Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 3419 - Date Palm Disease Interior Quarantine (Quarantine Regulation 24)

A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers.

(a) Pest. A form of the fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, which initiates a serious disease in Canary Island date palm, Phoenix canariensis, and clump palm, P. reclinata. Seedlings of the date palm, P. dactylifera, are killed when injected with, or planted in soil infested with, the pathogen. There is reasonable cause to presume that this fungus isolate will be pathogenic to mature date palms, P. dactylifera, and other palms of the genus Phoenix.

(b) Quarantine Area. The quarantine area shall be all of California except the protected area. The protected area is:

(1) Imperial County--the entire county.

(2) Inyo County--Township 27 north, Range 1 east, which includes the Furnace Creek Ranch of Death Valley.

(3) Riverside County--all of Riverside County east of the eastern boundary of Range 2 east. (This boundary line runs north and south just east of the Town of Cabazon in Riverside County.)

(c) Commodities Covered and Articles Covered.

(1) All plants and parts for propagation, including seed, of the palm genus Phoenix.

(2) Saws, knives, or other tools used for trimming or pruning palms of the genus Phoenix.

(d) Restrictions. The commodities covered are prohibited movement into the protected area, except that trimming or pruning tools will be allowed movement into the protected area when certified by a plant quarantine officer as being sterilized in an approved manner. The movement of the commodities and articles covered is not restricted in any way when such movement is entirely within the quarantine area or entirely within the protected area.

(e) Exceptions.

(1) There are no restrictions of movement through the area as long as the commodities covered are neither in transit more than 48 hours nor off-loaded enroute.

(2) The Director may issue special permits allowing entry of commodities otherwise prohibited. The permit shall state any and all mandatory provisions or conditions under which entry will be allowed.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 3419

1. New section filed 7-3-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 27). For prior history, see Register 58, No. 17.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301, 5302, and 5322, of the Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5301, 5302, and 5322 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

1. New section filed 7-3-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 27). For prior history, see Register 58, No. 17.