Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-15 - Quarantine Pertaining to Japanese Beetle, (Popillia Japonica)
Section R68-15-7 - Certification Requirements
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 68-15-7
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Certification requires production in an approved Japanese beetle free greenhouse or screenhouse, and that:
(a) any
media shall be sterilized and free of soil;
(b) any stock shall be free of soil, bareroot
before planting into the approved medium;
(c) potted plants shall be maintained within
the greenhouse or screenhouse during the entire adult flight period;
(d) during the adult flight period the
greenhouse or screenhouse shall be made secure so that adult Japanese beetles
cannot gain entry;
(e) security
shall be documented by the appropriate phytosanitary officials of the origin
state and each area shall be specifically approved as a secure area;
(f) the greenhouse, or screenhouse shall be
inspected by the appropriate phytosanitary officials for the presence of any
life stages of the Japanese beetle;
(g) the plants and their growing medium shall
be appropriately protected from subsequent infestation while being stored,
packed and shipped;
(h) certified
greenhouse, or screenhouse nursery stock may not be transported into or through
any infested areas unless identity is preserved and adequate safeguards are
applied to prevent possible infestation; and
(i) each greenhouse, or screenhouse operation
shall be approved by department phytosanitary officials as having met and
maintained the criteria in Subsection R68-15-7(1), and shall be issued an
appropriate certificate that includes the following declaration: "The rooted
plants (or crowns) were produced in an approved Japanese beetle free greenhouse
or screenhouse."
(2) Production During a Pest Free Window.
(a) The
entire rooted plant production cycle shall be completed within a pest free
window, in clean containers with sterilized and soilless growing medium such as
that planting, growth, harvest, and shipment will occur outside the adult
Japanese beetle flight period, June through October.
(b) The accompanying phytosanitary
certificate shall bear the following declaration: "These plants were produced
outside the Japanese beetle flight season."
(3) Applications of Approved Regulatory Treatments.
(a) Any treatments shall be
performed under direct supervision of a phytosanitary official of the origin
state or under a compliance agreement.
(b) Treatments and procedures performed under
a compliance agreement shall be monitored closely throughout the
season.
(c) State phytosanitary
certificates listing and verifying the treatment used shall be forwarded to the
receiving state via fax or electronic mail, as well as accompanying the
shipment.
(i) Not each treatment approved in
the U.S. Domestic Japanese beetle Harmonization Plan are acceptable for
Utah.
(d) The
phytosanitary certificate shall bear the following declaration: "The rooted
plants were treated to control "Popillia japonica" according to the criteria
for shipment to category 1 states as provided in the U.S. Domestic Japanese
beetle Harmonization Plan and Utah Japanese beetle Quarantine."
(e) Treatment Protocols.
(i) Dip Treatment - balled and burlapped and
container Pplants. Dip treatment is not an approved treatment
protocol.
(ii) Drench Treatment -
Container Plants Only.
(A) Drench treatment is
a prophylactic treatment protocol targeting eggs and early first-instar
larvae.
(B) If the containers are
exposed to a second flight season they shall be retreated.
(C) Drench treatment is not approved for
ornamental grasses or sedges.
(D)
Potting media used shall be sterile and soilless, and containers shall be
clean.
(E) Field potted plants are
not eligible for certification using the drench treatment protocol.
(F) Imidacloprid (Marathon 60WP) is an
accepted drench treatment.
(I) 0.5 grams of
active ingredient shall be applied per gallon as a prophylactic treatment just
before Japanese beetle adult flight season, which is June 1, or as otherwise
determined by the phytosanitary official.
(II) Tank mix shall be applied as a drench to
wet the entire surface of the potting media.
(III) A 24 gallon tank mix shall be enough to
treat 120-140 one-gallon containers.
(IV) Over drenching shall be avoided to not
waste active ingredients through leaching.
(V) During the adult flight season, plants
shall be retreated after 16 weeks if not shipped to assure adequate
protection.
