Part 1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 19. QUARANTINES AND NOXIOUS PLANTS
Subchapter S. MEXICAN FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE
On March 6, 2007, a mated female Mexican fruit fly was detected in a McPhail trap located on a sour orange tree at the Laredo Community College campus, Webb County, Texas. Consequently, the Texas Department of Agriculture (the department) adopted on an emergency basis a Mexican fruit fly quarantine to prevent spread of this pest into other areas of Texas and to facilitate eradication. That quarantine was published as Title 4, Texas Administrative Code, §§19.190 - 19.198, in the March 30, 2007, issue of the Texas Register (32 TexReg 1817). As of June 16, 2007, no additional Mexican fruit flies were detected for a time period equal to three consecutive generations of this pest after the initial detection on March 6, 2007. Consequently, the Mexican fruit fly eradication criterion established in §19.191 of the Mexican fruit fly quarantine has been met; and the department has lifted the quarantine from that part of Webb County described in §19.192(a)(2) of the quarantine as a quarantined infested area. Furthermore, the department does not intend to adopt this quarantine on a permanent basis. For more information, please call Dr. Shashank Nilakhe, State Entomologist, at (512) 463-1145.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 21, 2007.
TRD-200702577
Dolores Alvarado Hibbs
General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Effective date: June 21, 2007
For further information, please call: (512) 463-4075