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5B-65.005: Movement of Regulated Articles
5B-65.005 Movement of Regulated Articles.
(1) No change.
(2) Any shipment of firewood or unprocessed wood products found infested or infected with a wood boring or wood inhabiting pest or plant disease pathogen listed in Rule 5B-65.003 or 5B-65.004, F.A.C., shall be quarantined and returned to the shipper or producer or destroyed by the Department at the expense of the shipper. Infested or infected regulated articles will be placed under Stop Sale and Hold Order DACS-08016, Rev. 2/10 11/08. DACS Form 08016, Rev. 2/10 is hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained from the Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection, by writing to P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100. Commercial shipments entering the state through the Department’s agricultural interdiction stations without certification of compliance with the Master Permit of the state of origin shall be issued a Report of Plant and Plant Material in Transit, DACS Form 08003, Rev. 5/10 06/09, and Report of Plant and Plant Material in Transit Addendum, DACS Form 08441, Rev. 06/09, for the official disposition of the plant material. DACS Form 08003, Rev. 5/10 06/09 and Form 08441, Rev. 06/09 are incorporated herein by reference and may be obtained from the Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection, by writing to P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100. Non-commercial shipments entering the state through the Department’s agricultural interdiction stations without certification will be allowed entry only when issued and accompanied by a Report of Non-Commercial (Homeowner) Plants or Firewood Without Certification in Transit from Other States DACS-08105, Rev. 06/09, issued at the station. DACS form 08105, Rev. 06/09, is incorporated herein by reference and may be obtained from the Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection, by writing to P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100. Commercial shippers found in violation of the rule will be suspended from shipping under the master permit issued with the state of origin. The suspension shall remain in effect until the department of agriculture of the state of origin has notified the Division of Plant Industry in writing that the shipper is in compliance with all requirements for treatment of firewood or unprocessed wood products.
(3) through (6) No change.
(7)(a) Locally produced or harvested firewood and unprocessed wood products harvested or produced within a 50-mile radius of the distribution point and not moved more than 50-miles from the point of origin. Regulated articles from locations in states contiguous to Florida that are harvested or produced within 50 miles of a Florida distribution point may enter Florida for direct transport to the distribution point without a certificate of treatment if the articles are accompanied by a proper bill of lading, proof of origin, and any applicable federal certificates for shipments originating from a USDA-regulated area. No locally produced firewood outside Miami-Dade County may enter Miami-Dade County unless treated and certified in accordance with Rule 5B-65.005, F.A.C., by the Department.
(b) Primary and secondary forest products (including saw logs, saw timber, chip-n-saw, sawdust, veneer logs, pulpwood, wood for pallets, pole wood, dead pine distillate wood, pellets and chips) originating from states contiguous to Florida and transported for processing at mills and plants (including pulp/paper mills, saw mills, (including plywood plants), OSB plants, pole plants, mulch plants, and biomass plants).
(c) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07 (23), 581.031 (1), (4), (5), (7) FS. Law Implemented 570.07 (2), (13), 581.031 (1), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (20) FS. History–New_________.