New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter J - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS › Part 181 - Control Of Rabies In Wildlife › Section 181.5 - County plans for control of rabies in wildlife

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Plan. Any county within which rabies in
				  wildlife has been certified to exist pursuant to Environmental Conservation
				  Law, section 11-0525 may submit a plan, for eliminating, reducing or confining
				  the disease rabies in wildlife, for joint approval by the Departments of
				  Health, Agriculture and Markets, and Environmental Conservation pursuant to
				  Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-0527. The plan, if approved, will
				  become part of an approved wildlife rabies control program.
(b) Department representation. The Department
				  of Environmental Conservation regional wildlife manager in each Department of
				  Environmental Conservation region is designated to carry out negotiations with
				  counties, provide technical advice to counties for the development of county
				  plans, supervise implementation of wildlife rabies control programs and make
				  certification for reimbursement of funds pursuant to Environmental Conservation
				  Law, section 11-0527.
(c) Wildlife
				  rabies control program. The regional wildlife manager will develop and
				  implement a wildlife rabies control program within the manager's region. The
				  purpose of the wildlife rabies control program is to eliminate, reduce or
				  confine the disease rabies in wildlife in designated wildlife control areas
				  within the region through methods deemed appropriate by the regional wildlife
				  manager.
(d) Wildlife rabies
				  control areas. In counties where the disease rabies has been certified to exist
				  pursuant to Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-0525 and where an
				  approved rabies control program has been established, the regional wildlife
				  manager will identify wildlife rabies control areas as part of the wildlife
				  rabies control program.
(e)
				  Selection of wildlife rabies control personnel. Personnel to be employed by a
				  county in a wildlife rabies control program must be approved by the regional
				  wildlife manager.
(f) Wildlife
				  rabies control program assignments. County wildlife rabies control personnel
				  will be assigned by a regional wildlife manager or an authorized representative
				  to a specific wildlife rabies control area(s) for a period of time sufficient
				  to meet the objective of the wildlife rabies control program.
(g) Supervision. Activities of county
				  wildlife rabies control personnel will be supervised by the regional wildlife
				  manager or an authorized representative. Personnel found not to be performing
				  satisfactorily will be reported to the county for appropriate action.
(h) Reports. County wildlife rabies control
				  personnel must keep records of activities and submit reports as required by
				  Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-0527 and the regional wildlife
				  manager or an authorized representative.
(i) State aid. Only wildlife rabies control
				  activities conducted by a county as part of an approved wildlife rabies control
				  program will be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to Environmental
				  Conservation Law, section 11-0527.