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936 NOTICES tive Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 442). The following are the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE conditions and requirements of this Interstate Quarantine Interstate Quarantine Order; Importation Require- Order: ments for Virus Control for Virulent or Exotic 1. Quarantine Area. The area covered by this Inter- Newcastle Disease state Quarantine Order is the entire Commonwealth, all poultry premises in the Commonwealth and all states in which Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease has been Recitals. detected, there is a reasonable suspicion it exists or it has A. Under the authority established in the Domestic been confirmed Animal Law (3 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2301—2389) and specifically 2. Applicability. The terms of this Order are applicable the authority to establish quarantine orders as set forth to the Quarantine Area. at section 2329 of the Domestic Animal Law (3 Pa.C.S.A. § 2329(c)), the Department hereby establishes an Inter- 3. Poultry. For purposes of this Order, poultry shall state Quarantine Order related to the shipment of poultry include chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and any other spe- and poultry products from states where Virulent or Exotic cies of bird and their eggs that may contract or harbor Newcastle Disease has been detected, there is reasonable Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease virus. suspicion it exists or it has been confirmed, into the 1 4. No poultry from any county of a state where Viru- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. lent or Exotic Newcastle Disease has been detected, there B. This Interstate Quarantine Order is established to is reasonable suspicion it exists or it has been confirmed address Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease. These in the last 12 months may be shipped into the Common- viruses are easily spread within poultry, and are commu- wealth of Pennsylvania, either directly, through a dealer, nicable to humans. via another state or by any other means unless such poultry shall have complied with and met the standards C. Newcastle Disease is designated a ‘‘dangerous trans- established in paragraph 5 of this Order. missible disease’’ of animals under the provisions of the Domestic Animal Law (3 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2301—2389), at 3 5. Poultry moving into the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- Pa.C.S.A. § 2321(d). vania from any county of a state where Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease has been detected, there is reasonable D. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (De- suspicion it exists or it has been confirmed in the last 12 partment) has broad authority under the Domestic Ani- months shall only be allowed into the Commonwealth mal Law to regulate the keeping and handling of domes- under the following circumstances: tic animals in order to exclude, contain or eliminate dangerous transmissible diseases. a. All poultry moving into the Commonwealth of Penn- E. Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease has caused sylvania shall meet the seventy-two hour testing, paper- significant, wide-spread loss to the poultry industry in work and reporting requirements as established in sub- states in which it has been detected and confirmed. sections b and c. of this paragraph 5. F. Virulent or Exotic Newcastle Disease is of concern to b. The poultry moving into the Commonwealth of the entire Pennsylvania poultry industry as it may cause Pennsylvania shall originate from a flock in which a wide-spread loss of poultry, severely limit the market for minimum of thirty (30) birds, three (3) weeks of age or Pennsylvania product and cause severe economic damage older, were tested negative on cloacal swabs for waterfowl to the poultry industry in Pennsylvania. or oropharyngeal/tracheal swabs for other species for Newcastle Disease, Avian Paramyxovirus-1, or Virulent or G. The Domestic Animal Law allows, at 3 Pa.C.S.A. Exotic Newcastle Disease by virus isolation or polymerase § 2329(c), for an Interstate Quarantine Order to be chain reaction (PCR) at a participating National Animal established for any place or places outside of the Com- Health Laboratory Network facility. The date of sample monwealth where a dangerous transmissible disease has collection shall be within seventy-two hours prior to the been reported or exists, or whenever it is deemed advis- date of entry into Pennsylvania by a Category II accred- able to test or treat any domestic animal upon the ited veterinarian, state or federal animal health official, reasonable suspicion that it has contracted or been or a licensed certified poultry technician. If there are exposed to a dangerous transmissible disease or whenever fewer than 30 birds in the flock, all birds shall be tested. the testing or treatment of a domestic animal indicates No untested birds shall have been added to the flock after that the domestic animal has been exposed to a danger- sample collection and prior to entry into Pennsylvania. ous transmissible disease. In addition, a quarantine order For birds or eggs from birds which shall be tested using may apply to goods, products, facilities, containers, ve- virus isolation, the seventy-two hour period for entry into hicles or materials that may carry a dangerous transmis- Pennsylvania will begin when virus isolation results are sible disease or be contaminated with a hazardous sub- reported from the laboratory. stance. c. The poultry and hatching eggs of poultry being Order. imported into Pennsylvania to meet the requirements of In consideration of the previous recitals, and with those this Quarantine Order shall be documented on one of the recitals incorporated into this Order by reference, the following forms: a NPIP 9-3 (or equivalent) form, an Department hereby establishes an Interstate Quarantine Owner Endorsed Avian International Health Statement or under authority of the Domestic Animal Law, at 3 a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI). The testing Pa.C.S.A § 2329(c), and section 1702 of The Administra- laboratory name and test accession number(s) shall be included on the NPIP 9-3 (or equivalent) form, Owner 1 As of the date of this Notice establishing the Interstate Quarantine Order, Virulent Endorsed Avian International Health Statement or CVI. A or Exotic Newcastle Disease has been detected or confirmed in California (Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties) and Utah (Utah County); the status copy of the NPIP 9-3 (or equivalent) form, Owner En- of these states and others is subject to change. dorsed Avian International Health Statement or CVI PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 49, NO. 9, MARCH 2, 2019 NOTICES 937 including the testing laboratory name and test accession requirements required under the Department’s regula- number and a copy of the laboratory report shall also be tions available through http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/. sent to PDA (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 7. Contact information regarding this Interstate Quar- Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services, 2301 antine Order is to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110) within Bureau of Animal Health, 2301 North Cameron Street, seven days after shipment. If poultry or hatching eggs are Harrisburg, PA 17110 or by telephone at 717-772-2852, or shipped in containers through the USPS, Federal Ex- email at [email protected]. press, United Parcel Service or by any other courier, the 9-3 (or equivalent) form, the Owner Endorsed Avian 8. This Order shall not be construed as limiting the International Health Statement or CVI shall be affixed to Department’s authority to establish additional quarantine the outside of the container and shall be clearly visible or testing requirements on imported poultry and/or poul- and legible. try products. d. Eggs shall be moved using only containers which 9. This Order shall be effective upon actual service or have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. The source publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. flock of birds that contributed to the egg shipment shall RUSSELL C. REDDING, also meet the testing requirement in paragraph 5(b) and Secretary paperwork requirement in paragraph 5(c). [Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-295. Filed for public inspection March 1, 2019, 9:00 a.m.] 6. Poultry three (3) weeks of age and older, imported into the Commonwealth, shall meet all other import DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES Actions on Applications The Department of Banking and Securities (Department), under the authority in the Banking Code of 1965 (7 P.S. §§ 101—2204), the Department of Banking and Securities Code (71 P.S. §§ 733-1—733-1203) and 17 Pa.C.S. (relating to Credit Union Code), has taken the following actions on applications received for the week ending February 19, 2019. Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking and Securities Code (71 P.S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file comments in writing with the Department of Banking and Securities, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice regarding receipt of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection, by appointment only, during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment, contact the Corporate Applications Division at (717) 783-2253. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department’s Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy. BANKING