Determining Costs
The estimated cost to replace an animal is
usually determined through market surveys.
Costs associated with acquiring donated,
loaned, or wild animals as replacement
animals are eligible provided they do not
exceed the estimated cost of purchasing a
comparable animal.
When a destroyed animal is replaced
through a donation or loan of a comparable
animal, costs associated with the purchase
of another comparable animal are not
eligible.
For laboratory animals, eligible costs
associated with replacement include, but are
not limited to, the replacement cost of a
laboratory animal that is as genetically close
as possible to, but does not exceed, the
genetic progression of the lost animal AND
can be reasonably procured commercially. If
an identically genetic animal is not
available, the eligible cost is based on a
readily procured animal that is as
genetically close as possible to the original
animal. The Applicant, using its scientific
research staff, an independent member of
the scientific community, or a certified
expert, needs to make reasonable decisions
on the genetic likeness of the replacement
lab animals.
Ineligible costs associated with replacing
laboratory animals include:
Archives are materials created or received by a person,
family, or organization, public or private, and preserved
because of the enduring value they contain, or as
evidence of the functions and responsibilities of their
creator, especially those materials maintained using
the principles of provenance, original order, and
collective control.
Accession is formal process used to legally accept and
record a specimen or artifact as a collection item.
A catalog is a full record of information specific to an
item and cross-referenced to other records and files,
including identification and documentation of the
material.
Stabilization is a series of treatment measures
intended to maintain the integrity of a collection or
object and to minimize deterioration. It involves the
minimum steps necessary to return a collection or
object to a condition in which it can function in the
same capacity as it did prior to the disaster.
Conservation is the preservation of a collection or
object for the future. Conservation activities include
examination, documentation, treatment, and
preventive care, supported by research (e.g., scholarly
and technological, x-rays, paint sampling) and
education.
Special library collections typically include unique, rare
printed books, first editions (often author-signed),
manuscripts, archives, artifacts, photos, engravings,
graphics, music, and ephemera, as well as limited
edition print runs of special collections of maps or
The cost of reproducing a new animal with all the characteristics of the lost animal to re-
establish research
The cost of using a laboratory to perform a breeding program to advance benchmark
stock to the genetic changes lost because of the incident
The cost associated with surgery required to replace a surgically altered animal
The cost associated with the replacement of a laboratory animal when an animal of
similar genetic characteristics can be obtained at no cost from other researchers or
institutions
If the Applicant requests, and the Recipient approves, other than in-kind and exact number of
replacement animals, FEMA caps the Federal share based on the estimated in-kind replacement
costs.
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