(a)

1. (1)

   1. (A) A licensed plant breeder shall show that he or she has complete control of a gin upon which no other cotton shall be ginned for the season except that being grown under his or her own application.
   2. (B) If the breeder does not own the gin, then a copy of the contract with the owner of the gin must be supplied to the State Plant Board.
   3. (C) If a licensed plant breeder can fulfill all other rules herein but has insufficient acreage to enable him or her to get control of a separate gin, this fact may be made known to the Director of the State Plant Board, and if it shall appear practical, the director may grant special permission for such cotton to be ginned on a custom gin, provided, before doing so, the applicant will furnish a copy of the ginning contract, showing permission for dropping the rolls and otherwise thoroughly cleaning the gin according to the board seed certification gin clean-up procedures:

(b) (b) Notification will be repeated, when changing varieties, before ginning the new variety;

1. (ii)

(b) (b) This includes dropping the rolls and making sure all conveyers and seed handling systems are cleaned.

1. (c) (c) Floors should be swept or blown free of all seed cotton.

   1. (d) (d) This should be followed by a five-minute or more dry run of the gin until all loose seed is eliminated from the system;

      1. (iii) After start-up, gin three (3) bales per stand and divert to an alternate location before saving any planting seed;
      2. (iv) Seed company representatives will supervise the clean-ups, complete and sign the Gin Inspection Form, sending the original to the Arkansas State Plant Board Seed Certification Office; and
      3. (v) The board may audit the above procedures as deemed necessary.
2. (2) All ginning records must be kept available to the director and his or her deputies.
3. (3) The director is empowered to lay down special rules of ginning in individual cases.
4. (4) Foundation or registered seed ginned on a custom gin must be stored in a building or room which has no direct connection with the gin, such as pipes or augers.

(b)

1. (1) Blue tag certified cotton and registered class cotton grown by anyone other than a licensed plant breeder, or under his or her contract, shall be ginned on a certified one-variety gin, that is, one which, after being thoroughly cleaned, is inspected and certified by the board as capable of maintaining a seed purity equal to or better than that required by the standards set for certified seed of the variety and class being produced.

2. (2) It shall then become and remain a one-variety gin for as long as it subsequently gins the one (1) variety, strain, or class for which it has been certified and complies with all other board rules.

   1. (c)
3. (1) The gin, methods of handling the seed, and the seed storage must be inspected and approved in advance of the ginning season as many inspections, as deemed necessary by the certifying agency, shall be made during the ginning and processing season.
4. (2) The inspector will examine gin records, check methods of handling seed, condition of storage, and thoroughness of cleaning seed, to see that all rules have been met.