In the October 1, 2014, Federal Register, USDA announced it is
implementing a process for states to petition the USDA's APHIS
for federal recognition of their phytosanitary programs developed
to eradicate, exclude, or contain plant pests of limited
distribution within the United States. Through the petition
process, APHIS will evaluate and consider recognizing state
regulatory programs for certain plant pests that APHIS is not
currently regulating or is considering no longer regulating.
Federal recognition will help USDA know whether to take control
actions against such pests at U.S. ports of entry prior to
interstate movement of potentially affected plants into states with
regulatory programs.
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