[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 56165-56169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27976]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA

9 CFR Part 92

[Docket No. 94-136-1]


Zoological Park Quarantine of Ruminants and Swine Imported From 
Countries Where Foot-and-Mouth Disease or Rinderpest Exists

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend the regulations concerning ruminants 
and swine that are imported from a country where foot-and-mouth disease 
or rinderpest exists into a zoological park in the United States. These 
animals are maintained in the zoological park under conditions to 
prevent the spread of animal diseases. We propose to establish 
conditions under which such animals may be moved from one zoological 
park in the United States to another. This change would benefit zoo 
programs that move animals for breeding and other purposes, and would 
facilitate the movement of animals for endangered species breeding 
programs, while continuing to protect against the introduction of 
dangerous animal diseases into the United States.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments received on or 
before December 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 94-136-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, 
Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 94-136-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joyce Bowling, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Import-Export Animals Staff, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1228, (301) 734-8688.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) animal 
importation regulations (contained in 9 CFR part 92 and referred to 
below as the regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of 
certain animals into the United States to prevent the introduction of 
communicable diseases of livestock. Among other requirements, the 
regulations restrict the importation of ruminants and swine to prevent 
the introduction and spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and 
rinderpest.
    For many years some animals imported in accordance with these 
regulations have been admitted under the condition that they be placed 
in postentry quarantine in zoological parks (zoos) that have been 
approved by APHIS to receive such animals. We refer to such approved 
zoos as PEQ Zoos, because they are approved to hold imported animals in 
postentry quarantine (PEQ). At these zoos, the imported animals are 
maintained in facilities that prevent access to them by the public and 
by domestic animals, and that include requirements for waste disposal 
and other matters that prevent the dissemination of any diseases the 
animals might carry.
    Section 92.404(c) concerns the importation, into a PEQ Zoo where 
they will be maintained under postentry quarantine, of wild ruminants 
from countries where foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists.
    Section 92.504(c) concerns the importation, into a PEQ Zoo where 
they will be maintained under postentry quarantine, of wild swine from 
countries where foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists.
    The regulations allow APHIS to approve a zoo as a PEQ Zoo if the 
following conditions, among others, are met. The operator of the zoo 
receiving the imported animals must enter into a written agreement with 
APHIS for the maintenance and handling of the animals in a manner 
specified in the agreement and the regulations to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of communicable disease. Among other 
things, the regulations require that the zoo must include satisfactory 
pens, cages, or enclosures in which the animals can be maintained so as 
not to be in contact with the general public and free from contact with 
domestic livestock; natural or established drainage from the zoological 
park which will void contamination of land areas where domestic 
livestock are kept or with which domestic livestock may otherwise come 
in contact; provision for the disposition of manure, other wastes, and 
dead animals within the zoo; and other reasonable facilities considered 
necessary to prevent the dissemination of diseases from the zoo. The 
regulations also require the operator of the zoo to have available the 
services of a full-time or part-time veterinarian, or a veterinarian on 
a retainer basis, to make periodic examinations of all animals 
maintained at the zoo for evidence of disease. This veterinarian must 
make a post-mortem examination of each animal that dies and report 
suspected cases of contagious or communicable diseases to appropriate 
state or federal livestock sanitary officials.
    We do not propose to change any of the requirements for obtaining 
permits to import wild ruminants or wild swine, and we do not propose 
to change the requirements for the PEQ zoos to which these animals are 
consigned after their importation.
    However, the agreement between zoo operators and APHIS which is 
currently required by 92.404(c)(3) and 92.504(c)(3) states that wild 
ruminants and wild swine imported and consigned to postentry quarantine 
in a PEQ Zoo will not be sold, exchanged or removed from the premises 
of the zoo without the prior consent of APHIS. In this document, we 
propose to specify the circumstances under which APHIS will consent to 
the movement of imported wild ruminants and swine from a PEQ Zoo to a 
non-PEQ zoo within the United States. Many zoos wish to be able to move 
such animals, especially to participate in breeding programs (including 
breeding programs for endangered species of ruminants and swine).
    We are proposing that wild ruminants or wild swine may be moved to 
a non-PEQ zoo after they have spent at least one year in postentry 
quarantine in the PEQ Zoo to which the animal(s) were consigned after 
importation. We propose this condition because the one year requirement 
allows time for the symptoms of many communicable animal diseases to 
manifest, and be detected by the zoo veterinarian required to make 
periodic examinations of the imported animals. Any imported wild 
ruminants or swine at a PEQ Zoo that are diagnosed with communicable 
diseases during this year would not be allowed to move to other zoos, 
thereby

