The proposed rule clarifies existing regulatory requirements regarding citrus nursery stock, updates referenced material, incorporates new regulatory requirements for rootstock cuttings, clarifies regulatory requirements regarding how hot water ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Plant Industry

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

5B-62.001Definitions and Purpose

5B-62.003Plant Pest Declaration

5B-62.004Manuals

5B-62.005Forms

5B-62.007Citrus Nursery Stock Certification Program

5B-62.009Requirements for Citrus Nursery Sanitation

5B-62.011Requirements for Citrus Propagation

5B-62.012Source Trees

5B-62.013Parent 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-62.023Stop-Sale Notice and Hold Order

5B-62.024Release from Quarantine or Withdrawal of Stop-Sale Notice and Hold Order

5B-62.025Fees

5B-62.026Citrus Produced for Research Purposes

5B-62.027: Exemptions

5B-62.028: Citrus Seed

5B-62.029Micropropagation of Citrus Rootstocks and Plants

5B-62.030Rooted Rootstock Cuttings

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule clarifies existing regulatory requirements regarding citrus nursery stock, updates referenced material, incorporates new regulatory requirements for rootstock cuttings, clarifies regulatory requirements regarding how hot water treatments must be performed for citrus seeds and rootstocks/cuttings.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Regulatory requirements for citrus seeds, rootstock and plant shoots, and rootstock cuttings.

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

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 570.07(2), (13), 581.031(1), (6), (14), (17), (23), 581.131, 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: Dr. Greg Hodges; [e-mail]

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