(b) (b) Unfumigated sweet potatoes may be brought to canneries at any time provided the canner and broker or hauler has a signed compliance agreement on file with the State Plant Board binding him or her to the following:

1. (1)

   1. (A) Special permission shall be obtained from the Director of the State Plant Board before bringing weevil-area potatoes into the state.
   2. (B) Permission shall be restricted to the following area and purpose:

(a) (a) That section of Northwest Arkansas included in the following counties:

1. (1) (1) Baxter;
2. (2) (2) Benton;
3. (3) (3) Boone;
4. (4) (4) Carroll;
5. (5) (5) Cleburne;
6. (6) (6) Conway;
7. (7) (7) Crawford;
8. (8) (8) Faulkner;
9. (9) (9) Franklin;
10. (10) (10) Fulton;
11. (11) (11) Independence;
12. (12) (12) Izard;
13. (13) (13) Jackson;
14. (14) (14) Johnson;
15. (15) (15) Lawrence;
16. (16) (16) Madison;
17. (17) (17) Marion;
18. (18) (18) Newton;
19. (19) (19) Pope;
20. (20) (20) Pulaski;
21. (21) (21) Randolph;
22. (22) (22) Searcy;
23. (23) (23) Sebastian;
24. (24) (24) Sharp;
25. (25) (25) Stone;
26. (26) (26) Van Buren;
27. (27) (27) Washington; and
28. (28) (28) White.

(b) (b) Prohibited elsewhere in the state; and

1. (ii) Purpose.

(b) (b) Seed, bedding, table use, etc., prohibited, entire state;

1. (2) Each load shall be accompanied by an official certificate of the state of origin showing apparent freedom from weevils;
2. (3) Each load shall be officially sealed by the originating inspector and remain sealed until opened for canning;
3. (4) Certificates and seals from each load shall be kept by the cannery and surrendered to inspector upon request;
4. (5) If shipped by rail at any time or by truck between January 1 and July 1, certificates must show treatment of load with a pesticide recommended and registered for such use;

5. (6)

   1. (A) Shipment must be in tight rail cars or van-type trucks with vents screened.
   2. (B) Tarpaulin-covered loads will not be accepted;

6. (7)

   1. (A) Potatoes must be canned immediately upon arrival.
   2. (B) In emergency cases, potatoes may be unloaded and stored for not more than forty-eight (48) hours in such a way that weevils, if present, cannot escape and cause infestation;
7. (8) No potatoes may be carried away from the canning plant, and all must be canned except culls;

8. (9) Culls, wastes, and cleanings must be:

   1. (A) Processed through a lye vat at regular plant speed and temperature and flushed down drain; or
   2. (B) Collected in a tank covered with hot lye solution (minimum one hundred eighty five degrees Fahrenheit (185˚ F), allowed to soak for one (1) hour, then either buried two feet (2’) deep, flushed down drain, or fed to livestock immediately;
9. (10) After canning, plant premises must be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with an insecticide to kill any live weevils thereon;
10. (11) Trucks and rail cars, after unloading and before leaving premises must also be cleaned and sprayed as in subdivision (b)(10) of this section, and cleanings disposed of as in subdivision (b)(9) of this section;
11. (12) Board inspectors will make periodical, unannounced inspections to check for conformity with all items stipulated herein, but will not necessarily remain through entire canning process each visit;
12. (13) Inspectors will recommend cancellation of this agreement and withdrawal of the director’s special permission if serious discrepancies with the stipulations are noted; and

13. (14)

    1. (A) An inspection fee of five cents (5ȼ) per bushel will be charged, based upon duplicate load certificates, which are received by the board office from the out-of-state inspector.
    2. (B) These certificates and seal numbers must match those kept by the canner from each load and surrendered to a board inspector.