California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 5 - Insect Pest Control › Article 3 - Host-Free Districts › Section 3597 - Lettuce Root Aphid Host-Free Districts

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The director finds that lettuce root aphid
						(
Pemphigus bursarius
) exists in certain lettuce-growing areas
						of California and that this pest cannot be eradicated or effectively controlled
						by recognized ordinary means.
(a)
					 Hosts. Lombardy poplar (
Populus nigra
Cv. 'Italica') and
					 lettuce (
Lactuca sativa
).
(b) Host-Free Districts. The following areas
					 are declared lettuce root aphid host-free districts:
District 1. That portion of Monterey County bounded by a
						line drawn as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Monterey Bay
						coastline and the Monterey - Santa Cruz County Line; then northeasterly along
						said county line to its intersection with Carpenteria Avenue; then southerly
						along said avenue to its intersection with Snyder Avenue; then westerly along
						an imaginary line from said intersection to the intersection of San Miguel
						Canyon Road and Lewis Road; then westerly along Lewis Road to its intersection
						with Dump road; then southwesterly along an imaginary line from said
						intersection to the intersection of Hall road and Elkhorn Road; then southerly
						along Elkhorn Road to its intersection with Elkhorn Slough; then southerly and
						westerly along said slough to its intersection with the Monterey Bay coastline;
						then northerly along said coastline to the point of beginning.
District 2. That portion of Monterey County bounded by a
						line drawn as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Crazy Horse Road and
						San Juan Grade; then southeasterly along an imaginary line to the intersection
						of Inverson Road and Gloria Road; then southeasterly along an imaginary line
						from said intersection to the intersection of County Route G15 and Stonewall
						Canyon Road; then southeasterly along said road to its intersection with County
						Route 16; then southeasterly along an imaginary line from said intersection to
						the intersection of Deadman Gulch Road and Lynch Canyon; then westerly along
						Deadman Gulch Road to its intersection with Sargent's Road; then due west along
						an imaginary line from said intersection to its intersection with the Salinas
						River; then northerly along said river to its intersection with U.S. Highway
						101; then northwesterly along an imaginary line from said intersection to the
						intersection Oasis Road and County Route 14, then northwesterly along an
						imaginary line from said intersection to the intersection of Central Avenue
						Hobson Road; then northwesterly along an imaginary line from said intersection
						to the intersection of County Route 17 and County Route 16; then northerly
						along an imaginary line from said intersection to the intersection of Clark
						Road and Paraiso Road; then northwesterly along an imaginary line from said
						intersection to the west end of Limekiln Road; then northwesterly along an
						imaginary line from said intersection to the intersection of Blanco Road and
						Reservation Road; then northwesterly along an imaginary line from said
						intersection to the northern intersection of Del Monte Boulevard and Lapis
						Road; then due west along an imaginary line from said intersection to the
						Monterey Bay coastline, then northerly along said coastline to its intersection
						with an imaginary line drawn due west from the intersection of Crazy Horse Road
						and San Juan Grade; then due east along said line to the point
						beginning.
(c) Requirements.
					 The planting, growing, cultivating, or maintenance in any manner of Lombardy
					 poplar is prohibited in any lettuce root aphid host-free district unless a
					 permit has been issued by the director or agricultural commissioner of the
					 county in which the district is located. Any Lombardy poplar plant which is
					 planted, growing, or being cultivated or maintained within a lettuce root aphid
					 host-free district is a public nuisance and is subject to all the laws which
					 relate to the abatement of such nuisance. Lettuce may be planted, grown,
					 cultivated or maintained in any lettuce root aphid host-free district at any
					 time, except when prohibited by Section
					 3611, California Code of
					 Regulations.
1. New
						section filed 3-18-88; operative 3-18-88 (Register 88, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  407
						  and
						  5781,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section
						  5781-
						  5783,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.