Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Any person who wants
to import or grow white pine blister rust resistant/immune varieties of European
black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) plants into the State must first complete an
application form, supplied by the Department, which includes the following
information:
1. The name, address, and telephone
number of person applying for permit;
2.
The number of plants to be grown or imported during permit period listed by
cultivar; and
3. A detailed map showing
where the Ribes cultivars where plants will be grown during the permit
period.
(b) An application is
not valid as permit unless signed by authorized Department official.
(c) Plant cultivars and hybrids of Ribes nigrum L.
shall be labeled as follows:
1. Imported plants
shall be labeled with cultivar nomenclature during movement into or through the
State.
2. Plants growing in the field
shall be labeled with cultivar nomenclature at the beginning and end of each
row.
3. If plants are moved, the grower
shall provide notification to the Department, including a map of the new plant
location, within seven days of movement.
(d) For new introductions of currants, the
permittee shall provide to the Department a certification from the plant source that
all plants are white pine blister rust resistant/immune cultivars. A permit may be
issued following favorable scientific review and certification of the varieties by
the USDA APHIS and/or the U.S. Forest Service.
(e) Inspection by the Department shall proceed as
follows:
1. The permittee shall allow Department
to access site where plants are grown.
2. The Department may inspect plants at least once
each year during permit period to ensure freedom from white pine blister rust
disease.
3. If white pine blister rust
is found on less than two percent of plants of a specific cultivar, the permittee
shall remove and destroy all infected plants within 10 days of an order by the
Department.
4. If white pine blister
rust disease is found on more than two percent of plants of a specific cultivar, the
permittee shall remove and destroy all plants of the infected cultivar within 30
days of an order by the Department.
5.
Any signs or symptoms of the white pine blister rust observed on any of the Ribes
cultivars shall be reported by the permittee to the Department within five
days.
(f) No new plants may
be propagated from existing plants unless authorized in writing by the
Department.
(g) Conditions for permit
amendment, expiration or revocation are as follows:
1. The permit shall expire five years from date of
issuance.
2. At the end of the permit
period, the permittee shall remove and destroy all permitted plants unless the
permit is amended and approved by the Department. A permittee who violates this
section may be subject to penalty action by the Department as authorized by
4:7-18.
3. If any additional plants are
to be received by the permittee during this period, the permittee shall amend his or
her permit application in writing. Such amendment shall include written
certification from the source of the plants that they are white pine blister rust
resistant varieties. A map of the proposed planting site shall also be submitted
with the request for permit amendment.
4. The Department may revoke the permit at any
time if it determines that the permittee did not follow permit conditions or if
plants appear to be a cause of spread of white pine blister rust.
