United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA Announces the Availability of a Petition to Amend the Reporting Requirements for Research Facilities Under the Animal Welfare Act Regulations
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0033-0001
Summary
We are notifying the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has received a petition requesting that we amend the regulations to require that research facilities include information about the uses of animals in the annual report they submit to APHIS. We are making this petition available to the public and soliciting comments regarding any issues raised by the petition that we should consider.
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