Posted June 5, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual is adding a treatment schedule for methyl bromide fumigation of kumquats to control fruit flies. The Federal Register Notice is available here.
The effective date is June 4, 2014.
The original notice was announced on January 30 in the Federal Register Notice Available here. The comment period was open for 60 days.
The methyl bromide treatment schedule is in accordance with regulations in § 305.3(b)(3).
For more information, the Treatment Manual is available here. The notice, treatment evaluation document, finding of no significant impact, and comments received are available here.
For more information on pesticides, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
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