In order to prevent the introduction and spread within
the State of Mississippi of the destructive plant eating applesnails of the
family
Ampullariidae which can
seriously affect ornamental and various other types of nursery stock, as well
as many other plants, and in order to eradicate the applesnail were it to be
introduced, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture
and Commerce under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann.
§§69-25-7, 69-25-9, 69-25-17, 69-25-19, 69-25-23, 69-25-25 and
69-25-35, does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement of live
forms of this pest into or within the State of Mississippi in any stage of
development is hereby prohibited. The following paragraphs apply to the
movement of the applesnail:
1.
Pest - Applesnails of the family
Ampullariidae.
2.
Quarantine Area -
California - The entire state
Florida - The entire state
Texas - The entire state
Hawaii - The entire state
North Carolina - The entire state and other states or
territories hereinafter which may be found to be infested.
3.
Regulated
Articles - No common carrier or other person shall move intrastate
from any regulated area any of the following articles, except in accordance
with the conditions in this regulation. The applesnails (family
Ampullariidae) in any living stage of
development. Ornamentals, nursery stocks, or any other plants, soil, sand,
peat, or any other articles which may be responsible for movement of the
applesnail.
4.
Conditions Governing Shipment -
a. Regulated articles from the quarantined
area will be prohibited entry into the State of Mississippi, unless each
shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued by and bearing the signature of
the quarantine official of the state where shipment originated, certifying that
it has been determined by competent, official survey that the regulated
articles contained in the shipment were inspected and found to be free of
applesnails and that, further, the pest is not known to exist in the nursery or
site from which the shipment or regulated articles originated.
b. Each shipment of nursery stock from an
infested nursery or other regulated articles from an infested site must be
accompanied by a standard Phytosanitary Export Certificate issued by the plant
quarantine official of the state of origin where the shipment originated
certifying that the shipment has been fumigated in a gas tight chamber with
methyl bromide at a rate of 2 1/2 pounds per 1,000 cubic feet at 70° F. or
above for two hours, or with HCN at a rate of 25cc per 100 cubic feet for one
hour at 50° F. to 85° F.
c. A copy
of the Phytosanitary Export Certificate must accompany the shipment with the
usual state of origin nursery tag or certificate with one copy of the
Phytosanitary Export Certificate being mailed to the State Entomologist, Bureau
of Plant Industry, P. O. Box 5207, Mississippi State, Mississippi
39762.
5.
Infested Shipments Arriving in Mississippi: - Nursery
stock or other regulated articles arriving in Mississippi from an infested
state without proper certification will be held under quarantine for proper
certification or returned to the shipper at his expense unless infested with
living applesnail or other dangerous plants pests. If infested, the shipment
will be destroyed or fumigated at the shipper's expense, provided, the
infestation can be eliminated without hazard of spread during treatment. If
fumigation is necessary, the Bureau of Plant Industry nor its employees or
agents, will in any way be held responsible for injury to regulated articles
which might result from such fumigation.
6.
Revision: - This
regulation may be revised or amended at any time as conditions and
circumstances warrant.
7. This rule
shall take effect and be in force thirty days after filing with Secretary of
State.
