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R68-12-1 Authority.
A. Promulgated under authority of 4-2-2.
B. It has been determined that the disease known as Mint Wilt caused by the organism Verticillium Albo-atrum R and B or Verticillium dahliae is injurious to peppermint and spearmint, resulting in drastically lowered oil production in areas of severe infection; and
C. restricting the movement of rootstocks in other states has been effective in retarding the spread of the disease to new areas of production, and in making growers aware of the necessity of better sanitary and cultural practices; and
D. the strain of Verticillium wilt known to infect mint is not known to be present in the State of Utah:
E. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Food of the State of Utah, by virtue of the authority vested in him by the provisions of 4-2-2 establishes a quarantine in order to prevent the introduction and subsequent spread of the Verticillium wilt disease of mint into and within the State of Utah, setting forth:
1. quarantined areas;
2. restricted areas;
3. regulated articles;
4. conditions governing movement, and
5. required in-state certification of mint.
R68-12-2 Definitions.
For the purpose of this quarantine, the following terms are defined:
A. "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
B. "Disease organism" means Verticillium Albo-atrum R and B or Verticillium dahliae varieties capable of causing wilt of mint.
C. "Mint" means any plant or part thereof of the genus Mentha.
D. "Mint planting stock" includes any portion of the mint used for reproduction and/or propagation.
E. "Certified mint planting stock" means mint planting stock carrying a sealed certification tag or a certificate provided by the official certification agency of the state of origin.
R68-12-3 Quarantined Areas.
All areas outside the State of Utah.
R68-12-4 Restricted Areas.
All areas within the State of Utah.
R68-12-5 Regulated Articles.
All mint planting stock.
R68-12-6 Prohibited Articles.
All mint planting stocks which are not certified by the official certification agency of the state of origin.
R68-12-7 Conditions Governing Movement.
A. Entry into State. No person shall import or move in any manner into the State of Utah any mint unless it carries a sealed certification tag or a certificate issued by the official agency of the state of origin. Any imported mint not meeting this requirement shall be returned to the point of origin or destroyed at the option and expense of the importer.
B. Movement within State. No mint planting stock shall be moved within the State of Utah unless it carries a sealed certification tag or a certificate issued by the official certification agency of the state of Utah.
R68-12-8 Certification Required Within State.
All mint planting stock imported into the State of Utah shall be placed under the certification program of the Utah Crop Improvement Association and shall comply with the certification requirements and standards as established by that agency. All mint plantings in Utah must be maintained under certification or destroyed. If the Department finds any mint within the State of Utah infested with the wilt disease organism, it shall require the destruction of the same.
R68-12-9 Waiver of Liability.
Any shipment of mint planting stock found within the State of Utah in violation of this quarantine must, under the immediate supervision of the State Department of Agriculture and Food, be destroyed or returned to the shipper at once. In either case, the shipper shall stand the expense of disposition of such shipment and the State of Utah assumes no liability for costs associated therewith. Any violation of these orders will be dealt with according to law.
[Indexing]
KEY: plant diseases
1987
[Editor's note: Below are references
to the Utah Code that are listed by the
agency making this rule as authority
for the rule.]
4-2-2
Notice of Continuation August 21, 1996
