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Survey <br />October 1 was the <br />Visual surveys will be performed this winter with cities that have recently detected EAB. <br />Regulatory <br />NOTICE: No Regulated Articles are legally allowed to move outside of a quarantine (untreated <br />or treated), unless they are accompanied by a certificate or limited permit. Certificates and <br />limited permits are only available when a compliance agreement is signed between the <br />Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the firm interested in moving the regulated article. <br />EAB was identified in Nobles, Steele, and Brown County during August and September <br />and placed into Emergency Quarantine. <br />Current Formal Quarantine <br />The following chart has meeting dates, comment periods and expected formal quarantine dates, can be found <br />on our web page, www.mda.state.mn.us/eab. <br />County Emergency Public Comment Expected Formal Formal <br />Quarantine Meeting Period End Qaurantine Quarantine <br />Implementation Date Date Implementation Version <br />8/6/19 9/4/19 9/25/19 10/1/19 15 <br />Nobles <br />9/3/19 10/1/19 10/25/19 11/1/19 16 <br />Steele <br />9/16/19 10/8/19 11/7/19 11/14/19 17 <br />Brown <br />Two (2) new compliance agreements were signed for ash lumber in counties recently quarantined. <br />Sixteen (16) compliance agreement renewals are planned for the month of October. <br />There are 9 MDA certified firewood producers and 2 USDA certified firewood producers in MN <br />EAB new contact information <br />o!Danielle DeVito Plant Health Specialist Danielle.Devito@state.mn.us 507-384-1129, contact Danielle <br />for all quarantine questions and EAB compliance agreements <br />o!David Simmons Plant Health Specialist David.Simmons@state.mn.us 320-808-9357, contact David for <br />all heat treatment certification of firewood <br />Outreach <br />MDA <br />This year we contracted out with one advertising firm who is handling all of our EAB/DMove Firewood <br />outreach. This reporting period we had 103 reports of EAB through our Arrest the Pest reporting system and <br />about 20 were positive. We have also received many EddMaps reports that are positive. Overall the quality of <br />reports is going up in terms of accuracy. <br /> <br />