[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR53.2]

[Page 160-161]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 53--FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, PLEUROPNEUMONIA, RINDERPEST, AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 53.2  Determination of existence of disease; agreements with States.

    (a) The Director of Division is hereby authorized to invite the 
proper State authorities to cooperate with the Department in the control 
and eradication of any disease within the meaning of Sec. 53.1(f).
    (b) Upon agreement of the authorities of the State to enforce 
quarantine restrictions and orders and directives properly issued in the 
control and eradication of such a disease, the Director of Division is 
hereby authorized to agree, on the part of the Department, to cooperate 
with the State in the control and eradication of the disease, and to pay 
50 percent (and in the case of exotic Newcastle disease or highly 
pathogenic avian influenza, up to 100 percent) of the expenses of 
purchase, destruction and disposition of animals and materials required 
to be destroyed because of being contaminated by or exposed to such 
disease: Provided, however, That if the animals were exposed to such 
disease prior to or during interstate movement and are not eligible to 
receive indemnity from

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any State, the Department may pay up to 100 percent of the purchase, 
destruction, and disposition of animals and materials required to be 
destroyed: Provided, further, That the cooperative program for the 
purchase, destruction, and disposition of birds shall be limited to 
birds which are identified in documentation pursuant to Cooperative 
Agreements,\1\ as constituting a threat to the poultry industry of the 
United States: And provided further, That the Secretary may authorize 
other arrangements for the payment of such expenses upon finding that an 
extraordinary emergency exists.
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    \1\ Agreements between the Departments and the particular State 
involved relating to cooperative animal (including poultry) disease 
prevention, control, and eradication.

[37 FR 5689, Mar. 18, 1972, as amended at 49 FR 3448, Jan. 27, 1984; 49 
FR 26712, June 29, 1984; 61 FR 56883, Nov. 5, 1996]