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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, 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 09-19-08 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) Ada,
Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah,
Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Butte, Boundary, Camas, Canyon,
Caribou, Cassia, Clark, 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. 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. 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, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet
Grass, Teton, Toole,
Treasure, Wheatland,
and Yellowstone counties. Elko Entire state Entire state McKenzie
and Williams counties. Baker,
Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur,
Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamoook, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Washington, and Yamhill counties. Box
Elder, Cache, Carbon, Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clallam,
Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat,
Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan,
Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San Juan, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane,
Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla
Walla, Whitman, Yakima. Big Horn,
Alberta, British Columbia (the Regional Districts of East Kootenay and Central
Kootenay), Labrador,
New Brunswick,
New Foundland,
Nova Scotia,
Ontario, Prince Edward
Island, and Quebec. 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 APPENDIX
C
04-29-08 1.
Small grains. Only
small grains which have been produced and stored in Violation
of or inability to meet any of the conditions of this permit, or the
detection of any live serious pests in any shipment authorized by this
permit, shall be sufficient cause for immediate revocation of the permit and
destruction of the small grains, or return of the small grains to origin at
the expense of the shipper. Unless
earlier revoked, this permit is valid through April 30, 2009. |
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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 families). |
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