**FEDERAL DOMESTIC QUARANTINE ORDER:**

**CITRUS GREENING DISEASE (CG)**

**and**

**ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID (ACP)**

The purpose and goal of this order is to prevent the spread of citrus
greening disease (CG) also known as Huanglongbing disease of citrus,
belonging to the genus *Candidatus* Liberibacter spp., and the Asian
citrus psyllid (ACP) through regulatory authority provided by Section
412(a) of the Plant Protection Act of June 20, 2000, as amended, 7
U.S.C. 7712(a), which authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to
prohibit or restrict the movement in interstate commerce of any plant,
plant part, or article if the Secretary determines that the prohibition
or restriction is necessary to prevent the dissemination of a plant pest
within the United States.

The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) considers it necessary, in order to prevent the dissemination of
CG and/or ACP, to establish restrictions on the interstate movement of
CG host material from quarantined areas in Florida and ACP host material
from quarantined areas in Florida, Texas, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam
as described in this Federal Order.

Citrus greening disease, a highly injurious disease of citrus*,* was
first detected in the United States in Miami-Dade County, Florida in
2005, and now has been confirmed in 28 counties in Florida. ACP is both
a vector for the disease, and a pest of citrus in its own right. ACP is
present in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and portions of Texas.

On September 16, 2005, APHIS issued a Federal Order to impose
restrictions on the interstate movement of all CG host plant material
and ACP host plant material from quarantined areas in Florida in order
to prevent the artificial spread of CG and of ACP. APHIS subsequently
updated the restrictions by issuing an revised Federal Order on May 3,
2006 (DA#2006-19, 5/3/06). This action was necessary due to the
continuing spread of both CG and ACP. Since that time, infestations of
CG have been confirmed in a number of additional counties in Florida,
and the ACP is now found extensively throughout the State of Florida, as
well as in some counties in Texas, and in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Additional hosts of CG have also been confirmed. This Order updates and
replaces all previous versions of the Federal Order regarding
quarantines to prevent the dissemination of CG or ACP.

This Federal Order imposes: (1.) A quarantine of portions of the State
of Florida for CG, (2.) A quarantine of portions of the State of Texas
for ACP, and (3.) Quarantines of the entire States of Florida and
Hawaii, the entire Territory of Guam, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, for ACP. The partial State quarantines of Texas (for ACP) and
Florida (for CG) are contingent upon each State adopting parallel
internal quarantines to provide equivalent controls on the movement of
regulated articles from quarantined counties to non-quarantined counties
within each State. Accordingly, the States of Florida and Texas must
confirm prior to December 1, 2007, the establishment of an internal
quarantine that parallels this Federal Order; otherwise it will be
necessary to quarantine the entire State in order to prevent the spread
of CG or ACP. The confirmation should be made in writing to the State
Plant Health Director of the affected State.

**I. [QUARANTINE FOR CITRUS GREENING DISEASE (CG)]{.underline}**

1\. [Quarantined Areas]{.underline}. The following areas are quarantined
due to the presence of CG:

Florida:

All of Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardy,
Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Marion,
Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach,
Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, and Volusia
counties.

2\. [Restricted Articles]{.underline}. The following articles are hosts
of CG and are [prohibited]{.underline} from being moved interstate from
areas quarantined due to the presence of CG:

All plants and plant parts, including but not limited to nursery stock,
cuttings, budwood, and seed (but excluding fruit), of: *Aeglopsis
chevalieri,* *Balsamocitrus dawei,* *Bergera (=Murraya) koenigii ,
Calodendrum capense,* *Citrofortunella microcarpa*, × *Citroncirus
webberi,* *Citrus* spp.*,* *Clausena indica,* *C. lansium**,**
Fortunella* spp., *Limonia acidissima,* *Microcitrus australasica,*
*Murraya* spp., *Poncirus trifoliata,* *Severinia buxifolia,* *Swinglea
glutinosa,* *Toddalia lanceolata,* and *Triphasia trifolia.*

The Administrator may allow the interstate movement of restricted plants
and/or nursery stock if it has been grown, produced, handled, treated,
and transported in a manner that, in the judgment of the Administrator,
prevents the restricted article from presenting a risk of spreading CG.
Regulated plants and trees grown, produced, or maintained at a nursery
or other facility located in a quarantined area that are not eligible
for interstate movement under this Federal Order may be moved interstate
only for immediate export. These regulated plants and trees must be
accompanied by a limited permit issued in accordance with Section 3C
(below) and must be moved directly to the port of export in accordance
with the conditions of the limited permit, in a container sealed by
APHIS.

