Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 3591.11

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section 3591.11 - Caribbean Fruit Fly Eradication Area

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. All of the Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Ventura in the State of California within which the Caribbean fruit fly, (Anastrepha suspensa), is known to exist, are hereby proclaimed to be an eradication area with respect to said pest. As such, it is amenable to the provisions of Article 4 (sections 5761, 5762, 5763 and 5764) of Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code of California.

(b) Hosts. Fruit and soil under the drip line, whether in the ground or in a container, of the canopy of the plants:

Common Name	Botanical Name
Akee	Blighia sapida
Allspice	Pimenta dioica
Ambarella	Spondias cytherea
Atemoya	Annona cherimola X A. squamosa
Apple	Malus sylvestris, Malus domestica Malus spp.
Autumn Maple Tree	Bischofia javanica
Avocado, except	Persea americana commercial fruit Balsam
Apple	Momordica balsamina
Barbados Cherry	Malpighia glabra
Bell Pepper, except commercial fruit	Capsicum frutescens and Capsicum annuum
Birchberry	Eugenia ligustrina
Blackberry	Rubus hybrid
Box Orange	Severinia buxifolia
Brazil Cherry	Eugenia dombeyi
Cabeluda	Plinia glomerata
Calabur	Muntingia calabura
Calamondin X	Citrofortunella mitis
Carambola	Averrhoa carambola
Ceylon Gooseberry	Dovyalis hebecarpa
Cherry of the	Eugenia aggregata
Rio Grande Clementine	Citrus reticulata
Cocoplum	Chrysolbalanus icaco
Custard Apple, Sugar Apple	Annona squamosa, Annona reticulata
Egg Fruit	Pouteria campechiana
Date Palm	Phoenix dactylifera
Fig	Ficus carica
Garcinia aristata	Garcinia aristata
Garcinia	Garcinia spp.
Governor's Plum	Flacourtia indica
Grapefruit	Citrus paradisi
Grumichama	Eugenia brasiliensis
Guava (all)	Psidium spp.
Guiana Plum	Drypetes lateriflora
Hog Plum	Spondias mombin
Imbe	Garcinia livingstonei
Jaboticaba	Myrciaria cauliflora
Jack Orangequat	Citrus nobilis 'unshu' x Fortunella sp.
Jambolan Plum	Syzygium cumini
Jamboisier Rouge	Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. var. uvalha
Japanese Pear	Pyrus pyrifolia
Japanese Persimmon	Diospyros kaki
Java Apple	Syzygium samarangense
Kei Apple	Dovyalis caffra
Kieffer Pear	Pyrus pyrifolia x Pyrus communis
Kiwi	Actinidia chinensis
Kumquat	Fortunella crassifolia Fortunella spp.
Kumquat (oval)	Fortunella margarita
Kumquat (round)	Fortunella japonica
Kumquat, Meiwa	Fortunella X crassifolia
Lime	Citrus aurantifolia
Limeberry	Triphasia trifolia
Limequat X	Citrofortunella floridana
Longan, except commercial fruit	Dimocarpus longan
Loquat	Eriobotrya japonica
Lychee, except commercial fruit	Litchi chinensis
Malay Apple	Syzygium lalaccense
Mandarin	Citrus reticulata
Mango	Mangifera indica
Mangosteen	Garcinia mangostana
Miracle Fruit	Synsepalum dulcificum
Mombin, Purple	Spondias purpurea
Mombin	Spondias spp.
Murraya	Murraya spp.
Natal Plum	Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa
Nectarine	Prunus persica
Orange	Citrus sinensis
Orange Jasmine	Murraya paniculata
Otaheite Apple	Spondias dulcis (=S. cytherea)
Panama Orange	Citrofortunella mitis
Papaya	Carica papaya
Paradise Apple	Malus pumila
Peach	Prunus persica
Pear	Pyrus communis
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana
Pitomba	Eugenia luschnathiana
Plum	Prunus domestica
Plum, Japanese	Prunus salicina
Pomegranate	Punica granatum
Pond Apple	Annona glabra
Pummelo	Citrus maxima
Rangpur Lime	Citrus limonia
Raspberry	Rubus idaeus
Rose Apple	Syzygium jambos
Sapodilla	Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
Satinleaf, Damson-plum	Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Sea-grape	Coccoloba uvifera
Shaddock	Citrus grandis
Snowflake Aralia	Trevesia palmata
Sour Orange	Citrus aurantium
Star Apple	Chrysophyllum cainito
Sugar Apple	Annona squamosa
Surinam Cherry	Eugenia uniflora
Sweet Lemon	Citrus limetta
Sweet Orange	Citrus sinensis
Syzygium	Syzygium spp.
Tangelo	Citrus paradisi x Citrus reticulata
Tangerine	Citrus reticulata Blanco
Temple Orange	Citrus sinensis x Citrus reticulata
Tomato, except commercial fruit	Lycopersicon esculentum (L. lycopersicum)
Triphasia	Triphasia spp.
Tropical Almond	Terminalia catappa
Velvet Apple or Velvet	Diospyros blancoi
Persimmon
Wampi	Clausena lansium
White Sapote	Casimiroa edulis
Wild Balsam Apple	Momordica charantia
Wild Cinnamon	Canella winteriana
Wild Coffee	Casearia hirsuta
Wild Dilly	Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata
Annona hybrid
Atalantia citriodes
Eugenia coronata
Eugenia ligustrina
Eugenia spp.
Ficus altissima
Garcinia xanthochymus
Manilkara roxburghiana
Myrcianthes fragrans
Myrciaria glomerata
Pseudanamomis umbellulifera
Rheedia aristata
Terminalia muelleri
Trevisia palmata

