Appendix E – FEDERAL LAWS ADDRESSING AIS IN NEW MEXICO Department Pathways or or Organisms of Agency Authority Provisions Addressed Transport Website Protection Consolidates & modernizes several major statutes (Plant Plants & Unintentional & Act (2000) Quarantine Act, Federal Plant Pest Act, Federal Noxious material; plant pests; intentional Weed Act, Organic Act of 1944, & others), replacing them noxious weeds; & introduction. with one flexible statutory framework providing the ability to biological control prohibit or restrict imports, exports, & interstate movement; agents. assess higher civil penalties; issue subpoenas; conduct inspections without a warrant; cooperate with industry & others in assurance” programs; recover costs related “quality to disposal of abandoned shipments; & take emergency action. By expanding the definition of weed” the “noxious Act enables APHIS to address a broader range of weed problems. EO 13112 (Feb. Defines invasive species (“any species, including its seeds, All Unintentional www. 1999) eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of and intentional propagating that species, that is not native to that introductions: ecosystem”). escape, release. Directs all federal agencies to: All federal -address invasive species concerns; agencies -refrain from actions likely to increase invasive species problems. Creates interagency Invasive Species Council. Calls for National Invasive Species Management Plan to better coordinate federal agency efforts. USFWS NISA (1996) Reauthorized & amended NANPCA to mandate regulations ANS & brown tree Unintentional USCG to prevent introduction & spread of ANS into Great Lakes snake. introductions: EPA through ballast water. Authorized funding for research on ballast water CoE ANS prevention & control. NOAA
Appendix – E FEDERAL LAWS ADDRESSING AIS IN NEW MEXICO Department or Agency Authority Provisions Organisms Addressed Pathways or of Transport Website Protection Act (2000) Consolidates & modernizes several major statutes (Plant Quarantine Act, Federal Plant Pest Act, Federal Noxious Weed Act, Organic Act of 1944, & others), replacing them with one flexible statutory framework providing the ability to prohibit or restrict imports, exports, & interstate movement; assess higher civil penalties; issue subpoenas; conduct inspections without a warrant; cooperate with industry & others in “quality assurance” programs; recover costs related to disposal of abandoned shipments; & take emergency action. By expanding the definition of “noxious weed” the Act enables APHIS to address a broader range of weed problems. Plants & material; plant pests; noxious weeds; & biological control agents. Unintentional & intentional introduction. All federal agencies EO 13112 (Feb. 1999) Defines invasive species (“any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species, that is not native to that ecosystem”). Directs all federal agencies to: -address invasive species concerns; -refrain from actions likely to increase invasive species problems. Creates interagency Invasive Species Council. Calls for National Invasive Species Management Plan to better coordinate federal agency efforts. All Unintentional and intentional introductions: escape, release. www. USFWS USCG EPA CoE NOAA NISA (1996) Reauthorized & amended NANPCA to mandate regulations to prevent introduction & spread of ANS into Great Lakes through ballast water. Authorized funding for research on ANS prevention & control. ANS & brown tree snake. Unintentional introductions: ballast water
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