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3280.
JAPANESE BEETLE State Exterior Quarantine
A quarantine is established against the
following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers: A.
Pest. Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, a beetle,
family Scarabaeidae, which in the larval stage attacks the roots of many
plants and as an adult attacks the leaves and fruits of many plants. B. Definition – California is a
category 1 state under the U.S. Domestic Japanese Beetle Harmonization Plan
which can be referenced at: http://nationalplantboard.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/jbhp_2017_update.pdf C. Area Under Quarantine. 1. The
entire states of
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
the District of Columbia. 2. In
Canada: the
entire provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward
Island, and Quebec. D. Articles and Commodities Covered. The following are hereby declared to be
hosts and possible carriers of the pest quarantined against: 1. Soil (except when
commercially packaged). For the purpose of this section, soil shall mean all
growing media; 2. Humus, compost and manure (except when
commercially packaged); 3. All plants with roots (except bareroot
plants free from soil). “Free from soil” as used in this regulation shall
mean free from soil in amounts that could contain concealed Japanese beetle
larvae or pupae; 4.
Grass sod; 5. Plant crowns or roots for propagation (except when free
from soil); 6. Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of ornamental plants
(except when free from soil); 7. Any other plant, plant part, article, or
means of conveyance when it is determined by a California State
Plant Quarantine Officer to present a hazard of spreading live Japanese
beetle due to infestation or exposure to infestation by Japanese beetle. E. Restrictions. All articles and commodities covered
are prohibited entry into 1. Certificate of Treatment. All of the articles and commodities
covered are approved for entry into California when accompanied by a
certificate issued by an authorized state agricultural official stating that
the article or shipment was treated for Japanese beetle prior to shipment in
accordance with methods and procedures
approved and prescribed by the Secretary. All treatments shall
be performed under direct supervision of an authorized state agricultural
official or by the shipper under compliance agreement with the authorized
state agricultural official to perform the treatments. The authorized state agricultural official
shall monitor all treatments and procedures performed under a compliance
agreement. The phytosanitary
certificate shall bear the following Additional Declaration (AD): “The rooted plants
were treated to control Popillia japonica according to the criteria for
shipment to category 1 states as provided in the U.S. Domestic Japanese
Beetle Harmonization Plan.” 2. Certificate of Origin. Commercial plant shipments with soil may be
shipped from the area under quarantine into a. Production
in an Approved Japanese Beetle-Free Greenhouse/Screenhouse. All the
following criteria apply: 1. All
growing media shall be sterilized, except for commercially processed or
prepared (soilless) growing material. 2. All
stock shall be free of soil (bareroot) before planting into the approved
medium. 3. The
potted plants shall be maintained within the greenhouse/screenhouse during
the entire adult flight period. 4. During
the adult flight period the greenhouse/screenhouse shall be made secure so
that adult Japanese beetle cannot gain entry. Security will be documented by
the authorized agricultural official. 5. No
Japanese beetle-contaminated material shall be allowed into the secured area
at any time. 6. The
greenhouse/screenhouse shall be officially inspected by the authorized
agricultural official and shall be specifically approved as a secure area.
They shall be inspected by the same officials for the presence of all life
stages of the Japanese beetle. 7. The
plants and their growing medium shall be appropriately protected from
subsequent infestation while being stored, packed and shipped. 8. Certified
greenhouse/screenhouse nursery stock shall not be transported into or through
any infested areas unless identity is preserved and adequate safeguards are
applied to prevent possible infestation. 9. Shipments
from each greenhouse/screenhouse operation approved by the authorized
agricultural official as having met and maintained the above criteria, shall
be issued a phytosanitary certificate bearing the following additional
declaration (AD): "The rooted plants (or crowns)
were produced in an approved Japanese beetle- free greenhouse or
screenhouse." b. Plants
Produced Outside Regulated Area. The plants were not produced in the
regulated area, were transported into the regulated area in a closed
conveyance or closed containers and at all times thereafter were protected
from becoming infested with Japanese beetle; or c. Origin County Free
Survey. States or portions of states listed in the area under quarantine may
have counties that are not infested with Japanese beetle. Shipments of articles and commodities
covered will be accepted from these non-infested counties if annual surveys
are made in such counties and the results of such surveys are negative for
Japanese beetle. A list of counties so
approved will be maintained by the Secretary.
