South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 27 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY STATE LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH COMMISSION › Article 18 - BOLL WEEVIL QUARANTINE › Section 27-1098 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
For the purpose of this Section, in addition to definitions
				contained in Chapter 46-10-20 of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act, the following
				shall apply:
A. "Boll Weevil
			 Eradication Foundation of South Carolina, Inc." means a cotton grower's
			 organization certified by the State Crop Pest Commission for the purpose of
			 entering into agreements with the State of South Carolina, other states, and
			 federal agencies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
			 Act.
B. "Compliance Agreement"
			 means a written agreement between a person engaged in growing, dealing in or
			 moving regulated articles and the South Carolina Department of Plant Industry
			 of Clemson University, wherein the former agrees to comply with conditions
			 specified in the agreement to prevent the dissemination of the boll
			 weevil.
C. "Exemption" means
			 provisions contained in these regulations which provide for modifications in
			 conditions of movement of regulated articles from regulated areas under
			 specified conditions.
D. Cotton
			 Producer (Producer) means the person(s) responsible for production and sale of
			 a cotton crop on any individual farm. Generally, the owner of the
			 crop.
E. "Gin Trash" means all of
			 the material produced during the cleaning and ginning of seed cotton, bollies
			 or snapped cotton except the lint, cottonseed, gin waste.
F. "Inspector" means any authorized employee
			 of the South Carolina Department of Plant Industry of Clemson University or any
			 person authorized by the Director to enforce the provisions of this
			 Section.
G. "Non-commercial Cotton"
			 means cotton intended for purposes other than processing, including ornamental
			 cotton.
H. Ornamental cotton means
			 cotton of any color planted on any premise for purposes other than commercial
			 production for lint and includes seeds, bolls, potted plants or any portions of
			 the plant being distributed or offered for sale. This term encompasses cotton
			 planted for educational purposes, as a tourist attraction, for retail or
			 wholesale sale as a growing or dried plant, for individual use or for personal
			 satisfaction.
I. Department of
			 Plant Industry (Department) means that unit within Regulatory and Public
			 Service Programs, Clemson University which is responsible for all plant
			 regulatory and quarantine programs in the state.
J. "Regulated Area" means any quarantined
			 state or any portion thereof designated as a regulated area.
K. "Seed Cotton" means cotton as it comes
			 from the field prior to ginning.
L.
			 FSA means the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service
			 Agency.
M. "Used Cotton Equipment"
			 means cotton equipment previously used to harvest, strip, transport, or process
			 cotton.
N. "Waiver" means a written
			 authorization which exempts an individual from compliance with one or more
			 specific requirements of this Section.
O. Program means the Boll Weevil Eradication
			 Program.
P. Quarantine area means
			 the entire state of South Carolina, any other quarantined state, and any area
			 which is generally infested with the boll weevil.
Q. Regulated area means the entire state of
			 South Carolina, except that portion of the State which has been designated as
			 an infested area. For purposes of this regulation, the terms regulated area and
			 containment area are synonymous.
R.
			 Infested area means that portion of South Carolina in which boll weevils are
			 found in excessive numbers, as determined by the Director, and in which
			 eradication efforts are ongoing. It also means any other State or portion
			 thereof which produces commercial cotton and in which the boll weevil is not
			 eradicated or in containment, as determined by that state's Department of
			 Agriculture or certified grower's organization.
Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section
				  46-10-30