Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(2) Definitions:
(a) "Applicant" means the person or
organization who submits application for certification of forest reproductive
material to certifying agency and who assumes responsibility for compliance
with these standards.
(b) "Audit"
means periodic examination and check by certifying agency of any part or all of
the records and procedures specified in field standards and conditioning
standards, and of additional records pertinent to inventory and distribution of
reproductive material including verification of corresponding physical
inventory to assure that no significant errors or omissions exist.
(c) "Batch" means all or part of a lot of
reproductive material of a single species collected during one crop season from
within stated breeding zone(s) or from within stated five hundred foot
elevation increment(s) in stated seed zone(s) that is collected or processed at
one time.
(d) "Breeding zone" means
a specific designated unit of land, the description of which is on file at the
certifying agency, for which an improved population of trees of a specific
species or species cross is being produced.
(e) "Buyer" means person who first receives
reproductive material from the collector.
(f) "Certificate of genetic identity" means a
document furnished by the producer on demand and verified by the certifying
agency describing the ancestry and breeding behavior of a lot of reproductive
material.
(g) "Certification of
reproductive material" means execution by certifying agency of field
inspection, plant/warehouse inspection and/or audit to accomplish the purpose
described in subsection (1) of this section.
(h) "Certifying agency" means the designated
agent of the state agency: In Washington state, the designated agent is the
Washington State Crop Improvement Association.
(i) "Certificate of provenance" means a
document issued by certifying agency which verifies source and origin of
reproductive material by field inspection and audit. (Only certificates of
provenance are issued to satisfy O.E.C.D.)
(j) "Character" means a distinctive trait,
but not necessarily an invariable feature, exhibited by all individuals of a
group and capable of being described or measured: E.g., growth; form; color;
resistance to disease, insects, weather, animals, etc.
(k) "Code" means a unique identification of a
group of the producer's pertinent records about a lot of forest reproductive
material.
(l) "Collector" means a
person who collects forest reproductive material at its source.
(m) "Elevation" means altitude above sea
level and is divided in five hundred foot increments as shown below, or may
mean appropriate elevational bands as provided for under code or breeding zone.
0 - |
500 feet - Code 05 |
2501 - 3000 feet |
- Code 30 |
501 - |
1000 feet - Code 10 |
3001 - 3500 feet |
- Code 35 |
1001 - |
1500 feet - Code 15 |
3501 - 4000 feet |
- Code 40 |
1501 - |
2000 feet - Code 20 |
4001 - 4500 feet |
- Code 45 |
2001 - |
2500 feet - Code 25 |
4501 - 5000 feet |
- Code 50 |
and so forth. |
(n)
"Field" inspection means observation by certifying agency of all activities and
records involved in propagation, collection, buying, production, and
transportation of forest reproductive material to assure compliance with field
standards.
(o) "Forest reproductive
material" means plant material of genera and species of trees which will be
used for forestry.
(p) "Genetic
identity" means the ancestry and breeding background of selected and tested
classes only of the forest reproductive material.
(q) "Genetic superiority" means that forest
reproductive material originated from tree(s) whose superiority in one or more
characters important to forestry has been proven by tests conducted in
specified environments.
(r)
"Location" means description by seed zone or portion thereof and elevation
and/or breeding zone or code.
(s)
"Legal description" means legal cadastral survey subdivision.
(t) "Lot" means a homogeneous quantity of
forest reproductive material.
(i) For tested
and selected classes, it is of a single species, cultivar, or cross collected
during one crop season from a distinctively described and recorded population
of trees.
(ii) For source
identified class, it is a single species collected during one crop season from
within stated seed zone(s) and from within five hundred foot elevation
increment(s) or breeding zones or appropriate codes.
(iii) For an audit class, it is a single
species collected during one crop season from within stated seed zone(s) and
from within five hundred foot elevation increment(s).
(iv) Lots shall be identified by number
and/or code or breeding zone.
(u) "Origin" means the location of the
indigenous parents; for nonindigenous parents, it is the location from which
the seed or plants were originally introduced.
(v) "Plant/warehouse inspection" means
observation by certifying agency of all activities and records involved in
receiving, processing, storage and labeling of forest reproductive material to
assure compliance with conditioning standards.
(w) "Producer" means person, company, bureau
or agency with overall responsibility for producing forest reproductive
material.
(x) "Provenance" means
the original geographic source of seed, pollen or propagules.
(y) "Reproductive material" means seed,
pollen, trees, cuttings, scions, etc., originating from forest trees.
(z) "Seed zone" means a geographic area
delineated on western forest tree seed council's tree seed zone map published
July 1973, or similarly authoritative maps of seed zones as approved by
certifying agency.
(aa) "Source"
means the location of the immediate parents, the origin of which may be
indigenous, nonindigenous, or unknown.
(bb) "Test" means evaluation of parents by
comparing the performance of their offspring under more controlled conditions
that exist for the parent(s) or other applicable tests which evaluate specific
character(s) of the parents or the offspring.
(cc) "Unit of measure" means a consistent
volume of measure, i.e., bushels, pounds, grams, number, cubic centimeters,
etc.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.49 RCW. 87-12-006 (Order
1930), § 16-319-020, filed 5/22/87; 84-13-079 (Order 1834), §
16-319-020, filed 6/21/84; 80-10-001 (Order 1704), § 16-319-020, filed
7/24/80; 79-05-070 (Order 1625), § 16-319-020, filed 4/30/79; Order 1506,
§ 16-319-020, filed 4/11/77; Order 1369, § 16-319-020, filed 6/12/74;
Order 1151, § 16-319-020, filed 4/16/70; Order 1089, § 16-319-020,
filed 6/4/68; Order 1044, Regulation 1-5, filed 4/14/67, effective 5/5/67;
Order 1030, filed 8/19/66, effective
9/19/66.