UNITED STATES DEPAETIiSFT 0? AGRICTIL'TURE AGI^ I CULTURAL RSSEAHCH ADMIFISTBATION BUHSAU 0? ENTOMOLO'lJY ML PLAITT qUAP-OTINE Vashington 25, D. C. October 31, I9U9 E.E.P.q. 578-2 SUiniAKf 0? TSBRITORIAL FJSSEPJ- STOCK SHIPPING ESqUIEElffilTTS AUD PMT qUAEAI^Ii^S Am RSGULATIOITS APFSCTIITG INTERSTATE SHIP!-ffiOTS The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of Alaska and has teen approved "by him. It is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine inspectors, shippers, transportation agents, truckers, and others concerned in the in- terstate movement of plants, plant products, and other materials subject to Territorial regulation on account of plant pests. The summarj' for Alaska gives the general requirements for shipping nursery stock into that Territory, An appendix furnishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants as well as terminal-inspection procedure. This suramary does not include digests of nursery-stock and plant quarantine requirements relating to the movement of plants entirely v/ithin the Territory e The information contained in this circtilar is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of, or as a substitute for, the original texts of the regulations, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. For detailed information address the Commissioner, Alaska Department of Agriculture, Box 1101, Fairbanks, Alaska. In addition to Territorial requirements, shippers will need to take into consideration applicable plant qiaarantines of the United States Department of Agricultureo In most instances these quarantines regulate the interstate .novement of specified plants, plant product.- and other articles from designated regulated areas. However, some of these quaran- antines regulate the interstate movement of certain articles into designa- ted protected areas. Copies of such quarantines may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Q;uarantine, Washington 25, D, C. ALASKA Chief, Bureau of Entorr.ology and Plant Quarantine Alaska nursery- stock shippin,^ requirements -2- ALASKA Summar;^ of General Hursery-Stock Shipping Requirements (Q,uarantine Rules, ch, 2, Reg. 1, sec. 11, effective May 1, 19'46) Definition of IJursery Stock. — Any p3>ant for planting, propagation, or ornamentation. Definition of Plant. — Parts of plants, treas, plant products, shrubs, vines, fruits, vegetables, seeds, "bulbs, stolons, tubers, corms, pips, cuttings, scions, buds, grafts, and fruit pits. Ganeral Shipping Requirements, — E^ch shipment of plants moved into Alaska and grown in a country. State, or Territorjr which maintains, inspection of plants shall be accompanied by a copy of a current inspection certificate from such country, State, or Territory, ij Each such shipment must be legibly marked with the names and addresses of shipper or owner and con- signee or his agents, a statement of the contents, and the name of the country. State, or Territory where the contents were growh. The Alaska Commissioner of Agriculture must be notified of the arrival of plants in the Territory, and such planti= must be held for inspection and release. Any shiment of infested or infected plants is subject to treat- ment before release or to destruction, at the expense of the owner. Alaska has no Territorial quarantines pertaining to interstate shipments. The foregoing summary was checked and approved on August I9, 19^9 » by Qt. ¥. Crasser, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Agriculture 1/ It if, understood that the restrictions and requirements of this quarantine rule are to be construed as applying only to movements in domostic com- merce, since the regulation of foreign commerce is a recognized Federal function. APPENDIX Requirements for Mailing; Plants and Plant Products Under the postal laws and regulations, nursery stock, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, including strav/berrj.'' plants ( except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding pla.nts and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots), may be admitted to ■ the mails only when accompanied by a State inspection certificate to the effect that the nursery or premises from which such stock is shipped has been inspected within a year and found free from injurious insects and plant diseases* Parcels containing such nursery stock must be plainly marked to show the nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender. (Postal Lav;s and Regulations 19^0, sec. 595-) Inspection and certification must be done by a plant quarantine official of the State of origin. An individual mailing of such plants or plant products, if from uninspected premises, "will also be accepted upon e3ra.mination and certifi- cation bv a State plant Qua.rantine official. The address of the Alaska plant quarantine official is given in the preceding summary. terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plants and Plant Products (Act. Mar. 1915» as amended June 19 3^; Postal Laws and Regulations 19^0, sec. 59^) Establishment of Terminal Inspection. ^-^Any State desiring to operate under tho provisions of the terminal inspection law so as to regulate the movement of mail shipments of plants a,nd plant products into (or within) the State may, after having provided therefor at State expense and having designated one or m.ore places where inspection will be ma,intalned, arrange to have such mail shipments turned over to State plant quarantine inspectors for examination at designated inspection points. Application will be made to the Secretary of Agriculture by submitting a list of plants and plant products and the plant pests transmitted thereby, which are to be examined. The list, v;hen approved in whole or in part, will be transmitted to the Postmaster General whereupon postmasters will be informed a ^d instructed. Anyone mailing a parcel containing any plants or plant products ad- dressed to any place within a. State mrintaining terminal inspection there- of is required, under the lav/, to have the po.rcel plainly marked on the outside to show the nature of the contents. Materials shipped under Federal quarantine certificates issued by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Qjiarantine may be exempted from terminal inspection at the option of the receiving State. Under the provisions of the I936 amendment to the law, any State may arrange through Federal channels, after approval by the Secretary of Agriculture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement into (or within) the State of mail shipments of designated plants and plant products the movement of v/hich v;ould constitute a violation of State plant quarantine lavrs or regulations! Tornin.?-! Inspection Procednre. — Upon arrival in any State maintaining terminal inf:pection, plants or plant products named on the approved list will be forv/arded "by the postmaster at destination to the nearest in- spection point. If the plants or plant products are found, upon inspec- tion, to be free from injurious pests and not in violation of any plant quarantine or reflation of the State of destination or the United States Department of Agriculture, or if disinfested when they are found infested, such plants or plant products v/ill then be forwarded by the postmaster at the point of inspection to the addressee upon payment of postage. If plants or plant products, upon inspection, are found to be in- fe'^ted with injurious pests and cannot be satisfactorily ii sinf er.ted, or are in violation of ojiy plant quarantine or regialation of the State of destiiiation or the United States department of Agriculture, the post- master upon notification by the State inspector iirill inform the sender that the parcel will be returned to him upon his request and at his ex- pense. In default of such request the parcel will be turned over to the State authorities for destruction. "crr.iinr.1 inspection of plants and plant products in now maintained by Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawe.ii, IdPho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Utali, and 'hashing ton. Plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection and places where terminal-inspection service is maintained are listed at the end of the summary of the general nursery-stock shipping requirements for each of the above-mentionel States, District^ and Territories. Procedure for Paying Foryojding Postagec -^Methods of paying for^yarding poBta;--u are provided to tipedite the handling of parcels subject to ter^ ninal inspection, as follows: (1) Tlie addressee may have the parcels ad- dressed to himself in care "'f the State inspf^ctor at a designated terminal- iniipection point in the State of destination and provide the inspector v/ith postage for forwarding the inopoctcd plants; or (2) the addressee m.ay ariangc with thij sender to place on the parcels a pledge reading, "Porwarding postage guaranteed," v/hereupon tho additional postage for forwarding v/ill be collected fi'om the addressee. t