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TIMBER PRODUCTS March 2024 HT Newsletter Volume: 03/19/2024
Online Newsletter
Matt McGowan - WPM Program Manager
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
Office: 770.785.4769
Mobile: 678.480.2451
Mobile: 678.480.2451
For more information on the IPPC program
Please contact:
Matt McGowan
Director of Wood Packaging
Peachtree City GA
Office 770.785.4769
Mobile 678.480.2451
The unauthorized and/or fraudulent use of the TP IPPC mark is illegal and a situation we take seriously. Anyone with information regarding the misuse of IPPC marks should contact TP's WPM Manager immediately. Thank you for helping to protect the integrity of the ISPM 15 program which is vital to our business and economy.
1930's quotes
"Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make it Do, or Do Without."
"Work on one thing at a time until finished."
"Work according to Program and not according to mood..."
"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can." Lowell Thomas
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so." Will Rogers
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain." Charlie Chaplin
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut." Will Rogers
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.” Will Rogers
"After all, tomorrow is another day." Gone with the Wind
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." The Wizard of Oz
Pests Regulated Under ISPM 15
ISPM 15 heat treatment prescribed standards are based on testing that was performed to address Pine Wilt Disease. Scientific data shows this time and temperature specified by ISPM 15 is also efficacious in killing most insect pests that the standard was established to protect against. The general listing of these pests is based on families and listed as:
- Anobiidae, Bostrichidae, Lyctidae - These three families are part of the superfamily Bostrichoidea, which includes wood boring beetles (powder post beetles), auger beetles, spider beetles and furniture beetles.
- Buprestidae - Metallic wood boring beetles (i.e. Emerald ash borer).
- Cerambycidae - Beetles with long antennae (i.e. Long Horned Asian Beetle).
- Curculionidae, Scolytidae - These two families share the snout and bark beetles, which includes weevils.
- Isoptera - Termites
- Oedemeridae - Fungus, darkling and blister beetles
- Siricidae - Wood wasps
- Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus - Pine wood nematodes / pine wilt nematodes, dirt nematodes
There are thousands of species in these families worldwide and it depends on the specific country as to which pests would be considered harmful under ISPM 15. While the specific species list can change with each country, as long as your material is properly treated, debarked and marked there are no issues with other countries importing and accepting your WPM.
Noticeably absent from this list are carpenter ants, which are in the Formicidae family. Carpenter ants will excavate into wood to build nests, but do not consume the tree cambium or other critical biological areas like the insects in the list above. Concerns related to carpenter ants come up occasionally, but because they are not a pest addressed by ISPM 15, the heat treatment prescribed is not meant to be effective in eradicating them from WPM.
Is Your Facility Moving?
Facilities that change locations or ownership should make certain to notify their TP Inspector or our office as early as possible. Doing so can help to prevent issues related to monitoring and invoicing along with the processing and applying of payments received. Our clients are extremely important to us and your cooperation in this area is vital in keeping our information up to date. Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for assisting us in this area.