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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 318. Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law - Thousand Cankers Disease
12/10/2023

2VAC5-318-40. Regulated articles.

The following articles are regulated under the provisions of this regulation:

1. Any life stage of the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis.

2. The fungal pathogen, Geosmithia morbida.

3. All plants and plant parts of the genus Juglans including but not limited to nursery stock, budwood, scionwood, green lumber, firewood, and other material living, dead, cut, or fallen including stumps, roots, branches, mulch, and composted and uncomposted chips.

4. Specific exemptions include, but are not limited to, nuts, nut meats, hulls, processed lumber (100% bark-free, kiln-dried, with squared edges), and finished wood products without bark, including walnut furniture, instruments, and other items derived from the genus Juglans.

5. Any other article or means of conveyance when it is determined by an inspector that it presents a risk of spread of Thousand Cankers Disease.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-703 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 9, eff. January 2, 2012.

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