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New rules for shipping to Canada
If adopted, wood packaging materials must meet ISPM 15 regulations for heat treatment before crossing borders
By Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor
February 03, 2011
A new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would remove the exemption from ISPM 15 on wood packaging material moving between Canada and the United States in both directions beginning in 2011. If adopted, the proposal will have a significant impact on shipments on pallets.
While business regulation is out of favor on Capital Hill, this is one new regulation supported by the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association. “We’re in favor of it,” says Bruce Scholnick, president of the industry association. “Take it to the next step, we are also hopeful that there will be a similar implementation for all domestic shipments. That is a standard we have been fighting for.”
Right now, pallets move back and forth between Canada and the United States without the special treatment that’s required under ISPM 15. This regulation requires that wood packaging material being shipped internationally be heat-treated to kill insects or larvae that could infest native woodlands. The proposed amendment, posted by APHIS on December 2, 2010, would remove the exemption that currently allows wood packaging material to ship between Canada and the United States without first meeting the treatment and marking requirements of ISPM 15 that apply to wood packaging material to and from all other countries. “This action is necessary in order to prevent the dissemination and spread of pests via wood packaging material from Canada,” APHIS stated. Read the entire proposal.
Similarly, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it has agreed with APHIS to a “harmonized approach to removing the exemption from ISPM 15 on wood packaging material moving between Canada and the US (both directions).”
According to CFIA, the requirements would be phased in between 2011 and 2112, with full implementation in place by the summer of 2012, although “no actual time frames have been confirmed at this date.”
Scholnick says the proposal will have no effect on companies that are already shipping internationally. “They have a system in place to source heat-treated pallets,” he says. “They’ll just have to ship them to Canada.” For shippers not currently heat treating, Scholnick says the process adds 50 to 75 cents to a pallet.
Why is NWPCA in support of the regulation?
“We believe the spread of pests primarily happens when logs or firewood are shipped back and forth, but pallets also get blamed,” says Scholnick. “If we have a standard that requires all pallets to be heat treated, even domestically, it will take that issue off the table.”
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Press Conference Announcing the Grade Separation and Intersection Reconstruction and widening at Irving Park Road and York Road.
Monday, October 25, 2010 9:00 AM Cancun Restaurant, 220 North York, one block north of Irving Park – in the parking lot .Good Morning. I am Bill Marston, CEO of Service Shipping. I am here this morning to say thank you.
Thank you Governor Quinn-- for recognizing that the chokehold at this intersection has been an economic nightmare for all of those in my industry. We have lost untold man hours while trucks sit through four - six lights just to pass.
We have lost untold dollars in spent fuel while our trucks idle waiting for clearance over the tracks. We have lost clients - when we have been unable to deliver in a timely fashion we lose jobs. And we have lost patience – wondering how long it would be until one of the world’s busiest airports fulfilled its potential to became one of the world’s most efficient for cargo movement and freight forwarding.
Today, we know we are taking a step towards that efficiency.
Thank you Chairman Schillerstrom-- for your leadership on this project and for realizing years ago that traffic congestion costs our region jobs.
The inability to move goods quickly and cost effectively, costs jobs and business closures in my industry and also makes the entire region less attractive to new businesses and investments.
Thank you Mayor Soto. Thank you for realizing that with out collaboration and cooperation no real progress would be possible. You put an end to the political gridlock that held the economic advancement of this region hostage for far too long.
This grade separation is a lynch pin in opening up the entire western side of the airport for increased access and efficiency.
On behalf of my industry, and on behalf of the business community throughout the region, I am pleased this reconstruction will now be underway. Thank you for inviting me here today and thank you for moving this project forward.
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