South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 27 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY STATE LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH COMMISSION
Article 6D - LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH QUARANTINE
Section 27-77 - Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 27-77

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

1. A state-wide quarantine is hereby imposed for the light brown apple moth (LBAM), (Epiphyas postvittana).

2. Regulated articles as cited below may not be moved into or within South Carolina from:

a. Any area under federal quarantine for light brown apple moth (LBAM), (Epiphyas postvittana).

b. Any area under state quarantine for light brown apple moth (LBAM), (Epiphyas postvittana), regulated by the plant regulatory agency of the state concerned.

3. Regulated Articles:

a. The light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) in any living stage.

b. All host plants for light brown apple moth.

c. Any other product, articles, or means of conveyance of any character whatsoever, not covered by the above, when it is determined by a quarantine officer of a state or federal plant pest regulatory agency that they present a hazard of spreading the light brown apple moth.

d. A complete listing of host material may be found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/pest_detection/downloads/pra/epostvittanapra.pdf

4. The movement of host material into South Carolina from areas under federal quarantine for light brown apple moth (LBAM), (Epiphyas postvittana), is prohibited unless the host material and the surrounding area in the sending state are treated in strict accordance with the recommendations of the USDA APHIS Technical Working Group for Light Brown Apple Moth (June 8, 2007), including both judicious insecticide application and mating disruption. Host material shipped into South Carolina must be clearly labeled as having been so treated.

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