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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 Sensitive

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APHIS Offshore CBP Mitigation APHIS Onshore (e.g. Precleared Inspection/ Produce) Policy Making Detection/ (e.g. Plant Protection Mitigation Act & Animal Health Act) (e.g. AQI Inspections & Targeting) The Safeguarding Continuum APHIS Trade Pest Stakeholders Management Trade (e.g. Domestic, Eradication, (e.g. Compliant & Survey Detection Business Practices) Programs) APHIS Exports (e.g. Phytosanitary & Sanitary Certification) 3 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

CBP Agriculture Program Activities • Inspection/Detection for Pest Exclusion • Facilitation Programs • Training • Partnership • Outreach • Business Transformation • Targeting • Enforcement/Penalties 4 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 5 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 6 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 7 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 on the water) 8 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 9 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 10 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

Vessel Risk List (VRL) For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

AGM Interceptions 76 44 42 24 21 17 11 4 0 Calendar Year For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive 12

Wood Packaging Materials (WPMs) • Best Practices for Trade • OFO’s Efforts to Prevent Wood Boring Pests For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive 13

WPM Inspection Results Non-Compliance FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 No ISPM-15 2615 2269 2449 2586 1938 1952 1604 Marking 861 686 885 1058 603 753 651 Pest Found No Marking & Pest 21 24 17 21 18 37 14 Found Total 3497 2979 3351 3665 2559 2742 2269 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive 14

Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) 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. 15 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

First in Nation Pest Interceptions FY15 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 16 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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 Apiaceae Giant Hogweed Sommier & Levier 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.) Poaceae Mission grass Schult. Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Poaceae Itchgrass Clayton 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 17 For Official Use Only/Law Enforcement Sensitive

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