Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries § 50.23.7 What office do I contact for CITES information?

(a) CITES administrative and management issues:

(1) CITES documents, including application forms and procedures; lists of registered scientific institutions and operations breeding Appendix-I wildlife for commercial purposes; and reservations

U.S. Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, Toll Free: (800) 358-2104/permit questions, Tel: (703) 358-2095/other questions, Fax: (703) 358-2281/permits, Fax: (703) 358-2298/other issues, Email: managementauthority@fws.gov, Web site: http://www.fws.gov/international and http://www.fws.gov/permits.

(2) Information on the CoP

(3) List of CITES species

(4) Names and addresses of other countries' Management and Scientific Authority offices

(5) Notifications, resolutions, and decisions

(6) Standing Committee documents and issues

(7) State and tribal export programs

(b) Scientific issues:

(1) Animals and Plants Committees documents and issues

U.S. Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, Tel: (703) 358-1708, Fax: (703) 358-2276, Email: scientificauthority@fws.gov, Web site: http://www.fws.gov/international.

(2) Findings of non-detriment and suitability of facilities, and other scientific findings

(3) Listing of species in the Appendices and relevant resolutions

(4) Names and addresses of other countries' Scientific Authority offices and scientists involved with CITES-related issues

(5) Nomenclatural issues

(c) Wildlife clearance procedures:

(1) CITES replacement tags

Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: OLE, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, Tel: (703) 358-1949, Fax: (703) 358-2271, Web site: http://www.fws.gov/le.

(2) Information about wildlife port office locations

(3) Information bulletins

(4) Inspection and clearance of wildlife shipments involving import, introduction from the sea, export, and re-export, and filing a Declaration of Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife (Form 3-177)

(5) Validation, certification, or cancellation of CITES wildlife documents

(d) APHIS plant clearance procedures:

U.S. Department of Agriculture APHIS/PPQ

(1) Information about plant port office locations

4700 River Road

(2) Inspection and clearance of plant shipments involving:

Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1236

(i) Import and introduction from the sea of living plants

Toll Free: (877) 770-5990/permit questions

(ii) Export and re-export of living and nonliving plants

Tel: (301) 734-8891/other CITES issues

(3) Validation or cancellation of CITES plant documents for the type of shipments listed in paragraph (d)(2) of this section

Fax: (301) 734-5786/permit questions

Fax: (301) 734–5276/other CITES issues

Website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health

(e) CBP plant clearance procedures:

Department of Homeland Security

(1) Inspection and clearance of plant shipments involving:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

(i) Import and introduction from the sea of nonliving plants

Office of Field Operations

(ii) Import of living plants from Canada at designated border ports (7 CFR 319.37-14(b) and 50 CFR 24.12(d))

Agriculture Programs and Liaison

(2) Cancellation of CITES plant documents for the type of shipments listed in paragraph (e)(1) of this section

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 2.5 B

Washington, DC 20229

Tel: (202) 344–3298

Fax: (202) 344–1442

(f) General information on CITES:

CITES Secretariat

(1) CITES export quota information

Website: http://www.cites.org

(2) CITES' Guidelines for transport and preparation for shipment of live wild animals and plants

(3) Information about the Secretariat

(4) Names and addresses of other countries' Management and Scientific Authority offices

(5) Official documents, including resolutions, decisions, notifications, CoP documents, and committee documents

(6) Official list of CITES species and species database

(7) Text of the Convention