Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 18 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES
Rule 3 - Control of Pests or Pathogens
Section 3-10 - Control of black vine weevils
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24-5-4
Sec. 10.
(a) Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) is a pest or pathogen. This section governs standards for the control of black vine weevils.
(b) Nursery stock which is shipped into Indiana or shipped, sold, or grown in Indiana must be free from black vine weevils.
(c) The certificate required under IC 14-24-5-4 for nursery stock shipped into Indiana from another state must verify the following:
(d) Nursery stock, containers for nursery stock, and any trucks in which nursery stock is shipped shall be returned to the state of origin or treated to the satisfaction of the division if the presence of black vine weevils or damage by black vine weevils is detected.
(e) A nurseryman who grows nursery stock at a site infested with black vine weevils may, upon notice by the division, be required to eradicate the black vine weevils and withhold from sale or movement plants which were grown in the infested site. These requirements apply until modified or terminated by the division director or a division inspector.
(f) A dealer who possesses nursery stock where black vine weevils are found or evidence of black vine weevil damages is found may, upon notice by the division, be required to do any of the following:
(g) A site used to grow or maintain nursery stock where black vine weevils have been found may be released from any restriction imposed under this section and certified free from black vine weevils if the following requirements are met: