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6 <br />Page| <br />EAB Contractor QC Program –J. Haanstad, DPC <br />A contractor was engaged to place EAB traps under the National EAB Survey Plan in the state of <br />Minnesota and other states in 2016 and 2017. The MDA place EAB traps in MN during the 2014 and <br />2015 seasons (See Table 13.) <br />In 2016 and 2017 PPQ accomplished QC efforts on contractor traps located within 90 miles of the PPQ <br />Bloomington office. In this effort contractor traps located in the 90 mile buffer area were identified and <br />the number of traps indicated in Table 13 were randomly selected for QC. <br />A following map shows the QC efforts in 2017. <br />Table 13. EAB Traps Placed in Minnesota and QC Efforts. <br />No No <br />Trapping Traps Traps <br />Year Group Placed QC <br /> <br />2014 MDA 1168 0 <br />2015 MDA 1197 0 <br />2016 Contractor 1470 20 <br />2017 Contractor 2197 50 <br /> <br />