**II. [QUARANTINE FOR THE ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID (ACP)]{.underline}**

1\. [Quarantined Areas]{.underline}. The following areas are quarantined
due to the presence of the ACP:

Florida: All counties in Florida.

Texas:

Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Brooks, Caldwell, Cameron,
Dimmit, Duval, Harris, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg,
Live Oak, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio,
Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Webb, Willacy,
and Zapata counties.

Guam: All islands of the Territory of Guam.

Hawaii: All islands of the State of Hawaii.

Puerto Rico: The entire Commonwealth.

2\. [Regulated Articles]{.underline}. The following are regulated
articles based on the fact that they are plants or plant parts that are
hosts of ACP. Regulated articles may only be moved interstate from areas
quarantined due to the presence of the ACP in accordance with this
Order:

A. From portions of Florida regulated for CG (Section I., 1. of this
Federal Order), plants, budwood, cuttings, or other fresh or live plant
parts, except seed and fruit of the following species which are hosts of
ACP but not hosts of CG: *Aegle marmelos, Afraegle gabonensis, A.
paniculata,* *Atalantia* spp*.,* *Citropsis gilletiana,* *C.
schweinfurthii,* *Clausena anisum-olens, C. excavate,* *Eremocitrus
glauca*, *Eromocitrus* hybrid, *Merrillia caloxylon,* *Microcitrus
australis,* *M. papuana* x *Microcitronella,* *Naringi crenulata,*
*Pamburus missionis, Toddalia asiatica, Vepris lanceolata,* and
*Zanthoxylum fagara.*

B. From portions of Florida not quarantined for CG, and from all other
States or portions of states, Territories, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, quarantined for ACP, all plants, budwood, cuttings, or
other fresh or live plant parts except seed and fruit of species that
are hosts of ACP: *Aegle marmelos, Aeglopsis chevalieri, Afraegle
gabonensis , Afraegle paniculata, Atalantia* spp*., Balsamocitrus dawei,
Bergera (=Murraya) koenigii, Calodendrum capense, X Citrofortunella
microcarpa, X Citroncirus webberi, Citropsis schweinfurthii, Citrus*
spp, *Clausena anisum-olens, Clausena excavata, Clausena indica,
Clausena lansium, Eremocitrus glauca, Eremocitrus hybrid, Fortunella*
spp*, Limonia acidissima, Merrillia caloxylon, Microcitrus australasica,
Microcitrus australis, Microcitrus papuana, X Microcitronella 'Sydney',
Murraya* spp, *Naringi crenulata, Pamburus missionis, Poncirus
trifoliata, Severinia buxifolia, Swinglea glutinosa, Toddalia asiatica,
Toddalia lanceolata, Triphasia trifolia, Vepris lanceolata. Xanthoxylum
fagara.*

3\. [Requirements for Interstate Movement]{.underline}. In order to be
eligible to move interstate from quarantined areas, regulated articles
must meet the following requirements:

