[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: 9CFR54.13]

[Page 165]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 54--CONTROL OF SCRAPIE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program
 
Sec. 54.13  Cooperative agreements with States.

    APHIS may execute a cooperative agreement with the animal health 
agency of any State to cooperatively carry out administration of the 
Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program within that State. These 
cooperative agreements will describe the respective roles of APHIS and 
State personnel in implementing the ``Uniform Methods and Rules--
Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program,'' and may: specify the 
financial, material, and personnel resources to be committed to the 
Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program by APHIS and the State; 
assign specific Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program activities 
to APHIS or State personnel; establish schedules for APHIS 
representatives or State representatives to visit participating flocks; 
establish procedures for maintaining and sharing Voluntary Scrapie Flock 
Certification Program records specified in the ``Uniform Methods and 
Rules--Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program,'' and specify 
other responsibilities of State representatives and Veterinary Services 
representatives in support of the Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification 
Program.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0101)