APHIS Proposes to Eliminate Pine Beetle Restrictions on Imports From Canada
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is eliminating restrictions on imports of pine shoot beetle host materials from Canada, including cut pine Christmas trees and other articles containing pine bark, it said in a final rule released Sept. 30.…
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APHIS is removing quarantine requirements for domestic interstate transport of pine shoot beetle hosts, rendering the regulations covering imports from Canada obsolete, APHIS said. Regulations under 7 CFR 319.40-5(m) that are now to be eliminated under this final rule required that imports from Canada be accompanied by statements and certificates showing the origin of regulated articles and the places through which they were moved, as well as fumigation requirements in some circumstances. The final rule takes effect Nov. 2.