A.  [Treatment]{.underline}.

> i\. All regulated articles moving interstate from areas quarantined
> for the ACP must be treated using an Environmental Protection Agency
> (EPA)-approved product labeled for use in nurseries. Persons applying
> treatments must follow the product label, its applicable directions,
> and restrictions and precautions, including statements pertaining to
> Worker Protection Standards; and
>
> ii\. All regulated articles must be treated with a drench containing
> imidacloprid as the active ingredient within 30 days prior to shipping
> and also be treated with a foliar spray with a product containing
> either acetamiprid, chlorpyrifos, or fenpropathrin as the active
> ingredient within 10 days prior to movement.
>
> or, iii. In the case of fresh curry leaf (*Bergera (=Murraya)
> koenigii*) leaves intended for consumption, instead of the treatments
> specified in i. and ii., the leaves must be treated prior to the
> interstate movement in accordance with APHIS treatment schedule
> T101-n-2 (methyl bromide fumigation treatment for external feeding
> insects on fresh herbs) at the times and rates specified in the
> treatment manual and safeguarded until export. This information can be
> found on page 5-2-28 of the treatment manual, located on line at:
> <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/treatment_pdf/05_02_t100schedules.pdf>
>
> B. [Fresh fruit.]{.underline} While fresh fruit is not a regulated
> article under this Federal Order, fruit being moved interstate from
> areas quarantined for ACP to citrus producing areas where ACP is not
> present (Alabama, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Louisiana,
> Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, those portions of Texas not
> quarantined due to the presence of ACP, and the Virgin Islands of the
> United States) must be cleaned using normal packinghouse procedures.
> This means that fruit moved in bulk containers to these areas for
> repacking or processing can not come directly from groves, but must go
> through the normal cleaning process at a packinghouse before it is
> moved.
>
> C. [Inspection]{.underline}. All regulated articles that have been
> treated as provided above must be inspected by an inspector and found
> free of the ACP within 72 hours prior to shipping. Inspection of curry
> leaf that is treated with methyl bromide fumigation will not be
> required since the treatment is considered to be effective in killing
> all life stages of ACP that might be present.
>
> D. [Limited Permit]{.underline}. The regulated articles may not be
> moved to Alabama, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Louisiana,
> Northern Mariana Islands, those portions of Texas not quarantined due
> to the presence of ACP, and the Virgin Islands of the United States,
> and must be accompanied by a limited permit issued by an authorized
> representative of the State, Territory, Commonwealth, or APHIS, or by
> a person operating under compliance agreement as specified below. The
> statement \"Limited permit: Not for distribution in AL, AZ, CA, LA,
> those areas in TX not quarantined due to the presence of ACP, American
> Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands of the United
> States\" must be displayed on a plastic or metal tag attached to each
> plant, or on the box or container if the plant is sealed in plastic,
> or in the case of plant parts (leaves, cuttings, etc.) on the box or
> other container in which plant material is packed. In addition, this
> statement must be displayed on the outside of any shipping containers
> used to transport these plants, and the limited permit must be
> attached to the bill of lading or other shipping document that
> accompanies the plants. This labeling may not be used on plants or
> products that do not meet the requirements of this Order.
>
> Curry leaf (*Bergera (=Murraya) koenigii*) leaves intended for
> consumption that have been fumigated using methyl bromide in
> accordance with T101-n-2 as specified in 3. A. iii. may be moved to
> any state or area. The boxes or containers in which the treated leaves
> are moved interstate must be marked to indicate where the leaves were
> produced and must also indicate that the leaves have been treated in
> accordance with APHIS entry requirements.
>
> E. [Compliance Agreements]{.underline}. Any person engaged in the
> business of growing or handling regulated articles for interstate
> movement may enter into a compliance agreement with the Animal and
> Plant Health Inspection Service to facilitate the interstate movement
> of regulated articles in accordance with all of the requirements of
> this Federal Order and this specific subpart, subject to monitoring
> and audits by the State, Territory, Commonwealth, or APHIS regulatory
> official. Such persons must agree to handle, pack, process, treat, and
> move regulated articles in accordance with this Federal Order; to use
> all permits and certificates in accordance with instructions; and to
> maintain and offer for inspection such records as may be required.
> Compliance agreements may be arranged by contacting a local office of
> Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
> Service (listed in local telephone directories), or by contacting the
> Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and
> Quarantine, Domestic and Emergency Operations, 4700 River Road Unit
> 134, Riverdale, Maryland 20737--1236.
>
> *Cancellation.* Any compliance agreement may be cancelled orally or in
> writing by an inspector if the inspector finds that the person who
> entered into the compliance agreement has failed to comply with all of
> the requirements of this Federal Order and this specific subpart. If
> the person is given notice of cancellation orally, written
> confirmation of the decision and the reasons for it must be provided
> as promptly as circumstances allow. Any person whose compliance
> agreement is cancelled may appeal the decision in writing to the
> Administrator within 10 days after receiving the written notification.
> The appeal must state all of the facts and reasons upon which the
> person relies to show that the compliance agreement was wrongfully
> cancelled. The Administrator must grant or deny the appeal, in
> writing, stating the reasons for the decision, as promptly as
> circumstances allow. If there is a conflict as to any material fact, a
> hearing will be held to resolve the conflict. Rules of practice
> concerning the hearing will be adopted by the Administrator.

5\. Definitions

> [Inspector]{.underline}. Any person authorized by the Administrator of
> APHIS to enforce the requirements of this Order.