Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 315 - VIRGINIA IMPORTED FIRE ANT QUARANTINE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE VIRGINIA PEST LAW › Section 2VAC5-315-30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer
				  Services.
"Certificate" means a document issued by an inspector or
				  person operating in accordance with a compliance agreement to allow the
				  movement of regulated articles to any destination.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Virginia
				  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between a
				  person engaged in growing, handling, receiving, or moving regulated articles
				  and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the United
				  States Department of Agriculture, or both, wherein the former agrees to comply
				  with the requirements of the compliance agreement and comply with the
				  provisions of this regulation.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Agriculture and
				  Consumer Services.
"Imported fire ant" means the live insect, in any life stage,
				  known as the imported fire ant,
Solenopsis invicta
Buren
				  (commonly known as Red Imported Fire Ant) and
Solenopsis
				  richteri
Forel (commonly known as Black Imported Fire Ant),and hybrids
				  of these species.
"Infestation" means the presence of the imported fire ant or
				  the existence of circumstances that make it reasonable to believe that the
				  imported fire ant is present.
"Inspector" means an employee of the Virginia Department of
				  Agriculture and Consumer Services or other person authorized by the
				  Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to
				  enforce the provisions of this quarantine or regulation.
"Limited permit" or "permit" means a document issued by an
				  inspector to allow the movement of regulated articles to a specific
				  destination.
"Moved," "move," or "movement" means shipped, offered for
				  shipment, received for transportation, transported, carried, or allowed to be
				  moved, shipped, transported, or carried.
"Noncompacted soil" means soil that can be removed from an
				  article by brisk brushing or washing.
"Person" meansthe term as defined in § 1-230 of the Code
				  of Virginia.
"Regulated area" means the locality or area listed in
				  2VAC5-315-50 of this
				  quarantine.
"Soil" means, for the purpose of this regulation, any
				  nonliquid combination of organic or inorganic material, or both, in which
				  plants can grow.
"Soil-moving equipment" means any equipment used for moving
				  or transporting soil, including, but not limited to, bulldozers, backhoes, dump
				  trucks, or road scrapers.
"Virginia Pest Law" means the statute set forth in Chapter 7
				  (§ 3.2-700 et seq.) of Title 3.2 of the Code of
				  Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 3.2-703 and 3.2-704 of the Code of
					 Virginia.