Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 52 - PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL › Section 603-052-0129 - Quarantine; Against Exotic Phytophagous Snails

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Establishing Quarantine. A quarantine is
			 established against exotic phytophagous snails that are members of the Phylum
			 Mollusca of the Class Gastropoda characterized by a calcareous shell covering
			 the visceral hump. This quarantine applies to exotic phytophagous snails in any
			 stage of development, and includes, but is not limited to: brown garden snail
			 (Cornu aspersum Muller), white garden snail (Theba pisana Muller), milk snail
			 (Otala lactea Muller), giant African snail (Achatina spp.), giant South
			 American snail (Megalobulimus oblongus Muller), and all other exotic
			 phytophagous snails (hereafter, "exotic phytophagous snails") except for
			 species on the approved species list (OAR 603-052-1320). These snails are very
			 important garden and agricultural pests causing severe damage to leaves and
			 fruits of many plants.
(2) Areas
			 Under Quarantine. The entire states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Michigan,
			 New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Washington, and any other state or territory where
			 exotic phytophagous snails are established.
(3) Covered Commodities. Exotic phytophagous
			 snails in any stage of development. Grass sod and all plants with roots in soil
			 and any other plant material or articles capable of transporting exotic
			 phytophagous snails into Oregon are hereby declared to be hosts or possible
			 carriers of the pests herein quarantined and are prohibited entry into this
			 state directly, indirectly, diverted, or reconsigned unless there is compliance
			 with section (4) of this rule.
(4)
			 Conditions:
(a) Covered commodities from
			 regulated areas may be permitted entry into Oregon only when such commodities
			 are accompanied by a certificate of quarantine compliance issued by an
			 authorized official from the state of origin which certifies that it has been
			 determined by official inspection immediately prior to shipment that such
			 covered commodities were found to be free of all life stages of exotic
			 phytophagous snails or that such commodities originate from an area determined
			 by official inspection to be free of exotic phytophagous snails. The original
			 certification document shall be forwarded to the Oregon State Department of
			 Agriculture, Plant Program Area, 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97310,
			 immediately by First Class mail or fax (503) 986-4786. Each lot or shipment of
			 the covered commodities shall be accompanied by a copy of the above described
			 certification document. The Oregon receiver to whom the commodities are shipped
			 shall notify the department immediately upon receipt of such commodities and
			 shall hold the same until they are released by the department.
(b) Cut greens, cut flowers and soil-free
			 plants including bare root plants, plant crowns, roots for propagation, bulbs,
			 corms, tubers, and rhizomes of plants washed free of adherent soil are excepted
			 from the quarantine, if such plant materials are found upon inspection not to
			 be infested with exotic phytophagous snails or are found not to bear soil
			 accumulations sufficient to carry or obscure any life stage of exotic
			 phytophagous snails.
(c) Certified
			 and noncertified covered commodities shall not be shipped together in the same
			 transporting vehicle, and any such mixing of certified and noncertified covered
			 commodities shall nullify certification and result in the rejection of the
			 entire shipment of covered commodities. Upon inspection and determination by
			 the Oregon State Department of Agriculture that the transporting vehicle or any
			 properly certified covered commodities are infested with any life stage of
			 exotic phytophagous snails, such shipment shall be found in violation of this
			 quarantine.