Racing Divisi on, Michigan Dep artm ent of Agricultur e, at th e address above. Writt en comm ent s mu st be received by August 10 , 2000 .
Persons needi ng a ccomm odat ions for effect ive part icipat ion in th e meeting should conta ct th e Fa ir s, Exhibitions an d Racing Divisi on, at (517 ) 241 -2529 , a week in advan ce to request mobility, visua l, hear ing, or oth er assistan ce.
Pr omu lgat ion of th ese ru les is pur suant to th e auth ority con ferr ed on th e comm ission of agricultur e by sections 1 an d 4 of Act 89 of th e Pu blic Act s of 1927 , as am ended , an d sections 7, 9, 276 , an d 286 of Act No. 380 of th e Pu blic Act s of 1965 , being §285 .141 , 285 .144 , 16.107 , 16.109 , an d 16.286 of th e Michigan Compiled Laws. These ru les becom e effect ive 15 days after filing with th e Secretar y of Stat e.
Dan Wyant , Director
