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Trinidad & Tobago September 15, 2005      
  Tanzania No Date Scheduled      
 
Turkey January 1, 2006 Debark WPM    
   
Ukraine October 1, 2005      
      United States September 16, 2005 Exemption granted to Canada. (must provide import declaration that Shipment derived from trees harvested In U.S. or Canada - import lumber must be ISPM-15)    
    Venezuela June 1, 2005      
      Vietnam June 5, 2005      
         
      Canada Effective August 1, 2006 (Exemption still granted to the U.S.)    
      China Implemented NOW      
               
    ISPM-15 Requirements    
    Compliance with ISPM-15 for wood packaging materials allows for two treatment options:    
   

· Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature of 56° C for a minimum of 30 minutes. The American Lumber Standards Committee administers the U.S. Certification program for heat treatment.

    
   

· Methyl Bromide (MB): Wood packaging material should be fumigated with methyl bromide. NSPCA has been tasked by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to administer the fumigation program.

    
         
    Note: ISPM-15 requirements apply to all species of coniferous (softwood) and non-coniferous (hardwood) packaging materials.    
   
   
    The minimum temperature should not be less than 10°C and the minimum exposure time should be 24 hours. Monitoring of concentrations should be carried out at a minimum at 2, 4, and 24 hours.    
       
    When a fumigation treatment schedule is revised and adopted, as with China and Canada, wood packaging material (WPM) already treated and marked under the previous schedule does not need to be retreated, remarked or recertified. It only applies to WPM that will be treated after adoption of the new schedule.    
         
    Notice to Department of Defense (DoD) Vendors    
    The Department of Defense has announced that its shipments both "inside and outside of the United States must meet ISPM-15." These requirements will be reflected in Defense Logistic Agency solicitations issued as of August 1, 2006. DoD pallets must be heat treated or kiln dried (DoD does not accept fumigation as a treatment method). For more information, see the American Lumber Standard Committee Incorporated web page at www.alsc.org.    
               
 
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