[NHCOLL-L:4046] RE: DHL and 3-177

[Furth, David]

This happened here 2-3 years ago a number of times.  I too objected to
this procedure and associated charges.  The reason is that USFWS has
"frightened" carriers like DHL, etc. into thinking that they must do the
declarations and then the carriers charge us for doing the 3-177s.
These carriers have no clue about what they are doing concerning museum
specimens and we are certainly the best ones to do the E-decs (a FWS
system).  Of course this also demonstrates that FWS also does not
understand museum science or their own regulations - we should have 180
days to declare non-listed specimens.  Go figure:-)

 

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David G. Furth, Ph.D.

Department of Entomology

MRC 165, P.O. Box 37012

National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D. C. 20013-7012  USA

Phone: 202-633-0990

Fax: 202-786-2894

Email: furthd at si.edu <mailto:furthd at si.edu> 

Website: www.entomology.si.edu <http://www.entomology.si.edu>  

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[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Watkins-Colwell,
Gregory
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 2:36 PM
To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4045] DHL and 3-177

 

Has anybody ever had DHL do a 3-177 for a shipment coming into the
country?  Twice now I've had them do one for me and charge me for the
service.   Each time that they've done it I've gotten the bill and a
cleared 3-177 roughly 2 months after the arrival of the package and thus
AFTER I've already done the 3-177 and gotten it cleared.  Thus, the same
package now has 2 entries into the USFW database.

 

Since I can do a 3-177 without charging myself a fee, I prefer to do it
that way.  Is there any way to make DHL STOP doing this?  They don't
seem to do it on every transaction.  

 

Greg

 

 

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Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell

Division of Vertebrate Zoology

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

170 Whitney Avenue, Box 208118

New Haven, CT  06520

203/432-3791  or    fax: 203/432-2874

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