APS REGULATORY ALERT

APHIS amending cut flowers regulations; APHIS amending citrus canker quarantine regulation; Call for Concept Notes for new additions to the Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education
Date: April 5, 2007

APHIS is amending the cut flowers regulations to establish specific requirements for the importation of cut flowers that are hosts of chrysanthemum white rust (CWR) from countries where the disease is known to occur. Details can be found in the April 3 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-6128.htm

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the citrus canker quarantine regulations to explicitly prohibit, with limited exceptions, the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from a quarantined area. Comments Due By: May 21, 2007. For complete detail see http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-5229.htm.

A Call for Concept Notes for new additions to the Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education (PIPE) is available online. This calls for concept notes describing weed, insect, and disease pests that would be good candidates for tracking with the PIPE systems. In addition to crop/pest combinations, any predictive modeling tools may be candidates for testing on the PIPE. http://www.ipmpipe.org/sc/docs/ConceptCall2007.cfm