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reducing the risk of infecting other animals.1
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    \1\ This proposed rule only addresses movement of imported wild 
ruminants and wild swine. Other animals at zoos that are diagnosed 
with communicable diseases are subject to various movement 
restrictions by State animal health agencies. In addition, APHIS 
would investigate and take action if necessary if a zoo has an 
outbreak of a disease for which we have regulations in 9 CFR Chapter 
I.
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    We are also proposing that wild ruminants or wild swine may be 
moved from a PEQ Zoo only to a zoo accredited by the American Zoo and 
Aquarium Association (the AZA), or to a zoo that the Administrator of 
APHIS determines to have procedures in place that are equivalent to 
certain requirements for AZA accreditation that address preventing the 
spread of communicable diseases.
    The American Zoo and Aquarium Association maintains an 
accreditation program to document that their member zoos meet high 
professional standards in their facilities and operations. The 
requirements for AZA accreditation include specific standards relevant 
to preventing the spread of communicable diseases between animals, such 
as standards for tracking identity and movement of animals, diagnosis 
of disease in zoo animals, and regular veterinary care. These AZA 
standards achieve some of the same purposes as the requirements APHIS 
currently imposes on PEQ Zoos receiving imported wild ruminants or wild 
swine. Importantly for APHIS program purposes, the AZA standards create 
records that would allow APHIS to analyze the medical history of 
imported animals, trace their movements in zoo locations, and identify 
other animals exposed to the imported animals.
    Specifically, the standards for AZA accreditation require that a 
veterinarian be available to regularly inspect the animals and diagnose 
and document any signs of communicable disease. AZA standards also 
require that all animals must be inventoried, identified, and their 
acquisition and disposition dates and locations recorded. The AZA 
standards require that guardrails or barriers must keep the visiting 
public from contact with animals (except for handleable animals in 
facilities such as petting zoos). The AZA standards also require that 
there must be separate perimeter fencing in addition to exhibit 
fencing, and that deceased animals must be necropsied whenever possible 
to determine the cause of death.
    These and other requirements for accreditation of a zoo by the AZA 
are recorded in official AZA publications, 2 and establish an 
effective program to prevent the spread of communicable disease in 
accredited zoos. The AZA requirements are quite similar to the 
standards APHIS established in Secs. 92.404(c)(2) and 92.504(c)(2) for 
zoos receiving imported ruminants and swine directly from countries 
where FMD or rinderpest exist. Both APHIS and AZA standards address 
matters such as maintaining secure facilities for the animals, ensuring 
adequate veterinary care to diagnose communicable diseases, preventing 
public contact with the animals, and determining whether animal deaths 
were caused by communicable disease.
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    \2\ BYLAWS OF THE AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION and 
ACCREDITATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS: A PROGRAM OF THE AZA are both 
available upon request to the person identified in the ``For Further 
Information Contact:'' section of this document.
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    Therefore, we propose to allow movement of imported wild ruminants 
and wild swine to AZA accredited zoos after they have spent at least 
one year in the PEQ Zoo to which they were first consigned after 
importation, if such animals have not been diagnosed with communicable 
diseases during that 1-year period.
    There are some zoos in the United States that are not accredited by 
the AZA, but that nonetheless have programs to prevent the spread of 
communicable animal disease that are as effective as the programs at 
AZA-accredited zoos. A zoo might not seek AZA accreditation because it 
has a small and relatively static animal collection; or because of the 
cost of the fees and dues associated with accreditation; or because it 
is a new zoo that has not yet had time to achieve accreditation. We 
propose that such zoos may be considered on a case-by-case basis if 
they wish to acquire imported wild ruminants or wild swine from other 
zoos. If the Administrator of APHIS determines that the zoo has 
facilities and procedures (e.g., for animal identification, record 
keeping, and veterinary care) in place related to preventing the spread 
of communicable animal diseases that are equivalent to those required 
for AZA accreditation, the Administrator would permit the zoo to 
acquire imported wild ruminants or wild swine from PEQ Zoos under the 
same requirements as AZA accredited zoos will be permitted to do.

Miscellaneous

    We also propose to shorten and simplify some of the language in 
Sec. 92.404 and Sec. 92.504, and to add the term ``PEQ Zoo'' to 
distinguish zoos approved to receive animals directly after import (PEQ 
Zoos) from other zoos that may receive animals only after they have 
spent at least one year in a PEQ zoo.

