Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-14 - Quarantine Pertaining to Spongy Moth - Lymantria Dispar
Section R68-14-2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 68-14-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food or the commissioner's designee.

(2) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

(3) "Interior quarantine" means a quarantine within Utah established against the movement of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified as being infested by the department.

(4) "Exterior quarantine" means a quarantine established against the movement into this state of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified as being infested by the department.

(5) "Spongy moth Lymantria dispar" means a lepidopterous insect of the family Lymantriidae that in the larval stage defoliates many species of trees and shrubs.

(6) "Qualified certified applicator (QCA)" means any individual who:

(a) is certified pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136i as a certified commercial applicator in a category allowing use of the Restricted Use Pesticides recommended for use in the treatment of outdoor household articles for the spongy moth; and

(b) has attended and finished a workshop segment approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on the identification and treatment of spongy moth life stages on regulated articles.

(7) "Regulated articles " means articles and commodities that are placed under quarantine when located within or originating from an area listed in Section R68-14-3. Regulated articles are listed in Section R68-14-4.

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