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1"+ i NNESO i A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - PLANT QUARANTINE NO. 78-1 ELM WOOD April 24, 1978 � WHEREAS, 11- has been determined by the Commissioner of the Minnesota De Agriculture that a serious: injurious disease commonly known as Dutch elmdisease, sof present in the State of Minnesota, and that transportation of e l m wood into anth i cities and designated disease control areas, will contribute to serious loss d through to the general welfare.. -economy.. and aesthetics of the state and enhance the and damage spread of Dutch elm disease: the further i HEREFORE, under the authority conferred by Minnesota Statutes 1976 Section 1 subd. 7 and Section 18.48, subds. I-4, I, Bill Walker, Commissioner of Agriculture for t or the State of Minnesota do hereby establish a quarantine hereinafter settin f -rho pest, the disease control areas the 9 orth the name of ^9ovement of elm wood and the ' Products regulated, the procedures governing penalties: -EATS: Ceratocystis ulmi (Dutch elm disease fungus), S European elm bark beetle), HylurQo inus col tus multistr'atus (smaller y irufipes (native elm -bark beetle) ! DISEASE CONTROL AREA: Home rule charter or statutory cities and designated disease control areas in the unincorporated areas of any count intheaStade t o W, i nnesota. Y to of REGULATED PRODUCTS: Elm wood of all species with bark intact. This Inc logs, branches, brush, and firewood. Ludes all elm ELIA PRODUCTS NOT REGULATED: E Im wood products without bark, elm wood chips, elm wood.ps, or shredded REG*,gT I ONS GOVERNING MOVEMENT: The following movement of all elm wood, including elm firewood, with bark �i rat act, is prohibited: (a) into or through charter or statutory city as defined by Minnesota Statutes 1976 anySection410.015, rule and (b) into or through any designated disease control areas as defined Minnesota Statutes Section 18.023, subd. by areas of any county. This prohibition shalgl)notuaP. 1977) in the unincorporated pursuant to an approved wood disposal or utilizationlprooramvautho z such wood Minnesota Statutes Section 18.023 (Supp. 1977).°9 horied by 'ENALTY: I. Any elm wood product or material transported into and through said cities and said designated disease control areas in violation of this quarantine is subject to destruction or to being returned to the point of origin at the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture and at the owner's expense. p e. 2. Any common carrier, firm, corporation, or person who shall trans products or materials into and through said cities and said designated ort such control areas .is in violation of these g disease misdemeanor penalties set forth in MinnesotanStatutesu1976, S is subject to the • Section 18.60. his notice and quarantine effective Monday, April 24, 1978. Done in the State Offi Building, St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday, April 24, 1978_ ce Clerk's exhibit no. 93 Bill Walker Meeting-May-10-1978 Commissioner of Agriculture