1. (a) The brown garden snail, Helix aspersa, has been reported in:

   1. (1) Arizona;
   2. (2) California;
   3. (3) Florida;
   4. (4) Louisiana; and
   5. (5) South Carolina.

2. (b)

   1. (1) It is a plant feeder and very destructive to many host plants.
   2. (2) It is readily transported on infested nursery stock.

3. (c) The shipment, therefore, of nursery stock into Arkansas from infested states, or from any state hereafter found infested with this or any other snail known to be a serious plant pest, shall be subject to the following:

   1. (1)

      1. (A) (1)(A) Nurseries in infested states who desire to ship plants into Arkansas shall file certificates of inspection with the State Plant Board.
      2. (B) As part of such certificate, or attached to it, there shall be a declaration signed by the state's regulatory officer stating that the nursery concerned has been inspected and found free of the brown garden snail, Helix aspersa.
      3. (C) Amended certificates of inspection will also be accepted for nurseries which ship only:

4. (i) Bare root nursery stock free of soil;

   1. (ii) Cured bulbs free of soil; and

      1. (iii) Nursery stock from tightly enclosed greenhouses or other structures where official inspections are made to assure the enclosures are free of snails.
      2. (D) A valid copy of the state of origin certificate of inspection shall be attached to each package, box, or bundle of nursery stock shipped into Arkansas, or to the invoice accompanying each bulk delivery of balled and burlapped or container-grown stock;

   2. (2) Infested nurseries may ship plants into Arkansas under either of the following conditions:

      1. (A)

         1. (i) Fumigation.
         2. (ii) Certificates and invoices shall accompany each load showing that the stock has been fumigated:
5. (a) (a) In a gastight chamber with methyl bromide, two and one half pounds (2 1/2 lbs.) per one thousand cubic feet (1,000 cu. ft.), seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70˚ F) or above, for two (2) hours; or

6. (b) (b) With HCN, twenty-five cubic centimeters (25 cc) per one hundred cubic feet (100 cu. ft.), fifty to eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit (50˚ F – 85˚ F), for one (1) hour; or

   1. (B)

      1. (i) Quarantine area certification.

         1. (ii) Nursery stock will be accepted if accompanied by certificates and invoices showing that the plants have, under official supervision, been:
7. (a) (a) Held in a separate, designated quarantine area for at least thirty (30) days;

8. (b) (b) Treated intermittently with baits and sprays;

   1. (c) (c) Inspected and reinspected for brown garden snail; and

      1. (d) (d) Completely free of harmful snails for at least thirty (30) days;
   2. (3) Nursery stock or plant material arriving in Arkansas from an infested state without proper certification will be held under stop-sale order until properly certified, or returned to the shipper at his or her expense, unless found infested with living brown garden snails or other snails known to be serious plant pests; and
   3. (4) Nursery stock or plant material found infested with brown garden snail or any other dangerous plant pest will be destroyed, or fumigated at the shipper's expense, provided the infestation can be eliminated without hazard of spread of the pest during treatment.

Codification Notes: "HCN" means hydrogen cynanide.