Contact the following offices to receive information about CITES: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) CITES administrative and U.S. Management Authority, U.S.
management issues: Fish and Wildlife Service(1) CITES documents, including Headquarters, MS: IA, 5275
application forms and procedures; Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
lists of registered scientific 22041-3803, Toll Free: (800) 358-
institutions and operations 2104/permit questions, Tel: (703)
breeding Appendix-I wildlife for 358-2095/other questions, Fax:
commercial purposes; and (703) 358-2281/permits, Fax: (703)
reservations 358-2298/other issues, Email:(2) Information on the CoP managementauthority@fws.gov, Web(3) List of CITES species site: http://www.fws.gov/(4) Names and addresses of other international and http://
countries' Management and www.fws.gov/permits.
Scientific Authority offices(5) Notifications, resolutions, and
decisions(6) Standing Committee documents
and issues(7) State and tribal export
(1) Animals and Plants Committees Fish and Wildlife Service
documents and issues Headquarters, MS: IA, 5275(2) Findings of non-detriment and Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
suitability of facilities, and 22041-3803, Tel: (703) 358-1708,
other scientific findings Fax: (703) 358-2276, Email:(3) Listing of species in the scientificauthority@fws.gov, Web
Appendices and relevant site: http://www.fws.gov/
resolutions international.(4) Names and addresses of other
countries' Scientific Authority
offices and scientists involved
with CITES-related issues(5) Nomenclatural issues------------------------------------------------------------------------(c) Wildlife clearance procedures: Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and(1) CITES replacement tags Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS:(2) Information about wildlife port OLE, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
office locations Church, VA 22041-3803, Tel: (703)(3) Information bulletins 358-1949, Fax: (703) 358-2271, Web(4) Inspection and clearance of site: http://www.fws.gov/le.
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture
(1) Information about plant port Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1236,
office locations Toll Free: (877) 770-5990/permit(2) Inspection and clearance of questions, Tel: (301) 734-8891/
(i) Import and introduction from 5786/permit questions, Fax: (301)
the sea of living plants 734-5276/other CITES issues,(ii) Export and re-export of living Website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
and nonliving plants plant--health(3) Validation or cancellation of
CITES plant documents for the type
of shipments listed in paragraph
(d)(2) of this section------------------------------------------------------------------------(e) CBP plant clearance procedures: Department of Homeland Security,(1) Inspection and clearance of U.S. Customs and Border
(2) of this section------------------------------------------------------------------------(e) CBP plant clearance procedures: Department of Homeland Security,(1) Inspection and clearance of U.S. Customs and Border
plant shipments involving: Protection, Office of Field(i) Import and introduction from Operations, Agriculture Programs
the sea of nonliving plants and Liaison, 1300 Pennsylvania(ii) Import of living plants from Avenue, NW, Room 2.5 B,
Canada at designated border ports Washington, DC 20229, Tel: (202)
(7 CFR 319.37-14(b) and 50 CFR 344-3298, Fax: (202) 344-1442
24.12(d))(2) Cancellation of CITES plant
documents for the type of
shipments listed in paragraph
(e)(1) of this section------------------------------------------------------------------------(f) General information on CITES: CITES Secretariat, Website: http://(1) CITES export quota information www.cites.org(2) CITES'Guidelines for transport
(1) of this section------------------------------------------------------------------------(f) General information on CITES: CITES Secretariat, Website: http://(1) CITES export quota information 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------------------------------------------------------------------------ [72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30420, May 27, 2014; 79 FR 43966, July 29, 2014]