[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR93.303]

[Page 440]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
   PART 93_IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND POULTRY,
   AND CERTAIN ANIMAL, BIRD, AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; REQUIREMENTS FOR
 
                            Subpart C_Horses
 
Sec. 93.303  Ports designated for the importation of horses.

    (a) Air and ocean ports. The following ports have APHIS inspection 
and quarantine facilities necessary for quarantine stations and all 
horses shall be entered into the United States through these stations, 
except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this 
section, Sec. Sec. 93.308(a), (b) and (c) and 93.317: Los Angeles, 
California; Miami, Florida; and Newburgh, New York.
    (b) Canadian border ports. (1) The following land border ports are 
designated as having the necessary inspection facilities for the entry 
of horses from Canada: Eastport, Idaho; Houlton and Jackman, Maine; 
Detroit, Port Huron, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Baudette, 
Minnesota; Opheim, Raymond, and Sweetgrass, Montana; Alexandria Bay, 
Buffalo, and Champlain, New York; Dunseith, Pembina, and Portal, North 
Dakota; Derby Line and Highgate Springs, Vermont; Oroville and Sumas, 
Washington.
    (2) International Falls, Minnesota, is designated as a port of entry 
for horses from Canada.
    (c) Mexican border ports. The following land border ports are 
designated for the entry of horses from Mexico: Brownsville, Hidalgo, 
Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Presidio, and El Paso, Texas; Douglas, 
Naco, Nogales, Sasabe, and San Luis, Arizona; Calexico and San Ysidro, 
California; and Antelope Wells, Columbus, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
    (d) Limited ports. The following ports are designated as having 
inspection facilities for the entry of horses and horse products such as 
horse test specimens which do not appear to require restraint and 
holding inspection facilities: Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska; San 
Diego, California; Jacksonville, St. Petersburg-Clearwater, and Tampa, 
Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Chicago, Illinois; New 
Orleans, Louisiana; Portland, Maine; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, 
Massachusetts; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Great Falls, Montana; Dayton, 
Ohio; Portland, Oregon; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Memphis, Tennessee (no 
live animals); Galveston and Houston, Texas; and Seattle, Spokane, and 
Tacoma, Washington.
    (e) Ports and quarantine facilities provided by the importer for 
horses. Horses, except horses from or which have transited any region in 
which African horsesickness is declared to exist,\12\ may be entered 
into the United States at any port specified in paragraph (a) of this 
section, or at any other port designated as an international port or 
airport by the U.S. Customs Service and quarantined at quarantine 
facilities provided by the importer provided that applicable provisions 
of Sec. Sec. 93.301(c), 93.304(a), 93.306, 93.308(a), (b) and (c), and 
93.314 are met.
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    \12\ Information as to the regions where African horsesickness is 
declared to exist may be obtained from the Administrator.
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    (f) Designation of other ports. The Secretary of the Treasury has 
approved the designation as quarantine stations of the ports specified 
in this section. In special cases other ports may be designated as 
quarantine stations under this section by the Administrator, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury.

[55 FR 31495, Aug. 2, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 15489, Apr. 17, 1991; 57 
FR 37690, Aug. 20, 1992; 58 FR 45237, Aug. 27, 1993; 60 FR 16045, Mar. 
29, 1995; 60 FR 25120, May 11, 1995; 61 FR 52239, Oct. 7, 1996; 62 FR 
27938, May 22, 1997. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 56012, Oct. 28, 
1997; 64 FR 23179, Apr. 30, 1999; 65 FR 38178, June 20, 2000; 67 FR 
68022, Nov. 8, 2002]