Printer-friendlyPart 192: Forest Insect Disease Control
(Statutory authority:Environmental Conservation Law, §9-1303)Effective 11-29-06
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Contents:
Sec.
- 192.1 Certain cultivars of black currants prohibited
- 192.2 Immune and resistant cultivars of currants and gooseberries
- 192.3 Fruiting currant districts
- 192.4 White pine blister rust quarantine districts
§192.1 Certain cultivars of black currants prohibited
The planting, growing, propagating, cultivating or selling of plants, roots, or cuttings of cultivated black currants (Ribes nigrum), other than those cultivars that are immune or resistant to white pine blister rust disease or currant rust (Cronartium ribicola) as described in Section 192.2 of this part, is prohibited, except in designated fruiting currant districts as defined in Section 192.3 of this part..
§192.2 Immune and resistant cultivars of currants and gooseberries
(a) Certification of cultivars.
Any person wishing to plant, propagate, cultivate or sell plants, roots, or cuttings of cultivated black currants (Ribes nigrum) outside of designated fruiting districts, and any person wishing to plant, propagate, cultivate or sell plants, roots, or cuttings of any cultivated plants of the genus Ribes within designated white pine blister rust quarantine districts, must obtain written certification from the Department that the cultivar(s) to be planted are immune or resistant to white pine blister rust disease. Such certification shall only apply to the cultivar(s) and location(s) listed on the certificate, and will be valid for the life of the planting unless revoked by the Department. Persons seeking cultivar certification must submit application to the NYSDEC, Division of Lands & Forests, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4253. Application for certification must include name, address and phone number of applicant; and name of cultivar(s) proposed for certification and locations to be planted.
(b) Grounds for certification.
The Department shall respond to all cultivar certification applications within 60 days or less from the receipt of a complete application. In reviewing applications for cultivar certification, the Department shall take into consideration relevant peer-reviewed scientific literature, the advice of expert plant pathologists and geneticists, and any topographic or climatic factors that would influence the epidemiology of white pine blister rust disease.
(c) Revocation of certification.
The Department reserves the right to revoke any certification if the plants so certified become visibly infected by white pine blister rust disease, or if it finds clear scientific evidence that the plant(s) or cultivar(s) in question pose a serious threat to the health of forests.
§192.3 Fruiting currant districts
The following districts where the growing of plants of the genus Ribes (currants and gooseberries) for the production of fruit is carried on extensively, or is a potentially important commercial enterprise, are hereby designated as fruiting currant districts:
(a) All of Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chatauqua, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Nassau, Niagara, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Tompkins, Westchester and Yates counties.
(b) In Clinton County, all of the Towns of Altona, Beekmantown, Champlain, Chazy, Clinton, Keeseville, Mooers, Peru, Plattsburgh, Rouses Point and Schuyler Falls.
(c) In Greene County, all of the Towns of Athens, Catskill, Coxsackie, Greenville, and New Baltimore.
(d) In Ulster County, all of the Towns of Esopus, Gardiner, Kingston, Lloyd, Marbletown, Marlborough, New Paltz, Plattekill, Rosendale, Saugerties, Shawangunk, and Ulster.
§192.4 White pine blister rust quarantine districts
The bringing into, planting, possession or propagation of plants of the genus Ribes (currants and gooseberries), unless otherwise permitted as specified in section 192.2, is hereby forbidden in the following localities:
(a) All of Essex, Hamilton, Herkimer, Sullivan and Warren Counties.
(b) In Clinton, Franklin, Greene, and Ulster Counties, all of the Towns not listed in section 192.3 of this title.
(c) In Delaware County, all of the Towns of Andes, Colchester, Fleischmanns, Margaretville and Middletown.
(d) In Fulton County, all of the Towns of Bleecker, Broadalbin, Caroga, Mayfield, Northampton, and Stratford.
(e) In Lewis County, all of the Towns of Croghan, Diana, Greig, Harrisville, Lyonsdale and Watson.
(f) In Oneida County, all of the Town of Forestport.
(g) In St. Lawrence County, all of the Towns of Clare, Clifton, Colton, Fine, Hopkinton, Parishville and Piercefield.
(h) In Washington County, all of the Towns of Dresden, Fort Ann, and Putnam.