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3277. CEREAL LEAF
BEETLE
State
Exterior Quarantine
A quarantine is
established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers: A. Pest.
Cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus). A beetle, family Chrysomelidae, which is a destructive leaf feeder. Wheat,
barley, and oats are the principal crops attacked by both larva and adult. B. Area Under Quarantine.
All states and districts of the 1.
Infested Area. The states of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the
District of Columbia shall be known as the Infested Area (see Appendix B for additional infested
areas). 2.
Area Not Known To Be Infested. All states in the Area Under Quarantine
(see (B) above) and not named in the Infested Area (see (B.1) above) shall be
known as the Area Not Known To Be Infested. C. Commodities and Items
Covered. Small grains such as barley, oats, and wheat (see Appendix A1); ear corn; straw
and hay, including marsh hay (Spartina
patens) (see Appendix A2),
(pelletized hay is not covered); grass sod (see Appendix D); grass and forage seed; fodder and plant
litter; used harvesting equipment or machinery; and cut or balled
Christmas trees of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris),
red pine (Pinus resinosa
), and Austrian pine (Pinus nigra), including all subspecies thereof. D.Restrictions. 1. Exemption of
Commodities Covered. The following
commodities are exempt from all restrictions of this quarantine. a.
Grain sorghum, shelled corn, and soy beans. b.
Small grain seed, grass seed, and forage seed when cleaned and shipped in
bags or small packages (see Appendix
A4). c.
All straw and hay that has been used as bedding for animals during shipment
and all compressed baled hay and straw (see Appendix A3). d.
Small grains shipped during the period of February 1 to April 30 inclusive,
each year (see Appendix C). 2. Commodities and Items
Covered Admitted From Quarantined Area if Treated at Origin.
a.
Commodities and items covered are admissible into California from the area
under quarantine provided each lot or shipment is officially certified by an
authorized representative of the origin state department of agriculture or
the United States Department of Agriculture affirming that the lot or
shipment was treated prior to shipment under official supervision in a manner
approved by the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture and was
not exposed to reinfestation. 3. Commodities and Items
Covered Admitted Under Certification as to Origin. a.
Commodities covered which are grown in and shipped from the Area Not Known To
Be Infested are enterable into California provided each lot or shipment is
officially certified by an authorized representative of the state department
of agriculture where shipment was made, or the United States Department of
Agriculture, giving the date and state or states where the commodities were
produced. A rubber stamp which bears a facsimile
signature of the proper state official may be issued to shippers which are
under state supervision. Imprints of such a stamp placed on the waybills
accompanying shipments will be acceptable as an authorized certificate. b.
Used harvesting equipment or machinery from the Area Not Known To Be Infested
may be admitted under certification from an agricultural official of the
origin state. To be eligible for such certification, the used harvesting
equipment or machinery shall not have been used in any infested state for a
period of one year prior to shipment. c.
Used harvesting equipment or machinery from the area under quarantine may be
admitted under certification from an agricultural official of the origin
state. To be eligible for such certification, the used harvesting equipment
or machinery shall not have been used from April through August of the
current year. 4. Small Grains, Grass
Seed, and Forage Seed from Area Not Known to be Infested with
Cereal Leaf Beetle Admitted Under Certificate of Inspection. a.
Small grains such as barley, oats, and wheat; and grass and forage seed,
produced in an area not known to be infested as specified in subsection (B.2)
may be admitted under certification from an agricultural official of the
state of origin. The certificate shall affirm that the lot or shipment has
been inspected and found free of cereal leaf beetle (both live and dead). The
inspection for such certification shall consist of representative samples
from individual truck or rail car lots to be shipped and at least ten (10)
representative samples from the tip and intermediate areas (inspection holes)
of silos. 5. Commodities and Items
Covered Allowed Movement Under Permit From the Secretary. a.
