1. A. From Sweetpotato Weevil-Free Designations

   1. 1. Green certificate permit tags will, upon request to the department, be issued to any person whose growing, packing and storage facilities are designated by the department as sweetpotato weevil-free and who meet the following conditions.

      1. a. The person has a valid sweet potato dealer's permit as required by these regulations.
      2. b. The properties or premises of the person, where regulated materials are grown or stored, have been trapped or surveyed for sweetpotato weevil during the growing season in a manner approved by the department and have been found by the department to be free from sweetpotato weevil.

   2. 2. Certificate permits authorizing the movement of regulated material from sweetpotato weevil-free areas or properties or premises to points within and outside of Louisiana will be issued by the department under the following conditions.

      1. a. The person moving the regulated material has a valid sweet potato dealer's permit as required under these regulations.
      2. b. The person has signed a compliance agreement with the department specifying the handling of the regulated material to be moved and the proper use of the certificate permits.
   3. 3. Green certificate permit tags shall be attached to or placed within each container in a load or shipment of sweet potatoes, if moved within Louisiana or to any other state which may require such. Green certificate permit tags shall not be reused.
   4. 4. Regulated material moving into areas or properties or premises of Louisiana or into a portion of any other state designated as sweetpotato weevil-infested, unless moving under the provisions set forth in §139.D.2.c, shall not be moved back into any Louisiana sweetpotato weevil-free designated area and shall lose its sweetpotato weevil-free status.

2. B. From Sweetpotato Weevil-infested Designations

   1. 1. Pink certificate permit tags will, upon request to the department, be issued to any person whose growing, packing and storage facilities are designated by the department as sweetpotato weevil-infested and who possess a valid sweet potato dealer's permit as required under the provisions of these regulations.

   2. 2. Certificate permits authorizing the movement of regulated material from or within sweetpotato weevil-infested areas or properties or premises will be issued by the department under the following conditions.

      1. a. The person has a valid sweet potato dealer's permit as required under the provisions of these regulations.
      2. b. The person has signed a compliance agreement with the department specifying the handling of the regulated material to be moved and the proper use of the certificate permits.
      3. c. The regulated material shall not be moved from a sweetpotato weevil infested designated area into a sweetpotato weevil-free designated area, or to any state which may prohibit entry of such regulated material, unless fumigated under the provisions set forth in §138.
      4. d. If regulated materials are moved, then the regulated materials shall be completely enclosed in the vehicle body or covered tightly by tarpaulins or other means approved by the department in advance of movement.
      5. e. Certificate permits attesting to regulated material fumigation and authorizing the movement of regulated material from areas or properties or premises designated as sweetpotato weevil-infested will be issued when such regulated material is inspected, found apparently free of the sweetpotato weevil and fumigated under the provisions set forth in §138 hereof.
   3. 3. Pink certificate permit tags shall be attached to or placed within each container in a load or shipment of sweet potatoes, if moved within Louisiana or to any other state which may require such tags. Pink certificate permit tags shall not be reused.
3. C. No regulated material may be moved or shipped within or out of Louisiana unless accompanied by a valid certificate permit.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1655 and R.S. 3:1732.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 11:320 (April 1985), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 14:527 (August 1988), LR 16:600 (July 1990), LR 18:702 (July 1992), LR 27:1175 (August 2001).