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Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Rule 209.00.09-001 - Arkansas Milk Stabilization Program - Arkansas Dairy Stabilization Grant and the Milk Production and Quality Incentive Grants

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A.
Purpose
To halt the decline in Arkansas milk production by providing
			 grants to milk producers during periods of financial stress and provide grants
			 to individual milk producers who increase their volume and quality of milk
			 above production during a base period.
B.
Authority
Act 968 of the 2009 regular session of the
			 87th Arkansas General Assembly provides for grants
			 and incentives to assist Arkansas dairy farmers to continue producing milk in
			 the state and authorizes the Secretary and the Arkansas Agriculture Department
			 to administer the program
C.
Definitions
1.
Eligible Milk
		  Producer
means a person or entity that operates a bovine
		  farm producing milk in Arkansas and possesses a valid permit signed by the
		  administrator of the Arkansas Grade "A" Milk Program administered by the
		  Arkansas Department of Health. The producer may be an individual, group of
		  individuals, partnership, corporation, estate, trust association, cooperative
		  or other business or other legal entity who directly or indirectly shares in
		  the risk of producing milk and makes contributions to the dairy operation
		  commensurate with the share of the proceeds of the operation.
2.
Milk
		  Handler
means the marketing agency or cooperative to or
		  through which the eligible milk producer commercially markets whole
		  milk.
3.
Milk
		  Production
means the volume of milk delivered by an
		  eligible milk producer to a handler for commercial marketing
4.
Year
means a year beginning July 1 of each calendar year and extending
		  through June 30 of the following calendar year.
5.
Monthly Producer Milk
		  Price
means the average price received each month by
		  Arkansas eligible milk producers as estimated by the Secretary using blend
		  price data from marketing agencies or cooperatives.
6.
Blend Price
means the volume-weighted average price of milk received by milk
		  producers from all Federal Milk Marketing Order classes of milk marketed during
		  a specified period.
7.
Department
means the Arkansas Agriculture
		  Department.
8.
Secretary
means the secretary of the
		  Arkansas Agriculture Department.
9.
Board
means the Arkansas Milk
		  Stabilization Board.
10.
Cwt.
means a hundredweight or 100 pounds
		  of whole milk.
11.
The Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board
means the board created by Act 754 of the regular session of the
		  86th Arkansas General Assembly.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Rule 209.00.23-001 - Prescribed Burning Rule

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I.
		  Eligibility for Qualification.
A. Initial
		  Eligibility. Applicants may obtain qualification by satisfying the following
		  requirements:
1. Attend the qualified
		  prescribed burning training course provided by the Arkansas Department of
		  Agriculture (Department), or the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), or
		  their designees; and
2. Obtain a
		  passing score on the qualified prescribed burning examination administered by
		  the Department, the AGFC, or their designees.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.08-002 - Arkansas Swine Regulations

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DEFINITIONS
Commercial Production Swine:
Those swine that are
				continuously managed and have adequate facilities and practices to prevent
				exposure to either transitional production or feral swine.
Transitional Production Swine:
Those feral swine
				that are captive or swine that have reasonable opportunities to be exposed to
				feral swine.
Feral or Wild Swine:
Those swine that are free
				roaming, or released on a private game preserve or hunting area.
1.
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION SWINE
			 MANAGEMENT PLANS
All swine herds are transitional production swine herds unless
				a management plan has been submitted and approved by the Arkansas Livestock and
				Poultry Commission. The management plan must adequately address the separation
				and control of the potential interface of feral and transitional production
				swine with the commercial production swine. Plan Requirements:
A. Submit management plans to the Arkansas
			 Livestock and Poultry Commission within 90 days after the effective date of
			 regulation, requesting the date you wish to be designated as a commercial swine
			 producer.
B. Amendments to plans as
			 a result of operational changes, etc. must be submitted to the Commission for
			 approval as they occur.
C.
			 Commission will forward written approvals or disapprovals to plans within ten
			 (10) working days after receipt.
D.
			 Plan approvals will remain in effect as long as swine herd(s) continue to meet
			 the requirements of commercial production operations.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.08-003 - EIA (Equine Infectious Anemia) Verifier Regulation

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I)
Responsibilities of event
			 sponsors:
1) Any individual person,
			 group of individuals, club, organization, association, or corporation that
			 sponsors, conducts, or organizes an equine event or activity that:
a) has any membership fee, gate fee,
			 registration fee, user fee, or camping fee; or
b) provides prize money, trophies, plaques,
			 ribbons, points, or awards of any kind including jackpots and benefits;
			 or
c) causes a concentration of
			 fifty (50) or more equines shall arrange for a certified EIA verifier to be
			 present at the event to verify that each of the Equidae is accompanied by a
			 record of a negative current official equine infectious anemia test within the
			 past twelve (12) months.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.09-001 - Arkansas Regulation For Trichomoniasis Testing and Movement Requirements for Cattle