The Secretary may issue permits admitting commodities and items covered,
subject to limitations, conditions, and provisions which he or she may
prescribe therein. CLARIFICATIONS APPENDIX
A 07-17-03 1. For the purpose of this quarantine
"Small grains such as ..." means barley, oats, wheat, ear corn,
rye. For the purpose of this
quarantine the following are not considered "small grains" and are
exempt from the quarantine: millet, rice, sesame seed, flax, grain sorghum,
shelled corn, soy beans, and buckwheat. 2. Straw and hay means straw and hay from the
small grains, it does not include alfalfa hay, or straw from any grain not
listed as "small grains." Hay or straw made into wreaths would be
considered a processed product and would be exempt from the quarantine. 3. For the purposes of this quarantine, may be
inspected and released if no signs of cereal leaf beetle are found. All
compressed bales hay shipment must be inspected and found free of the pest
(adults and larvae). 4. For the purpose of this quarantine (see D.1.b) "seed when cleaned and
shipped in bags or small packages" is exempt from all quarantine
restrictions when shipped in bags or packages of 100 pounds or less,
regardless of the number of bags per shipment. Bags or packages larger
than 100 pounds would require applicable certification. ADDITIONAL AREAS AND
PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING ARE UNDER QUARANTINE APPENDIX
B 21-21-11 Any state listed below is
regulated as an area under quarantine. Listed below are the areas in each
state considered to be infested. State Infested Area(s) Idaho: Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise,
Bonner, Bonneville, Butte, Boundary, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark,
Clearwater, Custer,
Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln,
Madison, Minidoka, Nez
Perce, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Teton, Twin Falls,
Valley, and Washington counties. Kansas:
Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford,
Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn,
Lyon, Miami, Nemaha, Neosho, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wilson, Woodson,and Wyandette counties.
Montana:
Beaverhead, Big Horn,
Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Choteau, Custer,
Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley,Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and
Clark, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell,
Park, Petroleum, Pondera,
Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud,
Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Wheatland, Wibaux, and Yellowstone
counties. Oregon:
Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Jackson,
Jefferson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur,
Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamoook,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Washington, and Yamhill counties. Utah: Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis,
Duchesne, Emery, Juab, Morgan, Piute,
Rich, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and
Weber counties. Wyoming:
Albany, Big Horn, Campbell,
Converse, Fremont,
Goshen, Hot
Springs, Johnson, Laramie, Lincoln,
Park, Platte, Sheridan, Sweetwater, and Washakie counties. Canada: Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia (the Regional Districts of East
Kootenay and Central Kootenay), Labrador, Manitoba, New
Brunswick, New
Foundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island,
Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Commodities and items
covered under the Cereal Leaf Beetle Exterior Quarantine should be admitted
from the above infested areas only if certified as treated by a state
agricultural official at origin. Covered commodities and items originating
from the above infested areas which are not certified as treated by a state
agricultural official at origin should be rejected under authority of Section
6461.5 of the FAC. Commodities and items covered originating from uninfested
areas should be admitted only under a certificate of origin or inspection
issued by the origin state agricultural official. Regulated commodities from
uninfested areas without an origin certificate should be rejected under authority
of Section 6461.5 of the FAC. PERMITS FOR THE SHIPMENT OF REGULATED ARTICLES Small grains.
Pending a formal amendment of the regulation, Master Permit No. QC 523
has been issued to various states to authorize producers/shippers in those
states to ship small grains grown and stored in those states into California
during the period of December 1 to April 30 inclusive, subject to conditions
of the permit available at http://phpps.cdfa.ca.gov/PE/InteriorExclusion/pdf/InterstateQCPermits.pdf |
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CLARIFICATION
OF GRASS SOD APPENDIX
D 04-29-08 For the purpose of this quarantine, “grass sod” also refers to
ornamental grasses. “Grass sod” does
NOT include plants that are considered rushes or sedges (members of the Juncaceae and Cyperaceae
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