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APHIS Press Releases for August 2002

AWA Actions Recent USDA Animal Welfare Act Case Actions
Cargo Inspection USDA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule Amending Cargo Inspection Regulations
International Standard Activities USDA Announces Comments on International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard-Setting Activities
Rabies in VA Virginia and USDA Team Up to Stop the Spread of Raccoon Rabies
Dwarfed Plants USDA Amends Growing Standards for Artificially Dwarfed Plants
Honeybee Imports USDA Proposes Revising Regulations for the Importation of Bees
Mahogany Shipments USDA Continues Scrutiny of Mahogany Shipments from Brazil; Releases One Recent Shipment
Wood Packaging USDA Seeks Comment on Environmental Impact of Wood Packaging Material
Tribal Lands Veneman Announces Distribution of Homeland Security Funds to Tribal Lands
Bird Implants USDA Allows Microchip Implants in Traveling Pet Birds
Poultry Indemnity APHIS Provides Indemnity for Virginia Poultry Producers
TB Comments USDA Extends Comment Period on Bovine Tuberculosis Regulations
New Biotech Unit USDA Creates New Biotechnology Unit
Canada TB Tests USDA to Require Tuberculosis Testing for Cattle from Manitoba, Canada

 

If you need more information, please e-mail LPA or contact us by phone or fax (see below).

  LPA Headquarters
Office of the Director
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 720-2511
Fax: (202) 720-3982
LPA Public Affairs
Riverdale, Md.
Phone: (301) 734-7799
Fax: (301) 734-5221
 
  LPA Regional Offices
 
California
Larry Hawkins
Public Affairs Specialist
(Sacramento)
Phone: (916) 857-6243
Fax: (916) 857-6269
Colorado
Teresa Howes
Public Affairs Specialist
(Fort Collins)
Phone: (970) 494-7410
Fax: (970) 494-7455
 

Florida
Nolan Lemon
Public Affairs Specialist
(Gainesville)
Phone: (352) 332-1893
Fax: (352) 331-0868

Tyrone Kemp
Citrus Canker Program
Public Affairs Specialist
(Plantation)
Phone: (954) 327-7826
Fax: (954) 797-6902

West Virginia
Charlene Lewis
Rabies Program
Public Affairs Specialist
Phone: (304) 548-5886
Fax: (304) 548-5887