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A. No bull
			 that has tested positive for trichomoniasis shall be brought into this state
			 for any purpose whatsoever.
B. No
			 bull may be brought into this state without being accompanied by a negative
			 test for trichomoniasis except for the following animals:
1. Exhibition and rodeo bulls that are
			 temporarily in the state only for the purpose of the event and will be leaving
			 the state after the event;
2. Bulls
			 consigned to go directly to slaughter; and
3. Virgin bulls (under 24 months of
			 age).
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.13-001 - Arkansas Festival Grant program

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Livestock and Poultry Commission
1 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
Arkansas Festival Grant Rules for Program Administration and
				Grant Applications
A. Purpose
To make grants for the operating and program expenses for
				annual Arkansas festivals.
B. Authority A.C.A.
			 2-33-109 provides the
			 Livestock and Poultry Commission the authority to promulgate rules to disperse
			 appropriated funds.
C. Definitions
1. An annual festival means a festival held
			 on an annual basis or proposed to be held on an annual basis.
2. Eligible annual festival means an annual
			 festival featuring an agricultural or forestry product, commerce, or
			 theme.
3. Applicant means the
			 fiscal agent of the festival applicant and must be incorporated in the State of
			 Arkansas.
D. Annual
			 Festival Grant
The Arkansas Agriculture Department - Livestock and Poultry
				Commission will solicit written funding request proposals for grant monies made
				available by Act 1476 of the 86th General
				Assembly.
Funds may be requested by Arkansas annual festivals for the
				purpose of operating and program expenses, excluding expenses for travel,
				salary, or the purchase of alcoholic beverages.
Applications may be made for a minimum of $1,000 or up to a
				maximum of $5,000.
Funds granted may be used for matching purposes for other state
				and/or federal grants.
Request for proposals will be evaluated by the Festival Grant
				Advisory Committee, and funding recommendations will be submitted to the
				Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture for approval.
Warrants for approved projects will be mailed within 30 days of
				the announcement of grant awards.
Unsuccessful applicants will be notified within 10 working days
				following the announcements of grant awards by the Arkansas Agriculture
				Department.
Funds must be expended and any related project completed within
				one year from the date of receipt of the grant funding.
Grantees will be required to complete a General Improvement
				Fund Expenditure Report and sign it certifying the accurate expenditure of
				funds. The expenditure report is due to the Arkansas Agriculture Department
				within 10 working days after the end of the calendar year. A final expenditure
				report is due 30 days after the final expenditure of Arkansas Agriculture
				Department grant funding is made.
Proposals for funds must include:
1. A summary of the festival history and
			 activities.
2. A detailed
			 explanation of the proposed use of the funds.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.13-003 - Swine Regulations

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DEFINITIONS
Commercial Production Swine:
Those swine that are
				continuously managed and have adequate facilities and practices to prevent
				exposure to either transitional production or feral swine.
Transitional Production Swine:
Those feral swine
				that are captive or swine that have reasonable opportunities to be exposed to
				feral swine.
Feral or Wild Swine:
Those swine that are free
				roaming, or released on a private game preserve or hunting area. Also, a hog
				that is not conspicuously identified.
Terminal Facility:
A facility for the containment
				of domestic and feral hogs that requires that hog be killed before leaving the
				facility.
1.
COMMERCIAL
			 PRODUCTION SWINE MANAGEMENT PLANS
All swine herds are transitional production swine herds unless
				a management plan has been submitted and approved by the Arkansas Livestock and
				Poultry Commission. The management plan must adequately address the separation
				and control of the potential interface of feral and transitional production
				swine with the commercial production swine.
Plan Requirements:
A.
			 Submit management plans to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission within
			 90 days after the effective date of regulation, requesting the date you wish to
			 be designated as a commercial swine producer.
B. Amendments to plans as a result of
			 operational changes, etc. must be submitted to the Commission for approval as
			 they occur.
C. Commission will
			 forward written approvals or disapprovals to plans within ten (10) working days
			 after receipt.
D. Plan approvals
			 will remain in effect as long as swine herd(s) continue to meet the
			 requirements of commercial production operations.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.19-002 - Rule for Licensing, Certification and Permitting of Active Duty Service Members, Returning Military Veterans, and Spouses

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I.
TEMPORARY ACCREDITATION FOR ACTIVE
			 DUTY MILITARY, RETURNING MILITARY VETERANS, AND SPOUSES.
The Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission (ALPC) will
				issue a temporary permit, license or certificate for any of the ALPC programs
				to an individual applying for Arkansas accreditation who
A. Holds a substantially equivalent permit,
			 license or certificate issued by another state who is in good standing with
			 that state; and
B. Is one of the
			 following:
1. An active duty military service
			 member stationed in the State of Arkansas;
2. A returning military veteran applying
			 within one (l) year of his or her discharge from active duty; or
3. The spouse of a person described by (2)(A)
			 or (B).
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.19-004 - DISBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS FOR FAIRS AND LIVESTOCK SHOWS

