8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1203-13, pt. 1

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025

Part 1 - DEFINITIONS

1.1. "Certificate" means any federal/state, state or other inspection certificate accepted by the government of origin.

1.2. "Certified" means certified seed as defined in § 35-27-103(3) certified by a certifying agency as defined in § 35-27-103(4), C.R.S., or certified seed certified by a government of origin.

1.3. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture, or the Commissioner's designee.

1.4. "CPAC" means the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, Area II.

1.5. "Culls" means any forms of waste and off-grade potatoes, including volunteer plants.

1.6. "Department" means the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

1.7. "Grow room" means a room of any size where seed potatoes and/or other plants are grown under controlled conditions.

1.8. "Import" means to ship into the San Luis Valley from any state or country.

1.9. "Inspection" means an inspection performed at the place of origin by an inspector.

1.10. "Inspector" means a qualified fruit and vegetable inspector who is licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service or an inspector who meets all qualifications, licensure or other requirements of the country of origin.

1.11. "Late blight" means the fungus Phytophthora infestans.

1.12. "Load" means the quantity of seed potato lot(s) that can be carried at one time by a specified means.

1.13. "Lot" means an identifiable group of seed potatoes that share characteristics, including, but not limited to, variety or experimental number, and that have been produced under essentially the same conditions; there can be, and often are, multiple lots per load of seed potatoes.

1.14. "Nuclear seed stock" means disease-tested, certified seed potatoes produced in a greenhouse or grow room.

1.15. "Person" means any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

1.16. "Quarantine" means the quarantine for late blight imposed by the Commissioner of Agriculture effective September 30, 1996.

1.17. "Reinspection" means an inspection conducted by the Commissioner after the potatoes have been shipped from the area of origin to Colorado.

1.18. "Repack" means potatoes imported into the San Luis Valley for packaging.

1.19. "San Luis Valley" means the Colorado counties of Rio Grande, Saguache, Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla and Chaffee.

1.20. "Seed potatoes" means potato tubers or portions thereof utilized as seed.

1.21. "Seedling mini-tubers" means mini tubers derived from true potato seed.

1.22. "Tested or Testing" means performed or performing a scientifically accepted protocol to detect the presence of a specific plant pathogen.

8 CCR 1203-13, pt. 1

40 CR 23, December 10, 2017, effective 12/30/2017

42 CR 05, March 10, 2019, effective 3/30/2019