Handling of Animals; Contingency Plans

14 organizations filed 15 public comments on Handling of Animals; Contingency Plans, at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The comment window closed 1799d ago.

Abstract

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a final rule on December 31, 2012, to establish regulations under which research facilities and dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers must meet certain requirements for contingency planning and training of personnel. Implementation of the final rule was stayed on July 31, 2013, so that the agency could conduct additional review to further consider the impact of contingency plan requirements on regulated entities. Since that time, we have conducted such a review, and the 2021 Congressional Appropriations Act has required us to propose to lift the stay. We are therefore proposing to lift the stay and make minor revisions to the requirements in order to update compliance dates and clarify intent. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before August 24, 2021.

Commenters (14)

• Alliance of marine Mammal Parks and Aquariumstrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• American Veterinary Medical Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Animal Welfare Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Association of Zoos and Aquariumstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Humane Society Legislative Fundtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Humane Society Legislative Fund and The Humane Society of the United Statestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Humane Society Veterinary Medical Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Association for Biomedical Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• New Jersey Association for Biomedical Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• PETA Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Sundown Inc Nature Preserveunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• USDA Licensed Breeders Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%