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I.
DEFINITIONS
A. Commission means the Arkansas Livestock
			 and Poultry Commission.
B. Premiums
			 means funds appropriated by the General Assembly and administered by the
			 Commission to be disbursed to county and district livestock shows and fair
			 associations in the manner and for the purposes provided in this
			 rule.
C. Clothes line art means
			 sheets of paper crafted by school children for the purpose of displaying their
			 art work on a line or string hung in an exhibit.
D. Exhibitor means a person who enters a
			 display, product or animal.
E.
			 Pureblood means an animal with one purebred parent.
F. Purebred- means an animal of known
			 ancestry within a recognized breed that is eligible for registry in the
			 official herd book of that breed.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.20-002 - Brucellosis in Cattle

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I.
DEFINITIONS
A. "Uniform Methods and Rules" means the U.S.
			 Department of Agriculture's rules for the eradication of brucellosis.
B. "VS Form 1-27" means a USDA federal
			 document for the movement of livestock.
C. "VIC" means Veterinarian in
			 Charge.
D. "S-Brand" means an S
			 shaped hot brand that identifies cattle as brucellosis exposed, untested or
			 positive and shall be sold for slaughter only.
E. "Slaughter" means animals butchered and
			 processed into meat products
F.
			 "Quarantine Feedlot" means a confined area under State brucellosis quarantine
			 that has been approved by the State animal health official and the APHIS AVIC
			 and is maintained for feeding cattle and/or bison of unknown or
			 brucellosis-exposed status, with limited provisions for pasturing or
			 grazing.
G. "B-Brand" means a
			 "B"-shaped hot brand that identifies cattle as brucellosis positive and shall
			 be sold for slaughter only. B-branding is to be used in the disposition of
			 cattle that may be eligible for federal indemnification or other
			 compensation.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.20-003 - Airborne Eradication of Feral Hogs

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FERAL HOG AIRBORNE ERADICATION RULE
I.
APPLICATION
A. The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry
			 Commission (Commission) may issue a permit to any person to allow for the
			 shooting of feral hogs from an aircraft if the Commission finds that management
			 of feral hogs by the use of aircraft is necessary to protect or to aid in the
			 administration or protection of land, water, wildlife, livestock, domestic
			 animals, human life, or crops (including but not limited to, timber), and will
			 not have a harmful effect on indigenous species.
B. All applications and supporting
			 documentation shall be filed with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture
			 (Department).
C. All applications
			 must include:
1. One or more affidavits,
			 containing facts as well as opinion, as to why the permit should be issued for
			 the management of feral hogs by the use of aircraft, including the purpose for
			 which the permit will be used, specifically identifying whether the permit is
			 necessary to protect land, water, wildlife, livestock, domestic animals, crops
			 (including but not limited to, timber), or human life;
2. An address and adequate description of the
			 land covered by the permit, including approximate acreage;
3. Unless the applicant is the landowner, an
			 applicant must also submit to the Department a landowner's authorization to
			 manage feral hogs. The landowner's authorization may be submitted by a group of
			 landowners or by an association on behalf of such landowners;
4. the approximate number of hogs to be
			 managed; and
5. an accurate and
			 adequate description of the aircraft used, including aircraft number and the
			 location where the aircraft was used. As defined in 7 U.S.C. § 742j-1(c)
			 "aircraft" means any contrivance used for flight in the air.
D. The Department may:
1. Require permit holders to report to the
			 Department on the eradication process.
2. Limit the number of feral hogs taken per
			 permit
3. Limit airborne
			 eradication to certain days or hours or both
4. Limit the duration of a permit
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.21-001 - Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Rules for the Administration Of The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

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Purpose
These rules are promulgated by the authority of the designation
				of the Arkansas Livestock &Poultry Commission (Commission) as an Official
				State Agency authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of
				Agriculture (USDA) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in the
				administration of the NPIP.
Incorporation by reference of National
				Poultry Improvement Plan Standards
The Commission hereby incorporates by reference the National
				Poultry Improvement Plan Standards, as amended by APHIS from time to time, as
				provisions of this rule as though set forth herein line for line and word for
				word.
Applicability
All NPIP participants shall comply with the provisions of this
				rule.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.21-002 - Garbage Feeding Rule (Swine)

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I.
GARBAGE FEEDING PROHIBITIONS
It is prohibited to
A.
			 Feed swine any of the following:
1. animal
			 carcasses or parts thereof;
2. meat
			 products or meat by-products;
3.
			 offal or contents thereof;
whether raw or resulting from the handling, preparation,
				cooking, or consumption of foods.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.21-008 - Feral Hog Airborne Eradication Rule

