Citrus Seed Imports; Citrus Greening and Citrus Variegated Chlorosis

Document ID: APHIS-2008-0052-0001
Document Type: Rule
Agency: Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
Topics: Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, Nursery Stock, Plant Diseases and Pests, Quarantine, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, Rice, Vegetables
Federal Register Number: 2010-07736
CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 319
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Abstract:	We are amending the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock to prohibit the importation of propagative seed of several Rutaceae (citrus family) genera from certain countries where citrus greening or citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) is present. We are also requiring propagative seed of these genera imported from all other countries to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration that neither citrus greening nor CVC are known to occur in the country where the seed was produced. Scientific evidence indicates that seed of certain genera of the family Rutaceae may be a pathway for the introduction of those diseases. This action is necessary in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of citrus greening and CVC into or within the United States.
Document Subtype:	Interim rule
Received Date:	April 06 2010, at 10:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:	17289 - 17295
Comment Start Date:	April 6 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	June 7 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time

Total: 3

Comment from Bob Zuckerman
Submitter: Zuckerman, Bob Posted: 06/01/2010 ID: APHIS-2008-0052-0003

Comment Period Closed
Jun 07,2010 11:59 PM ET

Comment from Richard Gaskalla
Submitter: Gaskalla, Richard Posted: 06/07/2010 ID: APHIS-2008-0052-0004

Comment Period Closed
Jun 07,2010 11:59 PM ET

Comment from Craig Cooper
Submitter: Cooper, Craig Posted: 06/08/2010 ID: APHIS-2008-0052-0005

Comment Period Closed
Jun 07,2010 11:59 PM ET