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This section includes information related to the interstate (within the US) transfer and shipping of the following:
Additional permits, licenses, documentation, etc. are required
for the international transport/shipment of live animals, animal tissues,
known or suspected infectious substances, or hazardous materials. Click HERE for links to agencies with import and export permitting authority and examples of permit and licensing requirements for some recent UAF imports and exports.
Live Animals
Permission
of the Sending and Receiving State Veterinarians - You must
have permission, in writing, from the State Veterinarian
of both the sending and receiving state before shipping live
wildlife or domesticated livestock. The Office
of the Alaska State Veterinarian can assist you in contacting
the receiving state's veterinarian (a list
of state veterinarians with their contact information
is provided on the Alaska state veterinarian's website)
and determining any criteria that must be fufilled prior
to transfer.
Health Certificate - A health certificate issued
by a licensed veterinarian no more than 30 days before
shipping, must be available with the animal and a copy
must be submitted to the State Veterinarian's Office
of the sending state, who then forwards a copy to the State
Veterinarian of the receiving state. Private carriers may requirements that are more restrictive than the state/governmental regulations; for example, Alaska Airlines requires that health certificates be issued no more than 10 days prior to shipping, so be sure to check with each carrier!
Permission of the
State Department of Fish & Game (or equivalent)
- You must have permission, in writing, from the appropriate
state wildlife or fisheries official in both the sending and
receiving state before transferring any live wildlife. In Alaska contact the following:
- Division of Sportfish
or Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish & Game: Submit your request via a Fish
Transport application.
- Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish & Game: Contact Karen Blejwas (907-465-4148 or karen_blejwas@fishgame.state.ak.us) for forms or more information.
USFWS Permit for the interstate transport
of Endangered Species Act covered species. See the appropriate
section under "Commerce,
Interstate" on the USFWS
Permit Application Index.
Animal
Welfare Act minimum requirements for primary enclosures used
to transport live animals and for care in transit can be found
in Title
9, Chapter 1, Part 3: Standards. Ground
or Airline Carrier Requirements - A health certificate
(see above) is required for all commercial flights/shipments.
International
Air Transport Association has speicific regulations
pertaining to shipment of live animals on any commercial flight.
Contact the carrier directly to determine the requirements
for the species you need to ship.Ground
Transportation - check with the carrier for any company
speicific regulations.
Animal
Tissues
USFWS Permit for the interstate
transport of Endangered Species Act covered species. See
the appropriate section under "Commerce, Interstate" on
the USFWS
Permit Application Index.Check
with the appropriate State Veterinarian for any state bans
on the Importation (internationally or from other states)
of specific animal tissues, such as the State
of Alaska's recent ban on the importation of certain cervid
tissues.
Known or Suspected
Infectious Materials
National Institutes
of Health, Division of Safety, Office of Research Services: Instructions
on How to Ship Infectious Materials is a good guide
for safely shipping infectious materials. Department
of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations (49CFR
Chapter I, Subpart C) contains a Hazardous Materials
Table (Part 172, Subpart B, 172.101) with the requirements
for shipping substances which are infectious to humans or
animals (look up Infectious Substances in the alphabetical
index).
Potentially
Infectious Substances or Materials - If you reasonably suspect
that the materials being shipped are infectious you should
follow the instructions for shipping infectious materials
(above). The term "Diagnostic
Specimens" is no longer permitted. The descriptive label should now read "Biological Substance, Category A or B" (as appropriate). Although diagnostic samples were previously exempt from regulation, they are now
listed in the Hazardous Material Tables of Title 49 CFR
and are subject to the new rules. These substances must be package by a DOT Certified Shipper, if you do not have Certified Shipper in your UAF unit, contact EHS&RM for assistance. Packing instructions:
- Biological Substances, Category A (pdf): An infectious substance which is transported in a form that, when exposure to it occurs, is capable of causing permanent disability, life-threatening or fatal disease in otherwise healthy humans or animals. Infectious substances that cause disease in humans or in both humans and animals must be assigned to UN 2814. Infectious substances that cause disease only in animals must be assigned to UN 2900.
- Biological Substances Category B (pdf) - formerly Diagnostic Speciments: An infectious substance which does not meet the criteria for inclusion in Category A. Infectious substances in Category B must be assigned to UN 3373.
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Hazardous Materials
Department
of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations (49CFR
Chapter I, Subpart C) contain the requirements for carriage
by rail, aircraft, vessel, or public highway of hazardous materials.
Contact EHS&RM for advise or assistance with any shipment of
hazardous materials.
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