| (a) Treatment Requirements:
(1) Interstate sale, distribution or movement. Any
regulated article produced or under production in the citrus zone,
as specified in §21.4 of this title (relating to Citrus Zone),
that is intended for interstate sale, distribution or movement shall
be treated as provided in 7 CFR §301.76, and as specified 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, 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; and
(2) Intrastate sale, distribution or movement. Any
regulated article produced or under production in the citrus zone,
as specified in §21.4 of this title, that is intended for intrastate
sale, distribution or movement, either within or outside of the Citrus
Zone:
(A) Prior to any sale, distribution or movement shall
be treated as specified 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, Plant Protection and Quarantine; and
(B) If any maximum treatment period specified under
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph expires before all regulated articles
have been sold, distributed or moved, the required treatment shall
be re-applied, as necessary. No regulated article that is not compliant
with all treatment requirements may be sold, distributed, or moved.
(C) A copy of the requirements in this subsection may
be obtained by contacting the department's Valley Regional Office,
900-B East Expressway 82, San Juan, Texas 78598, (956) 787-8866.
(b) Treatment records. Records of the lot numbers treated
and of the treatment materials and treatment dates for each treatment
required under subsection (a) of this section shall be maintained
by the nursery for a period of not less than two years following the
last treatment date for a given lot of regulated articles, and records
shall be made available to an authorized department or USDA employee,
upon request during normal business hours.
(c) Exemptions. For regulated articles intended for
intrastate sale or for intrastate commercial or noncommercial distribution
or movement, the following are exempt from the requirements of this
section:
(1) Any retail location that possesses a valid Class
1 nursery/floral registration, as required by §22.3 of this title
(relating to Nursery/Floral Registration Classifications and Fees);
or
(2) Any person who purchases or otherwise receives
a regulated article for that person's own use and not for further
sale, distribution or movement, is exempt from the requirements of
this section.
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