APS REGULATORY ALERT EMAIL

TO: U.S. APS Members
FROM: APS Public Policy Board
SUBJECT: Regulatory Alert – Select Agents Notification

To all U.S. APS Members:

On June 12, 2002, the President signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (The Act). The Act requires that all persons in possession of any ‘‘Select Agent’’ notify the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by September 10, 2002. Section 213(b) of The Act requires all persons in possession of any ‘‘High Consequence Livestock Pathogen or Toxin’’ notify the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by October 8, 2002. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been designated as the agency responsible for providing guidance on this notification to the Secretary, DHHS. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has been designated as the agency responsible for providing guidance on this notification to the Secretary, USDA. In order to minimize the reporting burden to the public, CDC and APHIS created a common notification form. For your convenience, a copy of the complete

August 6 Federal Register document is available for review at SelectAgentsFedRegister.pdf

CDC and APHIS plan to conduct a targeted mailing of the Guidance Document and form to approximately 190,000 facilities. If facilities have not received a copy of the Guidance Document and form within 10 days of publication of this notice (August 6, 2002), they should call 866.567.4232 to request a copy of the Guidance Document and form. The Guidance Document and form will also be available at both the CDC Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/lrsat.htm) and the APHIS Web site (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie).