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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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901:5 Plant Industry |
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Chapter901:5-48. Hemlock Pest |
901:5-48-04. Conditions for movement
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(A) No person shall transport into or within Ohio any regulated article listed in rule 901:5-48-03 of the Administrative Code, which originates in a quarantined state except as covered in paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule .
(B) Hemlock seedlings and nursery stock may be imported into Ohio from a non-regulated area of a quarantined state if the following requirements are met:
(1) Each lot of hemlock seedlings and hemlock nursery stock shall only be shipped if the articles are accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized agricultural inspection official of the state of origin affirming that:
(a) The articles have been inspected and found free from hemlock woolly adelgid; and,
(b) The articles originated and were grown in a county where the hemlock woolly adelgid has not been found.
(2) Upon issuance, a copy of the certificate specified in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule must be faxed to the Ohio department of agriculture, division of plant health, at 614-728-6453 or such fax number as the division may publish, or emailed to plantpest@agri.ohio.gov, or mailed to the "Division of Plant Health, 8995 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH, 43068."
(C) Hemlock logs with bark and hemlock lumber with bark shall only be shipped if the articles are accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized agricultural inspection official of the state of origin affirming that:
(1) The articles are free from hemlock woolly adelgid; or,
(2) The articles originated in a county where hemlock woolly adelgid has not been found.
(D) Regulated articles that have been grown and shipped in accordance with the stipulations of a valid a compliance agreement or its equivalent that has been reviewed and approved by the Ohio department of agriculture may be allowed to enter into and move through Ohio.