R68-14-3. Definitions

The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter.

A. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Food of this state, or a duly authorized representative.

B. "Department" means the Utah State Department of Agriculture and Food.

C. "Interior quarantine" means a quarantine within the state of Utah established against the movement of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified as being infested by the Utah State Department of Agriculture and Food.

D. "Exterior quarantine" means a quarantine established against the movement into Utah State of designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas identified as being infested by the Utah State Department of Agriculture and Food.

E. "Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)" means a lepidopterous insect of the family Lymantriidae which in the larval stage defoliates many species of trees and shrubs.

F. "Qualified certified applicator (QCA)" means any individual who is (1) certified pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (86 Stat. 983; 7 U.S.C. 136b) as a certified commercial applicator in a category allowing use of the Restricted Use Pesticides recommended for use in the treatment of outdoor household articles for gypsy moth and (2) who has attended and completed a workshop segment approved by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on the identification and treatment of gypsy moth life stages on regulated articles.

G. Regulated Articles: are those articles and commodities listed in R68-14-5 A.-E.