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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 United States east of and
including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas and Louisiana (see
Appendix B for additional quarantined areas) 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 03-13-06 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) Colorado: Boulder, Larimer, Routt, and Weld counties. Idaho: 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. 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, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver
Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Wheatland, and Yellowstone counties. Nevada: Elko New
Hampshire: Entire state North
Carolina: Entire state North Dakota: McKenzie and Williams counties. Oregon: Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Crook,
Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur,
Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamoook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Washington,
and Yamhill counties. Utah: Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne, Juab,
Morgan, Piute,
Rich, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and
Weber counties. Washington: Entire state Wyoming: Big Horn, Campbell, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Johnson, Lincoln, Park,
Platte, Sheridan, and Washakie counties.
Canada: Provinces
of 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 Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Utah
are authorized to ship under the terms of this permit. 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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