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866. 
For this action, the Office of Management and Budget has waived its 
review process required by Executive Order 12866.
    This proposed rule would allow increased movement of certain 
imported ruminants and swine from one zoo to another in the United 
States. It would not increase the number of such animals that are 
imported. It would not have any appreciable impact on commerce, and 
would primarily benefit a small number of zoos that wish to acquire 
animals from other zoos or trade their own animals to other zoos.
    Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action would 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.

Executive Order 12988

    This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, 
Civil Justice Reform. If this proposed rule is adopted: (1) All State 
and local laws and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule 
will be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will be given to this 
rule; and (3) administrative proceedings will not be required before 
parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This proposed rule contains no new information collection or 
recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The existing information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements in Secs. 92.404 and 92.504 were previously 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control 
number 0579-0040, and we propose to add that control number at the end 
of these sections.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 92

    Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock, Poultry and poultry products, 
Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, 9 CFR part 92 would be amended as follows:

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PART 92--IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS AND POULTRY AND CERTAIN 
ANIMAL AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; INSPECTION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR 
CERTAIN MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS THEREON

    1. The authority citation for part 92 would continue to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105, 
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31 
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    2. Sec. 92.404, paragraph(c) would be revised to read as follows:


Sec. 92.404  Import permits for ruminants and for ruminant specimens 
for diagnostic purposes; and reservation fees for space at quarantine 
facilities maintained by APHIS.

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    (c) Wild ruminants from countries where foot-and-mouth disease or 
rinderpest exists. This paragraph applies to the importation of wild 
ruminants, such as, but not limited to, giraffes, deer and antelopes, 
from countries designated in part 94 of this subchapter as countries in 
which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exist.
    (1) Permits for the importation of wild ruminants will be issued 
only for importations through the Port of New York, and only if the 
animals are imported for exhibition in a PEQ Zoo. A PEQ Zoo is a 
zoological park or other place maintained for the exhibition of live 
animals for recreational or educational purposes that:
    (i) Has been approved by the Administrator in accordance with 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section to receive and maintain imported wild 
ruminants; and
    (ii) Has entered into the agreement with APHIS set forth in 
paragraph (c)(4) of this section for the maintenance and handling of 
imported wild ruminants.
    (2) Approval of a PEQ Zoo shall be on the basis of an inspection, 
by an authorized representative of the Department, of the physical 
facilities of the establishment and its methods of operation. Standards 
for acceptable physical facilities shall include satisfactory pens, 
cages, or enclosures in which the imported ruminants can be maintained 
so as not to be in contact with the general public and free from 
contact with domestic livestock; natural or established drainage from 
the PEQ Zoo which will void contamination of land areas where domestic 
livestock are kept or with which domestic livestock may otherwise come 
in contact; provision for the disposition of manure, other wastes, and 
dead ruminants within the PEQ Zoo; and other reasonable facilities 
considered necessary to prevent the dissemination of diseases from the 
PEQ Zoo. The operator of the PEQ Zoo shall have available the services 
of a full-time or part-time veterinarian, or a veterinarian on a 
retainer basis, who shall make periodic examinations of all animals 
maintained at the PEQ Zoo for evidence of disease; who shall make a 
post-mortem examination of each animal that dies; and who shall make a 
prompt report of suspected cases of contagious or communicable diseases 
to an APHIS representative or the State agency responsible for 
livestock disease control programs.
    (3) Manure and other animal wastes must be disposed of within the 
PEQ Zoo park for a minimum of one year following the date an imported 
wild ruminant enters the zoo. If an APHIS veterinarian determines that 