The agricultural officials of other states may recommend a
non-infested county be placed on the approved county list by writing for such
approval and stating how the surveys were made giving the following
information: 1. Area
surveyed. 2. How
survey was carried out. 3. Personnel
involved. 4. If
the county was previously infested, give date of last infestation. The recommendation for approval of such
counties will be evaluated by the Pest Exclusion Branch, Division of Plant
Industry, California Department of Food and Agriculture. If heavy
infestations occur in neighboring counties, approval may be denied. To be maintained on the approved list, each
county must be reapproved every twelve (12) months. Shipments of articles and commodities
covered from non-infested counties will only be allowed entry into d. Nursery Free Survey Growing operations
certified under this approach shall grow all their own stock or shall receive
nursery stock to introduce into the operation which has been certified free of
Japanese beetle by an authorized agricultural official. The nursery site and a minimum one mile
radius buffer area shall be trapped on an annual basis by an authorized
agricultural official. The growing operation shall be trapped at the
following trap density: 1.
For
sites less than 5 acres in size, 3 traps are used per site. 2.
For
sites 5 to 30 acres in size, 1 trap is used for each 5 acres. 3.
For
sites 30 to 160 acres in size, 1 trap is used for each 10 acres. 4.
For
sites greater than 160 acres in size, 8 traps are used for each 100 acres. Traps shall be evenly
spaced throughout the trapping areas. In addition, the surrounding one mile buffer area shall be trapped at a
minimum of 2 traps placed per square mile. Traps shall be baited
with a lure consisting of a Japanese beetle food lure (phenyl-ethyl
proprionate:eugenol: geraniol [3:7:3 ratio]) and male sex pheromone, and
renewed as often as necessary to maintain trapping efficacy. The detection of a
female (or any beetle if sexing is not performed) Japanese beetle on the
nursery site shall result in that nursery being considered infested until a
delimitation survey has been completed and regulated articles and commodities
cannot be certified based upon an origin free from Japanese beetle. The detection of a
Japanese beetle in the buffer area shall trigger a delimitation survey and
the nursery may continue to ship until there is a second detection in the
same season as the original detection. Delimitation Survey: Delimitation
traps shall be placed over a 49 square-mile area. Trap density in the
core square mile shall be increased to 50 traps. Trap densities in the
remainder of the delimitation area shall be decreased from the core outward
within 48 hours of the find to complete a 50-25-5-5 array. Trap
densities in the core square mile shall be increased to protocol levels
within 24 hours, while trap placement in the remainder of the delimitation
area shall be completed from the core outward within 48 hours of the
find. Traps in the core mile shall be serviced daily for the first
week, and all others serviced at least once within the first week.
After one week of negative finds, trap inspection frequency shall change to
weekly. Delimitation trapping shall then continue for the remainder of
the season. Trap densities revert to origin survey levels after two seasons
of negative finds (includes the find season). The phytosanitary
certificate shall bear the following Additional Declaration (AD): “The plants were produced
in a nursery which was found to be free of Japanese beetle (Popillia
japonica) based on negative detection trapping.” e. Production
During a Pest-Free Window The entire rooted plant production cycle (planting, growth, harvest, and shipment) will be completed within a pest-free window outside the adult Japanese beetle flight period, June through September, in Japanese beetle-free commercial growing medium or sterilized field soil. The accompanying phytosanitary certificate shall bear the following Additional Declaration (AD): "These
plants were produced outside the Japanese beetle flight season in Japanese
beetle-free growing medium or sterilized field soil." 3. Privately owned houseplants grown indoors may be
inspected and passed by California State Plant Quarantine Officers if found
free from Japanese beetle. ORIGIN COUNTY FREE LIST APPROVED BY THE
SECRETARY APPENDIX A The
following counties have been determined to be non-infested with Japanese
beetle by annual surveys:
Morgan County, CO. Expiration 11-15-2016 |
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