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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As I understand it, the new law is not tied to the
official USDA noxious </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>weed list despite the nomenclatural confusion. Rob
Hedberg may </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>have more on </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>this.
Cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Marc Imlay, PhD<BR>Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed<BR>Society
(301-699-6204, 301-283-0808)<BR><BR>Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest
Plant Council,<BR>Hui o Laka at Kokee State Park, Hawaii<BR>Vice president of
the Maryland Native Plant Society,<BR>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat
Stewardship Committee<BR>for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=MALawler@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:24
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [APWG] the Noxious Weed
Control Act </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">While this bill was
still in process I happened (on the net) on a list of the plants of concern.
Not only was the list relatively short, but I did not recognize one plant on
the list. No knapweed, no star thistle, no purple loosestrife. I wrote for
more information and got a very terse letter back telling me that these were
agricultural weeds of concern, and that the list had been carefully thought
out. Can’t seem to find the list on the net anymore. Can anyone corroborate my
story? I do hope I’m wrong.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<BR><B><SPAN
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<DIV><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> I'm assuming you mean the one enacted last year....<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The US Code citation is also below....<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">[[Page 118 STAT. 2320]]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Public Law 108-412 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> An Act <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> provide assistance to eligible weed management entities to control or <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> eradicate noxious weeds on public and private land. <<NOTE: Oct. 30, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> 2004 - [S. 144]>> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><ns0:country-region w:endInsDate="2005-02-23T20:08:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Unknown" w:insDate="2005-02-23T20:08:00Z" w:insAuthor="Unknown"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-02-23T20:08:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Unknown" w:insDate="2005-02-23T20:08:00Z" w:insAuthor="Unknown"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">United States of America</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> in Congress assembled,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">SECTION 1. NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"> The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">adding at the end the following new subtitle:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE></DIV></DIV>
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