3 CSR 10- 4.200: Chronic Wasting Disease; Management Zone

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Purpose

This rule establishes Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zones and places a restriction on activities that are likely to unnaturally concentrate white-tailed deer, thus increase the potential spread and prevalence of CWD. This rule also requires mandatory disease sampling during designated dates within CWD Management Zones.

Summary:

This amendment removes the specific requirement that all deer presented for Chronic Wasting Disease sample collection have least six inches (6”) of neck attached.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Proposed Amendment

(3) The head[ with at least six inches (6") of neck attached] from any deer taken within a designated county of the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone on the first Saturday and Sunday of the November portion of the deer firearms hunting season must be presented by the taker to a designated disease surveillance sampling station on the day taken.  See the current Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, hereby incorporated in this Code by reference, for designated counties and sampling station locations. This booklet is published annually in August by, and a printed copy can be obtained from, the Missouri Department of Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and is also available online at www.missouriconservation.org.  This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.

 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016. Original rule filed Dec. 15, 2015, effective May 30, 2016. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 23, 2019.

 

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

 

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

 

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at http://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

Comment on this proposed regulation
Official public comment period: July 2, 2019 to July 31, 2019
Published in the Missouri Register on July 1, 2019 -- Volume 44 Number 13