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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects & Diseases National and Regional Port of Entry Detections November 14, 2016 Nikki Thomas For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations

Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects & Diseases National and Regional Port of Entry Detections

November 14, 2016

Nikki Thomas

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APHIS Offshore Mitigation

(e.g. Precleared Produce)

CBP Onshore Inspection/ Detection/ Mitigation

(e.g. AQI Inspections & Targeting)

APHIS Pest Management

(e.g. Domestic, Eradication, & Survey Detection Programs)

APHIS Exports

(e.g. Phytosanitary & Sanitary Certification)

Trade Stakeholders Trade

(e.g. Compliant Business Practices)

APHIS Policy Making

(e.g. Plant Protection Act & Animal Health Act)

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The Safeguarding Continuum

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  • Inspection/Detection for Pest Exclusion
  • Facilitation Programs
  • Training
  • Partnership
  • Outreach
  • Business Transformation
  • Targeting
  • Enforcement/Penalties

CBP Agriculture Program Activities

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Program

  • The National Agriculture Cargo Targeting Unit

(NACTU) was created as a pilot program in July 2014 by Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison (APTL) in partnership with the National Targeting Center-Cargo (NTC-C)

  • In September 2015, the NACTU was established as a

permanent unit at the NTC-C staffed with full-time targeters

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Scope of NACTU

  • NACTU’s scope is specifically focused on

agricultural quarantine targeting (animal and plant pest/disease risk)

  • As part of CBP’s targeting community, NACTU

collaborates regularly with other targeting assets by referring intelligence to relevant targeting units and centers

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Objectives of NACTU

  • The NACTU researches import cargo shipments and

analyzes national quarantine activity to identify those shipments posing significant risk (animal and plant pest/disease risks). These agricultural quarantine risks relate to shipments with:

  • Pests
  • Contaminants
  • Prohibited agricultural products (including through

smuggling activities)

  • NACTU attempts to identify potential and repeat

violators, which may be tracked by shipper, importer, broker, manufacturer, or possibly farm/grower

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Objectives of NACTU (continued)

  • NACTU does not replace local port targeting
  • NACTU activities help to focus CBP personnel on

critical and higher risk agriculture quarantine inspections

  • NACTU targeting is performed for multiple cargo

environments/pathways (air, sea, rail, truck, ECC)

  • Attempts to locate shipments en-route (cargo already
  • n the water)
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Objectives of NACTU (continued)

  • Expand scope of national agriculture quarantine

targeting to utilize intelligence developed by:

  • local advanced targeting units
  • port level inspectional data
  • significant agriculture incident reports
  • emergency action notifications
  • pest interception records
  • Provide extra capacity for agriculture quarantine

targeting

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Objectives of NACTU (continued)

  • Provide targeting oversight to all cargo pathways
  • Communicate with local agriculture targeting units to

identify threats

  • Support special operations
  • Support national agriculture initiatives, such as

NARP

  • Provide field support
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Vessel Risk List (VRL)

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AGM Interceptions

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24 17 4 21 44 42 76 11 Calendar Year

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Wood Packaging Materials (WPMs)

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  • Best Practices for Trade
  • OFO’s Efforts to Prevent Wood Boring Pests
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Non-Compliance

FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 No ISPM-15 Marking

2615 2269 2449 2586 1938 1952 1604

Pest Found

861 686 885 1058 603 753 651

No Marking & Pest Found

21 24 17 21 18 37 14

Total

3497 2979 3351 3665 2559 2742 2269

WPM Inspection Results

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Due to CBP interceptions of Medfly in shipments from Spain and Morocco, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) changed import requirements for those countries.

  • January 4, 2016 Federal Order: APHIS suspended the

importation of peppers from Spain

  • January 29, 2016 Federal Order: APHIS suspended

the importation of citrus from Morocco. Suspension lifted in Sept.

Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly)

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Pest Name Port of Entry Origin Order/Kingdom

Exora eucaustica Germar Miami, FL Honduras Coleoptera Anderida sp. (Pyralidae) Port Everglades, FL Honduras Lepidoptera Dysodius crenulatus Stal Miami, FL Costa Rica Hemiptera Gargaphia sanchezi Froeschner Miami, FL Ecuador Hemiptera Gonatoides typicus Distant (Rhyparochromidae) Port Everglades Guatemala Hemiptera Edessa rixosa Stal (Pentatomidae) Miami, FL Costa Rica Hemiptera Loxoprosopus sp. Miami, FL Costa Rica Coleoptera Gnathotrichus retusus Ponce, PR Canada Scolytidae Vazquezitocoris andinus Van Duzee Miami, FL Ecuador Hemiptera Lissomus sp. Miami, FL Ecuador Coleoptera Graphocephala appropinquans (Fowler) Laredo, TX Mexico Hemiptera Rhodobaenus nebulosus Pharr, TX Mexico Coleoptera Hesus flaviventris Burmeister Fort Lauderdale, FL Costa Rica Hemiptera Pityophthorus glabratus Eichhoff (Scolytidae) Norfolk, VA Poland Coleoptera Microrhinus sp. (Curculionidae) Aguadilla, PR Colombia Coleoptera Paracarsidara rostrata Crawford Miami, FL Nicaragua Hemiptera Mendozellus isis Linnavuori Miami, FL Argentina Hemiptera Dysdercus maurus Distant Miami, FL Argentina Hemiptera Euphoria dimidiata (Scarabaeidae) Laredo, TX Mexico Coleoptera Brasilaphthona sp. (Chrysomelidae) Miami, FL Colombia Coleoptera

First in Nation Pest Interceptions FY15

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Federal Noxious Weeds Intercepted

Scientific Name Family Common Name

Asphodelus fistulosus L. Liliaceae Onionweed Avena sterilis L. Poaceae Animated Oat Cuscuta L. Cuscutaceae Dodder Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier Apiaceae Giant Hogweed Imperata cylindrical (L.) P Beauv. Poaceae Cogongrass Ipomoea aquatica Forsskal Convolvulaceae Chinese Water Spinach Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. Poaceae Ribbed Murainograss Mikania micrantha Kunth Asteraceae Mile-a-Minute weed Oryza sp. Poaceae Red Rice Paspalum scrobiculatum L. Poaceae Kodo-millet Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. Poaceae Kyasuma grass Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. Poaceae Mission grass Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton Poaceae Itchgrass Saccharum spontaneum L. Poaceae Wild Sugarcane Spermacoce alata Aubl. Rubiaceae Winged False Buttonweed Tridax procumbens L. Asteraceae Coatbuttons Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv Poaceae Liverseed grass

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