Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-10-6 - IMPORTED FIRE ANT QUARANTINE
Section 80-10-6-.11 - Exempted Articles
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
The following articles are exempt from all regulated area certification and permit requirements if they meet applicable conditions prescribed and have not been exposed to infestation after cleaning or other handling:
(1) Potting soil, if commercially prepared, packaged, and shipped in original containers;
(2) Hay and straw, if used for packing or bedding;
(3) Used mechanized soil-moving equipment, if cleaned of all loose, noncompacted soil;
(4) Transplants, if substantially free of soil, and houseplants grown in the home and not for sale;
(5) Soil samples for processing, testing, or analysis may be moved from the regulated area only to laboratories operated under compliance agreement or only in emergencies under authorization from the commissioner;
(6) Compost, decomposed manure, humus and peat, if dehydrated, ground, pulverized, or compressed;
(7) Logs and pulpwood, provided the loading site has been properly treated as recommended;
(8) Stump wood, if free of excessive amounts of soil, provided the loading site has been treated and the stump wood is consigned to a designated plant.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-25-1, et seq.
