Section 240.320  Duration of Quarantine

a)         A quarantine will specify the beginning effective date.

b)         Each quarantine will be announced through public meeting held in the regulated area and various public announcements in the mass communication media reaching the regulated area and may be posted in public information notice boards in the regulated area for 15 days after the effective date.

c)         If the Director determines that the quarantine pest no longer poses a threat of spread he/she shall, after notice and reasonable opportunity for presentation of views has been accorded through a public information meeting in the regulated area, cancel or modify a quarantine.

d)         If control measures are undertaken and the Director determines that they have been effective and the quarantine pest is no longer a threat, the Director shall order the quarantine cancelled or modified.

(Source:  Amended 6 Ill. Reg. 3041, effective March 5, 1982)