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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 2. Agriculture |
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Agency 5. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
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Chapter 315. Virginia Imported Fire Ant Quarantine for Enforcement of the Virginia Pestlaw |
Section 40. Regulated articles
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The following articles are regulated under the provisions of this quarantine and shall not be moved out of any regulated area in Virginia, except in compliance with the conditions prescribed in this quarantine:
1. Any life stage of imported fire ant.
2. Soil, except potting soil that is shipped in original containers after commercial preparation, and soil samples shipped to approved laboratories.
3. Plants with roots with soil attached, or roots and rhizomes of plants with soil attached, except plants maintained indoors in a home or office environment and not for sale.
4. Grass sod.
5. Used soil-moving equipment unless free of all noncompacted soil.
6. Used farm equipment unless free of all noncompacted soil.
7. Hay and straw, including pine straw, that has been stored in direct contact with the ground.
8. Honey bee hives that have been in direct contact with the ground, including hive stands containing soil.
9. Logs, pulpwood and stump wood with soil attached.
10. Any other article or means of conveyance when it is determined by an inspector that it presents a risk of spread of the imported fire ant.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. August 31, 2009.