Responsibilities of the Place of Production Training The participant shall educate and train appropriate personnel on the following: Applicable HWA rules and policies involving HWA quarantines; HWA Infested areas; Signs and symptoms of the HWA; and All provisions of this Agreement. Pest Management Program All incoming host material must be inspected by trained nursery staff for HWA prior to entering the production area. Any hemlock articles brought into the facility must be from a licensed nursery in compliance with HWA quarantine. Regulated articles may not be held or stored in the proximity of products from an infested area. Regulated articles must not have been held or unloaded in an infested area. Host material must be monitored once during the Spring and Fall when signs of HWA are most visible. Records of the scouting should be maintained. The facility must immediately notify Certifying Authority of any finds of HWA within their operation. Traceability Record Keeping The participant shall maintain the following records: Training records Inspection/Scouting records Shipping records The participant shall allow the <origin State Department of Agriculture> to audit all necessary records and protocols to ensure compliance with this agreement Prenotification: The nursery must notify the destination receiving state of the shipment of Hemlock materials prior to the material arriving. Contact information for each state is maintained at the National Plant Board website: Prenotification must include the following information: name and address of the shipping nursery, destination name and address, number and type of regulated article(s) Inspections The <Certifying Authority> shall: Verify compliance with the stipulations of this agreement Issuance of Certificates The <Certifying Authority> shall be responsible for the issuance of certificates to confirm compliance with this agreement The certificate will include name and address of the shipping nursery, destination name and address, number and type of regulated article(s) and the following information:
Responsibilities of the Place of Production Training The participant shall educate and train appropriate personnel on the following: Applicable HWA rules and policies involving HWA quarantines; HWA Infested areas; Signs and symptoms of the HWA; and All provisions of this Agreement. Pest Management Program All incoming host material must be inspected by trained nursery staff for HWA prior to entering the production area. Any hemlock articles brought into the facility must be from a licensed nursery in compliance with HWA quarantine. Regulated articles may not be held or stored in the proximity of products from an infested area. Regulated articles must not have been held or unloaded in an infested area. Host material must be monitored once during the Spring and Fall when signs of HWA are most visible. Records of the scouting should be maintained. The facility must immediately notify Certifying Authority of any finds of HWA within their operation. Traceability Record Keeping The participant shall maintain the following records: Training records Inspection/Scouting records Shipping records The participant shall allow the <origin State Department of Agriculture> to audit all necessary records and protocols to ensure compliance with this agreement Prenotification: The nursery must notify the destination receiving state of the shipment of Hemlock materials prior to the material arriving. Contact information for each state is maintained at the National Plant Board website: Prenotification must include the following information: name and address of the shipping nursery, destination name and address, number and type of regulated article(s) Inspections The <Certifying Authority> shall: Verify compliance with the stipulations of this agreement Issuance of Certificates The <Certifying Authority> shall be responsible for the issuance of certificates to confirm compliance with this agreement The certificate will include name and address of the shipping nursery, destination name and address, number and type of regulated article(s) and the following information:
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