California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 4 - Plant Pathology › Subchapter 6 - Plant Disease Control › Section 3701.2 - Program Responsibilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Responsibilities of the Participant
(1)
				  Paying all fees as described in Section
				  3701.8.
(2) Providing the labor to collect samples
				  for testing under the supervision of the Department.
(3) Submission of a completed, signed
				  compliance agreement as required in Section
				  3701.4.
(4) Applying for the registration or
				  re-registration of plants grown under the provisions of these
				  regulations.
(5) Selecting tree(s)
				  or mother lines for testing, and the proper maintenance of any plants being
				  grown under the provisions of these regulations.
(6) Procuring qualified propagative materials
				  for planting.
(7) Using
				  propagation, farming, and sanitation practices as required in Section
				  3701.4.
(8) Removal of citrus trees or mother lines
				  from insect-resistant structures when no longer eligible to be maintained
				  within the structure.
(9) Maintain,
				  and upon request, provide within five business days to the Department a record
				  of all mother trees, mother lines, seed and/or increase trees registered by the
				  participant, or other trees maintained in the same structure with registered
				  material.
(A) For all mother trees, mother
				  lines, seed trees, increase trees and nursery stock, the records shall include
				  the sources(s) of the vegetative propagative materials used to produce the
				  trees or mother lines and the date propagated, and shall be maintained for a
				  minimum of five years from date of propagation.
(B) For all citrus vegetative propagative
				  material that is produced from registered mother trees, mother lines, or
				  increase trees and used for propagation or sold as propagative material, the
				  records shall include disposition of such material including name and address
				  of customer if applicable, Department registration number or CCPP tag number as
				  applicable, quantity and kind of units of propagative material, and cultivar,
				  and shall be maintained for a minimum of five years from the date the material
				  is produced.
(10) Taking
				  precautions to guard against the introduction and spread of pests and diseases
				  to plants entered in this program.
(11) Proper use of registration tags provided
				  by the Department, including removal within five working days, of registration
				  tags from citrus trees that have died, for which the Department issues a
				  cancellation of registration notice, or that otherwise are no longer eligible
				  for registration, maintaining control of registration tags issued to the
				  participant, and ensuring that tags are not applied to plants or propagative
				  materials that are not eligible.
(12) Proper use, maintenance and submission
				  of Department-supplied insect monitoring traps.
(13) Notifying the Department at least 24
				  hours in advance of any pest control treatments in plantings using a pesticide
				  that has reentry or worker safety requirements that would create a health
				  hazard for the Department's employees, or in any manner interfere with the
				  Department's ability to conduct scheduled inspections or other field
				  activities. This subsection only applies when the Department has notified the
				  participant of the date of a planned inspection or other program-related action
				  that would bring the Department's representative(s) into a treated area or into
				  contact with treated plants.
(14)
				  Notifying the Department of any trees for which registration is requested that
				  are known to be infected with the citrus variant of the HSVd, citrus viroid IIa
				  (CVd-IIa, Non-cachexia variant).
(15) Meeting the requirements of Title 3,
				  Division 4, California Code of Regulations, Section
				  3060.4(a)(1)(D)
				  when selling any propagative material infected with the citrus variant of the
				  HSVd, citrus viroid IIa (CVd-IIa, Non-cachexia variant).