Illinois State Pest Analysis of Risk Committee (SPARC), composed of United States Department of Agriculture/ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS), Department of Homeland Security/ Customs and Border Protection (DHS/CBP), and State cooperators and stakeholders shall identify and review biological threats, compliance/noncompliance data and emerging pest risk patterns in Illinois field operation, and:
1. Advise USDA/APHIS and Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) of situations that have implications for policy data so APHIS, in collaboration with IDA, can identify hot zones and use data for early pest detection efforts.
2. Provide data analysis and options to DHS/CBP to support risk management, planning, resource allocation, and decision making pertaining to biological angent entry in to Illinois.
The Illinois SPARC Charter (including how hot zones are determined)
