Section 0080-06-26-.02 - DEFINITIONS(1) Bark chips: Bark fragments broken or shredded from a log or tree.(2) Commissioner: Means the Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Agriculture or the Commissioner's duly authorized agents.(3) Certificate: A document in which an inspector or person operating under a compliance agreement affirms that a specified regulated article meets the requirements of 0080-6-26-.06(1) of this subject and may be moved intrastate to any destination.(4) Compliance agreement: A written agreement between the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and a person engaged in growing, processing, handling, or moving regulated articles, wherein the person agrees to comply with this subpart.(5) Departmental permit: A document issued by the Commissioner in which he or she affirms that intrastate movement of the regulated article identified on the document is for scientific or experimental purposes and that the regulated article is eligible for intrastate movement in accordance with 0080-6-26-.05(1)(b) of this subpart.(6) Duff: Decaying plant matter that includes leaf litter, green waste, stem material, bark, and any other plant material that, upon visual inspection, does not appear to have completely decomposed into soil.(7) Firewood: Wood that has been cut, sawn, or chopped into a shape and size commonly used for fuel.(8) Forest stock: All flowers, trees, shrubs, vines, scions, buds, fruit pits, or other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs that are wild-grown, backyard-grown, or naturally occurring and do not meet the definition of nursery stock, and that are not located on a nursery premises.(9) Inspector: Any employee of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Regulatory Services, Plant Certification Section, and/or other person(s) authorized by the Commissioner to perform the duties required under this subpart.(10) Intrastate: Movement within the State of Tennessee(11) Log: The bole of a tree; trimmed timber that has not been sawn further than to form cants.(12) Lumber: Logs that have been sawn into boards, planks, or structural members such as beams.(13) Moved (move, movement): Shipped, offered for shipment, received for transportation, transported, carried, or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported or carried.(14) Mulch: Bark chips, wood chips, wood shavings, or sawdust, or a mixture thereof that could be used as a protective or decorative ground cover.(15) Nursery stock: All greenhouse or field-grown florist's stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots.(16) Person: Any association, company, corporation, firm, individual, joint stock company, partnership, society, or other entity.(17) Quarantined area: Any county, or any portion of a county in Tennessee, listed in 0080-6-26-.04(3) of this subpart or otherwise designated as a quarantined area in accordance with 0080-6-26-.04(2) of this subpart.(18) Regulated article: Any article listed in 0080-6-26-.03(1) of this subpart.(19) Restricted article: Any article listed in 0080-6-26-.03(2) of this subpart.(20) Soil: Any non-liquid combination of organic and/or inorganic material in which plants can grow.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-06-26-.02
Original rule filed November 9, 2005; effective March 30, 2006.Authority: T.C.A. § 43-6-104.