S.C. Code Regs. § § 27-57.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 27-57.1 - Definitions

A. "Certificate" means a document, electronic or otherwise, issued or authorized to be issued by the Department, state, or USDA-APHIS inspector to allow the movement of regulated articles to any destination.

B. "Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between an individual or concern engaged in growing, dealing in, or moving regulated articles and a state or USDA-APHIS, wherein the former agrees to comply with conditions specified in the agreement to prevent the dissemination of emerald ash borer.

C. "Department" means the Clemson University Department of Plant Industry, or its representatives, acting on behalf of the South Carolina Crop Pest Commission or the Director and acting as the plant regulatory representative of South Carolina.

D. "Director" means the Director of Regulatory and Public Service Programs at Clemson University.

E. "Emerald ash borer" (EAB) means the insect known as emerald ash borer (Agrilusplanipennis [Coleoptera: Buprestidae]) in any stage of development.

F. "Firewood" means any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel when species present are not labeled and/or readily identifiable.

G. "Inspector" means any authorized employee or agent of the State Crop Pest Commission, state, or USDA-APHIS, or any other person authorized by the Director to enforce the provisions of these regulations.

H. "Moved" means shipped, offered for shipment, received for transportation, transported, carried, or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, or carried.

I. "Movement documents" means any certificates and/or compliance agreements applicable to these regulations issued by the Department, state, or USDA-APHIS representatives.

J. "Nursery stock" means all fruit, nut and shade trees, all ornamental plants and trees, bush fruits, buds, grafts, scions, vines, roots, bulbs, seedlings, slips or other portions of plants (excluding true seeds) grown or kept for propagation, sale or distribution. Also includes any other plant included by the Director, if regulating its movement is necessary to control any plant pest.

K. "Person" means any association, company, corporation, firm, individual, joint stock company, partnership, society, or any other legal entity.

L. "Quarantined area" means the designated area set by the South Carolina Crop Pest Commission to isolate all known occurrences of the emerald ash borer in one geographical area.

M. "Regulated Articles" means those articles that require a certificate year-round except as indicated.

N. "State" means a state's plant regulatory representative, usually a Department of Agriculture, in any state.

O. "USDA-APHIS" means the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

S.C. Code Regs. § 27-57.1

Added by State Register Volume 42, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/25/2018.