United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2018-02-02 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f6942b D09002ee1c7f694c8 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We are amending the regulations pertaining to certain diseases of livestock and poultry to specify conditions for payment of indemnity claims for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Specifically, we are providing a formula that will allow us to split such payments between poultry and egg owners and parties with which the owners enter into contracts to raise or care for the eggs or poultry based on the proportion of the production cycle completed. This action is necessary to ensure that all contractors are compensated appropriately. We are also providing for the payment of indemnity for eggs required to be destroyed due to HPAI, thus clarifying an existing policy. Finally, we are requiring owners and contractors, unless specifically exempted, to provide a statement that at the time of detection of HPAI in their facilities, they had in place and were following a biosecurity plan aimed at keeping HPAI from spreading to commercial premises. 81 FR 6745 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-09/2016-02530 2016-02530 fr09fe16-1 RIN 0579-AE14 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2015-0061 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-09/2016-02530 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/html/2016-02530.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/pdf/2016-02530.pdf Animal Diseases Indemnity Payments Livestock Poultry and Poultry Products 7 p. 6745 6751 81 FR 6745 Title 9 Part 53 9 CFR Part 53 RIN 0579-AE14 Conditions for Payment of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Indemnity Claims; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-02530 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2016-02-09 2016-04-11 Docket No. APHIS-2015-0061 3410-34-P 2016-02530 Interim rule and request for comments.

We are amending the regulations pertaining to certain diseases of livestock and poultry to specify conditions for payment of indemnity claims for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Specifically, we are providing a formula that will allow us to split such payments between poultry and egg owners and parties with which the owners enter into contracts to raise or care for the eggs or poultry based on the proportion of the production cycle completed. This action is necessary to ensure that all contractors are compensated appropriately. We are also providing for the payment of indemnity for eggs required to be destroyed due to HPAI, thus clarifying an existing policy. Finally, we are requiring owners and contractors, unless specifically exempted, to provide a statement that at the time of detection of HPAI in their facilities, they had in place and were following a biosecurity plan aimed at keeping HPAI from spreading to commercial premises.

This interim rule is effective February 9, 2016. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April 11, 2016. Dr. Troy Bigelow, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Surveillance, Preparedness and Response Services; VS, APHIS, Federal Building, Room 891, 210 Walnut Street, Des Moines, IA 50309; (515) 284-4121. Animal Diseases Indemnity Payments Livestock Poultry and Poultry Products Conditions for Payment of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Indemnity Claims , http://www.poultrybiosecurity.org/ http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail http://www.uspoultry.org/animal_husbandry/assessment.cfm https://iastate.app.box.com/Biosec-Officer-Info-Manual https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/Epidemiologic-Analysis-June-15-2015.pdf https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/Epidemiologic-Analysis-September2015.pdf Regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 26 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-02-09 continuing daily deposited born digital 290 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-09 P0b002ee1983474fe 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr09fe16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-09 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/pdf/FR-2016-02-09.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-09/xml/FR-2016-02-09.xml fdlp 6745 7024 DGPO 2018-02-02 2024-06-02 FR-2016-02-09 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-02-09 81 26