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ARKANSAS SWINE RULE
DEFINITIONS
Commercial Production Swine: Swine for which a management plan
				has been approved by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture
				(Department).
Transitional Production Swine: Those swine that are captive or
				swine that have reasonable opportunities to be exposed to feral swine.
Commercial Commuter Agreement: Authorization from the
				Department to import hogs into Arkansas.
I. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION SWINE MANAGEMENT
			 PLANS
A. Commercial production swine
			 management plans must adequately address biosecurity measures necessary to
			 protect the herd form diseases and contact with other swine. The plan must
			 include the following at a minimum:
1.
			 Identification of the individual or individuals designated as biosecurity
			 manager;
2. The frequency and types
			 of training required for the biosecurity manager and essential
			 personnel;
3. The plan for
			 protection of the swine herd, including:
a)
			 Site entry details, such as restrictions on entry points, entry point security
			 measures, and signage;
b)
			 Information about the location and any other details regarding designated
			 parking areas;
c) The details and
			 size of the Perimeter Buffer Area (PBA);
d) The rules for entry and access to PBA
			 access point(s);
e) Information
			 regarding the available cleaning and disinfection (C&D) station or
			 stations;
f) The details and plans
			 for lines of separation (LOS) to prevent the spread of virus to susceptible
			 animals; and
g) The rules for
			 entry and access to LOS access points.
4. The rules and plans for vehicles and
			 equipment, including but not limited to:
a)
			 Vehicles and equipment used for animal transport; and
b) Vehicles and equipment not used for animal
			 transport.
5. Personnel
			 rules, including but not limited to:
a) Rules
			 for personnel prior to arriving at the site, including limitations on access,
			 disinfection, and any other rules required of personnel prior to
			 entry;
b) The plan for use of an
			 entry logbook, including which individuals are required to log entry;
			 and
c) Rules and details regarding
			 the procedure for biosecure entry and exit of PBA or LOS.
6. Rules and biosecurity protocol for animal
			 and semen movement;
7. Rules and
			 biosecurity protocol for carcass disposal;
8. Rules and biosecurity protocol for control
			 of rodent, fly, wildlife, and other animals; and
9. Rules and biosecurity protocol for
			 management of feed.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.21-009 - Arkansas Swine Rule

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ARKANSAS SWINE RULE
DEFINITIONS
Commercial Production Swine: Swine for which a management plan
				has been approved by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture
				(Department).
Transitional Production Swine: Those swine that are captive or
				swine that have reasonable opportunities to be exposed to feral swine.
Commercial Commuter Agreement: Authorization from the
				Department to import hogs into Arkansas.
I. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION SWINE MANAGEMENT
			 PLANS
A. Commercial production swine
			 management plans must adequately address biosecurity measures necessary to
			 protect the herd form diseases and contact with other swine. The plan must
			 include the following at a minimum:
1.
			 Identification of the individual or individuals designated as biosecurity
			 manager;
2. The frequency and types
			 of training required for the biosecurity manager and essential
			 personnel;
3. The plan for
			 protection of the swine herd, including:
a)
			 Site entry details, such as restrictions on entry points, entry point security
			 measures, and signage;
b)
			 Information about the location and any other details regarding designated
			 parking areas;
c) The details and
			 size of the Perimeter Buffer Area (PBA);
d) The rules for entry and access to PBA
			 access point(s);
e) Information
			 regarding the available cleaning and disinfection (C&D) station or
			 stations;
f) The details and plans
			 for lines of separation (LOS) to prevent the spread of virus to susceptible
			 animals; and
g) The rules for entry
			 and access to LOS access points.
4. The rules and plans for vehicles and
			 equipment, including but not limited to:
a)
			 Vehicles and equipment used for animal transport; and b) Vehicles and equipment
			 not used for animal transport.
5. Personnel rules, including but not limited
			 to:
a) Rules for personnel prior to arriving
			 at the site, including limitations on access, disinfection, and any other rules
			 required of personnel prior to entry;
b) The plan for use of an entry logbook,
			 including which individuals are required to log entry; and
c) Rules and details regarding the procedure
			 for biosecure entry and exit of PBA or LOS.
6. Rules and biosecurity protocol for animal
			 and semen movement;
7. Rules and
			 biosecurity protocol for carcass disposal;
8. Rules and biosecurity protocol for control
			 of rodent, fly, wildlife, and other animals; and
9. Rules and biosecurity protocol for
			 management of feed.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.01-005 - Additions to the Public Nuisance Declared List - To add 10 new pests which may threaten different aspects of Arkansas Agriculture

