California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine › Article 4 - Interior Quarantine (Regulations) › Section 3435 - Asian Citrus Psyllid Interior Quarantine

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A quarantine is established against the following pest,
						its hosts and possible carriers.
(a)
					 Pest. Asian Citrus Psyllid (
Diaphorina citri
).
(b) Regional Quarantine Zones:
(1) A county or portion thereof shall be
					 included in an appropriate host nursery stock regional quarantine zone and bulk
					 citrus regional quarantine zone when survey results indicate an infestation is
					 present or not, and the Department has evaluated the county based on the pest
					 risk factors in Subsection (b)(2), or the local California County Agricultural
					 Commissioner(s) is notified and requests the county be included into a regional
					 quarantine zone. The Department shall also issue electronic and/or written
					 notification of the regional quarantine zone designation(s) to other California
					 County Agricultural Commissioners and other interested or affected parties and
					 post notification of the designation to its website at:
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/acp/regulation.html
.
					 The notification shall include a web link to a map of the host nursery stock
					 regional quarantine zones and bulk citrus regional quarantine zones, a list of
					 the counties or portions thereof in each regional quarantine zone, a written
					 description of the Department's evaluation of the pest risk factors associated
					 with the county or portion thereof, and instructions on the process to appeal
					 the designation of a county or portion thereof into a regional quarantine zone.
					 Automatic notifications of any changes in regional quarantine zone designations
					 will be available through a list serve option. Any individual or local entity
					 may appeal the designation of a county or portion thereof into a regional
					 quarantine zone by submission to the Department of a written request for review
					 of the designation accompanied by clear and convincing evidence justifying a
					 change in the designation. The appeal must be filed no later than ten (10)
					 working days following issuance of the notice of designation by the Department.
					 The Department must respond with a written decision no later than ten (10)
					 working days following receipt of the appeal. During the pending of the appeal,
					 the designation under appeal shall remain in effect.
(2) A county or a portion thereof shall be
					 included in a regional quarantine zone based upon a combination of the
					 following pest risk factors:
(A) The level of
					 Asian citrus psyllid infestation
1. Generally
					 Infested Regions are counties or parts of counties where multiple asian citrus
					 psyllids are routinely detected throughout the area and during every survey
					 period.
2. Partially Infested
					 Regions are counties or parts of counties where asian citrus psyllids have been
					 detected, but are not routinely detected throughout the area or during every
					 survey period
3. Uninfested Regions
					 are counties or parts of counties where asian citrus psyllids have not been
					 detected
(B) The presence
					 of or proximity to Huanglongbing disease detections
(C) The proximity to the United States/Mexico
					 border
(D) Geographical barriers to
					 the natural movement of ACP, such as mountains or host-free areas
(E) Contains a commercial citrus growing
					 region
(F) Whether sufficient
					 citrus commodity cleaning and packing capacity is available to process the
					 majority of citrus grown in a region, as determined by the Department in
					 consultation with citrus industry experts knowledgeable in citrus variety,
					 acreage increase or decrease trends, historical production volumes for
					 different regions, and volume capability of cleaning and packing capacity in
					 different regions.
(3)
					 The following Host Nursery Stock Regional Quarantine zones and Bulk Citrus
					 Regional Quarantine zones will be designated to restrict movement of Asian
					 citrus psyllid host material.
Nursery Stock Regional Quarantine Zone 1 comprises
						uninfested counties, geographical barriers exist between it and Zone 3, and it
						is not proximate to the border with Mexico.
Nursery Stock Regional Quarantine Zone 2 comprises
						counties that are partially infested with ACP, geographical barriers exist
						between it and Zone 3, HLB has not been detected, and the zone is not proximate
						to the border with Mexico.
Nursery Stock Regional Quarantine Zone 3 comprises
						counties that are generally infested with ACP, HLB has been detected in some
						areas, and the zone is proximate to the border with Mexico.
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 1 comprises
						uninfested counties where HLB has not been detected, there are no contiguous
						citrus growing regions, and it is not proximate to the border with
						Mexico.
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 2 comprises counties
						that are partially infested with ACP, HLB has not been detected, a geographical
						barrier exists between it and adjacent citrus growing regions (i.e., Zones 4,
						5, and 6), a citrus growing region exists within the zone, sufficient citrus
						commodity cleaning and packing capacity exists within the zone, and
						geographical barriers separate it from zones that are generally infested with
						ACP and where HLB has been detected (i.e., Zone 6).
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 3 comprises counties
						that are partially infested with ACP, HLB has not been detected, a geographical
						barrier exists between it and adjacent citrus growing regions (i.e., Zones 2
						and 4), a citrus growing region exists within the zone, sufficient citrus
						commodity cleaning and packing capacity exists within the zone, and
						geographical barriers separate it from zones that are generally infested with
						ACP (i.e., Zone 4) or where HLB has been detected (i.e., Zone 6).
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 4 comprises counties
						that are generally infested with ACP, HLB has not been detected, a geographical
						barrier exists between it and adjacent citrus growing regions (i.e., Zones 2
						and 3), a citrus growing region exists within the zone, sufficient citrus
						commodity cleaning and packing capacity exists within the zone, geographical
						barriers separate it from Zone 6 where HLB has been detected, and it is not
						proximate to the border with Mexico.
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 5 comprises counties
						that are generally infested with ACP, HLB has not been detected, a geographical
						barrier exists between it and adjacent citrus growing regions (i.e., Zones 4
						and 6), a citrus growing region exists within the zone, sufficient citrus
						commodity cleaning and packing capacity exists within the zone, a geographical
						barrier separates it from Zone 6 where HLB has been detected, and it is
						proximate to the border with Mexico.
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 6 comprises
						counties, or portions of counties, that are generally infested with ACP, HLB
						has been detected in some areas, a geographical barrier exists between it and
						adjacent citrus growing regions (i.e., Zones 2, 4, and 5), a citrus growing
						region exists within the zone, sufficient citrus commodity cleaning and packing
						capacity exists within the zone, and it is not proximate to the border with
						Mexico.
Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 7 comprises counties
						that are partially infested with ACP, HLB has not been detected, there are no
						contiguous citrus growing regions, and it is not proximate to the border with
						Mexico.