La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-1727

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XXI-1727 - Chronic Wasting Disease; Surveillance Zones

A. Whenever the commissioner or his designee has been notified that any cervid, whether in an alternative livestock facility or not, has tested positive for CWD anywhere within the state, he may establish a surveillance zone by the following procedures:

1. by giving notice, in writing, to any and all alternative livestock facilities within the surveillance zone;

2. by publishing notice of the surveillance zone in the Louisiana Register; and

3. by posting notice of the surveillance zone on the LDAF website.

B. Once imposed, a surveillance zone will remain in effect unless and until otherwise cancelled or modified by the commissioner or his designee.

C. LDAF shall annually, on or before December 31, publish in the Louisiana Register a list of all areas of Louisiana which are included in surveillance zones.

D. The commissioner or his designee may, at his discretion, cancel a surveillance zone or modify an area from a surveillance zone when it is proven to his satisfaction that the area has been mitigated and no longer warrants surveillance zone restrictions, by the following procedures:

1. by giving notice, in writing, to any and all alternative livestock facilities within the surveillance zone;

2. by publishing notice of the surveillance zone in the Louisiana Register; and

3. by posting notice of the surveillance zone on the LDAF website.

E. Surveillance zones in this state include:

1. an area consisting of a 25-mile radius from the positive animal.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-1727

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety, LR 49234 (2/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3101.