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SECTION I.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
			 DECLARED
The following plant diseases, insect pests and noxious weeds,
			 under the provisions of the Arkansas Plant Act (A.C.A. § 2-16 - 201 et
			 seq) are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, including anything infected,
			 infested or contaminated therewith. The extent to which these plant diseases,
			 insect pests and noxious weeds are regulated is covered in this and other Plant
			 Board circulars. Italized pests are intent of horticulture inspections.
A.
Plant Disease Pests Listed
1.
Chestnut blight
(chestnut
			 and chinquapin)
2.
Phony
			 peach, peach mosaic and peach rosette
3.
Fusiform and other gall rusts of
			 pines
4. Texas root rot
			 (cotton and other plants)
5.
Oak wilt (oak, chestnut and other trees and shrubs)
6.
Cedar-apple
			 rust
7.
Fire
			 blight (pear, apple and other plants)
8.
Root knot
			 nematode
9.
Soybean cyst nematode
10.
Foliar nematodes (Aphelenchoides besseyi and others)
11.
Crown gall and other infectious
			 galls
12.
Hairy
			 root of apple and rose
13.
Bacterial spot of peach
14.
Strawberry
			 dwarf
15.
Red
			 stele of strawberry
16.
Virus diseases on horticultural crops
17.
Strawberry yellows
			 (genetic)
18.
Infectious cankers
19.
Bacterial spot of tomato
20.
Alternaria and septoria leaf
			 spots of tomato
21.
Late blight of tomato
22.
Camellia petal
			 blight
23.
Azalea
			 petal blight
24. Hoja
			 blanca disease of rice
25.
Internal cork of sweet potato
26.
Black rot of sweet
			 potato
27.
Stem
			 rot of sweet potato
28.
Anthracnose on various host plants
29.
Pink root of
			 onion
30. Sting
			 nematode
31.
Blights and
			 leaf spots damaging to plants
32.
Collar rot
33.
Dutch Elm
			 disease
34.
Phloem
			 necrosis
35.
Bud
			 rot on strawberries
36.
Fusarium wilt of tomatoes (all races)
37.
Blueberry nursery stock
			 diseases
38.
Pinew
			 ood nematode
39. Blackleg
			 of rape
40.
Rose
			 Rossette
41.
Plum
			 pox virus
42.
Sudden Oak Death
43.
Day Lily Rust
44.
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.01-006 - Imported Fire Ant Quarantine

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SECTION
			 VIII. QUARANTINES
1. GYPSY MOTH
			 QUARANTINE
Revoked December 9, 1983 after two (2) successive years of
				negative annual surveys.
2.
			 IMPORTED FIRE ANT QUARANTINE
Quarantined Pests
The quarantined pest is the Imported Fire Ant. This can be the
				Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
(Buren) or the
				Black Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis richteri
(Forel) or
				any hybrid of the two.
Quarantined Areas
(a) The department hereby adopts by reference
			 as quarantined areas those counties in Arkansas, or portions there of, listed
			 as regulated areas in the most current federal imported fire ant quarantine as
			 adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, and found at 7 Code of
			 Federal Regulations §
										301.81 -3. A copy of the
			 regulation may be obtained at the Arkansas State Plant Board,
(b) In addition to the areas described in
			 subsection(a) of this section, Pulaski, Saline, Garland, Jefferson, Grant, Hot
			 Spring, Pike Howard, Sevier, Clark, Dallas, Cleveland, Lincoln, Desha, Drew,
			 Bradley, Calhoun, Quachita, Nevada, Hempstead, Little River, Miller, LaFayette,
			 Columbia, Union, Ashley and Chicot counties in Arkansas are quarantined areas.
Quarantined Articles
(a) Quarantined articles are:
(1) the imported fire ant in any living stage
			 of development;
(2) soil
(3) plants with roots with soil
			 attached;
(4) grass sod;
(5) baled hay and baled straw stored in
			 direct contact with the ground;
(6)
			 Any articles that are regulated under the most current federal imported fire
			 quarantine as adopted by the Untied States Department of Agriculture of the 7
			 Code of Federal Regulations 301.81-2. A copy of the regulation maybe obtained
			 at the Arkansas State Plant Board.
(b) Any other products, articles, or means of
			 conveyance of any character whatsoever, not covered by subsection (a) of this
			 section, are quarantined articles when it is determined that they present a
			 hazard of spread of imported fire ants and the person in possession thereof has
			 been so notified.
Restrictions
(a) General. Quarantined articles from the
			 quarantined area are prohibited entry into or through the free areas of
			 Arkansas, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this
			 section.
(b) Exemptions. The
			 following quarantined articles are exempt from permit requirements:
(1) baled hay and baled straw stored in a
			 manner in which they are not in direct contact with the ground.
(2) other exemptions may be granted upon
			 department review and issuance of written exemption.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.01-007 - Revisions to the Pesticide Use and Application Act Regulations - Implementation of Pesticide Drift BMP's and License Fee Increases

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Regulation No. 1. Categories of Applicators
The following categories have been established for licensing
				and applicator certification purposes:
I. Commercial Applicator Categories
A. Agricultural Pest Control
(1) . Plants
1. Agricultural Produce and Lands Pest
			 Control
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.02-001 - Changes to the regulations in Circular 11- Regulations on Plant Diseases and Pests

