Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-2-103 - Compensation for Carcass Removal; Eligibility; Application

A. The Board may compensate a landowner, lessee, or livestock operator for removal of a livestock carcass from the areas where the landowner, lessee, or livestock operator maintains livestock to reduce the potential for Mexican wolves (wolf, wolves) to feed on the carcass and remain in the area proximate to additional livestock. The Board has established a compensation rate of $250 per carcass removed from wolf-occupied areas.

B. To receive compensation, the claimant shall submit an Obtaining Carcass Removal Program Compensation Request Form (form) to the Board no less than seven days prior to its next regularly scheduled meeting. The claimant shall mail the form to the Arizona Livestock Loss Board at P.O. Box 74975, Phoenix, AZ, 85087. The claimant shall provide all of the information on the form, including:

1. Producer name,

2. Producer mailing address,

3. Ranch/Allotment,

4. Photographic documentation and a description of the circumstances regarding the carcass and its removal from any area where the carcass is available to access by wolves, and

5. Manner of disposal:

a. Buried,

b. Disposed of at a landfill, or

c. Removed outside wolf occupied area. The claimant shall describe the location where the carcass was placed.

C. The Board shall review and consider the request at its next regularly scheduled public meeting.

D. The decision of the Board is not subject to reconsideration and shall be the final administrative decision.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-2-103

New Section made by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 430, effective 4/13/2024.