an imported ruminant shows no signs of any communicable disease or 
exposure to any such disease during this 1-year period, its manure and 
other wastes need not be disposed of within the zoo after the 1-year 
period. If, however, an APHIS veterinarian determines that an imported 
ruminant does show signs of any communicable disease during this 1-year 
period, an APHIS veterinarian will investigate the disease and 
determine whether the ruminant's manure and other wastes may safely be 
disposed of outside the zoo after the 1-year period has ended.
    (4) Prior to the issuance of an import permit under this section, 
the operator of the approved PEQ Zoo to which the imported ruminants 
are to be consigned, and the importer of the ruminants, if such 
operator and importer are different parties, shall execute an agreement 
covering each ruminant or group of ruminants for which the import 
permit is requested. The agreement shall be in the following form:
Agreement for the Importation, Quarantine and Exhibition of Certain 
Wild Ruminants and Wild Swine
    ____________________, operator(s) of the zoological park known 
as ____________________ (Name) located at ____________________ (City 
and state), and ____________________ (Importer) hereby request a 
permit for the importation of ____________________ (Number and kinds 
of animals) for exhibition purposes at the said zoological park, 
said animals originating in a country where foot-and-mouth disease 
or rinderpest exists and being subject to restrictions under 
regulations contained in part 92, title 9, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    In making this request, it is understood and agreed that:
    1. The animals for which an import permit is requested will be 
held in isolation at a port of embarkation in the country of origin, 
approved by the Administrator as a port having facilities which are 
adequate for maintaining wild animals in isolation from all other 
animals and having veterinary supervision by officials of the 
country of origin of the animals. Such animals will be held in such 
isolation for not less than 60 days under the supervision of the 
veterinary service of that country to determine whether the animals 
show any clinical evidence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, or 
other communicable disease and to assure that the animals will not 
have been exposed to such a disease within the 60 days next before 
their exportation from that country.
    2. Shipment will be made direct from such port of embarkation to 
the port of New York as the sole port of entry in this country. If 
shipment is made by ocean vessel the animals will not be unloaded in 
any foreign port en route. If shipment is made by air, the animals 
will not be unloaded at any port or other place of landing, except 
at a port approved by the Administrator as a port not located in a 
country where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists or as a 
port in such a country having facilities and inspection adequate for 
maintaining wild animals in isolation from all other animals.
    3. No ruminants or swine will be aboard the transporting 
vehicle, vessel or aircraft, except those for which an import permit 
has been issued.
    4. The animals will be quarantined for not less than 30 days in 
the Department's Animal Import Center in Newburgh, New York.
    5. Upon release from quarantine the animals will be delivered to 
the zoological park named in this agreement to become the property 
of the park and they will not be sold, exchanged or removed from the 
premises without the prior consent of APHIS. If moved to another 
zoological park in the United States, the receiving zoological park 
must be approved by the Administrator in accordance with paragraph 6 
of this agreement.
    6. The Administrator will approve the movement of an imported 
animal subject to this agreement if the Administrator determines 
that the animal has spent at least one year in quarantine in a PEQ 
Zoo following importation without showing clinical evidence of foot-
and-foot mouth disease, rinderpest, or other communicable disease, 
and determines that the receiving zoological park is accredited by 
the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA), or the receiving 
zoological park has facilities and procedures in place related to 
preventing the spread of communicable animal diseases (including but 
not limited to procedures for animal identification, record keeping, 
and veterinary care) that are equivalent to those required for AZA 
accreditation.
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(Signature of importer)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me this __________ day of 
__________, __________.
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(Title or designation)
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(Name of zoological park)
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(Signature of officer of zoological park)
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(Title of officer)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of 
____________, ____________.
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(Title or designation)

