APHIS Amends Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) Regulated Areas in La Paz,
Maricopa, and Pinal Counties in Arizona
To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials
Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) is amending the Karnal bunt regulated areas in La Paz, Maricopa, and
Pinal Counties in Arizona.
Following a review of the 2018 survey of regulated areas, APHIS will reduce
the regulated area by 21,048 field acres in accordance with the criteria listed
in 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 301.89-3(f). Therefore, restrictions
are no longer required on the interstate movement of Karnal bunt regulated
articles from these areas. Specifically, APHIS is removing 3,268 field acres
from La Paz County, 16,349 field acres from Maricopa County, and 1,431 field
acres from Pinal County from the list of regulated areas. The acres removed in
La Paz County are part of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation that is
home to the Chemehuevi, Mohave, Hopi, and Navajo Tribes.
In addition, APHIS is adding 301 field acres in the Paloma area of Maricopa
County and 331 field acres in the Maricopa area of Pinal County to the list of
regulated areas. APHIS is adding these fields because they are located on land
that was reclaimed for agricultural use and is within the boundary of the
Karnal bunt quarantine, not because APHIS has detected Karnal bunt in these
fields.
APHIS is taking this regulatory action to prevent the spread of Karnal bunt
from Arizona. Karnal bunt is a pest that affects wheat quality. APHIS regulates
this plant disease because many trading partners require that U.S. wheat be
certified as grown in areas free of Karnal bunt.
APHIS will follow this emergency action with the publication of an interim
rule in the Federal Register. More information on Karnal bunt is available at
the following website:
For additional information about the Karnal bunt program, please call
National Policy Manager Lynn Evans-Goldner at 301-851-2286.
Osama A. El-Lissy
Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Attachment: Federal Order
FEDERAL ORDER
Domestic Quarantine for
Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica)
DA-2019-08
May 20, 2019
This Federal Order amends the Karnal bunt regulated areas in Arizona.
Specifically, it reduces the overall regulated area in La Paz, Maricopa, and
Pinal Counties.
This Federal Order is issued pursuant to the authority provided by the Plant
Protection Act of June 20, 2000, Section 412(a), 7 U.S.C. 7712(a). The Act
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the movement in
interstate commerce of any plant, plant part, or article, if the Secretary
determines the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the
dissemination of a plant pest within the United States.
Section 7 CFR § 301.89-3(b) allows the designation of less than an entire
state as a Karnal bunt regulated area only when the Administrator of the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined, as in this case,
that the designation is adequate to prevent the interstate spread of Karnal
bunt. In addition, 7 CFR § 301.89-3(a) requires that the state enforce an
intrastate Karnal bunt quarantine that is equivalent to federal Karnal bunt
regulations. The Arizona State Plant Regulatory Official has confirmed the
establishment of an intrastate quarantine area for Karnal bunt that mirrors the
federal regulatory requirements as specified in 7 CFR § 301.89.
Section 7 CFR § 301.89-3(d) provides for the temporary designation of new
regulated areas pending publication of a rule to add the new areas to the list
shown in 7 CFR § 301.89-3(g). Section 7 CFR § 301.89-3(d) further requires the
federal and/or state regulatory personnel responsible for the Karnal bunt
program in the affected state to give written notification to the owner or
person in possession of a newly quarantined area.
This Federal Order updates the regulated areas in Arizona designated in the
Code of Federal
Regulations located at 7 CFR § 301.89-3(g), and updates and replaces Federal
Order (DA-2011-69) issued December 6, 2011, Federal Order (DA-2013-51) issued
November 22, 2013, Federal Order (DA-2016-57) issued October 3, 2016, Federal
Order (DA-2017-08) issued April 11, 2017, and Federal Order (DA-2018-09) issued
April 5, 2018. This Federal Order does not negate the removal of wheat, durum
wheat, and triticale harvested for silage from the list of regulated articles
listed at § 301.89-2 as presented in Federal Order (DA-2017-08)
Following a review of all available information, APHIS determined that
21,048 field acres qualify for deregulation in accordance with the criteria
listed in 7 CFR § 301.89-3(f). Accordingly, APHIS no longer requires
restrictions on the interstate movement of Karnal bunt regulated articles from
these areas. Specifically, APHIS is removing 3,268 field acres from La Paz
County, 16,349 field acres from Maricopa County, and 1,431 field acres from
Pinal County from the list of regulated areas. The field acres removed in La
Paz County are part of the Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservation that is home
to the Chemehuevi, Mohave, Hopi, and Navajo Tribes.
In addition, APHIS is adding 301 field acres in the Paloma area of Maricopa
County and 331 field acres in the Maricopa area of Pinal County to the list of
regulated areas. APHIS is adding these fields because they are located on land
that was reclaimed for agricultural use and is within the boundary of the
Karnal bunt quarantine, not because AHPIS has detected Karnal bunt in these
fields.
Update § 301.89-3(g) Arizona, La Paz County, as follows:
La Paz County. Beginning at the northeast corner of sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 21 W.;
then south to the southeast corner of sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 21 W.; then east to
the northeast corner of sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 20 W.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 19, T. 7 N., R. 20 W.; then west to the southwest corner of sec.
19, T. 7 N., R. 20 W.; then south to the southeast corner of sec. 36, T. 7 N.,
R. 21 W.; then west to the southwest corner of sec. 36, T. 7 N., R. 21 W.; then
south to the southeast corner of sec. 2, T. 6 N., R. 21 W.; then west to the
southwest corner of sec. 5, T. 6 N., R. 21 W.; then north to the southeast
corner of sec. 31, T. 7 N., R. 21 W.; then west to the southwest corner of sec.
