Noxious weed law

Once the Lacey Act 1900, Government u.s. tries to use weed, legislation to control harmful for crops and livestock industry are. 1974 Federal grants harmful weed to ban Act Agriculture Secretary designated plants as noxious weeds and the dissemination of these plants in interstate commerce or foreign power. Federal harmful weed Act was most by the law on plant protection (APA) 2000 repealed; single section 2814, unwanted plants to the Federal land management remains as originally written. Plant protection ActThe app in June 2000 entered into force and consolidated Federal Act 1974 10 previous piece of federal legislation, including noxious weeds. In addition to granting Secretary agriculture of authority, Interstate traffic and abroad to ban harmful weeds APP adds control over national movement of noxious weeds, provides punishments for the perpetrators and the Secretary that makes, to summon witnesses and documents to the prosecution of offenders. The APP the Secretary will allow agriculture to delegate its powers to the American Department Service.Noxious Weed Control EradicationIn October 2004 that control of noxious weeds and disposal add APP to subtitle E: changed animal and plant health inspection of agriculture. Subtitle E authorized to control the Secretary of agriculture, financial assistance and technical or eliminate the harmful weeds.DefinitionSection 403, 10 of the APA defined as noxious weeds "each plant or plant product that may directly or indirectly damage or damage to crops (including stock products or the pl)" (antes de nursery), cattle, poultry or other interests of agriculture, irrigation, navigation, United States, public health or the environment .PenaltiesAs October 2009, penalties for the violation deliberate destruction owned app resource or falsifying documents of Estimateper APP fines of crime pursuant to title 18 of the code and imprisonment for not more than a year or two. In accordance with article 424 which Secretary who may agriculture depends PPV sanctions for violations of the APP level, the circumstances, the nature and severity of the federal list of noxious weeds was violations.ExamplesThe in May 2006, updated and contains 104 plants. Varieties include the onion weed Street, goat weed Golden and several types of mesquite. In addition to the federal list of noxious weeds, 46 States have designated certain harmful plants. The U.S. Department of agriculture (USDA) Web site contains lists federal and the State and a full list of the viewed all bad 661 herbs as harmful for the United States.