Notice2025-01000
Addition of Nicaragua to the List of Regions Affected With Screwworm
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Published
January 16, 2025
Effective
March 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we have added Nicaragua to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list maintained on the APHIS website of regions considered affected with screwworm. We took this action because of the confirmation of screwworm in this region.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01000]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0028]
Addition of Nicaragua to the List of Regions Affected With
Screwworm
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have added Nicaragua to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list maintained on
the APHIS website of regions considered affected with screwworm. We
took this action because of the confirmation of screwworm in this
region.
DATES: Nicaragua was added to the list of regions considered affected
with screwworm effective March 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Heather Sriranganathan, APHIS
Veterinary Services, Regionalization Evaluation Services, 4700 River
Road, Riverdale, MD 20737; phone: (717) 818-3582; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b4a7860596e6c6264656a6762716a7f6264654b7e786f6a256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d7c4e566f585a5452535c5154475c495452537d484e595c135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 (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 and pests of livestock. Subparts C, D, E, and F
of the regulations govern the importation of horses, ruminants, swine,
and dogs, respectively.
Horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs may be imported into the United
States from the regions where screwworm is considered to exist only if
they are inspected and, if necessary, treated for screwworm according
to the conditions outlined in the regulations for each type of animal.
The requirements for horses are set out in Sec. 93.308(a)(3) and
include not only pre-embarkation and post-arrival inspection and
treatment requirements, but also quarantine in the United States for 7
days after arrival, and examination by a veterinarian before release
from quarantine. The requirements for ruminants and swine are set out
in Sec. Sec. 93.405(a)(3) and 93.505(b) and are the same as for
horses, other than the 7-day quarantine and final examination of the
animal. The requirements for dogs are set out in Sec. 93.600 and
require that all dogs from affected regions be inspected and, if
necessary, treated before importation.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a
list of regions APHIS considers affected with screwworm on its website
at <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions/">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions/</a>.
APHIS will add a region to the list upon determining that screwworm
exists in the region based on reports we receive of detections of the
pest from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), or from other sources the
Administrator determines to be reliable.
On March 22, 2024, APHIS received a report from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs office
documenting an outbreak of screwworm in cattle in Nicaragua. This
detection was confirmed by the Panama-United States Commission for the
Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm on March 14, 2024. Accordingly,
on March 29, 2024, APHIS added Nicaragua to the list of regions APHIS
considers affected with screwworm. As a result, horses, ruminants,
swine, and dogs from Nicaragua are subject to APHIS import restrictions
designed to mitigate risk of screwworm introduction into the United
States. This notice serves as an official record and public
notification of this action.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of January 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-01000 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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