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REGULATORY NOTICE: NoRegulated Articles are legally allowed to move outside of a quarantine (untreated or treated), unless they are accompanied by a certificateor limited permit. Certificates and limited permits are only available when a compliance agreement is signed between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the firm interested in moving the regulated article. The formal quarantine with the addition of Goodhue County became effective on May 19, 2017. A map of the quarantined areas is shown below. Two (2) cooperative USDA/MDA compliance agreements were issued. Two (2) intrastate compliance agreements were issued. Minnesota now has a total of eight (8) certified firewood producers in the state, six (6) MDA certified and two (2) USDA certified. The newest MDA certified firewood producer is Paul’s Fireplace Wood out of Little Falls. Split Fire, Inc. located in Cannon Falls is now USDA certified because he is located in a quarantined county. Two warning letters were issued for separate firewood violations. One was issued to a firewood producer located in Washington County that offered firewood harvested from a non-quarantined county but produced in a quarantined county for sale outside the quarantine without safeguarding. The producer took quick action to retrieve the wood and add safeguarding measures under a compliance agreement. The other letter was issued to a firewood producer located in Morrison County for sending a copy of a compliance agreement to another state with a non-MDA generated electronic signature. Katy presented information about the quarantine at the Minnesota Logger Education Program Annual Conference in Tower. The presentation was well attended with over 30 attendees. The Ash Tree Waste Disposal Site List was updated and now includes a facility in St. Louis County. The list can be found at this link: www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/eab/ashtreewaste.aspx