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How to Submit Your Comments to the USDA


The participants in NAWA would like to urge you to make comments to the USDA to provide them with information on the impact of covering birds under the AWA. These comments can be made by the internet or letters to the USDA. The original comment period has been extended and comments must be submitted by November 1, 2004.

If we do not make these comments, the comments of the Animals Rights Activist side will be taken into consideration rather than ours. It is possible that all or most of us may be exempted from these regulations, if we get enough comments into the USDA showing the negative impact that AWA regulations would have on us.

Information you need to comment to the USDA:

  • The text form with the questions USDA is asking can be found on: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html

  • Then click: Animal Care.

  • Then choose: Animal Welfare; Regulations and Standards for Birds, Rats, and Mice, Docket Number 98-106-4 Advance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments 9 CFR Parts 2 and 3, Published June 4, 2004 69 FR 31537

In order for the USDA to consider your written comments you MUST submit them to the USDA by one of their approved methods:

1. By postal mail: Click here for sample letters.  Send your written letters as follows:

Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket No.98-106-4, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 98-106-4.

2. By email: Address your email comment to: regulations@aphis.usda.gov

Your comment must be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name and address in your message and "Docket No. 98-106-4'' on the subject line.

3. By commenting on the USDA comments website at http://comments.aphis.usda.gov.

According to the USDA, this web form is designed to allow the commenter to associate each of their comments with the issues identified in the advance notice, and to allow APHIS to more easily analyze the comments received regarding each issue. BUT please note that this website is not reliable, may take a long time to load, and is often unavailable. Do not rely on the website as your only method of commenting to the USDA.

4. Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket No. 98-106-4 in the USDA reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 am. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.

5. Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html

Press Release: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/news/2004/06/ac_birdratmice.html

If you have any questions regarding bird regulation under the AWA, please contact NAWA at comments@nawabirds.org.