Arizona Administrative Code › Title 3 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - PLANT SERVICES DIVISION › Article 2 - QUARANTINE › Section R3-4-201 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S.
				  §§ 3-201, 3-231, 3-441, 3-481, and A.A.C.
				  R3-4-101, the
				  following terms apply to this Article:
"Associate Director" means the Associate Director of the
				  Plant Services Division.
"Common carrier" means any person transporting a commodity or
				  equipment for compensation or commercial purpose.
"Compliance agreement" means a written agreement or permit
				  between a person and the Department for the purpose of allowing the movement or
				  production of a regulated commodity or used equipment from a quarantined area
				  of this state and containing demonstrated safeguarding measures to ensure
				  compliance with the purposes of A.R.S. Title 3, Chapter 2, Article 1.
"Cotton harvesting machine" means any machine used to pick or
				  harvest raw cotton in a field.
"Firewood" means wood that has been cut, sawn, or chopped
				  into a shape and size commonly used for fuel, or other wood intended for
				  fuel.
"Fumigate" means to apply a gaseous substance to a commodity
				  or used equipment in a closed area to eradicate a pest.
"Green lumber" means freshly sawn, unseasoned wood.
"Hull" means the dry outer covering of a seed or nut.
"Infected" means any plant or other material on or in which a
				  disease is found.
"Label" means all tags and other written, printed, or graphic
				  representations in any form, accompanying or pertaining to a plant or other
				  commodity.
"Limited permit" means a permit issued by the Department to a
				  common carrier or responsible party to transport a commodity or used equipment
				  that would otherwise be restricted.
"Master permit" means a permit issued by the Department to
				  another state department of agriculture that gives that other state authority
				  to certify, in accordance with the terms of the permit, that a regulated
				  commodity or used equipment may enter Arizona without a quarantine compliance
				  certificate.
"Origin inspection agreement" means a permit issued by the
				  Department to a person that specifies terms to ship or transport a regulated
				  commodity or used equipment into Arizona, which importation would otherwise be
				  prohibited by this Article, and that the State Plant Regulatory Official agrees
				  with.
"Package" means
(i) any container, box, bag, or envelope used for the
				  shipment of a commodity or used equipment through postal and parcel services
				  or
(ii) individual packets of seeds for planting.
"Pest free" means apparently free from all regulated plant
				  pests, as determined by an inspection.
"Pest Management Program" means any state or federally
				  recognized program designed for the prevention, monitoring, and control of a
				  pest or disease. Based on a targeted management (Integrated Pest Management) or
				  holistic approach (Total Systems Approach Program) that incorporates best
				  management practices, monitoring, cultivation practices, cultural controls,
				  treatment programs and/or pest resistant plant varieties, cultivars or hybrids
				  for the control or effective management of any live life stages of a pest or
				  disease.
"Quarantine compliance certificate" means a certificate
				  issued by a plant regulatory official of the originating state that establishes
				  that a commodity or used equipment has been treated or inspected to comply with
				  Arizona quarantine rules and orders and includes a certificate of
				  inspection.
"Receiver" means any person or place of business listed on a
				  bill of lading, manifest, or freight bill as a consignee or destination for a
				  commodity or used equipment.
"Regulated plant pest" means all live life stages of an
				  arthropod, disease, plant, nematode, or snail that is regulated or considered
				  under quarantine by a state or federal law, rule or order enforced by the
				  Department.
"Responsible party" means a common carrier, person, or place
				  of business that is legally responsible for the possession of a commodity or
				  used equipment.
"Stub or soca cotton" means cotton stalks of a previous crop
				  that begin to show signs of growth.
"Treatment Manual" means the USDA-APHIS-PPQ Treatment Manual,
				  T301-Cotton and Cotton Products, revised May 2017. The Treatment Manual is
				  incorporated by reference, does not include any later amendments or editions,
				  and is available from the Department and online at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/treatment.pdf
.