New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 17 - PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL
Part 28 - PECAN WEEVIL EXTERIOR QUARANTINE
Section 21.17.28.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Board" means the regents of New Mexico state university or any individual whom authority to act in their stead has been or hereafter may be delegated.

B. "Certificate of origin" means a document issued by the department of agriculture of the state of origin that certifies that exported commodities contained in a shipment are wholly obtained, produced, manufactured or processed in a particular state and county. Certificate shall include name and address of grower and consignee, regulated article and amount, date of shipment and lot number. Lot number must also be placed on each shipping container or bag to correspond with lot numbers on the certificate of origin.

C. "Compliance agreement" means a document issued or authorized by the department that outlines/identifies specific requirements related to the transportation, treatment, handling or processes related to regulated articles.

D. "Department" means the New Mexico department of agriculture and authorized staff.

E. "Director" means director secretary of New Mexico department of agriculture.

F. "Infested" means reasonable expectation that regulated articles may harbor pecan weevil.

G. "Non-compliant" means regulated articles transported into New Mexico that are in violation of the requirements set forth in 21.17.28 NMAC.

H. "Originating" means produced within or having spent sufficient time in a quarantine area to be believed to be at risk of being infested.

I. "Pecan weevil" means any live developmental stage or synonym of curculio caryae (horn) including adult, pupae, larvae, or egg.

J. "Phytosanitary certificate" means a document issued or authorized by a state department of agriculture with specific declarations to include contact information for pecan owner, shipment amount, treatment method, treatment dates, destination contact information, and other information deemed relevant by the department. Includes equivalent documents issued by a state department of agriculture and addresses completion of treatment requirements.

K. "Regulated article" means pecan weevil, plant tissue, equipment, trailers, or any other item capable of or having a reasonable expectation of harboring pecan weevil. Including all varieties of pecan and hickory in-shell nuts; sacks used in harvesting, storage, transporting or storing of in-shell pecans or hickory nuts; harvesting equipment; live trees or parts thereof with soil attached; hulls, husks, and fragments of hull.