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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 14-2257

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Addendum to the Order of Quarantine; Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut

[44 Pa.B. 6947]
[Saturday, November 1, 2014]

Recitals

 A. Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD), a disease complex that kills walnut trees, Juglans spp., has been detected in the Commonwealth. There is no cure for a tree once it is infected. The fungus Geosmithia morbida is vectored by the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, causing small cankers under the bark of the tree. The beetle introduces the fungus while it tunnels beneath the bark. As more beetles attack the tree, the number of cankers increases until they coalesce to girdle twigs and branches, restricting movement of nutrients and eventually killing the tree. Thousand Cankers Disease has been detected in the Commonwealth and has the potential to spread to uninfested areas by natural means or through the movement of infested articles.

 B. The Plant Pest Act (Act) (3 P. S. §§ 258.1—258.27) empowers The Department of Agriculture (Department) to take various measures to detect, contain and eradicate plant pests. These powers include the authority to establish quarantines to prevent the spread of plant pests within this Commonwealth.

 C. Under the authority of section 258.20 of the Act (3 P. S. § 258.20) the Department may declare a pest to be a public nuisance when the Department determines a plant pest to be dangerous or destructive to the agriculture, horticulture or forests of this Commonwealth. For the reasons set forth in Paragraph A above, the Department declares TCD, the fungus Geosmithia morbida and the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, to be plant pests.

 D. Consistent with the Order of Quarantine published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014, where the Department detects or confirms any of the plant pests established in this Order of Quarantine—Thousand Cankers Disease, Geosmithia morbida or Pityophthorus juglandis—the place or area in which any of these plant pests are detected or confirmed shall be subject to the provisions of that Order of Quarantine published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014.

 E. The place or area in which the plant pest is detected or confirmed shall be added to the Order of Quarantine, published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014, through an addendum delineating the specific location and geographic parameters of the area or place. Such Addendum shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and enforcement of the Addendum to the Order of Quarantine, published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014, with regard to that place or area shall become effective immediately.

Order

 Under authority of section 21 of the act (3 P. S. § 258.21), and with the Recitals previously listed incorporated into this Addendum to the Order of Quarantine published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014 by reference, the Department orders the following:

 1. Establishment of Quarantine.

 A quarantine is hereby established with respect to Lancaster county. This is in addition to counties and areas already subject to the Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantine Order published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014.

 2. All Provisions Apply.

 All of the provisions established in the Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantine Order published at 44 Pa.B. 5216 issued Saturday, August 2, 2014, are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof this Addendum as if fully set forth herein and shall hereby be made applicable to Lancaster county.

GEORGE D. GREIG, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-2257. Filed for public inspection October 31, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]


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