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0579-0040.)

    3. Sec. 92.504, paragraph (c) would be revised to read as follows:


Sec. 92.504  Import permits for swine and for swine specimens for 
diagnostic purposes; and reservation fees for space at quarantine 
facilities maintained by APHIS.

* * * * *
    (c) Wild swine from countries where foot-and-mouth disease or 
rinderpest exists. This paragraph applies to the importation of wild 
swine from countries designated in part 94 of this subchapter as 
countries in which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exist.
    (1) Permits for the importation of wild swine will be issued only 
for importations through the Port of New York, and only if the animals 
are imported for exhibition in a PEQ Zoo. A PEQ Zoo is a zoological 
park or other place maintained for the exhibition of live animals for 
recreational or educational purposes that:
    (i) Has been approved by the Administrator in accordance with 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section to receive and maintain imported wild 
swine; and
    (ii) Has entered into the agreement with APHIS set forth in 
paragraph (c)(4) of this section for the maintenance and handling of 
imported wild swine.
    (2) Approval of a PEQ Zoo shall be on the basis of an inspection, 
by an authorized representative of the Department, of the physical 
facilities of the establishment and its methods of operation. Standards 
for acceptable physical facilities shall include satisfactory pens, 
cages, or enclosures in which the imported swine can be maintained so 
as not to be in contact with the general public and free from contact 
with domestic livestock; natural or established drainage from the PEQ 
Zoo which will void contamination of land areas where domestic 
livestock are kept or with which domestic livestock may otherwise come 
in contact; provision for the disposition of manure, other wastes, and 
dead swine within the PEQ Zoo; and other reasonable facilities 
considered necessary to prevent the dissemination of diseases from the 
PEQ Zoo. The operator of the PEQ Zoo shall have available the services 
of a full-time or part-time veterinarian, or a veterinarian on a 
retainer basis, who shall make periodic examinations of all animals 
maintained at the PEQ Zoo for evidence of disease; who shall make a 
post-mortem examination of each animal that dies; and who shall make a 
prompt report of suspected cases of contagious or communicable diseases 
to appropriate state or federal livestock sanitary officials.
    (3) Manure and other animal wastes must be disposed of within the 
PEQ Zoo park for a minimum of one year following the date an imported 
wild swine enters the zoo. If an APHIS veterinarian determines that an 
imported swine shows no signs of any communicable disease during this 
1-year period, its manure and other wastes need not be disposed of 
within the zoo after the 1-year period. If, however, an APHIS 
veterinarian determines that the swine does show signs of any 
communicable disease during this 1-year period, an APHIS veterinarian 
will investigate the disease and determine whether the swine's manure 
and other wastes may safely be disposed of outside the zoo after the 1-
year period has ended.
    (4) Prior to the issuance of an import permit under this section, 
the operator of the approved PEQ Zoo to which the imported swine are to 
be consigned, and the importer of the swine, if such operator and 
importer are different parties, shall execute an agreement covering 
each swine or group of swine for which the import permit is requested. 
The agreement shall be in the following form:

Agreement for the Importation, Quarantine and Exhibition of Certain 
Wild Ruminants and Wild Swine

    ____________________, operator(s) of the zoological park known 
as ____________________ (Name) located at ____________________ (City 
and state), and ____________________ (Importer) hereby request a 
permit for the importation of ____________________ (Number and kinds 
of animals) for exhibition purposes at the said zoological park, 
said animals originating in a country where foot-and-mouth disease 
or rinderpest exists and being subject to restrictions under 
regulations contained in part 92, title 9, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    In making this request, it is understood and agreed that:
    1. The animals for which an import permit is requested will be 
held in isolation at a port of embarkation in the country of origin, 
approved by the Administrator as a port having facilities which are 
adequate for maintaining wild animals in isolation from all other 
animals and having veterinary supervision by officials of the 
country of origin of the animals. Such animals will be held in such 
isolation for not less than 60 days under the supervision of the 
veterinary service of that country to determine whether the animals 
show any clinical evidence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, or 
other communicable disease and to assure that the animals will not 
have been exposed to such a disease within the 60 days next before 
their exportation from that country.
    2. Shipment will be made direct from such port of embarkation to 
the port of New York as the sole port of entry in this country. If 
shipment is made by ocean vessel, the animals will not be unloaded 
in any foreign port en route. If shipment is made by air, the 
animals will not be unloaded at any port or other place of landing, 
except at a port approved by the Administrator as a port not located 
in a country where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists or as 
a port in such a country having facilities and inspection adequate 
for maintaining wild animals in isolation from all other animals.
    3. No ruminants or swine will be aboard the transporting 
vehicle, vessel or aircraft, except those for which an import permit 
has been issued.
    4. The animals will be quarantined for not less than 30 days in 
the Department's Animal Import Center in Newburgh, New York.
    5. Upon release from quarantine the animals will be delivered to 
the zoological park named in this agreement to become the property 
of the park and they will not be sold, exchanged or removed from the 
premises without the prior consent of APHIS. If moved to another 
zoological park in the United States, the receiving zoological park 
must be approved by the Administrator in accordance with paragraph 6 
of this agreement.
    6. The Administrator will approve the movement of an imported 
animal subject to this agreement if the Administrator determines 
that the animal has spent at least one year in quarantine in a PEQ 
Zoo following importation without showing clinical evidence of foot-
and-mouth disease, rinderpest, or other communicable disease, and 
determines that the receiving zoological park is accredited by the 
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA), or the receiving 
zoological park has facilities and procedures in place related to 
preventing the spread of communicable animal diseases (including but 
not limited to procedures for animal identification, record keeping, 
and veterinary care) that are equivalent to those required for AZA 
accreditation.

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(Signature of importer)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me this____________ day of 
____________, ____________.

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(Title or designation)

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(Name of zoological park)

By---------------------------------------------------------------------
(Signature of officer of zoological park)

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(Title of officer)
    Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of 
____________, ____________

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(Title or designation)

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0579-0040.)


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    Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of October 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27976 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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