Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XV - Plant Protection and Quarantine › Chapter 1 - Crop Pests and Diseases › Subchapter A - General Plant Quarantine Provisions › Section XV-103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Agent
or
Inspector
-any
					 designee of the state entomologist who is qualified by training and/or
					 experience to identify plant pests or diseases.
Certificate
-a document issued by the state
					 entomologist evidencing apparent freedom of plants, plant products or parts
					 thereof or regulated articles from infestation.
Certificate Permit
-a written document,
					 stamp, or other form of identification approved by the department, which
					 authorizes the movement, sale or offer for sale or storage of plants, plant
					 products or parts thereof or regulated materials.
Certificate Permit Tag
-a tag which
					 authorizes the movement, sale or offer for sale or storage of plants, plant
					 products or parts thereof, or regulated materials.
Commissioner
-the commissioner of
					 Agriculture and Forestry.
Container
-a crate, box, basket, sack, bag
					 or any other kind of container used for the shipment or storage of plants,
					 plant products, parts thereof, or equipment used in the propagation, production
					 or harvesting of plants subject to regulation.
Department
-the Louisiana Department of
					 Agriculture and Forestry.
Eradication Area
-any area within a
					 quarantine area in which plants or host material or other equipment are to be
					 eradicated.
Fumigation Certificate
-a document
					 evidencing fumigation of plants, plant products or parts thereof or regulated
					 materials.
Host
-any plant on or in which any plant
					 pest or plant disease lives for nourishment or protection.
Host Material
-any substance which harbors
					 any plant pest or disease.
Infested Property
-any property where
					 infested plants, plant products or parts thereof or host material has been
					 found, or any property onto which host material from an infested property has
					 been moved for any purpose.
Limited Permit
-a document authorizing the
					 movement of regulated articles to a restricted area for limited handling,
					 utilization, processing or for treatment.
Move, Movement
or
Moved
-shipment, deposit for transmission in the mail, offer
					 for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, otherwise transport or move,
					 or allow to be moved, by mail or otherwise, interstate or intrastate, directly
					 or indirectly.
Person
-any individual, firm, company,
					 corporation, partnership, society or association engaged in growing,
					 harvesting, storing, shipping or processing any plants subject to inspection
					 and/or regulation by the state entomologist.
Pest
-any insect known to be destructive of
					 specific plant life in any stage of development, i.e., egg, larva, pupa or
					 adult.
Pest-Free Area
-any location where there is
					 no known incidence of a specific plant pest or disease. (Note: Any given
					 location may be designated as pest-free for one pest but restricted and/or
					 quarantined for another pest.)
Premises
-any parcel of land, including any
					 buildings located thereon, irrigation systems and any other similar locations
					 where plant pests or diseases may be supported.
Property
-any equipment of any kind,
					 containers for crops, vehicles and other similar properties where plant pests
					 and/or diseases may be found.
Quarantine
-an official Act of the state
					 entomologist to prohibit or limit planting, production, harvesting, movement,
					 sale or offer for sale, or storage of plants subject to infestation and/or any
					 host material of such plants.
Quarantined Area
-any property within or
					 outside of the state of Louisiana which has been officially designated as a
					 quarantine area because such area is suspected of being or is found to be
					 infested with any plant pest or plant disease which is detrimental to any crop
					 grown in Louisiana.
Regulated Area
or
Restricted
					 Area
-any property under quarantine or within a 1-mile radius of any
					 property under quarantine.
Regulated Materials
or
Restricted
					 Materials
-any plants, plant products or parts thereof subject to
					 regulation under this Subchapter, or any host material for any plant pest or
					 disease.
State Entomologist
-the official within the
					 department, or his designee, who is authorized to impose and supervise plant
					 quarantines.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 3:1652.