Conditions Governing Movement Of Regulated Articles

Regulated articles originating in an infested area are prohibited movement into or through the State of Tennessee except that: (1) (a) Regulated articles originating in an infested area may be moved through this State by common carrier on a through waybill showing destination and provided that such shipment be in sealed car, truck, or other conveyance. (b) Sweet potato roots for other than seed purposes, originating in an infested area, may be moved to designated processing plants in this State provided that: 1. Such potatoes bear on each package or container a certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the State of origin affirming that the potatoes have been fumigated or otherwise treated in accordance with accepted procedures immediately prior to shipment and subsequently protected from reinfestation. 2. Any processing plant desiring to purchase, move, or cause to be moved potatoes from infested areas to this State under the provisions of this Section, shall apply to the Director of Entomology and Plant Pathology of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture at least 15 days before the movement is to commence setting forth the source from which the SWEET POTATO WEEVIL QUARANTINE CHAPTER 0080-6-6 movement is proposed, the approximate date or dates on or between which the movement will be effected, and affirming that sanitary precautions as ordered by the said Director of Entomology and Plant Pathology will be carried out. On approval of such application, the Director of Entomology and Pathology shall issue a permit authorizing the movement under such safeguards as he shall deem necessary in order to prevent the introduction and establishment of Sweet Potato Weevil. 3. Permits issued under paragraph B above shall be subject to immediate revocation if safeguards ordered are not carried out or if the agreements relative to the authorized movement are otherwise violated. (c) Regulated articles originating in a regulated State but outside the infested area of such State may be moved into or through the State of Tennessee provided each package or container of such regulated articles is accompanied by a certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the State of origin certifying that such regulated articles were grown, produced, packed, and otherwise handled in an area of the regulated State in which there is no infestation of Sweet Potato Weevil.