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Regulated Organism and Soil Permits

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Applications for Importation

Inspection by PPQ is required before a permit is issued:

  • Unknown and/or unidentified plant pests (actual or suspected) and biological control agents.
  • Field-collected plant pests and biological control agents.
  • Nonindigenous species/subspecies of invertebrate plant pests and biological control agents.
  • Importation of a plant that is listed in the regulations as a Federal noxious weed, in most cases.

Inspection by PPQ is not required before issuing a permit, but the applicant must provide: documentation, including digital images, of certified biosafety cabinet, autoclave, incubator, etc. as well as standard operating procedures for the laboratory.  Periodic inspections by PPQ of the facility will occur to confirm the presence of critical equipment and containment operations:

  • Pure cultures of nonindigenous species, subspecies, or pathovars of plant pathogens where intended use is restricted to laboratory activities (no greenhouse) with no plant inoculations and no vector studies.

Inspection by PPQ is not required before issuing a permit, but the facility is subject to inspection during the life of the permit: 

  • Pure laboratory or commercial cultures of indigenous species, subspecies, or pathovars of plant pests and biological control organisms.
  • Importation from Canada or Mexico of a species, subspecies or pathovar whose distribution is continuous with populations that occur naturally in the area in the United States to which the movement is proposed.

 

Last Modified: March 7, 2008