Rule 901:5-52-02 | Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Associated equipment" means any article incidental to the use of a mobile home and recreational vehicle, including by way of example, but not limited to: awnings, tents, outdoor furniture, trailer blocks and trailer skirts.
(B) "Block" means a contiguous area of land, whether owned by one, or more than one, person.
(C) "Block coordinator" means the primary contact person for correspondence and other activities regarding the treatment of a block for suppression of the spongy moth.
(D) "7 C.F.R. 301.45" means title seven of the Code of Federal Regulations section 301.45 (January, 2023).
(E) "Certificate" means a document issued by an inspector which allows the movement of regulated articles.
(F) "Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between a person engaged in growing, selling, processing, or moving regulated articles, and the Ohio department of agriculture setting forth specified measures to be implemented by the person to prevent the spread of the spongy moth.
(G) "Department" means the Ohio department of agriculture.
(H) "Federal quarantine areas" means states or portions of states quarantined for spongy moth by the USDA under 7 CFR 301.45.
(I) "Spongy moth" means the live insect, Lymantria dispar, in any life stage (egg, larva, pupa, adult). Spongy moth means the same as gypsy moth in 7 C.F.R. 301.45.
(J) "Infestation" means either the presence of the spongy moth in any living stage, or evidence that the spongy moth is present in any living stage (egg, larva, pupa, adult).
(K) "Inspector" means an employee of or any other person authorized by the state of Ohio, another state, or the USDA to enforce the provisions of a quarantine for spongy moth.
(L) "Person" means person as defined in division (J) of section 927.51 of the Revised Code.
(M) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.
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