901:5-58-02 Definitions.

As used in Chapter 901:5-58 of the Administrative Code:

(A) "Bark" means the natural bark of a tree, including the ingrown bark around the knots and bark pockets between rings of annual growth and an additional one-half inch of wood, including the vascular cambium.

(B) "Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between the Ohio department of agriculture and an individual that provides conditions under which regulated articles from the regulated area may qualify for entry into the state of Ohio.

(C) "Firewood" means wood, either split or unsplit, in sections less than four feet in length.

(D) "Pest" means the insect known as walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis or the associated fungal pathogen know as thousand cankers disease, Geosmithia morbida or other causal agent, in any living stage of development.

(E) "Regulated area" means the portion of the quarantined state to which the application of this quarantine is limited as defined and in rule 901:5-58-04 of the Administrative Code.

(F) "Walnut" means all Juglans spp.

Effective: 09/07/2012
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/07/2017
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 927.52, 927.71
Rule Amplifies: 927.71