Yes, residents demonstrate compliance through the use of a Compliance Checklist. A checklist can be signed once, kept in a personal vehicle and used when needed as a reference.

For Pennsylvania (PA), an SLF permit is required for businesses, agencies and organizations (agricultural and non-agricultural) working within the quarantine, which move regulated articles (defined in the PA SLF Quarantine Order as any living SLF life stage, products, vehicles or other conveyances, etc.) within or out of the quarantine. A permit is also required to move regulated articles into any part of PA from areas in other states with established SLF populations.

​Multiple states have SLF populations and individual state quarantines. Details on PA's quarantine and links to other states' SLF information webpages can be accessed through the PA Department of Agriculture (PDA) SLF Quarantine & SLF Businesses web pages. State officials have collaborated to create reciprocal permit agreements, so businesses do not need to take multiple permit courses.

​Yes, you are required to have a permit if you are conducting business in the PA quarantine. A permit is also needed to move regulated articles into PA from areas outside PA with SLF populations and/or quarantines.

​Yes, you are required to have a permit if you are conducting business in the PA quarantine. A permit is also needed to move regulated articles into PA from areas outside PA with SLF populations and/or quarantines.

​If you do not originate from an SLF infested area, the load is covered or contained and do not stop in the PA quarantine for business or for anything except quick stops (i.e. fueling), you are not required to get a permit.

School buses are required to have permits if they travel routes with scheduled stops within the quarantine including travel for special events. A permit is not required if traveling from and to areas free from SLF and no stops are made within the quarantine.

​Safety and response to calls is absolutely the priority for emergency responders. We are grateful to have dedicated first responders such as those in your organization. However, SLF is a threat to PA and we do not issue waivers. Emergency organizations need to obtain a permit, and personnel should be trained and conduct inspections in a manner that does not interfere with their primary role.

• Drivers should complete and log inspections, when it does not delay or inhibit emergency response.  SLF inspections can be rolled into shift turnover or other daily checks.
• All non-emergency travel should follow the normal requirements for SLF inspections, e.g. food runs, fueling, maintenance, etc.
• During the day, advise drivers to have situational awareness. For example: Conduct inspections/mitigations as needed through the workday, such as during swarming, when it does not delay or inhibit emergency response.
  

​Yes, you are required to have a permit if you are conducting business in the PA quarantine.

​Yes. You should obtain a permit and train employees about SLF especially those engaged in the receipt of goods (e.g., those working in warehouses and at loading docks). Those employees should inspect for SLF upon receipt of goods.

Yes. You should obtain a permit and train employees about SLF especially those engaged in the receipt and shipment of goods (e.g., those working in warehouses and at loading docks). Those employees should inspect for SLF upon receipt of goods and prior to shipping goods from the distribution center.

Inspect your goods prior to loading onto a third-party carrier truck. Certify your goods are free from SLF using a permit certification label or statement on shipping documents. Email SLFPermit@pa.gov or call 717-787-5674 to request a permit certification label template. Or incorporate the following statement onto shipping documents: "The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture certifies these regulated articles have been approved for movement out of the SLF quarantine area. Business Name: (Your Business Name) Permit #: (20XXXXXXXXX)"

Yes, dealerships need to obtain a permit. The participant should enter the number of dealership owned vehicles on their permit course registration (e.g., maintenance and shuttle vehicles). Do not include for-sale vehicles. As vehicles are sold, they should be inspected before the new owner takes possession.

SLF program information is available on the PDA SLF website: agriculture.pa.gov/spottedlanternfly. Most questions can be answered by the information contained in the FAQs.  If you have a question not answered in the FAQs, email SLFPermit@pa.gov or call 717-787-5674 and leave a message. Calls will be returned by the person who can best answer your question. 

​The logger/harvester needs a permit. The hauler also needs to have a permit if transport is not done by the harvesting business. Harvesters are required to make pre-notification to the Department of Agriculture 2-4 weeks prior to harvest. Notify the Bureau of Plant Industry Regional Supervisor for the area the harvesting will occur. An example of the timber harvest pre-notification sheet is available on the SLF Business page. If you have template you currently use for other things, you are welcome to adapt it for SLF.