Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 14 - Oklahoma Boll Weevil
Section 35:30-14-1 - Definitions
The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Certificate" means a document issued by an authorized agent of the Department indicating that the movement or transportation of the regulated article complies with the legal requirements detailed in these rules.
"Cotton products" means seed cotton, cotton lint, linters, oil mill waste, gin waste, squares, bolls, gin trash, cotton seed, cottonseed hulls, and all other forms of cotton fiber, excluding the cotton plant or any part of it including stalks, flowers, roots, or leaves.
"Cotton production equipment" means cotton equipment used to plant, harvest, transport, or destroy cotton.
"Elimination zone" means that portion of this state where eradication of the boll weevil is undertaken as an objective.
"Functionally eradicated area" means an area meeting the trapping criteria for a suppressed area with no confirmed evidence of boll weevil reproduction, no oviposition in squares, and movement of regulated articles into or through the area presents a threat to the success of the boll weevil eradication program. The boll weevil population shall be equal to or less than the average of 0.001 boll weevils per trap per week during the cotton-growing season as measured by boll weevil pheromone traps operated by the Organization or any other state agency.
"Inspector" means any authorized agent of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry assigned to enforce the provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act and promulgated rules.
"Permit" means a specialized document issued by an authorized agent of the Department for the movement or transportation of a regulated article that complies with the legal requirements in these rules.
"Regulated area" means any state other than Oklahoma or any portion of that state that is infested with the boll weevil.
"Restricted area" means that portion of an elimination zone designated as suppressed, functionally eradicated, or eradicated.
"Suppressed area" means an area in which boll weevil reproduction may be present and movement of regulated articles into or through the area presents a threat to the success of the boll weevil eradication program. The boll weevil population must be equal to or less than 0.025 weevils per trap per week during the cotton-growing season as measured by boll weevil pheromone traps operated by the Organization or any other state agency.
Added at 17 Ok Reg 2834, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 749, eff 4-26-04; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1772, eff 6-25-07
