Emerald Ash Borer Infested Place Order for the City of Gatineau, in the Province of Québec and the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario

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The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to subsection 15(3) of the Plant Protection Act^a, hereby makes the annexed Emerald Ash Borer Infested Place Order for the City of Gatineau, in the Province of Québec and the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario.

Ottawa, Ontario, September 9, 2009

Original signed by
Hon. Gerry Ritz


Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

^aS.C. 1990, c. 22

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EMERALD ASH BORER INFESTED PLACE ORDER FOR THE CITY OF GATINEAU, IN THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC AND THE CITY OF OTTAWA IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

Interpretation

1. The following definitions apply in this Order.

"Movement Certificate" has the same meaning as in the Plant Protection Regulations.

"inspector" means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 21 of the Plant Protection Act.

"pest" means the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) in all its life stages.

"regulated article" means firewood of all species, as well as trees, nursery stock, logs, lumber, wood packaging or dunnage, wood or bark, wood chips or bark chips of the genus Fraxinus (commonly known as Ash), other than ash seeds.

"infested place" means the place described in the Schedule.

Declaration

2. It is hereby declared that the place described in the Schedule is infested with the pest.

Prohibitions or Restrictions on Movement

3. No person, except an inspector, shall move or cause the movement of the pest into or out of the infested place unless the person is authorized beforehand to do so in writing by an inspector under a Movement Certificate and the person complies with the certificate.

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person, except an inspector, shall move or cause the movement of a regulated article out of the infested place unless:

(a) in the case of a regulated article produced by a facility registered under the Canadian Heat Treated Wood Products Certification Program (CHTWPCP) or the Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program (CWPCP), the article was produced in accordance with the requirements of that program and it shows the applicable marks, bears the applicable tags or is accompanied with the applicable certificate, as the case may be;

(b) in the case of nursery stock harvested or produced outside the infested place, the stock is transported without undue delay through the infested place in an enclosed vehicle that is equipped to preclude the loss of materials and the infestation of the shipment by EAB while in transit; or

(c) in any other case, an inspector

(i) is satisfied that the regulated article has been processed or treated to eliminate the pest or the habitat for the pest and authorizes the movement of the article for that reason, and the person complies with the authorization; or

(ii) authorizes the movement of the regulated article by issuing a written notice to the person directing the movement of the regulated article to a place for processing or treatment to eliminate the pest or the habitat for the pest, and the person complies with the notice.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the movement of regulated articles, other than nursery stock, that are harvested or produced outside the infested place and that only transit through the infested place.

Repeal

5. The Emerald Ash Borer Infested Place Order for the City of Gatineau, in the Province of Québec, and the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, made on April 27, 2009, is repealed.

SCHEDULE
(Sections 1 and 2)

INFESTED PLACE:

1. In the City of Gatineau, in the Province of Québec, the area contained within the following described boundaries commencing at the point of intersection of Rue Montcalm and Boulevard St.-Joseph;

Thence proceeding southwestwardly along the west side of Boulevard St.-Joseph to the end of the road;

Thence proceeding in a straight line from the south end of Boulevard St.-Joseph to the north shore of the Ottawa River.

Thence commencing at the point of intersection of Rue Montcalm and Boulevard St.-Joseph and proceeding southeastwardly along the north side of Rue Montcalm to the point of intersection of Rue Montcalm and Highway 50;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the west side of Highway 50 to the point of intersection of Highway 50 and Montée Mineault;

Thence proceeding southwardly along the east side on Montée Mineault to Chemin Mongeon;

Thence proceeding southwestwardly along the north side of Chemin Mongeon to Chemin de Montréal;

Thence proceeding in a straight line from the southwesterly side of the point of intersection of Chemin Mongeon and Chemin de Montréal to the eastern border of Parc des Pêcheurs;

Thence proceeding southwardly along the eastern border of Parc des Pêcheurs to the north shore of the Ottawa River;

Thence proceeding westwardly along the north shore of the Ottawa River to the starting point at Boulevard St.-Joseph.

2. In the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario, the area contained within the following described boundaries commencing at the point of intersection of Dunrobin Road and Riddell Drive;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the west side of Riddell Drive to the point of intersection of Riddell Drive and Sixth Line road;

Thence proceeding in a straight line from the north end of Riddell Drive to the south-western shore of the Ottawa River.

Thence proceeding from the point of intersection of Dunrobin Road and Riddell Drive southeastwardly along the west side of Dunrobin Road to March Road;

Thence proceeding southwestwardly along the west side of March Road to Carp road;

Thence proceeding southeastwardly along the west side of Carp road to the municipal boundary of Stittsville;

Thence proceeding along the western municipal boundary of Stittsville to the point where the boundary crosses Stittsville Main (south of Fernbank road);

Thence proceeding southeastwardly along the west side of Stittsville Main, which becomes Huntley Road, to Fallowfield Road;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the south side of Fallowfield Road to Moodie Drive;

Thence proceeding southeastwardly along the west side of Moodie Drive to Brophy Drive;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the south side of Brophy Drive. Brophy Drive turns into Bankfield Road immediately west of the Highway 416;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the south side of Bankfield Road in a straight line to the southwest shore of the Rideau River;

Thence proceeding northwardly along the west shore of the Rideau River to a point directly north of the northern tip of Nicolls Island;

Thence proceeding in a straight line across the Rideau River to the east shore;

Thence proceeding southeastwardly along the east shore of the Rideau River to a point directly west of the south-west end of Rideau Road;

Thence proceeding in a straight line across to the south side of Rideau Road;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly along the south side of Rideau Road to Ramsayville Road;

Thence proceeding northwestwardly along the west side of Ramsayville Road to Ninth Line Road;

Thence proceeding northeastwardly on the south side of Ninth Line Road to Boundary Road;

Thence proceeding northwestwardly along the east side of Boundary Road to Russell Road;

Thence proceeding southeastwardly along the south side of Russell Road to Frank Kenny Road;

Thence proceeding northwestwardly along the east side of Frank Kenny Road to the Ottawa River;

Thence proceeding westwardly along the shore of the Ottawa River to the starting point at Riddell Drive.

3. The property at 5123 Hawthorne Road, south of Rideau Road; legally described as PCL 26-1, SEC GL-6RF; PT LTS 26 & 27, CON 6RF, PT 1, 4R11834; Gloucester, in the Province of Ontario