[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR53.8]

[Page 171-172]
 
                  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. 53.8  Presentation of claims.

    (a) Except for claims made under Sec. 53.11, claims for the 
following must be

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presented to APHIS, through the inspector in charge, on a form approved 
by the Administrator:
    (1) Compensation for the value of animals;
    (2) The cost of burial, burning, or other disposition of animals;
    (3) The value of material destroyed; and
    (4) The expenses of destruction.
    (b) In the case of claims made under Sec. 53.11, claims for 
compensation for losses from poultry, eggs, and poultry semen destroyed 
or to be destroyed must be presented to APHIS, through the inspector in 
charge, on a form approved by the Administrator. The claim must specify 
the number, type, and age of the poultry; the number and type of eggs; 
and the type and amount of semen, as applicable.
    (c) To be considered by the Department, claims made under Sec. 
53.11 must be submitted to APHIS within 90 days after December 9, 2002, 
or the destruction of poultry, whichever is later, except that claims 
made for eggs or poultry semen, and claims made for other eligible 
losses associated with the disease situation in Texas, must be submitted 
to APHIS within 90 days after July 18, 2003 or the destruction of the 
eggs, semen, or poultry, whichever is later.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0208)

[67 FR 67095, Nov. 4, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42570, July 18, 2003]