Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used in the boll weevil eradication program. (1) As used in 2 CSR 70-13.010 to 2 CSR 7013.040 the following terms mean: (A) Eradication program—any unified regional or statewide program designed to eliminate the boll weevil as an economic pest within the specified area; (B) Certified Cotton Growers Organization—a cotton growers’ organization certified by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of entering into agreements with the state of Missouri, other states, federal agencies, and any other agency of Missouri or another state as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this rule; (C) 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; (D) Eradication zone—that portion of Missouri where eradication of the boll weevil is undertaken as an objective; (E) FSA—United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency; (F) Gin trash—all material produced during the cleaning and ginning of seed cotton, bolls or snapped cotton except lint and cottonseed; (G) Region—a specific cotton growing area within the state as defined by the Certified Cotton Growers Organization; (H) Regulated area—any county, township, city or other civil division or part thereof in any state or territory 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; (I) Seed cotton—cotton as it comes from the field prior to ginning; (J) Used cotton equipment—any cotton equipment previously used to harvest, strip, transport, or process cotton; and (K) Waiver—a written authorization which exempts an individual from compliance with one (1) or more specific requirements of a statute or rule, as it pertains to the boll weevil eradication program. AUTHORITY: section 263.505, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed June 29, 1999, effective Dec. 30, 1999. *Original authority: 263.505, RSMo 1995.