New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Res - Commissioner, Department of Resources and Economic Development
Chapter Res 5500 - FOREST HEALTH
Part Res 5501 - DEFINITIONS FOR FOREST HEALTH
Section Res 5501.01 - Definitions

(a) "Control" means eradicating, suppressing, reducing, or managing threatening insect or disease populations, their host and habitat, and preventing the spread of these insects and diseases.

(b) "Control area" means the area delineated for treatment in order to prevent the spread of insect or disease to an adjacent area.

(c) "Dangerous insect or disease" means an insect or pathogen species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

(d) "Disease" means malfunctioning of host cells and tissues that result from continuous irritation by a pathogenic agent or environmental factor and leads to development of symptoms.

(e) "Firewood" means all wood of any species, cut or not cut, split or not split, regardless of length which is either in a form or size appropriate for use as fuel or destined for use as a fuel, and firewood does not include:

(f) "Insect" means "insect" as defined in RSA 430:52, VI, namely "any of the small invertebrate animals generally having a body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising 6-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than 6 legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice."

(g) "Non-native pest" means an insect or disease of foreign origin that has been introduced into an ecosystem where it has not been known to occur.

(h) "Person" means any individual, governmental entity, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, or any other organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof.

(i) "Quarantine" means "quarantine" as defined in RSA 227-G:2, XV, namely "a legal restriction duly imposed or enacted as a means for preventing or delaying the spread of a forest pest."

(j) "Untreated wood" means any firewood having not been kiln dried or heated to 71 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes or treated with other approved methods as certified by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PPQ.