A quarantine is established against the following pest,
its hosts, and possible carriers:
(a)
Pest. Ozonium root rot (Phymatotrichum [Ozonium] omnivorum), a
fungus carried on the roots of plants and in moist soil.
(b) Area Under Quarantine.
Imperial County: The entire county.
Riverside County: All that portion of Riverside County
described as follows:
Palo Verde Area: Beginning at the point of intersection
of the north line of Township 5 South, San Bernardino Meridian, and the
mid-line of the Colorado River; then running due west along said north line of
Township 5 South to the west line of Range 21 East; then south on said west
line of Range 21 East to the south line of Township 8 South; then east on the
south line of Township 8 South to the mid-line of the Colorado River; then
northerly along the mid-line of the Colorado River to the point of
beginning.
Coachella Valley Area:
(1) Beginning 548 feet south of northwest
corner of the northwest one-fourth Section 22 in Township 5 South, Range 7
East, San Bernardino Meridian; then south 528 feet; then east 2,625 feet; then
north 528 feet; then west 2,625 feet to the point of beginning; and
(2) all that portion of Riverside County
described as follows: The south 50 feet of the 5-acre tract located in the
northwest one-fourth of Section 22 in Township 5 South, Range 7 East, San
Bernardino Meridian, described as follows: Beginning 20 feet south and 427.5
feet west of the northeast corner of the northwest one-fourth of Section 22 in
Township 5 South, Range 7 East, San Bernardino Meridian; then west 412.5 feet;
then south 528 feet; then east 412.5 feet; then north 528 feet to the point of
beginning.
San Diego County: All that portion of San Diego County
described as follows:
Jacumba Area: Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9, in Township 18
South, Range 8 East, San Bernardino Meridian.
(c) Articles and Commodities Covered. All
soil, nursery stock, or plants with roots except as provided in subsection (d)
(2) are declared to be hosts or possible carriers of the pest quarantined
against.
(d) Restrictions.
(1) Certification Requirements. Except for
those exemptions provided in subsection (d) (2), articles and commodities
covered are prohibited movement from the area under quarantine unless
accompanied by a certificate issued by the agricultural commissioner. The
certificate shall be issued when (a) articles and commodities originate on
premises free from ozonium root rot; or (b) articles and commodities originate
from outside the area under quarantine and were safeguarded against infection
by ozonium root rot while within the area under quarantine; or (c) articles and
commodities were protected from infection by ozonium root rot and proper
safeguard actions had been completed to the satisfaction of the
commissioner.
(2) Exceptions. No
restrictions are placed by this regulation upon the movement of the following
articles and commodities from the area under quarantine to points outside
thereof:
(A) House plants grown in the home
and not for sale.
(B) Smooth root
vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, turnips, and
beets if not for planting and free from moist clods of soil, except that this
exemption does not apply to mangels and sugar beets.
(C) Sugar beets for processing, provided the
beets are screened prior to or while loading to remove moist clods of
soil.
(D) Cactus plants with roots,
provided the roots are dry and free of soil.
(E) Aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and
water lilies; dry resurrection plants; orchid plants growing in osmunda fibre;
and air-layered rooted cuttings, if free from
soil.
Notes
Cal. Code
Regs. Tit. 3, §
3401
1.
Amendment filed 7-2-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
27).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 7-28-77 as organizational
and procedural; effective upon filing (Register 77, No. 31).
3.
Repealer and new section filed 3-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 83, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301, 5302 and
5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5301, 5302 and 5322, Food
and Agricultural Code.
1. Amendment filed
7-2-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 27).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 7-28-77 as organizational and procedural;
effective upon filing (Register 77, No. 31).
3. Repealer and new
section filed 3-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
14).
