Counties removed from Phytophthora ramorum Federal Order

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Jan. 28, 2011, Federal Order requiring advance notification for certain shipments of P. ramorum- host nursery stock.

 

The Federal Order removes Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in California; Lincoln County in Oregon; and Kitsap County in Washington State from the list of affected counties. This action is necessary based on additional information provided to APHIS by State Regulatory Authorities justifying the exclusion of these counties for several reasons: P. ramorum was only detected on trace forward plants and not on host plants grown within the interstate shipping nursery premises of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California; Lincoln County, Oregon , does not have P. ramorum positive interstate shippers; and Kitsap County, Washington, does not have an interstate shipping nursery that has previously tested positive for the disease.

 

This Federal Order supersedes the Federal Order dated Jan. 28, 2011.

 

All other counties listed in the January 28 Federal Order as an affected quarantined and regulated county in California, Oregon, and Washington remains the same.

Therefore, the affected counties are:

California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Los Angeles, Placer, Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, Shasta, Stanislaus and Tulare.

Oregon: Curry, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Marion, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill.

Washington: Clark, Cowlitz, King, Lewis, Pacific, Snohomish and Thurston.

 

Beginning March 1, all nurseries located in the above mentioned counties that ship any species of Camellia, Kalmia, Pieris, Rhododendron (including azalea), and Viburnum interstate to non-regulated areas must provide advance notification.

 

The Federal Order and guidance document are also available here.