Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 52 - PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL › Section 603-052-0355 - Control Area - Yellow Dwarf - Yamhill and Washington Counties

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 Yamhill and Washington Counties, 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 N.W. corner of section 2, Yamhill County, extending
			 south between sections 2 and 3, approximately 27.75 chains to north line of
			 Bridge farmer donation land claim at the N.W. corner of L.O. Griebler (or
			 Taylor) 63 acre farm; thence southwesterly following the westerly line of said
			 tract approximately 41 chains; thence south 75 degrees 21 minutes east 19.11
			 chains; thence south 70 degrees 50 minutes east 6.49 chains; thence south 23
			 degrees 27 minutes west 12.90 chains to center of County Road 269, 31.75 chains
			 to the most southerly corner of the David Bridge farmer claim; thence easterly
			 about 40 rods to the N.E. corner of the S.E. 1/4 of the N.W. 1/4 of section 11,
			 Township 2 S., Range 4 W; thence south approximately 22 chains to center of
			 County Road 268; thence easterly along center of said County Road approximately
			 12-1/2 chains to the westerly line of the Rose Crunican 100 acre tract; thence
			 southerly along the westerly line of said Crunican tract approximately 19
			 chains to the S.W. Corner of said Crunican tract; thence east approximately
			 11.50 chains to the N.W. corner of the Frank Phillips tract; thence south along
			 the west line of the Frank Phillips tract 20 chains to the south line of
			 section 11; thence east along county road 267 approximately 14 chains to the
			 S.E. corner of section 11; thence south along a line between sections 13 and
			 14, approximately 35 chains to the center of the State Highway; thence
			 southwesterly along the line of the State Highway to a line between the Kate A.
			 Branda (or G. and M. Anderson) Farm and the C.W. McConahey (or James H. and
			 Florence M. Jones) farm; thence east along said line about 18 chains to the
			 center of the old County Road 273; thence northeasterly along County Road 273
			 approximately 3/4 mile to the intersection with Market Road No. 4; thence
			 southeasterly following center of Market Road No. 4 about 1 mile; thence
			 easterly still following Market Road No. 4 about 1/2 mile to intersection of
			 County Road 116; thence north-westerly along County Road 116 about 3/4 mile to
			 north line of section 18 being terminus of County Road 116 in Yamhill County;
			 thence continuing northerly in sections 7 and 6, Township 2S., Range 3 W., W.M.
			 in the center of Washington County Road No. A-28 and A-83 to the intersection
			 of County Road A-83 with east line of section 36, Township 1 S., Range 4 W.,
			 W.M.; thence north in the center of the County Road along the east line of said
			 section 36 to the southerly terminus of County Road 269; thence northerly in
			 the center of County Road 269 to the N.E. corner of said section 36; thence
			 west along the north line of said section 36 approximately 3/4 mile to its
			 intersection with the center of the Tualatin River; thence upstream in the
			 center of said river to the west line of section 35, Township 1 S., Range 4 W.,
			 W.M.; thence south to the N.W. corner of section 2, Township 2 S., Range 4 W.,
			 W.M., and the place 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, to provide for the eradication from and
			 prevention of the introduction into that area of yellow dwarf disease of
			 onions:
(a) No onions may be produced within
			 the Control Area except by the planting of seed. The production of onions by
			 the use of green plants, onion sets, or bulbs is prohibited;
(b) All onion culls and waste onions shall be
			 destroyed in a manner or by a method that will completely prevent growth, prior
			 to March 1, or immediately after sorting in the case of any onions sorted after
			 that date;
(c) All onions in common
			 storage in which Aphid are found shall be removed from the Control Area prior
			 to April 1, and such infested storage houses and adjoining premises shall be
			 completely cleaned of all onion bulbs following such removal. All onions in
			 such storage in which aphis are not found prior to April 1 shall be subject to
			 reinspection, and if Aphid are found present shall be immediately removed from
			 the district and the houses and premises shall be thoroughly cleaned;
(d) All onions remaining in fields within the
			 Control Area after harvest shall be destroyed prior to November 1, of the
			 current year, and in the event any remain in the field after this cleanup, they
			 shall be removed and destroyed prior to March 1 of the following
			 year;
(e) All onion bulbs remaining
			 in seed producing areas within the Control Area shall be removed and destroyed
			 prior to November 1.