Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 52 - PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL › Section 603-052-0350 - Control Area - Yellow Dwarf - Marion County

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A control area is established within the
			 boundaries described in section (2) of this rule, all in Marion County, for the
			 protection of the onion industry against the introduction into or the spread
			 within that area of Yellow Dwarf disease of onions.
(2) The area is described beginning at a
			 point on U.S. Highway 99E at the junction of said highway with Blossom Drive or
			 otherwise known as County Road 619; thence west and north on County Road 619 to
			 its junction with County Road 616; thence west and north on County Road 616 to
			 its junction with Market Road 24; thence northwest on Market Road 24 to its
			 intersection with Market Road 36; thence northeast on Market Road 36 to its
			 junction with County Road 615; thence east on County Road 615 to its junction
			 with U.S. Highway 99E; thence northeast on U.S. Highway to a point on U.S.
			 Highway 99E designated as "X" or as otherwise designated as follows: Beginning
			 at an iron pipe marking the initial point of County Road 620, said iron pipe
			 being 5.8225 chains south from the northwest corner of the W. P. Harpole D.L.C.
			 No. 60 in T6S R2W of the W.M., Marion County, Oregon, thence southwest along
			 the east line of the U.S. Highway 99E 19.973 chains which is point "X."
			 Starting at point "X" thence east 47.28 chains along the south line of a field
			 deeded to J.W. Fitts and Gladys B. Fitts (registered on page 45 of Volume 438
			 on March 21, 1952 of said county records) to an iron pipe; thence north along
			 the east line of said field 18.064 chains to County Road 620; thence north in a
			 straight line to a pavement known as Market Road 6; thence east on Market Road
			 6 to its junction with County Road 624; thence south on County Road 624 for
			 approximately 24.52 chains to the centerline of a meandering stream; thence
			 northeasterly along the center line of the meandering stream to its junction
			 with the east boundary of section 10; thence north along the east boundary of
			 section 10 for approximately 20.12 chains to its junction with Market Road 6;
			 thence east on Market Road 6 to its junction with Market Road 51; thence
			 southeasterly on Market Road 51 to a point where Market Road 51 turns
			 southwesterly; thence southwesterly and south on Market Road 51 to its junction
			 with County Road 634; thence westerly on County Road 634 to its junction with
			 County Road 631; thence south on County Road 634 to its southeast corner;
			 thence on an imaginary line in a southwesterly direction to the eastern angle
			 corner of County Road 629; thence south on County Road 629 to its junction with
			 Market Road 52; thence west on Market Road 52 to its junction with County Road
			 628; thence south on County Road 628 to its junction with County Road 725;
			 thence westerly on County Road 725 to its junction with U.S. Highway 99E;
			 thence southwesterly to the junction of said highway with County Road 619, the
			 point of beginning.
(3) The
			 following methods of eradication and control are declared to be the proper
			 methods to be used in the control area described in section (2) of this rule,
			 for the eradication and prevention of the introduction into that area of yellow
			 dwarf disease of onions:
(a) No person shall
			 use green onion plants, onion sets, or onion bulbs for planting for the
			 production of onions within the control area;
(b) All cull or waste onions shall be removed
			 from the control area prior to April 1 of each year; provided, however, that in
			 the case of onions sorted after such date, the cull and waste onions shall be
			 removed within 24 hours after sorting;
(c) No cull or waste onions shall be dumped
			 or maintained within the control area after April 1 of each year; provided,
			 however, in the case of onions sorted after such date, cull or waste onions
			 shall not be dumped or maintained within the control area for longer than 24
			 hours after sorting;
(d) All onions
			 in which, upon inspection, Aphid are found shall be removed from the control
			 area within 48 hours of the written notice by the Department to the owner or
			 person in charge of such onions of such infestation. The owner or person in
			 charge of any building in which onions infested with Aphid are found, shall
			 completely clean such building and adjoining buildings and premises of all
			 onion bulbs following the removal of the infested onions;
(e) The owner or person in charge of any
			 field shall remove all onions, including volunteer onions, remaining from the
			 harvest of the preceding year in such field prior to April 1 of each year, or
			 as the volunteer onions appear, after such date.