Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-06 - Plant Certification
Chapter 0080-06-22 - Boll Weevil Eradication
Section 0080-06-22-.02 - DEFINITIONS

(1) APHIS - United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

(2) Boll Weevil - Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development.

(3) Certificate - A document issued or authorized by the Commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils. Such articles may be moved to any destination.

(4) Certified Cotton Growers' Organization - The Tennessee Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., as certified by the Commissioner for the purpose of entering into agreements with the state of Tennessee, other states, the federal government and other parties as may be necessary to carry out the boll weevil eradication program in the state of Tennessee.

(5) Commissioner - The Commissioner of Agriculture or his designated representative.

(6) Compliance Agreement - A written agreement between the Department of Agriculture and any person engaged in growing, dealing in, or moving regulated articles wherein the latter agrees to comply with specified provisions to prevent dissemination of the boll weevil.

(7) Department - The Tennessee Department of Agriculture.

(8) Elimination Area - That portion of Tennessee where eradication of the boll weevil is undertaken as an objective.

(9) FSA - United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency.

(10) Foundation - The Tennessee Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc.

(11) Gin Trash - All material produced during the cleaning and ginning of cotton seed, bollies or snapped cotton except lint, cottonseed or gin waste.

(12) Grower - Any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing or causing to be produced cotton for market.

(13) Infested - Actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists.

(14) Non-Commercial Cotton - Cotton intended for purposes other than processing.

(15) Permit - A document issued or authorized by the Commissioner to provide for the movement of a regulated article to a restricted destination for limited handling, utilization or processing.

(16) Person - Any individual, corporation, company, society, association or other business entity.

(17) Regulated Area - Any county, parish, township, city or other civil division or part thereof in any state or territory listed in this Chapter as being placed under quarantine, and such other areas as may become infested or deemed to present a hazard of spread of the boll weevil.

(18) Seed Cotton - Cotton as it comes from the field prior to ginning.

(19) Used Cotton Equipment - Any cotton equipment previously used to harvest, strip, transport or process cotton.

(20) Waiver - A written authorization which exempts an individual from compliance with one or more specific requirements of this Chapter.