(G)
Bifenthrin, Talstar Nursery Flowable 7.9% is an accepted drench treatment.
(I) Bifenthrin shall be mixed at the rate of
20 ounces per 100 gallons of water.
(II) Bifenthrin shall be applied, as a
drench, about eight ounces of tank mix per six inches of container
diameter.
(iii) Media, Granule, Incorporation -
Container Plants Only.
(A) Media, granule,
incorporation treatment protocol targets eggs and early first-instar larvae and
allows for certification of plants that have been exposed to only one flight
season after application.
(B) Any
pesticides used for media incorporation shall be mixed before potting and
plants potted at least 30 days before shipment.
(C) Potting media used shall be sterile and
soilless, and containers shall be clean.
(D) The granules shall be incorporated into
the media before potting.
(E) Field
potted plants are not eligible for treatment.
(F) If the containers are to be exposed to a
second flight season they shall be repotted with a granule incorporated mix or
retreated using one of the approved drench treatments under Subsection
R68-15-7(2)(e)(ii).
(G) Pesticides
approved for media incorporation are:
(I)
Imidacloprid (Marathon 1G) mixed at the rate of five pounds per cubic yard;
(II) Bifenthrin, Talstar Nursery
Granular or Talstar T and O Granular (0.2) mixed at the rate of 25 parts per
million (ppm) or 0.33 of a pound per cubic yard based on a potting media bulk
density of 200; and
(III)
Tefluthrin, Fireban 1.5 G mixed at the rate of 25 ppm based on a potting media
bulk density of 400.
(iv) Nursery stock: methyl bromide fumigation
at normal atmospheric pressure, chamber or tarpaulin. The authorized treatment
schedules shall be those stated in the California Commodity Treatment
Manual.
(v) Other treatment or
protocol not described in this rule may be submitted for review and approved by
the commissioner.
(4) Detection Survey for Origin Certification.
(a) U.S. Domestic Japanese
beetle Harmonization Plan protocol not approved.
(b) Alternative approved protocol.
(i) States listed in the area under
quarantine may have counties that are not infested with Japanese
beetle.
(ii) Shipments of
restricted articles may be accepted from noninfested counties if annual surveys
are made in these counties and adjacent counties and the results of the surveys
are negative for Japanese beetle.
(iii) The plants shall be greenhouse grown or
contained in media that is sterilized and free of soil and the shipping nursery
shall grow their own stock from seed, unrooted cuttings, or bareroot
material.
(iv) A list of approved
counties shall be maintained by the department.
(v) Agricultural officials from a quarantined
state or province may recommend a noninfested county be placed on the approved
county list by writing for approval and stating how surveys were conducted
including:
(A) areas surveyed;
(B) how survey was carried out;
(C) number of traps;
(D) results of survey;
(E) history of survey; and
(F) if a county was previously infested, give
the date of last infestation.
(vi) If infestations occur in neighboring
counties, approval may be denied.
(vii) To be maintained on the approved list,
each county shall be reapproved each 12 months.
(viii) Shipments of restricted articles from
noninfested counties shall only be allowed entry into Utah if the uninfested
county has been placed on the approved list before the arrival of the shipment
in Utah.
(ix) The certificate shall
have the following declaration: "The plants in this consignment were produced
in (name of county), state of (name of state of origin) that is known to be
free of Japanese beetle."
(5) Privately owned house plants obviously grown, or certified at the origin state as having been grown indoors without exposure to Japanese beetle may be allowed entry into this state without meeting the requirements of Section R68-15-5.
(a) Contact the department by mail, FAX, or
email for requirements:
(i) Director, Plant
Industry Division, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, 4315 South 2700
West TSOB South Bldg, Floor 2 Taylorsville, UT 84129-2128;
(ii) FAX: (801) 538-7189; or
(iii) email: UDAF-Nursery@utah.gov.
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