Removal of Emergency Action Notice for Tiffany Creek Preserve in New York, 32057 [E7-11242]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0048]
Removal of Emergency Action Notice
for Tiffany Creek Preserve in New York
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that we
have lifted restrictions placed on
Tiffany Creek Preserve in Nassau
County, NY. In 2004, the preserve was
put under an Emergency Action Notice
after a sample taken from a northern red
oak tested positive for Phytophthora
ramorum. The preserve was required to
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undergo biannual surveys for P.
ramorum for 2 years, the last of which
was conducted in September 2006. The
results of all surveys conducted in
Tiffany Creek Preserve, Nassau County,
and the State of New York were
negative. Therefore, we have released
Tiffany Creek Preserve from all
restrictions related to P. ramorum and
consider no further surveys or actions
are warranted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jonathan M. Jones, Senior Staff Officer,
Invasive Species and Pest Management,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 160,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Phytophthora ramorum is a pathogen
that causes the plant diseases commonly
known as sudden oak death, ramorum
leaf blight, and ramorum dieback. Since
its initial discovery in Marin County,
CA, in 1995, P. ramorum has been
confirmed to exist in 13 additional
northern California counties and in a
portion of Curry County, OR. P.
ramorum has caused the death of
thousands of mature oaks in these
counties, and there is presently no
known treatment for infected plants that
kills the fungus but allows plants to
survive.
On June 30, 2004, a survey for P.
ramorum was conducted at Tiffany
Creek Preserve in Nassau County, NY.
One of the samples taken during that
survey was from a northern red oak tree.
The sample was tested using an Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) nested polymerase chain
reaction protocol that resulted in
reactions that indicated the presence of
P. ramorum. The tree was removed and
destroyed and APHIS, under the
authority of the Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), placed the preserve
under Emergency Action Notice (EAN)
to contain any related risk. Under the
EAN, the movement of soil, forest
products, wood, and any plant material
from the preserve was prohibited.
APHIS also required 2 years of biannual
surveys of the preserve, including
sampling of the soil and water to
determine if there were any indications
of P. ramorum that could be associated
with Tiffany Creek Preserve. In the
EAN, we stated that if after 2 years all
survey results were negative, the EAN
would be lifted.
Delimiting surveys, the last of which
was conducted in September 2006, of
the Preserve and testing of all unhealthy
appearing trees and shrubs yielded no
further positive results and no sign of P.
ramorum infestation. Surveys of the
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Preserve and surrounding natural
environments in Nassau County and
neighboring Suffolk County resulted in
no further detections. In New York, no
forests or nurseries surveyed have had
P. ramorum detected. Therefore, we are
giving notice that we have lifted
restrictions on Tiffany Creek Preserve
and that P. ramorum is known not to
occur at Tiffany Creek Preserve and is
not known to occur at any other location
within Nassau County or the State of
New York.
Done in Washington, DC this 5th day of
June 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0048]
Removal of Emergency Action Notice for Tiffany Creek Preserve in
New York
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that we have lifted restrictions placed
on Tiffany Creek Preserve in Nassau County, NY. In 2004, the preserve
was put under an Emergency Action Notice after a sample taken from a
northern red oak tested positive for Phytophthora ramorum. The preserve
was required to undergo biannual surveys for P. ramorum for 2 years,
the last of which was conducted in September 2006. The results of all
surveys conducted in Tiffany Creek Preserve, Nassau County, and the
State of New York were negative. Therefore, we have released Tiffany
Creek Preserve from all restrictions related to P. ramorum and consider
no further surveys or actions are warranted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan M. Jones, Senior Staff
Officer, Invasive Species and Pest Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Phytophthora ramorum is a pathogen that
causes the plant diseases commonly known as sudden oak death, ramorum
leaf blight, and ramorum dieback. Since its initial discovery in Marin
County, CA, in 1995, P. ramorum has been confirmed to exist in 13
additional northern California counties and in a portion of Curry
County, OR. P. ramorum has caused the death of thousands of mature oaks
in these counties, and there is presently no known treatment for
infected plants that kills the fungus but allows plants to survive.
On June 30, 2004, a survey for P. ramorum was conducted at Tiffany
Creek Preserve in Nassau County, NY. One of the samples taken during
that survey was from a northern red oak tree. The sample was tested
using an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) nested
polymerase chain reaction protocol that resulted in reactions that
indicated the presence of P. ramorum. The tree was removed and
destroyed and APHIS, under the authority of the Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), placed the preserve under Emergency Action Notice
(EAN) to contain any related risk. Under the EAN, the movement of soil,
forest products, wood, and any plant material from the preserve was
prohibited. APHIS also required 2 years of biannual surveys of the
preserve, including sampling of the soil and water to determine if
there were any indications of P. ramorum that could be associated with
Tiffany Creek Preserve. In the EAN, we stated that if after 2 years all
survey results were negative, the EAN would be lifted.
Delimiting surveys, the last of which was conducted in September
2006, of the Preserve and testing of all unhealthy appearing trees and
shrubs yielded no further positive results and no sign of P. ramorum
infestation. Surveys of the Preserve and surrounding natural
environments in Nassau County and neighboring Suffolk County resulted
in no further detections. In New York, no forests or nurseries surveyed
have had P. ramorum detected. Therefore, we are giving notice that we
have lifted restrictions on Tiffany Creek Preserve and that P. ramorum
is known not to occur at Tiffany Creek Preserve and is not known to
occur at any other location within Nassau County or the State of New
York.
Done in Washington, DC this 5th day of June 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-11242 Filed 6-8-07; 8:45 am]
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