Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5B - Division of Plant Industry › Chapter 5B-67 - GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAIL › Section 5B-67.004 - Movement or Possession of Hosts and Regulated Articles; Conditions of Certification from Regulated Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Compliance
				agreements. The certification of handling, processing, treatment and moving of
				regulated articles may be accomplished through the use of one of the following
				compliance agreements: Compliance Agreement - Giant African Land Snail (GALS)
				Nursery/Stock Dealer/Garden Center, FDACS-08486, Rev. 01/13; Compliance
				Agreement - Giant African Land Snail (GALS) Solid Waste Facilities (Transfer
				Stations, Land Fills, Recycling/Mulching/Compost Facilities) and Commercial
				Trash Haulers, FDACS-08487, Rev. 01/13; and Compliance Agreement - Giant
				African Land Snail (GALS) Landscape/Lawn Maintenance, FDACS-08488, Rev.
				01/13.
(2) It shall be unlawful for
				any person to move any giant African land snails or other regulated articles
				within, through, or out of the quarantine area unless he or she is in
				compliance with this rule chapter and has been authorized by the Department or
				the USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
(3) All life
				stages of giant African land snails or other regulated articles may be moved
				within, through or out of a quarantine area if they are from an establishment
				that is under a compliance agreement, has been inspected and treated with an
				EPA-labeled molluscicide that is approved for use by the Department, and found
				to be free of the giant African land snail. Hosts or regulated articles shall
				be certified by the Department for movement out of a quarantine area for
				commercial or distribution purposes following confirmation by the Department of
				the method above. After confirmation, the Department shall issue a Temporary
				Certificate of Inspection, FDACS-08010, Rev. 07/12, as incorporated by
				reference in Rule 5B-2.010, F.A.C. Prior to
				movement of hosts or regulated articles, the method of treatment and location
				of the treatment facility must be documented in the "Additional Declarations"
				section of FDACS-08010, Rev. 07/12.
(4) Soil and plants with soil attached shall
				be certified for movement only if an authorized representative of the
				Department or USDA-APHIS-PPQ has conducted an inspection and certified that
				they are not infested with the giant African land snail and originate from a
				property that is under a compliance agreement.
(5) Landscape and any article capable of
				transporting or harboring plant feeding snails, including but not limited to
				soil, debris, compost and building materials may be moved from a regulated area
				by parties under compliance agreement if it is apparently free of all life
				stages of the giant African land snail and is moved in a means of conveyance
				that safeguards the debris from spillage while in transit and is taken to an
				approved landfill the same day it is collected.
(6) Giant African land snails and associated
				regulated articles may be moved within Florida for research purposes under a
				special permit issued by the Director of the Division of Plant Industry. The
				special permit shall be a letter written to an individual and will include
				giant African land snail conditions for containment, disposal, reporting and
				inspection under which the giant African land snails and associated regulated
				articles shall be transported.
(7)
				The following documents are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. These
				documents may be obtained by writing to the Florida Department of Agriculture
				and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Plant and Apiary
				Inspection, at, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 or online as
				indicated.
(a) Compliance Agreement - Giant
				African Land Snail (GALS), Nursery/Stock Dealer/Garden Center, FDACS-08486,
				Rev. 06/13, available online via website
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-03081
.
(b) Compliance Agreement - Cooperative Giant
				African Land Snail (GALS) Solid Waste Facilities (Transfer Stations, Land
				Fills, Recycling/Mulching/Compost Facilities) and Commercial Trash Haulers,
				FDACS-08487, Rev. 06/13, online via website
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-03082
.
(c) Compliance Agreement - Giant African Land
				Snail (GALS) Landscape/Lawn Maintenance, FDACS-08488, Rev. 06/13, online via
				website
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-03083
.