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2 CAR § 55-101. Definitions
2 CAR § 55-101. Definitions.
For the purpose of this part, the following words, names, and terms shall be construed respectively as follows:
(1) “Pink bollworm” means the pink bollworm of cotton (Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)) in any state of development;
(2) “Cotton” means all parts of cotton and cotton plants of the genus Gossypium, except cotton products;
(3) “Cotton products” means:
(A) Seed cotton;
(B) Cotton lint;
(C) Linters; and
(D) All other forms of:
(i) Unmanufactured cotton fiber;
(ii) Oil mill waste;
(iii) Gin waste;
(iv) Gin trash;
(v) Cotton seed;
(vi) Cottonseed hulls;
(vii) Cottonseed cake; and
(viii) Cottonseed meals;
(4) “Seed cotton” means all forms of cotton lint from which the seed has not been separated;
(5) “Lint” means all forms of raw ginned cotton except linters and waste;
(6) “Linters” means all forms of unmanufactured cotton fiber separated from cottonseed after the lint has been removed;
(7) “Gin waste” means all forms of unmanufactured cotton fiber (including gin motes) produced at cotton gins, other than baled cotton lint;
(8) “Oil mill waste” means lint waste products derived from the milling of cottonseed;
(9) “Gin trash” means all of the waste material produced during the cleaning and ginning of cotton;
(10) “Okra (Hibiscus esculentus)” means all parts of okra plants, including seeds and edible and dry pods;
(11) “Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)” means all parts of kenaf plants, including seeds and pods;
(12) “Restricted articles” means products and articles that may move under the restrictions in this part;
(13) “Approved or designated” means officially sanctioned by the State Plant Board and/or the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program;
(14) “Certificate” means an approved document issued by an inspector evidencing apparent freedom of restricted articles from the pink bollworm;
(15) “Limited permit” means an approved document issued by an inspector to allow movement of noncertified, restricted articles to or from authorized and designated:
(A) Gins;
(B) Oil mills;
(C) Processing or manufacturing plants; or
(D) Cottonseed warehouses;
(16)(A) “Infestation (infested)” means the presence of the pink bollworm.
(B) "Infested" shall be construed accordingly;
(17) “Moved (movement and move)” means shipped, offered for shipment to a common carrier, received for transportation or transported by common carrier, or carried, transported, moved, or allowed to be moved by any person within or from any regulated area;
(18) “Inspector” means an authorized inspector of the State Plant Board or the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program; and
(19) “Compliance agreement” means an approved document issued jointly or severally by the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program and the State Plant Board to persons:
(A) Engaged in ginning, processing, or handling restricted articles for subsequent movement from regulated areas; or
(B) Moving restricted articles from regulated areas.