3430. KARNAL BUNT DISEASE
State Interior Quarantine.
A quarantine is
established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers.
A. Pest. Karnal bunt disease (Tilletia
indica).
No
area under quarantine.
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B. Quarantine Area. The area under quarantine for
Karnal bunt disease is:
C. Articles and Commodities Covered.
The following are declared to be hosts and possible carriers of the disease:
1. Conveyances, including trucks, railroad
cars, and other containers used to move wheat, durum wheat, or triticale;
2. Grain elevators/equipment/structures
used for storing and handling wheat, durum wheat, and triticale;
3 Milling products or byproducts,
except flour;
4. Plants, or plant parts, including
grain, seed, or straw of all varieties of the following species: wheat (Triticum aestivum);
durum wheat (Triticum durum); and triticale
(Triticum aestivum
x Secale cereale);
5. Root crops with soil;
6. Soil from areas where field crops
are produced;
7. Manure from animals that have fed on
wheat, durum wheat, or triticale;
8. Used bags, sacks and containers;
9. Used farm tools;
10. Used mechanized cultivating equipment;
11. Used mechanized harvesting equipment;
12. Used seed conditioning equipment;
13. Used mechanized soil-moving equipment;
14. Any other product, article or means of
conveyance when it is determined by the secretary that it presents a risk
of spreading Karnal bunt disease due to its proximity to an infestation of
Karnal bunt disease and the person in possession has been so notified.
D. Restrictions.
1. Articles and commodities covered in
subsection (C) are prohibited movement within or from portions (B.1) and
(B.2) of the quarantine area from infested properties or if exposed to
infestation by the disease except as provided in (a), (b) or (c) below:
a. If accompanied by a certificate
issued by an authorized agricultural official affirming that the articles and
commodities have been:
1. treated and inspected in a manner
approved by the department;
2. grown, produced, manufactured,
stored, or handled in a manner that would prevent infestation or destroy all
life stages of Karnal bunt disease;
3. tested and
found free from Karnal bunt disease.
b. If accompanied by a permit issued by
an authorized agricultural official specifying the article or commodity
covered; the destination; the handling, utilization, or processing which is
authorized; and the conditions under which this shall be conducted.
c. If the article or commodity is being
moved from outside the quarantine area and is being moved through the
quarantine area by direct route and without delay.
2. Seed, as specified in (C.4), is
prohibited movement from all portions of the quarantine area except as
provided in (a), (b) or (c) below:
a. If accompanied by a certificate issued by an
authorized agricultural official affirming that the seed has been:
1. treated and inspected in a manner approved by
the department;
2. grown, produced, manufactured, stored, or
handled in a manner that would prevent infestation or destroy all life stages
of Karnal bunt disease;
3. tested in a manner
approved by the Department and found free from Karnal bunt disease.
b. If accompanied by a permit issued by an
authorized agricultural official specifying the commodity covered; the
destination; the handling, utilization, or processing which is authorized;
and the conditions under which this shall be conducted.
c. If the seed is being moved from
outside the quarantine area and is being moved through the quarantine area by
direct route and without delay.
Karnal
Bunt Quarantine Map
Riverside County
Palo Verde Valley Area (Quarantine Area has ceased)
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