TITLE 2. AGRICULTURE
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services is claiming an exemption from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 3.2-703 of the Code of Virginia, which authorizes the board to quarantine areas within the Commonwealth to prevent or retard the spread of a pest into, within, or from the Commonwealth and § 3.2-704 of the Code of Virginia, which provides that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall prohibit the importation of any regulated article from any locality of other states, territories, or countries, into the Commonwealth.
Title of Regulation: 2VAC5-318. Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law - Thousand Cankers Disease (amending 2VAC5-318-50).
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-703 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: November 30, 2012.
Agency Contact: Erin Williams, Policy and Planning Coordinator, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 786-1308, FAX (804) 371-7479, TTY (800) 828-1120, or email erin.williams@vdacs.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The amendment adds the counties of King and Queen, King William, and New Kent to the Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantine.
2VAC5-318-50. Regulated areas.
The following areas in Virginia are quarantined for Thousand Cankers Disease:
1. The entire counties of:
Chesterfield
Fairfax
Goochland
Hanover
Henrico
King and Queen
King William
New Kent
Powhatan
Prince William
2. The entire cities of:
Colonial Heights
Fairfax
Falls Church
Manassas
Manassas Park
Richmond
VA.R. Doc. No. R13-3488; Filed November 30, 2012, 10:10 a.m.