July 21, 2000
Exhibit A
- Responsibilities of growers are:
- The grower shall allow the Agricultural Commissioner onto the premises to monitor compliance of this agreement.
- Grower shall immediately notify the Agricultural Commissioner of any GWSS detected in the vineyard.
- The grower shall notify the Agricultural Commissioner no later than 72 hours prior to harvest of their intent to ship bulk grapes.
- The grower shall assure that a compliance certificate tag will accompany all bulk grape shipments from counties with an infested area and the compliance certification tag shall be given to the processor.
- The grower shall inform the destination Agricultural Commissioner of any diverted bulk grape shipments, including its final disposition.
- Growers shall ensure that compliance certificate tags are used in the following manner:
- Compliance certificate tags are not required on bulk grape shipments originating from counties, which have completed their initial survey for the GWSS, and the county contains no infested areas.
- Compliance certificate tags shall accompany all bulk grape shipments from counties with an infested area.
- Compliance certificate tags shall accompany bulk grape shipments from counties that have not completed their initial surveys for GWSS.
- Green-punched compliance certification tags shall be issued for bulk grape shipments originating from vineyards located in the non-infested area of a county with an infested area based upon the Agricultural Commissioner's initial survey.
- Grower shall retain the grower's copy of the compliance certification tag.
- Yellow-punched compliance certification tags shall accompany all bulk grape shipments from the infested area of a county when the vineyard is found free from the GWSS based upon trapping and visual surveys by the Agricultural Commissioner.
- Yellow-punched compliance certification tags shall accompany bulk grape shipments when originating from vineyards within infested areas that are treated prior to harvest with an approved pesticide.
- Yellow-punched compliance certification tags shall accompany bulk grape shipments when originating from vineyards within infested areas that are destined to a cold treatment facility.
- When by mutual agreement, the origin and destination Agricultural Commissioner's determine that neither free-from nor treatment protocols apply, the shipment from an infested area may move under the following conditions:
- The receiving processing facility is operating under a valid compliance agreement.
- Grape plant material not secured in the bin or gondola must be removed from the vehicle prior to departure.
- The shipment is moved directly to the processing facility without undue delay or diversion immediately following harvest.
- The grapes are processed as soon as possible after arrival.
- The yellow-punched compliance certification tag shall accompany the shipment.
- The compliance certificate tag shall remain with the assigned bulk grape shipment from origin to destination.




