Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 10 - Nursery and Plant Health › Part 2 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Suppression of White Pine Blister Rust (250-RICR-40-10-2) › Section 250-RICR-40-10-2.6 - Regulations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The transportation within the State of
				  Rhode Island or the importation of plants of the genus Ribes is hereby
				  prohibited except as permitted by State and Federal Laws and Regulations.
				  Application for permit to import or transport should be sent to the Department
				  of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture, 235 Promenade St.,
				  Providence, RI 02908. Applications must include the number and genus, species,
				  and cultivar, if applicable, of the plants to be imported or transported, the
				  source of the plants, the name, address and telephone number of the person
				  requesting the permit, the street address of the destination of the plants, and
				  the name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the property of the
				  destination of the plants. Applications shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty
				  dollars ($50.00).
B. Plants of the
				  genus Ribes shall be planted in Rhode Island only after a permit for planting
				  has been obtained from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
				  Applications must include the number and genus, species, and cultivar, if
				  applicable, of the plants to be planted, the source of the plants, the name,
				  address and telephone number of the person requesting the permit, the street
				  address where the plants will be planted, and the name, address, and telephone
				  number of the owner of the property where the plants will be planted.
				  Applications shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
C. The cultivated black currant (Ribes nigrum
				  L.) or any variety of this species is hereby declared to be a public nuisance
				  and it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, transport, plant,
				  propagate, sell or offer for sale, plants, roots, scions, seeds or cuttings of
				  these plants in the State of Rhode Island. Such roots, plants, scions, seeds or
				  cuttings may be destroyed by the Director of the Department of Environmental
				  Management or his agents. The planting of flowering currants (Ribes aureum and
				  Ribes odoratum) anywhere in the State is also prohibited.
D. The following towns or parts of towns in
				  the State of Rhode Island have been set aside as White Pine Blister Rust
				  control areas: Burrillville except for the closely built up districts (as
				  defined by Section
				  1, definition 16 of the Motor
				  Vehicle Laws of Rhode Island, published in 1927) in the village of Pascoag and
				  Harrisville, that part of North Smithfield lying west of the city line of
				  Woonsocket and the State highway known as the Farnum Pike (R-104), Glocester,
				  Foster, Scituate, Coventry, West Greenwich, Goddard Memorial Park in the Town
				  of Warwick and that part of Exeter lying west of the State highway known as
				  Nooseneck Hill Road (R-1A) and the possession and planting of all plants,
				  roots, scions, seeds or cuttings of the genus Ribes in these areas
				  prohibited.
E. Any person violating
				  provisions of these regulations shall be fined not exceeding one hundred
				  dollars ($100.00) as provided in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										2-17-15.
F. Outside of the areas mentioned in §
										2.6(D) of
				  this Part, any stands of five-leafed pines comprising one acre or more in
				  extent may also be declared white pine blister rust control areas and
				  possession and planting of plants, roots, scions, seeds or cuttings of the
				  genus Ribes within 900 feet of such areas will be prohibited, if in the
				  discretion of the Director, safeguarding of the white pine stand is more
				  important than continued permission to grow Ribes within the said area.
				  Nurseries growing five-leafed pine as nursery stock may safeguard this stock by
				  applying to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to have the
				  nursery set aside as a white pine blister rust control area. Each such
				  application must be considered on its own merits and no general regulation
				  covering all cases can be issued.