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SECTION III.
			 REGULATIONS FOR NURSERY STOCK, NURSERYMEN, NURSERY DEALERS, NURSERY AGENTS AND
			 NURSERY LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS.
B.
Inspection of Nurseries, Dealer's Stocks and Sales by Agents and
			 NurseryLandscape Contractors.
6.
Limited Nurseryman License.
This category is required to have a
			 valid license issued by the State Plant Board prior to offering for sale or
			 selling nursery stock in Arkansas. The Limited Nurseryman License is defined by
			 selling only plants which are propagated and produced by that grower. They are
			 not allowed to broker other regulated plants which were produced by another
			 grower nor are they allowed to supply another business to sell their plant
			 materials. The Limited Nurseryman License status will be limited to those
			 producing less than 500 square feet of nursery stock per year. This license
			 does not include contracting or installation of nursery
			 stock.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.02-002 - Seed Regulation Changes

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SECTION
			 2.
LICENSING--REPORTING--LABELING.
I. Treating Plants Must be Licensed. All seed
			 treating plants that treat seed in Arkansas must have a license from the State
			 Plant Board. All licenses expire June 30 of each year and must be renewed. The
			 annual license fee shall be $250.00.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.02-004 - Arkansas Vegetable Plant Regulations

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SECTION
			 II. REGULATIONS ON VEGETABLE AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS.
(NOTE: THE REGULATIONS IN SEC. II PERTAIN ONLY TO PLANTS
				WHICH ARE GROWN IN NATIVE SOIL. PLANTS PRODUCED IN SOIL LESS MEDIA ARE EXEMPT
				FROM SECTIONS II. AND IV. )
A.
Regulations on the Sale of Vegetable Garden Plants including Sweet Potato
			 and Strawberry Plants.
Any person selling, offering for sale, or
			 transplanting for sale any, vegetable garden plants including sweet potato and
			 strawberry plants for planting purposes within or into the State of Arkansas
			 shall meet the following requirements.
1. Sale
			 in bulk is prohibited, except at production site to a local consumer.
2. Each container in which plants are offered
			 for sale shall be conspicuously labeled in legible English language with the
			 following:
a. Name and address of producer
b. Arkansas Permit
			 Number
c. Varietal name
d. If sold in bundles:
1. Number of plants per bundle
2. Number of bundles in container
3. The above information may be stenciled,
			 engraved or embossed on the containers, printed or rubber stamped on tags or
			 labels attached to the containers, or on stakes displayed in each container, or
			 displayed in any combination of these methods desired by the
			 producer.
4. In addition to the
			 above, each bundle of sweet potato plants shall also carry an individual label
			 showing the producer's name and address. Bundle labels shall be supplied by the
			 producer.
5. Every container or
			 bundle which does not display complete labeling as described above shall be
			 subject to an immediate Stop-Sale Order.
6. No Arkansas Permit Number shall be issued
			 for sweet potato plants or vine cuttings originating in an area in which the
			 sweet potato weevil is known to exist.
7.
Securing Arkansas Permit
			 Numbers.
a.
Arkansas
			 Producers.
Permit Numbers will be assigned to Arkansas producers upon
			 receipt of Plant Board application forms and the required inspection fees. Even
			 though a Permit Number has been assigned, no sales shall be made until a
			 producer's plants have been inspected and found reasonably free of insects,
			 diseases and noxious weeds. The Plant Board shall cancel a Permit Number
			 anytime the producer's plants are found infested with insects, plant diseases
			 and noxious weeds which may be disseminated with the plants, as declared in
			 Section 1. Producers who wish to have their own rubber stamps, printed labels,
			 special tags or stakes made with their Permit Number included thereon shall
			 file applications early enough to allow time for this. The Plant Board does not
			 supply labels or tags of any kind for
			 plants.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.03-002 - Pesticide Classification Regulation - Implementation of a systematic method of restricting the use of pesticides for which a problem has developed

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SECTION I.
			 Title
The following regulations of the Arkansas State Plant Board,
				written pursuant to the Arkansas Pesticide Use and Application Act, Act 389 of
				1975, as amended, and the Arkansas Pesticide Control Act, Act 410 of 1975, as
				amended, shall be known as " The Arkansas Regulations On Pesticide Use".
				Promulgation of these regulations repeals all provisions of the Plant Board's
				current regulations entitled "Arkansas Regulations On 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, MCPA, And
				Other State Restricted Use Herbicides" effective December 31, 2002.
SECTION II. Purpose
Pesticides are valuable to the State's agricultural production
				and to the protection of man and the environment from insects, rodents, weeds
				and other forms of life which may be pests; but it is essential to the public
				health and welfare that they be regulated to prevent adverse effects on human
				life and the environment. However, at times certain pesticides present problems
				that were unanticipated by the manufacturer, the grower or the applicator. The
				purpose of these regulations is to provide additional mechanisms, other than
				denying registration of a product in Arkansas, to minimize the adverse effects
				of certain pesticides to:
1. Plants,
			 including forage plants, or adjacent or nearby lands;
2. Wildlife in the adjoining or nearby
			 areas;
3. Fish and other aquatic
			 life in waters in reasonable proximity to the area to be treated; and
4. Humans, animals, or beneficial
			 insects
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.03-003 - Pest Control Enforcement Reponse Regulations

