TITLE 9 - ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

CHAPTER I - ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SUBCHAPTER B - COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY DISEASES

PART 53 - FOOT - AND - MOUTH DISEASE, PLEUROPNEUMONIA, RINDERPEST, AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY

53.8 - Presentation of claims.

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