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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 226 / Monday, November 29, 2021 / Proposed Rules on the animals safety during transportation.
4 Guidance on how to meet these requirements may be found in the Live Animal Regulations LAR, as amended, published by the International Air Transport Association IATA. The Administrator may also approve alternative guidance than that described in the LAR.

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5. In 93.304, paragraph a1i is amended, in the first sentence, by adding the words or transiting after the words For horses from, adding the words Federal quarantine or after the words quarantine at a, and removing the words except as otherwise provided for in 93.315, 93.319, and 93.321,, and in the next to last sentence, by adding the words , or other attestation regarding the health of the animals after the word subjected.

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5. Section 93.306 is amended by adding the words , to include horses dead upon presentation, after the words all other horses in the second sentence.
6. Section 93.307 is revised to read as follows:

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Articles accompanying horses.

No litter or manure, fodder or other aliment, nor any equipment such as boxes, buckets, ropes, chains, blankets, or other things used for or about horses governed under any law or regulation administered by the Secretary of Agriculture for prevention of the introduction or dissemination of any pests or diseases of livestock, shall be landed from any conveyance except under such restrictions as the inspector in charge at the port of entry shall direct.
v7. Section 93.308 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraph a1;
b. By redesignating paragraphs a3
and 4 as paragraphs a4 and 5, respectively, and adding a new paragraph a3;
c. By revising footnote 11;
d. In paragraph b introductory text, by adding the words , except horses originating from regions in which Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis or screwworm is declared to exist, after 93.303e; and e. In paragraph c4vB, by removing a4 and adding a5 in its place.
The revisions and addition read as follows:

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1 Except as provided in 93.317
horses from Canada and 93.324 horses from Mexico, horses intended for importation from regions that APHIS
considers to be affected with Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis shall be quarantined at a port designated in 93.303 to be evaluated for signs of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.
Each horse must be accompanied at the time of importation by an import permit in accordance with 93.304.
i A list of regions that APHIS
considers affected with Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis is maintained on the APHIS website at https
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
animalhealth/animal-and-animalproduct-import-information/animalhealth-status-of-regions. Copies of the list can be obtained via postal mail or email upon request to Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700
River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, Maryland 20737; AskRegionalization@
usda.gov.
ii APHIS will add a region to the list upon determining that the disease exists in the region based on reports APHIS
receives of outbreaks of the disease from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health OIE, or from other sources the Administrator determines to be reliable. APHIS will remove a region from the list after conducting an evaluation of the region in accordance with 92.2 of this subchapter and finding that the disease is not present in the region. In the case of a region formerly not on this list that is added due to an outbreak, the region may be removed from the list in accordance with the procedures for reestablishment of a regions disease-free status in 92.4
of this subchapter.

3 Horses from regions where APHIS
considers screwworm to exist may be imported into the United States only if they meet the requirements in paragraphs a3i through vii of this section, obtain an import permit in accordance with 93.304, and meet all other applicable requirements of this part. A list of regions where screwworm is considered to exist is maintained on the APHIS website at https
www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/
disease-status-of-regions. Copies of the list will also be available via postal mail, fax, or email upon request to the Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services,
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737;
AskRegionalization@usda.gov. APHIS
will add a region to the list upon determining that screwworm exists in the region based on reports APHIS
receives of detections of the pest from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health OIE, or from other sources the Administrator determines to be reliable. APHIS will remove a region from the list after conducting an evaluation of the region in accordance with 92.2 of this subchapter and finding that screwworm is not present in the region. In the case of a region formerly not on this list that is added due to a detection, the region may be removed from the list in accordance with the procedures for reestablishment of a regions disease-free status in 92.4
of this subchapter.
i A veterinarian must treat horses with ivermectin 3 to 5 days prior to the date of export to the United States according to the recommended dose prescribed on the products label.
ii Horses must be examined for screwworm by a full-time salaried veterinary official of the exporting country within 24 hours prior to shipment to the United States. The official must fully examine the horses, including their external genitalia. If horses are found to be infested with screwworm, they must be treated until free from infestation.
iii At the time horses are loaded onto a means of conveyance for export, a veterinarian must treat any visible wounds on the animals with a solution of coumaphos dust at a concentration of 5 percent active ingredient.
iv Horses must be accompanied to the United States by a certificate signed by a full-time salaried veterinary official of the exporting country. The certificate must state that the horses, including their external genitalia, have been thoroughly examined and found free of screwworm and that the horses have been treated in accordance with paragraphs a3i and iii of this section.
v Horses must be quarantined upon arrival in the United States at a port designated in 93.303 for at least 7
days.
vi Horses must be examined for screwworm by a veterinarian within 24
hours after arrival at a port designated in 93.303. The examining veterinarian must examine horses, including their external genitalia, to determine whether the horse is infested with screwworm.
vii Horses must be held at the animal import center for a minimum of
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