901:5-48-04 Conditions for movement.

(A) Regulated articles imported into Ohio from a quarantined state shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Each lot of hemlock seedlings and hemlock nursery stock shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate or certificate of origin signed by an authorized agricultural inspection official of the state of origin, with an additional declaration that the hemlock seedlings/nursery stock originated in and were shipped from a county where hemlock woolly adelgid has not been found.

(2) A copy of the phytosanitary certificate or certificate of origin specified in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule must be faxed to the Ohio division of plant health, at 614-728-6453 or such fax number as the division may publish, or mailed to the “Division of Plant Health, 8995 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH, 43068,” within five days of issuance.

(3) Hemlock logs with bark, hemlock lumber with bark, hemlock chips with bark and uncomposted hemlock bark shall only be shipped to preapproved sites within Ohio where compliance agreements are in effect. If the articles are shipped to other sites, the articles shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized agricultural inspection official of the state of origin affirming that:

(a) The articles were grown in the state of origin, and that either;

(i) The articles are free from hemlock woolly adelgid; or,

(ii) The articles originated in a county where the pest has not been found.

Effective: 12/01/2011

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/13/2014

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 927.52, 927.71

Rule Amplifies: 927.70, 927.71

Prior Effective Dates: 8/29/02, 12/13/2009