California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine
Article 4 - Interior Quarantine (Regulations)
Section 3408 - Spongy Moth Interior Quarantine
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers.
(a) Pest. Spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) a lepidopterous insect of the family Lymantriidae which in the larval stage defoliates many species of trees and shrubs.
(b) Area Under Quarantine. [Reserved]
(c) Articles and Commodities Covered. (Hosts and Carriers)
(d) Restrictions. Items under quarantine are prohibited movement from the area under quarantine except under the following conditions:
(e) Director May Issue Special Permits. The Director may issue special permits allowing movement of articles or commodities otherwise prohibited. The permit shall state any and all mandatory provisions or conditions under which movement will be allowed.
1. New
section filed 10-28-2008 as an emergency; operative 10-28-2008 (Register 2008,
No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-27-2009 or
emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
For prior history, see Register 98, No. 29.
2. Certificate of
Compliance as to 10-28-2008 order transmitted to OAL 4-21-2009 and filed
6-1-2009 (Register 2009, No. 23).
3. Amendment repealing and
reserving quarantine designation in subsection (b) filed 3-14-2011; operative
4-13-2011 (Register 2011, No. 11).
4. Change without regulatory
effect amending section heading and subsections (a), (c)(5) and (d)(1) filed
7-26-2022 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2022, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301, 5302 and 5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5301, 5302 and 5322, Food and Agricultural Code.