- (a) See also 2 CAR § 55-103, Rules applying to both Areas A and B.
(b) Ginning.
(1)
- (A) All cotton produced on farms in Area A (infested) must be ginned at gins in Area A, or at designated gins in Area B (noninfested) in close proximity.
- (B) Designated gins in Area B must comply with rules applied to gins in Area A.
- (2) If a cotton field lies on both sides of or bordering the quarantine area, cotton from the entire field may be ginned in Area B, if there is no reason to suspect the presence of the pink bollworm in or near the field.
(c) Movement of cottonseed from Area A to Area B.
- (1) Movement of cottonseed from Area A to Area B is prohibited, unless it has been heat-treated or fumigated or is moving to a designated mill for crushing.
- (2) In either case, the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program or the State Plant Board permit must accompany each load shipped.
(d) Cottonseed not for crushing.
(1)
- (A) Cottonseed not moved to a designated oil mill for crushing must be either heat-treated or fumigated, or upon permission from the board and/or the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program, cottonseed may be returned to the farm of origin without treatment for planting purposes only, provided seed will be held until a designated date, and provided further that no pink bollworm infestation is found in the area concerned during the current survey.
- (B)
(i) If a pink bollworm infestation is found during the current survey in the area concerned, all cottonseed must be returned to a designated location to be either heat-treated or fumigated.
- (ii) Any required treatment must be performed under the supervision of an inspector, and costs for required treatment shall be borne by the ginner or owner of the cottonseed.
(2)
- (A) Prior arrangements for monitoring shall be made in advance of such treatment.
- (B) Cottonseed may be fumigated only after such seed is sacked, or bulk lots of seed may be loaded into a suitable container (i.e. trailer) containing the necessary circulatory system for adequate dispersal of fumigant or stored in approved seed houses or containers.
(e) Movement from Area A into Area B of any material which might carry pink bollworms is prohibited. This includes:
- (1) Seed cotton and cottonseed (unless under limited permit);
- (2) Cotton bolls;
- (3) Cotton locks;
- (4) Cotton refuse;
- (5) Pick sacks;
- (6) Used gin or harvesting machinery;
- (7) Trucks;
- (8) Trailers; and
(9) Any other vehicles used to carry cottonseed or seed cotton unless cleaned of all:
- (A) Cottonseed;
- (B) Bolls;
- (C) Locks;
- (D) Seed cotton; and
- (E) Cotton refuse.
(f) Mechanical pickers and harvesting equipment.
- (1) Must be fumigated or cleaned and inspected by the board or the United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine program.
- (2) Such equipment must be accompanied by a certificate before moving from Area A to Area B.
- (g) Live pink bollworms, grabbots, unbaled gin waste, and unbaled oil mill waste. Movement is prohibited from Area A to Area B.
(h) Samples of lint and linters weighing not more than one and a half pounds (1 1/2 lbs.) each. Movement from Area A is not restricted if produced in a plant holding a compliance agreement and protected from contamination.
- (i) Baled or unbaled lint, baled or unbaled linters, and gin waste.
(1)
- (A) These may be moved from Area A only under permit or compliance agreement.
- (B) They may be moved in Area A without permit.
- (C) Also, flat-baled lint cotton or flat-baled lint cleaner waste produced at an approved gin where lint has passed through one (1) or more saw-type lint cleaners, and linters produced at any approved oil mill are eligible to move to any destination when kept free from contamination and identity of each bale is maintained.
(2) Gin waste may move only as follows:
- (A) Under limited permit;
- (B) From the gin where produced to a designated plant; and
- (C) After approved treatment.
- (3) Gin trash produced in Area A, when treated by an approved fan, can be moved under certificate to Area B.
- (j) Seed, etc., from infested states. Untreated cottonseed, seed cotton, bolls, locks, hulls, and any article contaminated therewith, which is brought in from areas infested or thought to be infested, is subject to seizure or treatment on arrival in Arkansas, if not certified to specific designated processing plants or in the area on or west of United States Highway 71.
(k) Oil mill — Deadline.
- (1) Cottonseed from Area A sent to designated oil mills must be processed, and the mill's premises cleaned up, by June 1 of each year.
(2)
- (A) Cottonseed to be held after June 1 shall be either heat-treated or fumigated by the June 1 deadline.
(B) Exception.
- (i) Cottonseed from Area A received at designated oil mills may be processed continuously without treatment, provided no pink bollworm moths are recovered from traps located in oil mill storage areas.
- (ii) If a pink bollworm moth is trapped before the end of May, the June 1 deadline would apply.
- (iii)
- (a) (a) If no pink bollworm moths are trapped before the end of May, the mill may continue processing and the deadline will be August 31, unless a pink bollworm moth is trapped.
(b) (b) If a pink bollworm moth is trapped, immediate treatment will be required of all seed on hand.
- (l) Okra, kenaf, and any other plants subject to infestation.
- (1) May be moved anywhere without permit unless they have been determined to be infested, in which case they may be given approved treatment and moved under certificate.
- (2) Okra from infested areas in other states is subject to seizure and/or treatment.