Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 4 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 4.12 - AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES DIVISION
Subchapter 4.12.14 - Distribution, Inspection, Orchards, and Nurseries
Rule 4.12.1442 - APPLICANT AND CERTIFIED CLEAN PLANT AND INDEXING ENTITY RESPONSIBILITIES
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 4.12.1442
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The applicant and certified individual or entities will:
(a) Be registered or licensed
in appropriate areas, e.g., nursery licensure is required for all plant
materials covered under the definition of nursery stock;
(b) Develop and submit for approval a written
clean plant and indexing certification plan that addresses the required
elements identified by the department;
(c) Select, establish, develop, and manage
all facilities and plant and propagation areas to meet the standards and
requirements of the clean plant and indexing certification program, which
includes critical control points associated with the operation, e.g.,
cultivation, irrigation, movement, sanitation, equipment management and other
farming practices;
(d) Maintain
identity, registry, and plant health certificates of all plant materials
associated with foundation, nuclear, generation, mother, scion, seed,
rootstock, stool, increase, certified, and other qualified plant and plant
propagative materials that are traceable;
(e) Comply with all indexing, testing, and
analysis required following an approved schedule. Ensure all test results are
made available directly to the department from the approved agency or
laboratory;
(f) Notify the
department of virus, disease, and pest issues that violate or could lead, if
unabated, to violations of clean plant and indexing certification standards and
threaten certification of plants, plant materials and propagation materials.
Participants must follow approved pest management plan actions to address
virus, disease, and pest issues or, when deemed necessary, instructions of the
department;
(g) Make facilities,
propagation and production areas as well as tests and analysis and other
documents available for inspection and audits by the department, or its
representative or USDA;
(h) Address
identified issues and violations within an identified time frame that resolves
the issue or violation necessary to meet clean plant and indexing certification
requirements;
(i) Keep records
necessary to document: clean plant and indexing certification requirements;
plant material identity from introduction, import, or development through sale,
distribution, movement, export, or disposition; inspection and audit records
and findings; compliance issues and resolutions; and test and analysis results
for a minimum of three years;
(j)
Make application using a form provided by the department and pay application
fees; and
(k) Pay certification
identification marker fees (labels, tags, and other methods of
identification).
AUTH: 80-7-108, 80-7-402, MCA; IMP: 80-7-108, 80-7-402, MCA
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