31, T. 7 N., R. 21 W.; then north from that point to the Colorado River; then
northeast along the Colorado River to the northern boundary of sec. 32 T. 8 N.,
R. 21 W.; then east to the point of beginning.
Update § 301.89-3(g) Arizona, Maricopa County, paragraph (1), as follows:
(1) Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 4, T. 1 S., R. 1 E.; then west to
the northeast corner of sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 1 W.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 1 W.; then west to the southwest corner of sec.
9, T. 1 S., R. 2 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 9, T. 1 S., R.
2 W.; then west to the southwest corner of sec. 5, T.1 S., R.2 W.; then north
to the northwest corner of sec. 5, T.1 S., R. 2 W.; then east to the southwest
corner of sec. 33, T. 1 N., R. 2 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec.
21, T.1 N., R.2 W.; then east to the northeast corner of sec. 22, T.1 N, R.2
W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 14, T.1 N., R.2 W.; then east to
the northeast corner of sec. 14, T.1 N., R.2 W.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 14, T.1 N., R.2 W.; then east to the southeast corner of sec. 16,
T.1 N., R.1 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 15, T.1 N., R.1 W.;
then east to the northeast corner of sec. 15, T.1 N., R.1 W.; then north to the
northwest corner of sec.35, T.2 N., R.1 W.; then east to the northeast corner
of sec. 35, T.2 N., R.1 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 25, T. 2
N., R.1 W.; then east to the southwest corner of sec. 20, T.2 N., R. 1 E.; then
north to the northwest corner of sec. 20, T. 2 N., R.1 E.; then east to the
northeast corner of sec. 21, T. 2 N., R.1 E.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 21, T.2 N. R. 1 E.; then east to the northeast corner of sec.
27, T.2 N., R.1 E.; then south to the southeast corner of sec. 27, T.2 N. R. 1
E.; then east to the northeast corner of sec. 35, T. 2 N., R. 1 E.; then south
to the southeast corner of sec. 14, T. 1 N., R. 1 E.; then west to the
southwest corner of sec. 15, T. 1 N., R. 1 E.; then south to the point of
beginning.
Update § 301.89-3(g) Arizona, Maricopa County, paragraph (5), as follows:
(5) Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 16, T. 2 S., R. 6 E.; then west
to the southwest corner of sec. 16, T. 2 S., R. 6 E.; south to the southeast
corner of sec. 20, T. 2 S., R. 6 E.; then west to the southwest corner of sec.
24, T. 2 S., R. 5 E.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 24, T. 2 S.,
R. 5 E.; then west to the southwest corner of sec. 14, T. 2 S., R. 5 E.; then
north to the northwest corner of sec. 14, T. 2 S., R. 5 E.; then west to the
southwest corner of sec. 10, T. 2 S., R. 5 E.; then north to the northwest
corner of sec. 27, T. 1 S., R. 5 E.; then east to the northeast corner of sec.
26, T. 1 S., R. 5 E.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 24, T. 1 S.,
R. 5 E.; then east to the northeast corner of sec. 20,T. 1 S., R. 6 E.; then south
to the southeast corner of sec. 20, T. 1 S., R. 6 E.; then east to the
northeast corner of sec. 28, T. 1 S., R. 6 E.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 28, T. 1 S., R. 6 E.; then east to the northeast corner of sec.
34, T. 1 S., R. 6 E.; then south to the southeast corner of sec. 10, T. 2 S.,R.
6 E.; then west to the southeast corner of sec. 9, T. 2 S., R. 6 E.; then south
to the point of beginning.
Update § 301.89-3(g) Arizona, Maricopa County, paragraph (6), as follows:
(6) Beginning at the southeast corner of sec. 32, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.; then west
to the southwest corner of sec. 34, T. 2 N., R. 2 W.; then north to the
southeast corner of sec. 21, T. 2 N., R. 2 W.; then west to the southwest
corner of sec. 21, T. 2 N., R. 2 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec.
21, T. 2 N., R. 2 W.; then east to the northeast corner of sec. 21, T. 2 N., R.
2 W.; then north to the northwest corner of sec. 34, T. 3 N., R. 2 W.; then
east to the northeast corner of sec. 32, T. 3 N., R. 1 W.; then south to the
southeast corner of sec. 32, T. 3 N., R. 1 W.; then east to the northeast
corner of sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.; then south to the point of beginning.
Update § 301.89-3(g) Arizona, Pinal County, paragraph (3), as follows:
(3) Beginning at the intersection of the Maricopa/Pinal County line and the
northeast corner of sec. 4, T. 3 S., R. 6 E.; then south to the southeast
corner of sec. 28, T. 3 S., R. 6 E.; then west to the southwest corner of sec.
28, T. 3 S., R. 6 E.; then south to the southeast corner of sec. 32, T. 3 S.,
R. 6 E.; then west to the southwest corner of sec. 35, T. 3 S., R. 5 E.; then
north to the northwest corner of sec. 26, T. 3 S., R. 5 E.; then west to the
southwest corner of sec. 22, T. 3 S., R. 5 E.; then north to the northwest
corner of sec. 3, T. 3 S., R. 5 E.; then east along the Maricopa/Pinal County
line to the point of beginning.
We appreciate the cooperative relationship with the state regulatory
officials, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Ak-Chin Indian Community, Gila River
Indian Community, and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community, and the
wheat industry in our effort to prevent the spread of Karnal bunt.
For more information on the Karnal Bunt Program, please call National Policy
Manager Lynn Evans-Goldner at 301-851-2286.