Chapter Chapter 1. Crop Pests and Diseases

A. The regulations contained in this Subchapter apply to quarantine of all plants, plant products, parts thereof and all regulated materials.

Agent or Inspector―any designee of the state entomologist who is qualified by training and/or experience to identify plant pests or diseases. Certificate―a document issued by the state entomologist evidencing apparent freedom of plants, plant products or parts thereof or regulate…

A. Whenever the state entomologist has reason to believe or suspect that any plant pest or plant disease subject to regulation may be present at any location within the state of Louisiana, he may cause an inspection of such premises and/or property to be made. Such inspection sha…

A. Whenever the state entomologist's inspection of properties or premises indicates any presence of an infestation of any plant pest or disease, the state entomologist may declare such properties or premises to be under quarantine. B. The state entomologist may place any premises…

A. In addition to giving written notice to the owner of properties to be placed under quarantine, the state entomologist shall annually, no later than November 30 of each year, publish in the Louisiana Register a list of all areas of Louisiana and the nation which are under quara…

A. Regulated materials may not be grown, harvested, sold, stored or moved out of or within a quarantined area except under special permit issued by the state entomologist. B. Regulated materials grown, harvested, sold, stored or transported within a quarantined area in the absenc…

A. No host materials may be transported out of Louisiana unless: 1. a valid certificate permit issued by the department accompanies each shipment; and 2. if required by the state of destination, a valid certificate permit tag and/or a fumigation certificate accompanies each shipm…

A. Certificate permits, certificate permit tags and fumigation certificates may be obtained by application, in writing, to the state entomologist or a local inspector. B. Certificate permits and certificate permit tags for movement or sale of restricted materials will be issued w…

A. The owner of any property on which restricted material is stored, planted, cultivated or grown, and any tenant leasing such land, shall be jointly responsible for compliance with these rules and regulations and any other requirements imposed by the state entomologist to eradic…

A. These regulations do not apply to shipments of regulated materials, under proper safeguards, to the United States Department of Agriculture, or to recognized state institutions for scientific purposes, except that a special permit issued by a duly authorized state or federal p…

A. No person shall in any way interfere with any agent or inspector representing the state entomologist during the performance of an inspection of premises or other property, the application of suppressive measures for the control or eradication of any plant pest or disease, or t…

A. The following materials are declared to be host materials for the plant pests or diseases indicated. Plant Pest/Disease Host Materials A. Sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius, elegantulus, (Sum.) Dehydrated sweet potatoes; sweet potato roots, plants, vines or parts thereof; al…

A. Nursery stock is subject to all pertinent provisions of the general quarantine regulations and to the regulations contained in this Subchapter.

A. Nursery permittees shall pay an annual fee as follows: 1. $100 per location per year–Any nursery with acreage more than 2,500 square feet or greenhouse area more than 200 square feet. 2. $50 per location per year–all other nursery certificate permittees. 3. Governmental agenci…

A. The purchaser in Louisiana of out-of-state nursery stock will be held responsible for proof of origin of citrus trees in his possession. Purchase receipts will be considered adequate proof of origin, but citrus invoice reports will not be considered adequate proof. B. Citrus n…

A. Permit certificates shall be issued for nursery stock originating in an area known to be infested with phony peach only on the following conditions: 1. that each nursery in the infested areas shall apply to the state entomologist for approval of the proposed nursery-growing si…

A. From Non-Infested States. Regulated material, including ornamental, horticultural and nursery stock, moved into or within Louisiana directly from any state not infested with European Brown Garden Snail or other Phytophagous Snails injurious to live plants, must be accompanied …

A. The premises of nurseries growing seedlings for afforestation or reforestation purposes must be inspected and found to be apparently free of pests, diseases, and noxious plants. B. Any shipment of conifer or hardwood seedlings into or within the state for afforestation or refo…

A. Sweet potato plants, plant products and parts thereof and host materials for the sweetpotato weevil are subject to all pertinent provisions of the general quarantine regulations contained in Subchapter A and to the regulations contained in this Subchapter.

