HAR §4-72-2
HAR §4-72-2. Definitions
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 4-72-2
As used in this chapter:
"Advisory Committee" means the advisory committee on plants and animals;
"Animal manure" means manure from poultry or livestock;
"Board" means the board of agriculture;
"Chief" means chief of the plant quarantine branch;
"Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between the department and a person who carries out commercial activities that includes any terms or conditions the chief determines will slow or prevent the spread of a pest. A compliance agreement between the department and a person is a permit issued by the department to that person for the purposes of section 150A-8, HRS.
"Department" means the department of agriculture;
"Infested" means harboring a pest;
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"Infested area" means an island or locality within the State where a specific pest is known to be established;
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity, including a governmental or not-for-profit entity;
"Pest" means any animal, insect, disease agent or other organism in any stage of development that is detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, or horticulture, or animal or public health, or natural resources including native biota or has an adverse effect on the environment as determined by the board;
"Pest host material" means any plant, propagative plant part, non-propagative plant part, soil, or any other thing that is found to be transporting or harboring an insect, disease, or pest;
"Restricted area" means an island or locality within the State where a specific pest is not known to be established or where an eradication or control project for a specified pest is being conducted by the department;
"Soil" means that part of the upper layer of earth in which plants can grow; this material may or may not contain organic matter and includes such planting media as deteriorated peat; and
"State" means the State of Hawaii. [Eff 7/13/81; comp 9/19/91; am and comp 2/24/12; am and comp JAN 24 2025] (Auth: HRS §§141-2, 150A-9) (Imp: HRS §§141-2, 150A-8)