WAC 16-470-010
Definitions. The definitions set forth in
this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) "Director" means the director of agriculture of this
state, or a duly authorized representative.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of
agriculture.
(3) "Interior quarantine" means a quarantine within the
state of Washington established against the movement of
designated plant pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible
carriers from areas identified by the Washington state department
of agriculture.
(4) "Exterior quarantine" means a quarantine established
against the movement into Washington state of designated plant
pests, life stages, their hosts, and possible carriers from areas
identified by the Washington state department of agriculture.
(5) "Commercial orchard" means an orchard in which fruit is
grown for commercial purposes and with the use of approved and
accepted integrated pest management programs pursuant to
statutes, guidelines or rules approved by the agricultural
extension service or regulatory officials of the state of origin.
(6) "Commercial fruit" means fruit that is:
(a) Grown in a commercial orchard and commercially packed
and labeled;
(b) Fruit grown in a commercial orchard and destined to a
commercial processing plant or packing plant.
(7) "Phytosanitary certificate" means a certificate issued
by a government agency under authority of state or federal
statute, which declares or establishes the pest status of a
shipment of plants or plant parts under accepted inspection or
sampling procedures. Phytosanitary certificates are patterned
after model certificates of the International Pest Protection
Convention.
(8) "Pest free area" means an officially identified area in
which a target pest is not established and which is maintained in
such a manner as to prevent establishment of the target pest.
(9) "Plant protection organization" means an agency
established by a government to discharge functions such as
inspection of plants and plant products for pests, issuing
phytosanitary certificates, and other actions specified in this
rule.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.24 RCW. 01-14-075, §
16-470-010, filed 7/3/01, effective 8/3/01; 00-23-098, §
16-470-010, filed 11/21/00, effective 12/22/00. Statutory
Authority: Chapters 15.60 and 17.24 RCW. 88-16-016 (Order
1978), § 16-470-010, filed 7/25/88. Statutory Authority:
Chapter 17.24 RCW. 86-07-020 (Order 1881), § 16-470-010, filed
3/12/86; 85-15-006 (Order 1861), § 16-470-010, filed 7/8/85;
84-10-039 (Order 1822), § 16-470-010, filed 5/1/84, effective
7/1/84.]