ACP/HLB Quarantine Information for Nurseries

• ACP Quarantine Maps

• Nursery Treatment Information

Applies to nursery stock grown or maintained within ACP Quarantine

• Exhibit ACP-NS1: Nursery Stock Grown in an Exclusionary Facility/Screenhouse
• Exhibit ACP-NS: Nursery Stock (Interstate Movement)
• Exhibit ACP-NP: Production Nursery Stock:
  
  • Approved Treatments for ACP
• Exhibit ACP-M: Farmers’ Market and Swap Meet Nursery Stock Vendor
• Exhibit ACP-R: Regulated Articles (ACP Host List)

QC Permit 1353

Permit for the intrastate movement of ACP host propagative material/plants from an ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone.

QC Permit 1359

Permit for the intrastate movement of ACP host budwood/buds without leaves or cuttings with leaves from an ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone.

QC Permit 1378

Permit for the movement of untreated, untagged nursery stock from an USDA approved screen house or production nursery intended for planting within the same ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone.

QC Permit 1380

Permit for the intrastate movement of nursery stock from ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone 2 to ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone 3 and not from an USDA approved exclusionary facility.

QC Permit 1431

Permit for the intrastate movement of treated, untagged nursery stock from USDA approved screen house to USDA approved screen house or a receiving nursery within an ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone.

QC Permit 1464

Under QC Master Permit 1464, movement of regulated articles in the form of bulk citrus within or from an ACP Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone, may be moved when transported inside a fully enclosed vehicle or completely safeguarded.

Nurseries Located in ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone 1

Treatment Protocol

Compliance agreement is issued and maintained by the local county agricultural commissioner. Nurseries in ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zone 1 may treat ACP host nursery stock prior to shipment into ACP Nursery Regional Quarantine Zones 2 or 3 at the request of the receiving nursery.

Participation in the Citrus Nursery Stock Cleanliness Program is mandatory for any person who produces any citrus propagative material, including seed. All citrus propagative materials must be obtained from source trees registered with this program or from the Citrus Clonal Protection Program at UC Riverside.

• CDFA Citrus Nursery Stock Pest Cleanliness Program
• UCR Citrus Clonal Protection Program

Recommended ACP Breach Protocol

All structure breaches, quarantine violations, and other regulatory incidents are reviewed by the CDFA-USDA cooperative citrus risk assessment team:

• Michael Hennessey, USDA-APHIS-PPQ (michael.hennessey@usda.gov)
• Joshua Kress, CDFA (joshua.kress@cdfa.ca.gov)
• Keith Okasaki, CDFA (keith.okasaki@cdfa.ca.gov)

• Requirements for Interstate Movement
• Requirements for Interstate Movement from a Federally Approved Screen House (Federal Order): Exclusionary facilities can be approved either inside or outside of an ACP quarantine area after nursery is issued a compliance agreement.

  USDA Approved Exclusionary Facilities

• ACP Pre-Quarantine Certification - Pest Exclusion Advisory 06-2013 Exclusionary facilities may be certified prior to establishment of an ACP quarantine area. Pre-quarantine certification would permit the facility to immediately continue shipping citrus nursery stock should it be included in an ACP quarantine. Pre-quarantine certification is conducted by the local county agricultural commission through a compliance agreement.

  Pre-Quarantine Approved Facilities

• FAQ – ACP/HLB Quarantines

Quarantine Maps:

• HLB Quarantine
• HLB Overall Quarantine Boundary Layer
• Active Regional Quarantines Web Application

Federally Approved Exclusionary Facility:

Voluntary HLB Sampling and Testing Protocol: Exclusionary facilities either APHIS approved or pre-approved for ACP are eligible for this voluntary program. Participation and completion of this program would keep a nursery facility eligible to ship citrus nursery stock should the facility be included in an HLB quarantine area.

• Pest Exclusion Advisory 05-2016 – Voluntary HLB Sampling and Testing
• USDA HLB Survey Protocol in an Exclusionary Facility