California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 5 - Insect Pest Control
Article 2 - Pest Eradication Areas
Section 3591.13 - Guava Fruit Fly Eradication Area

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 3591.13

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. That portion of the State of California described as follows, within which a certain pest, guava fruit fly (Bactrocera correcta), is known to exist, is hereby proclaimed to be an eradication area with respect to said pest:

The entire counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Ventura.

(b) Hosts.

(1) Fruit of the following plants:

Scientific Name Common Name
Anacardium occidentale cashew
Areca catechu areca palm
Artocarpus chama chaplasha
Artocarpus integer chempedak
Averrhoa carambola carambola, star fruit
Baccaurea racemosa kapundung, menteng
Benincasa hispida winter-melon
Bouea gandaria gandaria, ma prang
Bouea oppositifolia mariantree, plum-mango
Capparis sepiaria Capparis thorelii cap thorel
Careya arborea slow match tree, kumbhi
Careya sphaerica kra doon
Carica papaya papaya
Carissa carandas Bengal-currants, karanda
Citrus maxima pummelo
Citrus reticulata mandarin (tangerine)
Clausena lansium wampi
Coccinia grandis ivy gourd
Coffea canephora robusta coffee
Cucumis melo cantaloupe, honeydew melon
Dimocarpus longan longan
Dipterocarpus obtusifolius kok sat, keruing, mai sat
Elaeocarpus hygrophilus (synonym: madopetalus) ma-kok-nam, Spanish plum
Flacourtia indica governor's plum, Indian-plum
Flacourtia jangomas greater krekup, Indian-plum
Flueggea virosa Chinese waterberry, common bushweed
Garcinia dulcis Claude mangosteen, eggtree
Garcinia xanthochymus sour mangosteen
Heynea trijuga buah pasat, kalibaian
Irvingia malayana (Synonym: (oliveri) bok, pau kinjang
Knema angustifolia horse blood
Lepisanthes fruiticosa Luffa aegyptiaca smooth loofah, sponge gourd
Madhuca longifolia mahua, mowra-buttertree
Maerua siamensis Malpighia emarginata Barbados or West Indian cherry
Malpighia glabra aceerola
Mangifera indica mango
Manilkara zapota sapodilla
Mimusops elengi medlar, Spanish-cherry
Muntingia calabura calabur-tree
strawberry-tree
Musa x paradisiacal banana, plantain
Olax scadens namchai Khrai
Opuntia monacantha drooping prickly-pear
Phyllanthus acidus gooseberry-tree
Polyalthia longifolia cemetery or mast tree
Prunus avium sweet cherry
Prunus cerasus sour cherry
Prunus domestica European prune (plum)
Prunus persica peach
Prunus persica var. nectarine nectarine
Prunus salicina Japanese plum
Psidium guajava guava
Sandoricum koetjape red sentol, sentol
Spondias dulcis golden-apple, makopa
Spondias pinnata hog-plum
Strychnos potatorum clearing-nut-tree
Syzygium aqueum water apple, watery rose-apple
Syzygium borneense kelat, kerian
Syzygium cumini Java plum, jambolana
Syzygium jambos jambos, rose-apple
Syzygium malaccense Malay or mountain-apple
Syzygium nervosum Daly River satin ash
Syzygium samarangense Java-apple, water-apple
Terminalia bellirica myrobalan
Terminalia catappa tropical or Indian almond
Trichosanthes costata ribbed orange gourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina annual or club gourd
Vitis vinifera European grape
Ziziphus jujuba Chinese-date, jujube
Ziziphus mauritiana Chinese-date, jujube
Ziziphus nummularia jujube
Ziziphus oenoplia jackal jujube

(2) Soil or planting media within the drip area of plants producing, or which have produced, host fruit.

(c) Means and Methods. The following means and methods may be used in the eradication and control of said pest in said area:

(1) The use of insecticides, chemicals, or other materials as spray, dust, bait, or in any other manner as often as necessary to effect eradication.

(2) The removal and destruction of all plant parts known or suspected to harbor any stage of said pest.

(3) The search of all stages of guava fruit fly by visual inspection, the use of traps, or any other means.

(4) The removal and destruction of abandoned or unwanted plants bearing or capable of bearing hosts.

(5) The importation, rearing, liberation, and fostering of parasites and predators which attack guava fruit fly.

(6) The importation, rearing, or liberation of sterile forms of guava fruit fly.

1. New section filed 7-8-93 as an emergency; operative 7-8-93 (Register 93, No. 28). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 11-5-93 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see Register 86, No. 33.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-8-93 order transmitted to OAL 11-2-93 and filed 12-14-93 (Register 93, No. 51).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-17-94 as an emergency; operative 10-17-94 (Register 94, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-14-95 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-17-94 order transmitted to OAL 2-9-95 and filed 3-20-95 (Register 95, No. 12).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 4-24-97; operative 5-24-97 (Register 97, No. 17).
6. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-28-97 as an emergency; operative 8-28-97 (Register 97, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-26-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-28-97 order transmitted to OAL 12-18-97 and filed 1-26-98 (Register 98, No. 5).
8. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-10-99 as an emergency; operative 9-10-99 (Register 99, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-10-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-10-99 order transmitted to OAL 1-6-2000 and filed 2-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 5).
10. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-16-2000 as an emergency; operative 8-16-2000 (Register 2000, No. 33). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-14-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
11. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-16-2000 order, including amendment of NOTE, transmitted to OAL 12-13-2000 and filed 1-25-2001 (Register 2001, No. 4).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-29-2001 as an emergency; operative 8-29-2001 (Register 2001, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-27-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
13. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-29-2001 order transmitted to OAL 12-27-2001 and filed 2-4-2002 (Register 2002, No. 6).
14. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-6-2006 as an emergency; operative 10-6-2006 (Register 2006, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-5-2007 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
15. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-6-2006 order transmitted to OAL 12-19-2006 and filed 1-24-2007 (Register 2007, No. 4).
16. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 8-20-2009 as an emergency; operative 8-20-2009 (Register 2009, No. 34). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-16-2010 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
17. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 8-20-2009 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2010, No. 10).
18. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 7-22-2014 as an emergency; operative 7-22-2014 (Register 2014, No. 30). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-19-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
19. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-22-2014 order, including amendment of subsection (b)(1), transmitted to OAL 12-16-2014 and filed 1-27-2015; amendments effective 1-27-2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 5).
20. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-12-2018 as an emergency; operative 9-12-2018 (Register 2018, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-11-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
21. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-12-2018 order transmitted to OAL 3-7-2019 and filed 3-21-2019 (Register 2019, No. 12).
22. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-14-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 46).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5761, 5762, 5763 and 5764, Food and Agricultural Code.

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