§ 3610. Western Celery Mosaic Host-Free Districts and Periods.
3 CA ADC § 3610Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
3 CCR § 3610
§ 3610. Western Celery Mosaic Host-Free Districts and Periods.
The director finds that western celery mosaic virus (which is also known as celery mosaic, Apium virus 1, and Marmor umbelliferarum) exists in certain celery growing areas of California and that this pest cannot be eradicated or effectively controlled by recognized ordinary means.
District 1. That portion of San Luis Obispo County bounded by a line drawn as follows: Beginning at the point of junction of San Luis Obispo Creek and the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean (near the town of Avila); then northeasterly along the center line of San Luis Obispo Creek to the point of its intersection with the center line of U.S. Highway 101; then easterly (approximately 12 miles) along an imaginary line drawn from said intersection to the point of junction of Lopez Creek and Arroyo Grande Creek (near the west boundary of Sec. 33, T31S, R14E, MDM); then southerly (approximately 9 ½ miles) along an imaginary line drawn from the junction of Lopez Creek and Arroyo Grande Creek through the southernmost corner of Lot No. 39 of Rancho Nipomo to its point of intersection with the center line of U.S. Highway 101; then westerly (approximately 8 miles) along an imaginary line drawn from said point on U.S. Highway 101 through the southwest corner of Lot No. 131 of Rancho Bolsa de Chemisal to its point of intersection with the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean; then along the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean in a northerly and westerly direction to the point of beginning.
District 2. The entire County of Monterey.
District 3. The entire County of Ventura.
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection, the planting of celery transplants, including any variety or subspecies of Apium graveolens, or the holding of celery in any state of cultivation or growth, other than seed or seedlings not showing above ground, is prohibited within the western celery mosaic host-free districts during the annual host-free periods established for those districts.
(2) No celery plant or part thereof, other than seed, shall be planted or maintained in any state of cultivation or growth within any western celery mosaic host-free district unless a permit has been issued by the director or the agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located. The director or the agricultural commissioner may issue a permit to introduce, plant, and maintain celery transplants within the district, except during any host-free period established in subsection (c) (unless the permit is issued pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) below), provided the director or commissioner determines that the celery plants covered by the permit originated on premises or in a district which is free from western celery mosaic.
(4) Celery plants may be grown at any time in any western celery mosaic host-free district, in an experimental celery breeding plot, provided a permit for growing experimental celery in a breeding plot has been issued by the agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located. Said permit may continue in effect indefinitely providing the commissioner determines that:
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5781, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5781 and 5784, Food and Agricultural Code.
History
1. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 7-28-77 as organizational and procedural; effective upon filing (Register 77, No. 31). For prior history, see Register 69, No. 25.
2. Repealer of Article 1 (Sections 3610-3622, not consecutive) and new Article 1 (Section 3610) filed 12-10-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 50). For prior history, see Registers 78, No. 13; 77, No. 31; 71, No. 15; and 71, No. 1.
3. Amendment of subsections (b), (c)(1)(A) and (c)(2)(A)-(B) filed 4-29-93; operative 5-31-93 (Register 93, No. 18).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 3, § 3610, 3 CA ADC § 3610
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