(c) Means and Methods. The following means and methods may be used in the eradication and control of said pest in said area.

(1) The use of insecticides, chemicals, or other materials as spray (including soil spray treatments), dust, bait, or in any other form as often as necessary to effect control or eradication.

(2) The removal and destruction of hosts and of the fruit of such hosts if such action is the only practical way of eliminating the infestation.

(3) The search for all stages of Caribbean fruit fly by visual inspection, the use of traps, or any other means.

(4) The removal and destruction of abandoned or unwanted plants bearing or capable of bearing hosts.

(5) The importation, rearing, liberation, and fostering of parasites and predators which attack the fly.

(6) The importation, rearing, or liberation of sterile forms of the Caribbean fruit fly.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 3591.11

1. New section filed 9-12-2013 as an emergency; operative 9-12-2013 (Register 2013, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-11-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see Register 84, No. 48.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-12-2013 order transmitted to OAL 1-7-2014 and filed 1-23-2014 (Register 2014, No. 4).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-3-2014 as an emergency; operative 11-3-2014 (Register 2014, No. 45). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-4-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-3-2014 order transmitted to OAL 4-30-2015 and filed 6-2-2015 (Register 2015, No. 23).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-29-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-29-2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 9-29-2021 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2022, No. 41).
7. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-31-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5322, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5761, 5762, 5763 and 5764, Food and Agricultural Code.

1. New section filed 9-12-2013 as an emergency; operative 9-12-2013 (Register 2013, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-11-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see Register 84, No. 48.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-12-2013 order transmitted to OAL 1-7-2014 and filed 1-23-2014 (Register 2014, No. 4).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 11-3-2014 as an emergency; operative 11/3/2014 (Register 2014, No. 45). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-4-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-3-2014 order transmitted to OAL 4-30-2015 and filed 6-2-2015 (Register 2015, No. 23).
5. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 9-29-2021 as an emergency; operative 9/29/2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 9-29-2021 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2022, No. 41).
7. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-31-2022; operative 1/1/2023 (Register 2022, No. 44).