[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 96 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12431]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 01-038-1]


Temporary Closure of the Miami Animal Import Center's Bird 
Quarantine Facilities

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the Miami Animal Import Center will 
be unavailable for the quarantine of birds (except for confiscated or 
smuggled birds) from June 1, 2001, through August 31, 2001, due to 
facility renovations. During the closure, avian importers requiring the 
services of a United States Department of Agriculture animal import 
center for the quarantine of imported birds may utilize either the New 
York Animal Import Center or the Los Angeles Animal Import Center. 
Avian importers who need to make alternate arrangements during the 
temporary closure period of the Miami Animal Import Center should 
contact either the New York Animal Import Center, USDA, APHIS, VS, 200 
Drury Lane, Rock Tavern, NY 12575, (845) 564-2950 or the Los Angeles 
Animal Import Center, USDA, APHIS, VS, 11850 South LaCienega Boulevard, 
Hawthorne, CA, 90250, (310) 725-1970. Further information regarding 
avian importation and quarantine is also available on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/NCIE/ind-3000.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Sara Kaman, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services, National Center for Import and 
Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
(301) 734-8364.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of May 2001.
Richard L. Dunkle,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12431 Filed 5-16-01; 8:45 am]
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