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C. 33

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Chad Godoy, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:	January 6, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

14-0490-SF Pest Exclusion - LBAM Regulatory

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/06/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Roxann Crosby, 925-646-5250

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 6, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a contract with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the exclusion and control of the light Brown Apple moth in an amount not to exceed $27,534, for the period of October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No County match. This agreement reimburses the department for an amount not to exceed $27,534 for quarantine response and regulatory enforcement activities. This amount has been anticipated in the department budget.

BACKGROUND:

The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) was first detected in Contra Costa County in March 2007 and subsequently the county has become generally infested. As multiple detections of LBAM continued, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) proposed emergency adoption of Section 3434, Light Brown Apple Moth Interior Quarantine, eventually adding the entirety of Contra Costa County. The United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Federal Domestic Quarantine Order (DA-2007-42), regulating the interstate movement of host material from the infested areas of California and Hawaii. This regulation requires all nurseries, green waste facilities, community gardens and harvested host plant commodities within the infested areas be issued a quarantine compliance agreement and be inspected every 30 days.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

A negative action will result in failure to meet state mandates and reduced revenue to the department. This would also negatively impact the county's nursery industry and some growers as they would not be able to meet the requirements to ship host material to non-infested areas outside the county.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.