Section 312 IAC 18-3-10 - Control of black vine weevilsAuthority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24-5-4
Sec. 10.
(a) Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) is a pest or pathogen. This section governs standards for the control of black vine weevils.(b) Nursery stock which is shipped into Indiana or shipped, sold, or grown in Indiana must be free from black vine weevils.(c) The certificate required under IC 14-24-5-4 for nursery stock shipped into Indiana from another state must verify the following:(1) A visual inspection was made of the nursery stock before the shipment was made, and the inspection located no evidence of damage by black vine weevils.(2) The nursery stock came from a site that was inspected by an authorized state or federal official, and the official certified the site was free from black vine weevils for two (2) growing seasons before the shipment.(d) Nursery stock, containers for nursery stock, and any trucks in which nursery stock is shipped shall be returned to the state of origin or treated to the satisfaction of the division if the presence of black vine weevils or damage by black vine weevils is detected.(e) A nurseryman who grows nursery stock at a site infested with black vine weevils may, upon notice by the division, be required to eradicate the black vine weevils and withhold from sale or movement plants which were grown in the infested site. These requirements apply until modified or terminated by the division director or a division inspector.(f) A dealer who possesses nursery stock where black vine weevils are found or evidence of black vine weevil damages is found may, upon notice by the division, be required to do any of the following: (1) Remove the infested nursery stock from sale.(2) Return the infested nursery stock to the place of origin.(3) Treat the nursery stock as specified by the division.(g) A site used to grow or maintain nursery stock where black vine weevils have been found may be released from any restriction imposed under this section and certified free from black vine weevils if the following requirements are met: (1) Efforts to eradicate the black vine weevils are undertaken as specified by the division.(2) Two (2) growing seasons have elapsed with no occurrence of the weevils.Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 18-3-10; filed Nov 22, 1996, 3:00 p.m.: 20 IR 949; readopted filed Oct 2, 2002, 9:10 a.m.: 26 IR 546; readopted filed Sep 19, 2008, 10:23 a.m.: 20081008-IR-312080076RFA; Readopted filed 7/17/2014, 3:48 p.m.: 20140813-IR-312140105RFAReadopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:18 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190373RFA