The following pests and articles shall be regulated by this quarantine.
- (1) The black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri Forel, and the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in any living stage of development;
- (2) Soil, compost, decomposed manure, humus, muck and peat, separately or with other things;
- (3) Plants with roots with soil attached;
- (4) Grass sod;
- (5) Hay and straw;
- (6) Used mechanized soil-moving equipment;
- (7) Any other products, articles, or means of conveyance of any character whatsoever, when it is determined by the commissioner that they present a hazard of spread of imported fire ant and the person in possession thereof has been so notified.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§2-25-1, et seq.
History: Filed April 19, 1982 as Rule No. 80-10-2-.05. Rules reformatted - Rule No. changed to Chapter 80-10-6. Amended: Filed June 7, 1984.