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(1) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.
(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environmental Quality or his designee.
(3) "Noxious aquatic weed" means any plant organism so designated under this Article.
§ 113A-222. Designation of noxious aquatic weeds.
(3) Is or may become a threat to public health or safety or to existing or new beneficial uses of the waters of the State.
(b) A plant organism may be designated as being a noxious aquatic weed either throughout the State or within specified areas within the State.
(c) The Secretary shall designate a plant organism as a noxious aquatic weed by rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
§ 113A-223. Powers and duties of the Secretary.
(7) Enter upon private property for purposes of conducting investigations and engaging in aquatic weed control activities.
(b) The Secretary may control, remove, or destroy any noxious aquatic weed located in the waters of the State or in areas adjacent to such waters wherever such weeds threaten to invade such waters. The Secretary may employ any appropriate control technology which is consistent with federal and State law, regulations, and rules. Control technologies may include, but are not limited to drawdown of waters, application of chemicals to shoreline and surface waters, mechanical controls, physical removal from transport mechanisms, quarantine of transport mechanisms, and biological controls. Any biological control technology may be implemented only after the environmental review provisions of the State Environmental Policy Act have been satisfied.
(c) In determining the appropriate strategies and technologies, the Secretary shall consider their relative short-term and long-term cost-efficiency and effectiveness, consistent with a margin of safety adequate to protect public health and the resources of the State.
§ 113A-224. Powers of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may regulate the importation, sale, use, culture, collection, transportation, and distribution of a noxious aquatic weed as a plant pest under Article 36 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes.
§ 113A-225. Responsibilities of other State agencies.
(a) Any person who violates this Article or any rule adopted pursuant to this Article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for each offense.
§ 113A-227. Adoption of rules.
§ 113A-228. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 113A-229. Reserved for future codification purposes.

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