N.J. Admin. Code § 2:20-8.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 2:20-8.1 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"APHIS" means the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

"Asian longhorned beetle" means the insect known as Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in any stage of development.

"Certificate" means any document which is issued for regulated article by an inspector or by a person operating under a compliance agreement, and which represents that such article is eligible for movement outside the quarantine area designated in 2:20-8.5.

"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

"Exposed" means determination by an inspector to be at risk for spreading Asian longhorned beetle.

"Infestation" means the presence of Asian longhorned beetle in any life stage.

"Inspector" means any person officially designated by the Department, or an employee of APHIS, authorized to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.

"Move" means to ship, carry, transport, offer for shipment, receive for shipment, or allow to be transported by any means.

"Movement" means the act of shipping, carrying, transporting, offering for shipment, receiving for shipment, or allowing to be transported by any means.

"Notification by the Department" mean an official written order issued by the Secretary of Agriculture specifying conditions found, actions the recipient shall carry out, and a specified time frame by which the order must be complied with.

"Nursery" means any premises, including greenhouses but excluding any orchard, at which plants are grown or maintained for propagation or replanting.

"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, company, limited liability company, society, association, or other business.

"Plant" means any part of a plant, tree, aquatic plant, plant product, shrub, vine fruit, rhizome, sod, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip, cutting, scion, bud, graft or fruit.

"Quarantined area" means any area designated as a quarantined area in accordance with 2:20-8.5.

"Regulated article" means any article listed in 2:20-8.4.

"Regulated fruit, regulated plant, regulated seed, regulated tree" means any fruit, plant, seed, or tree defined as a regulated article.

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