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REGULATORY: NOTICE: No Regulated Articles are legally allowed to move outside of a quar (untreated or treated), unless they are accompanied by a certificate. Certificates ar available when a compliance agreement is signed between the Minnepartment of Agriculture and the firm interested in moving the regulated arti MDA Report Statewide: Compliance and outreach inspections were conducted to enforce the EAB quarantine. Visits were made to nine (9) entities. MDA field staff conducted 14 firewood surveys at various sites including gas stations, nurseries, grocery stores, and big box stores. Firewood surveys are conducted to determine compliance with all Minnesota Department of Agriculture regulations. During the last couple months, three kilns passed the heat treatment certification and met the heat treatment standard of 140 60 minutes. Sunset Firewood Company out of Jenkins (Crow Wing County) now has three kilns that have met the standard. Sunsets last two kilns were recently certified. Price Firewood from Cloquet (Carlton County) is now certified as well. There are five MDA certified firewood producers (see map): JN Firewood o Minnesota Firewood, LLC o Sunset Firewood Company o Split Fire, Inc. o Price Firewood o Quarantined Counties (Hennepin, Ramsey, Houston and Winona): Three (3) intrastate and four (4) cooperative interstate and int compliance agreement is necessary for facilities to take regulat states how the entity will mitigate the spread of the emerald ash borer. Compliance and outreach inspections were conducted to enforce th (5) entities inside quarantined counties. Katy Longen worked with Jennifer Dippel (MDA) to create a sign tMDA Certified firewood at the State Fair. The sign caught the attention of a large firewood di Certified firewood.