ASTA Phytosanitary Committee APHIS Issues

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ASTA Phytosanitary CommitteeAPHIS Issues

• Jane Levy
• USDA, APHIS, PPQ
• Plant Health Programs
• Jan 2006

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APHIS Issues

• Update on PCIT
• Update on Quarantine 37
• Small lots of seed
• Changes in Permitting Procedures

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Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking

• An interactive web-based system
• Allow exporters to
• Apply for certificates on-line
• Schedule commodity inspections
• Make payments on-line (federal issued)
• Print out certificates

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PCIT Release Schedule

• Release 2.0 12/2005 - Basic program database
• Release 2.1 3/2006 basic program improvements
  based on feedback from initial testing
• Release 2.2 6/2006? other basic program
  improvements
• Release 2.5 12/2006 Payment engine
• Release 3.0 8/07
• Processed Products (PPQ 578)
• Phytosanitary Certificate of Reexport (PPQ 579)

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PCIT version 2.0 December 2005

• Basic System Features
• Electronic Application (572)
• Phytosanitary Certificate (577) creation
• Printing Certificates on Security paper
• Certificate Database
• Certificate actions - supersede and void

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First Phase Implementation SitesDecember 2005

• Miami, FL
• Charlotte, NC
• El Paso, TX
• Honolulu, HI
• New Orleans, LA
• Massachusetts (PPQ)
• Raleigh, NC

• Goldsboro, NC
• Apopka, FL
• Madison, WI
• San Diego, CA
• San Joaquin, CA
• Maryland (MDA)

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PCIT Contact Information

• https//pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/ (the real
  production website)
• https//pcit.ezgov.com/pcit/Login (training
  website that mirrors the production website)
• 1-866-HLP-PCIT (PCIT Helpdesk)
• pcithelpdesk_at_aphis.usda.gov (email support)
• APHIS Christian Dellis
• 301-734-5233
• Christian.b.dellis_at_aphis.usda.gov

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Revision of Quarantine 37Plants for Planting

• Basic Premise of Current Q-37
• Majority of plant taxa are enterable with only a
  port of entry inspection
• Some plants for planting are further restricted
  by additional requirements
• Pest risk analysis required only for certain
  types of importations
• Q 37 update needed - plant material being
  imported has changed

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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• Programs to reduce risk of entry and
  establishment
• Clean stock programs
• Reevaluate taxa currently prohibited
• Incorporate all plants for planting into one
  regulation

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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• Establish a new import entry category
• Not authorized importation pending risk analysis
  and approval
• Two approaches possible
• All taxa that have not already entered the US
• Only for taxa where reasonable indication of
  pathway for invasive pest or is invasive pest
• Criteria science-based but less stringent than
  PRA

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Departmental Permits

• For prohibited articles USDA research
• Strengthen conditions more involvement of State
  Officials
• Modify name to Prohibited Article expand beyond
  USDA
• Create new classes of permits (intended use)
• Example, commercial development

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Small Lots of Seed

• Phytosanitary certificate required for
  importation of plants seeds
• Regulation revised to allow import of small lots
  of seed with written permit and inspection at
  port of entry in lieu of phytosanitary
  certificate
• OMB approved Final Rule 1/17/06, publication
  expected by end of January

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Small Lots of SeedEligibility

• Seed cannot be
• Federal noxious weed, parasitic plant, or
  otherwise prohibited
• Subject to requirements for an additional
  declaration on a phytosanitary certificate

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Small Lots of SeedEligibility

• Seed cannot be
• Subject to a required treatment
• Genetically modified
• In violation of the Federal Seed Act import
  provisions or ESA or CITES provisions

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Packaging and shipping requirements

• Labeling must include the collector/shipper,
  country of origin, and scientific name
• Maximum of 50 seeds of 1 taxon per packet or a
  maximum weight not to exceed 10 grams of seed of
  1 taxon per packet
• Maximum of 50 seed packets per shipment

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Packaging and shipping requirements

• Free from pesticides
• Secure, sealed packaging to prevent spillage
• Free from soil, plant material, foreign matter,
  fruit or seed pods, living organisms
• Must enter at prescribed inspection station

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Permit Update

• PPQ reviewed organism permitting procedures
  polices
• Results
• Hand carrying of permitted organisms will now be
  allowed for some organisms
• Commercial carriers not required
• Doesnt need to go to Plant Inspection Station in
  Beltsville, MD

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Permit Update

• Permitting Board of Advisors
• Federal and State members
• Support PPQ with improvements to permitting
  polices
• Permitting Customer Service Center
• Regulatory Reforms update organism permit
  regulations transparent, based on science with
  public involvement