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PPQ Manuals

Complete List of Electronic Manuals

Aerial Application Manual (PDF; 6.3Mb) [Latest Update: 05/11/07]
Help plan and conduct aerial applications that support domestic, emergency, and biological control programs. Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Monitoring (AQIM) Handbook (PDF; 1.63Mb) [Latest Update: 04/16/12]
Provides an information source for implementing AQIM at designated work locations, training employees about the basics of risk analysis and risk management, and analyzing information so managers can make better risk-based decisions. Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

Animal Product Manual (PDF; 18.8Mb) [Latest Update: 05/09/12]
Provides the background, procedures, and regulatory actions to enforce the regulations governing the import and export of animals, animal products, and animal by-products.

Disclaimer of Liability: In using the Animal Product Manual on this Web site, the U.S. Government neither warrants nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information or procedure disclosed. The primary purpose of this manual is to serve as a regulatory tool for officers. It is only posted for public access as a reference. It is not the intention of Plant Protection and Quarantine to provide specific regulatory advice, but rather to provide the public with information to better understand the regulatory processes for regulating meat and other animal products and by-products. The changing disease status of other countries and constant flux of import regulations, make it impossible to validate every piece of information in this manual. All of the information available in this manual is within the public domain. Therefore, such information in the manual may be freely downloaded and reproduced.

  • Minimal Risk Rule Job Aid - This job aid is associated with the "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Minimal Risk Rule Training for Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists. (PDF; 78Kb) [Latest Update: 02/21/08]

Send all comments or questions to Amy Frevert.

Biological Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Project Manual [Latest Update: 01/11/06]
Guides USDA personnel and cooperators in setting up and maintaining biological control programs against Pink Hibiscus Mealybug. Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian.
English (PDF; 7.10Mb) | Spanish (PDF; 7.10Mb)

Bulb Identification Manual (PDF; 5.7Mb) [Latest Update: 12/16/11]
This manual serves as a reference for officers who will inspect bulbs for shipment to North America. Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

Canadian Border Agricultural Clearance Manual (PDF; 5.4Mb) [Latest Update: 04/02/12]
Serves as a guide for authorized Federal officers at ports of entry along the Canadian Border. Send all comments or questions to Bruce Attavian.

CITES I-II-III Timber Species Manual (PDF; 6.9 Mb) [Latest Update: 05/07/2012]
Provides CBP and PPQ personnel with guidelines for the import, re-export, violation, seizure, and forfeiture of CITES Appendix I, Appendix II, and Appendix III protected timber species.
Send all comments or questions to Debi Briggs.

Emerald Ash Borer Program Manual (PDF; 4.74 Mb) [Latest Update: 4/01/11] Provides PPQ personnel and cooperators with information and procedures for surveys, regulatory actions and other Emerald Ash Borer Program activities. Send all comments to Paul Chaloux, National Program Coordinator.

Emergency Response Manual (PDF; 2.36 Mb) [Latest Update: 11/1/10] The Emergency Response Manual is a field reference to help employees quickly find the information they need when using the Incident Command System to respond to a plant health emergency.

Export Program Manual (PDF; 6.4Mb) [Latest Update: 01/24/12]
An operational manual for Authorized Certification Officials to enable them to inspect and issue Federal Export Certificates for plants and plant products. Also provides information that helps exporters meet the plant quarantine import requirements of foreign countries. (First Edition of the Export Program Manual 12/2006-01)

Send all comments to Michael Perry.

Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program Manual (PDF; 298Kb) [Latest Update: 04/18/12]
An operational manual for State Plant Regulatory Officials to guide them through the petition process to establish and maintain a Federally recognized program. The manual will also assist PPQ staff in the evaluation process and serve as a resource for PPQ and CBP port of entry personnel, as well as the import community, industry, and trading partners. The FRSMP Program is not yet operational and the attached manual is a sample of the material under development.
Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian.

Fruit Fly Systems Approach Guidelines (PDF; 281Kb) [Latest Update: 12/23/03]
Guidelines for Fruit Fly Systems Approach to Support the Movement of Regulated Articles between Mexico and the United States.

Golden Nematode Program Manual (PDF; 2.3Mb) [Latest Update: 04/24/2012]
Provides information and procedures for surveys, sample processing, regulatory control, and treatment of regulated commodities associated with golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis). Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian.

Grasshopper Guidebook - Provisional (PDF; 1.8Mb)
Serves as a first stop for information for those who manage grasshopper and Mormon cricket survey and suppression programs.