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I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Pesticides are valuable to Arkansas' agricultural production
				and the protection of man and his possessions from insects, rodents, weeds,
				plant diseases, and other pests. It is essential to the public health and
				welfare that pesticides be used properly to prevent adverse effects on man and
				the environment.
The purpose of the regulation is to provide a fair and
				consistent mechanism by which compliance with the Arkansas Pest Control Law, as
				amended, and the regulations written pursuant thereto can be achieved.
II. DEFINITIONS
As used in this policy:
A.
Base Civil Penalty:
The
			 midpoint of a civil penalty range. [Example: The civil penalty range for
			 failure to report structural pest control work (1st level of enforcement) is
			 $200.00 to $400.00. The base penalty is $300.00]
B.
Case Development Review Panel:
An internal committee of staff including:
1. the Plant Industry Division Director or
			 his/her designee,
2. the Agency
			 Assistant Director or his/her designee, and 3. the Agency Director or his/ her
			 designee. The Case Development Review Panel will carefully review all case
			 documentation to insure completeness and to insure that the recommended
			 enforcement action is appropriate.
C.
Level of Enforcement:
The
			 category by which a violative incident is considered a first, second, third, or
			 fourth offense.
For a violation to be considered as a second or subsequent
				offense, it must be a repeat of a violation for which a previous enforcement
				action has been taken by the Plant Board. The previous violation/violations
				must have occurred within the past 3 years.
D.
Minor Violation:
A violative
			 incident which does not involve human health, safety, or endanger the
			 environment; or other incidents of non-compliance which do not create a
			 competitive disadvantage for licensees in full compliance.
E.
Major Violation:
A violative
			 incident which affects human health, safety, or the environment; or other
			 incidents of non-compliance which create a competitive disadvantage over
			 licensees in full compliance; or a history of repetitive violative incidents.
* In no case shall the failure to meet minimum treating
				standards (Act 488 of 1975, Sections III A, III B, III C, and III D), except
				those which require a termiticide application, be considered a violation and
				subject to a civil penalty.
F.
Respondent:
A person charged
			 with a violation of the Arkansas Pest Control Law as amended, and the
			 regulations written pursuant thereto.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.03-011 - Official Standards for Seed Certification - Amending the Seed certification Regulations to allow the maximum AOSCA (Asso. Of Offical Seed Certifying Agencies) standards for determining all certified grades for the Marion variety of Striate Lespedeza

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A.
			 The general seed certification standards are basic, and together with the
			 following specific standards, shall constitute the regulations for the
			 certification of lespedeza.
B.
Land Requirements
:
1. A crop of
			 the same kind must not have been grown or planted on the land for 5,3 and 2
			 years prior to stand establishment for producing the Foundation, Registered and
			 Certified seed classes respectively.
2. During the year immediately prior to the
			 seeding of any class of seed, the land shall be free from volunteer plants. No
			 manure or other contaminating material shall be applied the year previous to
			 seeding or during the establishment and productive life of the stand.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.04-004 - 2003 Amendments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 130, Handbook 44, and Annual Book of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards

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237-5 D Ediesel
Source: Central Weights and Measures Association (CWMA)
				Recommendation:
To request that E diesel be added to the agenda of the
				Committee as a "Developing Item".
Justification:
(a) There is currently no consensus
			 specification for E diesel, and a specification may need to be developed at a
			 later date.
(b) It may become
			 necessary to develop "retail" labeling guidelines for E diesel.
(c) If development of specification and
			 labeling guidelines need to be developed, it may become necessary to assign
			 this effort to the Petroleum Subcommittee or a specially selected Task
			 Group.
Background:
E diesel is a blend of Standard Number
				2 diesel fuel containing up to 15 percent ethanol by volume. The blend also
				contains 0.2 to 5.0 percent by volume proprietary additives to maintain certain
				fuel properties and blend stability. Currently E diesel does not have to
				conform to any specification designating properties.
E diesel is being sold commercially for off-road applications
				and is being used in several on-road demonstration fleets. A group of E diesel
				stakeholders have formed the E diesel consortium to address the technical and
				regulatory issues with this fuel.
The Consortium has also approached ASTM about developing an E
				diesel specification.
At the CWMA Interim Meeting in September 2002, E diesel
				Consortium representative Robert Reynolds provided an update on the activities
				of the E diesel Consortium and requested that E diesel be put on the Committee
				agenda as a "Developing Item."
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.04-007 - Official Standards for Seed Certification

