The purpose of these amendments is to clarify the requirements for the transmission and delivery of citrus and closely related plants that are propagated for distribution. The effect is to have up-to-date requirements that allow for the propagation ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Plant Industry

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

5B-62.001Definitions

5B-62.002Purpose

5B-62.003Plant Pest Declaration

5B-62.004Manuals

5B-62.005Forms

5B-62.006Citrus Budwood Technical Advisory Committee

5B-62.007Citrus Nursery Stock Certification Program

5B-62.008Requirements for Citrus Nursery Site Approval

5B-62.009Requirements for Citrus Nursery Sanitation

5B-62.010Requirements for Citrus Nursery Structure

5B-62.011Requirements for Citrus Propagation

5B-62.012Source Trees

5B-62.013Parent Trees

5B-62.014Foundation Trees

5B-62.015Scion Trees

5B-62.016Increase Trees

5B-62.017Source Tree Registration Certificate

5B-62.018Procedure for Identifying and Recording Commercial Citrus Nursery Stock

5B-62.019Inter- or Intra-Nursery Movement of Plant Material

5B-62.020Retail Sales

5B-62.021Requirements for Soil Pit Approval

5B-62.022Requirements for Utility and Road Construction

5B-62.023Stop-Sale Notice or Hold Order (DACS-08016)

5B-62.024Release from Quarantine or Withdrawal of Stop-Sale Notice or Hold Order (DACS-08016)

5B-62.025Fees

5B-62.026Citrus Produced for Research Purposes

5B-62.027Exemptions

5B-62.028Citrus Seed

5B-62.029Micropropagation of Citrus Rootstocks and Plants

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of these amendments is to clarify the requirements for the transmission and delivery of citrus and closely related plants that are propagated for distribution. The effect is to have up-to-date requirements that allow for the propagation of citrus and closely related genera that are free from pests and diseases and are of superior horticultural quality.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Citrus Nursery Stock Certification Program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 570.07(23), 581.031(1), (3), (8), 581.1843(3), (4) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 570.07(2), (13), 570.0705, 581.031(1), (14), (17), (23), 581.1843(3), (4) FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Richard Gaskalla, Director, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.