Grasshopper EIS (PDF; 1.67Mb)
Grasshopper Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) This document examines the environmental effects of two suppression alternatives that use insecticides and a no action alternative. [2002]

Gypsy Moth Manual (PDF; 2.55Mb)
A prototype of the Gypsy Moth Program Manual. Send all comments to Amy Frevert. [Latest Update: 04/28/10]

Hawaii Manual (PDF; 386Kb) [Latest Update: 05/14/12]
Used for regulating plants, plant parts, and products intended for both propagative and nonpropagative purposes. Used also for regulating carriers originating in Hawaii and moving to other parts of the United States.
Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

Imported Fire Ant Program (PDF; 2.27Mb) [Latest Update: 03/01/10]
Provides PPQ personnel and cooperators with information and procedures for surveys, regulatory actions, and treatments of regulated commodities associated with the Imported Fire Ant Quarantine, (7 CFR 301.81). Send all comments to Charles Brown.

Japanese Beetle Program Manual for Airports (PDF; 1.71Mb) [Latest Update: 04/25/12]
Provides guidelines to protect the agriculture of the Western United States from the Japanese Beetle. Send all comments or questions to Amy Frevert.

Karnal Bunt Manual (PDF; 3.69Mb) [Latest Update: 03/08/07]
Provides PPQ personnel and cooperators with a job aid to help them control the spread of Karnal Bunt in the United States.
Users: PPQ officers and cooperators, including personnel from ARS, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas departments of agriculture, and Methods Development. Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian

Manual for Agricultural Clearance (PDF; 5.86Mb) [Latest Update: 05/21/12]
(Formerly known as Airport Maritime Operations Manual--AMOM) Provides CBP personnel working at airport and maritime locations with the guidelines, directions, and policy for clearing carriers and passengers/crew and controlling garbage and cargo. Send all comments or questions to Bruce Attavian.

Mediterranean Fruit Fly Action Plan (PDF; 1.10Mb) [Latest Update: 12/23/03]
Serves as a plan to allow PPQ officers to respond to an infestation of the Mediterranean Fruit fly, commonly known as the Medfly. Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian.

Mexican Border Job Aid (PDF; 44 Kb) [Latest Update: 06/06/11]
(Replaces the Mexican Border Manual) Serves as a guide for authorized Federal officers at ports of entry along the Mexican border. Covers regulatory action to take for noncommercial importations originating in Mexico.

National Detector Dog Manual (PDF; 2.68Mb) [Latest Update: 04/25/12]
Serves as a guide for experienced canine officers to assist them in performing their duties, and as a training tool for orienting new canine officers, and general information for secondary users.
Send all questions or comments to Bruce Attavian.

Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) (PDF; 811Kb) [Latest Update: 02/27/04]
Provides, as far as is possible, the natural enemies of fruit flies throughout the World. It is limited to fruit pest species, as opposed to leaf, stem and root pest species, following White and Elson-Harris, 1992.

New Pest Response Guidelines
New Pest Response Guidelines are developed by PPQ to prepare for the arrival of a new pest into the United States.

Panicle Rice Mite Manual (PDF; 2.0Mb) [Latest Update 04/25/12]
Effective November 1 2011, APHIS reclassified Panicle Rice Mite (Steneotarsonemus spinki, PRM) to a non-quarantine pest. APHIS is maintaining the manual on this web page for reference by the States, rice researchers, and industry members. Email questions regarding PRM to Andrea.B.Simao@aphis.usda.gov

Plants for Planting Manual (Interim Edition) (PDF; 2.9Mb) [Updated 03/20/12]
 This replaces the Nursery Stock Restrictions Manual. Send all comments or questions to Debi Briggs.

Plant Products Manuals

Postentry Quarantine Manual for State Inspectors (PDF; 4.2Mb) [Latest Update 04/09/12]
This manual covers procedures for conducting PEQ tasks beginning with the request to approve a growing site and ending with the release or refusal of the plant material. Send all comments or questions to Amy Frevert.

Puerto Rico Manual (PDF; 335Kb) [Latest Update: 11/01/11]
Used for regulating plants, plant parts, and products intended for both propagative and nonpropagative purposes. Used also for regulating carriers originating in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands and moving to the United States or other territories. Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

TAG for the Biological control of Weeds (PDF; 1.63Mb)
Serves as a reference guide for reviewing and evaluating petitions for field release of biological control agents of weeds in the United States, and test plant lists; as a training tool for orienting TAG members; and as general information for other users, such as guidelines for petitioners and researchers. Send all comments or questions to Debi Briggs.

Treatment Manual (PDF; 4.5Mb) [Latest Update: 05/18/12]
Operational guide for selecting and conducting quarantine treatments. The procedures and treatment schedules in this manual are administratively authorized for use by APHIS to prevent the movement of agricultural pests into or within the United States. Listed treatments include chemical treatments such as fumigation with methyl bromide, and nonchemical treatments with heat, cold, or irradiation. Send all comments or questions to Josie Cooley.

Approved Treatment Facilities [Latest Update: 04/23/12]

 

Last Modified: May 21, 2012