A. In addition to definitions found in §103, the following definitions shall also be applicable to this Subchapter. Commercial Kiln and Storage Houses―any buildings where sweet potatoes produced by different farmers or growers are assembled and stored. Compliance Agreement―a writ…

A. From Sweetpotato Weevil-Free Designations 1. Green certificate permit tags will, upon request to the department, be issued to any person whose growing, packing and storage facilities are designated by the department as sweetpotato weevil-free and who meet the following conditi…

A. Fumigation Measures. Persons operating storage houses and/or packing sheds who desire to move regulated materials from areas or properties or premises designated by the department as sweetpotato weevil infested into areas or properties or premises designated as sweetpotato wee…

A. Sweetpotato Weevil-Free Designations of Louisiana 1. The growing or storing of regulated material, including seed beds and field plantings of sweet potatoes is prohibited in areas or properties or premises declared to be non-sweet potato areas, except under special permit issu…

A. Sweet Potatoes Treated with Approved Chemicals. There shall be no date limit on the shipment of sweet potatoes from those areas or properties or premises of the state designated sweetpotato weevil-infested, provided: 1. sweet potatoes to be marketed after April 1 following the…

A. A fee of $0.06 per bushel shall be charged for each bushel of sweet potatoes moved or shipped within or out of Louisiana. B. The fee charged for sweet potatoes moving to processing plants shall be collected on the basis of the amount of purchase less 10 percent for breakdown a…

A. Any person violating any portion of the sweetpotato weevil quarantine regulations, or any portion of a signed compliance agreement with the department, may be called to an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and may be subject to a civ…

A. All persons, including sweet potato growers and farmers, commercially growing, selling or offering for sale sweet potatoes shall not grow, move, clean, grade, pack or repack for sale, or process in any manner sweet potatoes without a valid Sweet Potato Dealer's Permit. B. Appl…

A. Cotton plants, plant products and parts thereof and host materials for the pink bollworm are subject to all pertinent provisions of the general quarantine regulations and to the regulations contained in this Subchapter.

Approved Gin―a gin with a pink bollworm kill efficiency rating of 90 percent or better. Disinfected or Disinfested Seed―cottonseed treated in a manner and by a method approved by the state entomologist to kill pink bollworm present in any stage of development.

A. Regulated articles may not be moved from a regulated area to a pest-free area except under certification. B. Untreated and/or unmanufactured regulated articles may not be moved within a regulated area except under permit. C. The following articles are exempt from the prohibiti…

A. In addition to pertinent requirements contained in the general quarantine regulations (Subchapter A of this Chapter), the following conditions apply to issuance of certificates. 1. Cottonseed. A certificate for intrastate movement of cottonseed will be issued only when the cot…

A. In addition to pertinent requirements contained in the general quarantine regulation (Subchapter A of this Chapter), the following conditions apply to issuance of limited permits. 1. Cotton Lint and Linters. Cotton lint or linters, either baled or unbaled, may be moved intrast…

A. When contaminated with cotton products originating from states other than Louisiana which are infested with pink bollworm or from a regulated area within Louisiana, the following shall not be moved interstate or intrastate until freed from contamination to the satisfaction of …

A. Destruction of Cotton Plants 1. Immediately after harvesting a commercial crop, and not later than December 31 in any year, all cotton plants and parts thereof shall be plowed under and thoroughly covered to expedite decay of this material, provided that the state entomologist…

A. As a condition for the issuance of certificates or limited permits for intrastate movement of regulated articles by persons engaged in purchasing, assembling, ginning, processing, transporting or storing such regulated articles, such persons must have a dealer-carrier agreemen…

A. All prior rules and regulations adopted and approved in accordance with R.S. 3:1651 through 1805 are hereby repealed in their entirety.

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the insect emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine. B. Quarantined areas in this s…

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the insect Roseau cane scale (“RCS”), Nipponaclerda biwakoensis, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine. B. Regulated articles,…

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the Guava Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine. B. Quarantine Areas: 1. the stat…

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the disease, lethal bronzing, Candidatus phytoplasma palmae, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine. B. Quarantine areas in thi…

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the disease, lethal yellowing, Candidatus phytoplasma palmae, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine. B.1. Quarantine areas in …