(a) In addition to other restrictions that may apply:
(1) In a quarantined area, any regulated article intended
for interstate movement, distribution or sale shall conform to:
(A) the requirements of 7 CFR §301.76; and
(B) those requirements of §19.622 of this subchapter
(relating to Mandatory Treatment of Citrus Nursery Plants in the Citrus
Zone) that apply to all regulated articles intended for interstate
movement; or
(2) In a quarantined area, any regulated article intended
for intrastate movement, distribution or sale:
(A) shall not be moved, except as specified in this
subchapter; and
(B) shall conform to the requirements of §19.622
of this subchapter that apply to any regulated article produced or
under production in the citrus zone, that is intended either for intrastate
sale or for commercial or noncommercial distribution or movement.
(3) Regulated articles seized pursuant to any department
order shall either be:
(A) held without further movement within or outside
the quarantined area and treated with a department approved systemic
pesticide (soil drench) labeled for the control of Asian citrus psyllid
and for use on those plants, in accordance with that label, for the
duration of the quarantine maintaining the plants free of Asian citrus
psyllid; or
(B) moved within the quarantined area under the conditions
of a special permit or compliance agreement issued by the department;
or
(C) destroyed.
(b) Transitory movement of regulated articles through
a quarantined area shall be done only in a sealed, insect-proof container
that shall not remain in the quarantined area beyond the time required
for simple transit.
(c) Movement of regulated articles into a quarantined
area shall be conducted as follows.
(1) Except as covered by subsection (b) of this section,
movement of regulated articles into a quarantined area must be performed
under a compliance agreement with the department.
(2) Retail purchasers who take regulated articles purchased
outside of a quarantined area directly to their home or business inside
the quarantined area and permanently plant the regulated article promptly
at that address are exempt from paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(d) Propagation, sale or distribution of regulated
articles.
(1) Any person who propagates regulated articles in
a quarantined area, other than for personal noncommercial use on the
same property, or who sells, distributes or moves regulated articles,
shall do so only under a special permit or a compliance agreement
with the department.
(2) Under a special permit or compliance agreement
from the department, regulated articles may be moved intrastate out
of a quarantined area, if the regulated articles are compliant with
all production, treatment, recordkeeping and shipment requirements
that apply to regulated articles intended for interstate movement,
as provided in 7 CFR §301.76 and in the "Interstate Movement
of Citrus and other Rutaceous Plants For Planting From Areas Quarantined
for Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, or Asian Citrus Psyllid" as published
by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine.
A copy of the requirements may be obtained by contacting the department's
Valley Regional Office, 900-B East Expressway 82, San Juan, Texas
78598, (956) 787-8866.
(e) Detached citrus fruit originating within a quarantined
area may be moved outside the quarantined area provided the fruit
is treated, harvested, transported and packed under the conditions
outlined in the August 9, 2012, Federal Order (DA-2012-30) issued
by the USDA-APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine, entitled "Quarantine
for 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'
Causal Agent of Citrus Greening (CG)".
(f) To request a special permit, a compliance agreement,
or a copy of applicable departmental or federal requirements, contact
the department's Valley Regional Office, 900-B East Expressway 82,
San Juan, Texas 78598, (956) 787-8866.
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