Washinton, DC
April 29, 2009
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the
public that it is adopting as a final rule, with two changes, an
interim rule that amended the regulations by quarantining parts
of Bingham and Bonneville counties (Idaho) due to the discovery
of the potato cyst nematode there and establishing restrictions
on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the
quarantined area. As amended by this document, the rule refers
to the nematode of concern, Globodera pallida, by the common
name “pale cyst nematode” rather than by the name “potato cyst
nematode;” allows the movement of Phaseolus spp. (beans) and
Pisum spp. (peas) under the same conditions that apply to the
movement of other crops to which soil is often attached; and
requires that a protocol approved by the Administrator as
sufficient to support removal of infested fields from
quarantine, rather than a three-year biosurvey protocol, be
completed in order to remove an infested field from quarantine.
APHIS is also making minor, nonsubstantive changes. These
actions will prevent the spread of the pale cyst nematode via
potatoes, soil, and other host material to noninfested areas of
the United States.
Notice of this final rule is published in the April 29 Federal
Register and becomes effective upon publication. |
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