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A. The general seed certification standards
			 are basic, and together with the following specific standards, shall constitute
			 the regulations for the certification of lespedeza.
*
The Marion variety of Striate Lespedeza is allowed to
				be certified if it meets the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies
				(AOSCA) standards for lespedeza.
B.
Land Requirements:
1. A crop of the same kind must not have been
			 grown or planted on the land for 5,3 and 2 years prior to stand establishment
			 for producing the Foundation, Registered and Certified seed classes
			 respectively.
2. During the year
			 immediately prior to the seeding of any class of seed, the land shall be free
			 from volunteer plants. No manure or other contaminating material shall be
			 applied the year previous to seeding or during the establishment and productive
			 life of the stand.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.04-008 - Official Standards for Seed Certification

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A. The general seed certification standards
			 are basic, and together with the following specific standards, shall constitute
			 the regulations for the certification of lespedeza.
*
The Marion variety of Striate Lespedeza is allowed to
				be certified if it meets the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies
				(AOSCA) standards for lespedeza.
B.
Land Requirements:
1. A crop of the same kind must not have been
			 grown or planted on the land for 5,3 and 2 years prior to stand establishment
			 for producing the Foundation, Registered and Certified seed classes
			 respectively.
2. During the year
			 immediately prior to the seeding of any class of seed, the land shall be free
			 from volunteer plants. No manure or other contaminating material shall be
			 applied the year previous to seeding or during the establishment and productive
			 life of the stand.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.05-003 - Amendment of Section 6 of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Handbook 130 Voluntary Registration Regulation

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Section 6.
Certificate of
			 Registration
The Director will review and check the qualifications of each
				applicant. The Director shall issue to the applicant a "Certificate of
				Registration," including an assigned registration number if it is determined
				that the applicant is qualified. The "Certificate of Registration" will expire
				1 year from the date of issuance. (Added 1966; Amended 1984)
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.05-007 - Agricultural Consultant Regulations

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REGULATION
			 1.
Fees.
Annual license fees shall be (100.00) one hundred
				dollars.
REGULATION 2.
Continuing Education.
a) Minimum
			 40 hours every 2 years. Continuing education hours must be:
(1) Plant Board or designee
			 approved;
(2) Certified Crop
			 Advisors (CCA);
(3) National
			 Alliance Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC) or combination of the
			 above.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.06-001 - Circular 11 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Program Rules

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REGULATIONS ON PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS
SECTION I. PUBLIC NUISANCE DECLARED. The
			 following plant diseases, insect pests and noxious weeds, under the provisions
			 of the Arkansas Plant Act (AC.A. '
			 2-16-201 et seq) are hereby
			 declared to be a public nuisance, including anything infected, infested or
			 contaminated therewith. The extent to which these plant diseases, insect pests
			 and noxious weeds are regulated is covered in this and other Plant Board
			 circulars. Italicized pests are intent of horticulture inspections.
A.
Plant Disease Pests Listed
1.
Chestnut blight
(chestnut
			 and chinquapin)
2.
Phony
			 peach, peach mosaic and peach rosette
3. Fusiform and other gall rusts of
			 pines
4. Texas root rot (cotton and
			 other plants)
5.
Oak wilt
			 (oak, chestnut and other trees and shrubs)
6.
Cedar-apple
			 rust
7.
Fire
			 blight (pear, apple and other plants)
8.
Root knot
			 nematode
9.
Soybean cyst nematode
10.
Foliar nematodes (Aphelenchoides besseyi and
			 others)
11.
Crown
			 gall and other infectious galls
12.
Hairy root of apple and
			 rose
13.
Bacterial spot of peach
14.
Strawberry
			 dwarf
15.
Red
			 stele of strawberry
16.
Virus diseases on horticultural crops
17.
Strawberry yellows
			 (genetic)
18.
Infectious cankers
19.
Bacterial spot of tomato
20.
Alternaria and septoria leaf
			 spots of tomato
21.
Late blight of tomato
22.
Camellia petal
			 blight
23.
Azalea
			 petal blight
24. Hoja
			 blanca disease of rice
25.
Internal cork of sweet potato
26.
Black rot of sweet
			 potato
27.
Stem
			 rot of sweet potato
28.
Anthracnose on various host plants
29.
Pink root of
			 onion
30. Sting
			 nematode
31.
Blights and
			 leaf spots damaging to plants
32.
Collar rot
33.
Dutch Elm
			 disease
34.
Phloem necrosis
35.
Bud rot on strawberries
36.
Fusarium wilt of tomatoes (all
			 races)
37.
Blueberry nursery stock diseases
38.
Pinew ood
			 nematode
39. Blackleg of
			 rape
40.
Rose
			 Rossette