The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced an interim rule to
allow the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock under
certain conditions from areas quarantined for citrus canker,
citrus greening, and/or the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) to any
area within the U.S.  Previously, interstate movement had been
prohibited or restricted depending on the quarantine area.
“This rule will provide much needed economic relief for citrus-
producing nursery growers in the quarantine areas,” said APHIS
Administrator Gregory Parham. “Most of these nurseries are small
businesses that have been impacted by the previous quarantine
measures which were necessary in the short term to limit the
spread of these devastating citrus diseases. To allow this new
movement out of the quarantine areas, the rule establishes
rigorous, science based safeguarding measures that will protect
all citrus-producing states.”  With the interim rule, regulated
nursery stock accompanied by a c