Regulations
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Federal regulations for Phytophthora ramorum are developed by the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The entire states of California, Oregon, and Washington are regulated to limit the spread of P. ramorum from nurseries. Each state has their own set of regulations.
Click here to see map of quarantine and regulated areas.
3/31/14
APHIS Revises Phytophthora ramorum Domestic Quarantine Regulatory Requirements for Certain Host Nurseries –
As of March 31, 2014, APHIS will no longer impose P. ramorum regulatory requirements for the interstate movement of host nursery stock from certain nurseries located in the regulated areas of California, Oregon, and Washington. Nurseries that have not had P. ramorumdetected in annual surveys since March 31, 2011 will not be required to be inspected and certified in order to ship regulated and associated host plants interstate. Also, nurseries located in regulated areas that do not contain, and that do not ship nursery stock listed as proven host taxa or as associated plant taxa are no longer required to comply with 7CFR 301.92. APHIS will, however, continue to regulate all interstate shipping nurseries located inquarantine areas of California and Oregon, including those that contain only non-host nursery stock.
State
Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA)