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New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture

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Control Procedures<br />

Overview <strong>of</strong> Emergency Programs<br />

Plant Protection and Quarantine develops and makes control measures<br />

available to involved States. United States Environmental Protection Agencyapproved<br />

treatments will be recommended when available. If the selected<br />

treatments are not labeled for use against the pest or in a particular<br />

environment, PPQ’s FIFRA Coordinator is available to explore the<br />

appropriateness in developing an Emergency Exemption under Section 18, or a<br />

State Special Local Need under section 24(c) <strong>of</strong> FIFRA (Federal Insecticide,<br />

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act), as amended.<br />

The PPQ FIFRA Coordinator is also available upon request to work with EPA<br />

to rush the approval <strong>of</strong> a product that may not be registered in the United<br />

States, or to get labeling for a new use. The PPQ FIFRA Coordinator is<br />

available for guidance pertaining to pesticide use and registration. Refer to<br />

Resources on page A-1 for information on contacting the Coordinator.<br />

Treatment Options<br />

Insecticides have been used to control the population levels <strong>of</strong> Dendrolimus<br />

moths during outbreaks. However, biological control and biopesticides have<br />

also been used successfully. In natural conditions, biological control plays an<br />

important role in controlling outbreaks and, the diversity <strong>of</strong> biological control<br />

agents is an important component <strong>of</strong> an integrated pest management program.<br />

It is the National Program Manager’s responsibility to verify that treatments<br />

are appropriate and legal for use. Upon detection and when a chemical<br />

treatment is selected, the National Program Manager should consult with<br />

PPQ's FIFRA Coordinator to ensure that the chemical is approved by EPA for<br />

use in the United States prior to application.<br />

Eradication<br />

Treatments can include any combination <strong>of</strong> the following options:<br />

Sanitation<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> insecticides<br />

Other cultural control methods<br />

Eradication is the first action to consider with the introduction <strong>of</strong> a new pest.<br />

Eradication may be feasible under some conditions, but if it fails then other<br />

strategies will be considered. Eradication may be feasible when the following<br />

conditions exist:<br />

6-2 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 12/2012-01

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