(a) Slaughter. Live VHS-regulated fish from VHS-regulated regions may be imported directly for slaughter under the following conditions:
(1) An import permit has been obtained under Sec. 93.912 and all conditions of the permit are observed.
(2) An APHIS representative at the port seals the means of conveyance with official seals.
(3) The shipment is moved directly from the port of entry to a slaughtering establishment that meets the following conditions:
(i) The slaughtering establishment discharges its waste water to a municipal sewage system that includes waste water disinfection sufficient to neutralize any VHS virus or to either a non-discharging settling pond or a settling pond that disinfects, according to all applicable local, State, and Federal regulations, sufficiently to neutralize any VHS virus.
(ii) Offal, including carcasses, from the slaughtering establishment is either rendered or composted.
(4) An APHIS representative will unseal the vehicle upon arrival at the slaughtering establishment.
(5) Any water used to transport the fish is disposed to a municipal sewage system that includes waste water disinfection sufficient to neutralize any VHS virus or to either a non-discharging settling pond or a settling pond that disinfects, according to all applicable local, State, and Federal regulations, sufficiently to neutralize any VHS virus.
(b) Research or laboratory use. Live VHS-regulated fish may be imported from a VHS-regulated region for research or laboratory use under the following conditions:
(1) An import permit has been obtained under Sec. 93.912 and all conditions of the permit are observed.
(2) The laboratory or research facility disposes of effluent to a municipal sewage system that includes waste water disinfection sufficient to neutralize any VHS virus or to either a non-discharging settling pond or a settling pond that disinfects, according to all applicable local, State, and Federal regulations, sufficiently to neutralize any VHS virus.
(3) Carcasses must be rendered or composted.
(4) Any water used to transport the fish is disposed to a municipal sewage system that includes waste water disinfection sufficient to neutralize any VHS virus or to either a non-discharging settling pond or a settling pond that disinfects, according to all applicable local, State, and Federal regulations, sufficiently to neutralize any VHS virus.