CITRUS NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, Retail Sales, Requirements for Utility and road Construction, Exemptions

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Division of Plant Industry

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
5B-62: CITRUS NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
5B-62.020: Retail Sales
5B-62.022: Requirements for Utility and road Construction
5B-62.027: Exemptions

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32 No. 25, June 23, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

5B-62.020 Retail Sales.

(3) All retail citrus trees must be tagged with information to identify the variety of the root stock and scion stock and producing nursery. Each individual tree shall be identified with a slip-on label displaying the following information; All retail citrus trees must be tagged with information to identify the variety of the root stock and scion stock and producing nursery.

(a) The producing nursery’s certificate of nursery registration number that was issued by the Department. It is not necessary to include the name of the producing nursery on the label. Each individual tree shall be identified with a slip-on label bearing the producing nursery’s certificate of nursery registration number that was issued by the Department, variety names along with the month and year acquired. It is not necessary to include the name of the producing nursery on the label.

(b) The variety name, rootstock and month and year acquired.

5B-62.022 Requirements for Utility and Road Construction.

(1) Road construction companies and governmental agencies building public thoroughfares or road rights-of-way through or within a distance of 50 feet of a commercial citrus grove, commercial citrus grove site, approved citrus nursery site, or approved soil pit shall only use fill dirt that has been sampled by the Department and found free of nematodes injurious to citrus. Any person who installs service lines through or within a distance of 50 feet or less of a commercial citrus grove, commercial citrus grove site, approved citrus nursery site, or approved soil pit shall be required to contact the Department prior to installation and shall be required to clean and disinfect the service pole. All equipment used to install the service pole shall be disinfected using methods approved by the Department.

5B-62.027 Exemptions.

(1) and (3) No change.

(2) The Department will propagate and maintain pathogen-infected material for the purpose of testing or shoot-tip grafting. Such material will be kept in enclosed structures on department owned sites. Propagation of pathogen-infected material maintained in the proper enclosed structure for the purpose of testing or shoot-tip grafting with the approval of the Department.