APHIS Amends Pale Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) Regulated Area in Bingham County Idaho

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2024-31 
August 12, 2024

Subject:  APHIS Amends Pale Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) Regulated Area in Bingham County Idaho

To:  State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effectively immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the number of pale cyst nematode (PCN) regulated fields in Bingham County, Idaho. APHIS is making this change because two adjacent fields, formerly farmed separately, are now farmed as one field unit. The new acreage of the combined field is 298.8 acres; field one (114.7 acres) plus field two (184.1 acres).

With this change, the current number of PCN-regulated fields in Idaho is 58 with a total of 6,495 acres. Of the total acreage, 3,538 acres are infested fields, and 2,957 acres are associated fields. The infested fields are in an 8.5-mile radius that spans a portion of northern Bingham County and southern Bonneville County, Idaho.

The update to the PCN-regulated areas is reflected on the APHIS Pale Cyst Nematode website, which contains a description of all current PCN-regulated areas. APHIS will publish a notice of this change in the Federal Register.

For additional information about the PCN program, please contact:

Lynn Evans-Goldner
National Policy Manager
301-851-2286
lynn.evans-goldner@usda.gov

/s/
Dr. Mark L Davidson 
Deputy Administrator 
Plant Protection and Quarantine