For purposes of this chapter:
- (1) "Agricultural liming materials" means a product whose calcium and magnesium compounds are capable of neutralizing soil acidity.
- (2) "Limestone" means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of neutralizing soil acidity.
- (3) "Dolomitic limestone" means those materials of which sixteen percent or more of the total neutralizing value expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent is derived from magnesium compounds.
- (4) "Calcitic limestone" means materials of which eighty-five percent, plus or minus five percent, or more of the total neutralizing value expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent is derived from calcium compounds.
- (5) "Burnt lime" means a material whose calcium and magnesium compounds are capable of neutralizing soil acidity and which consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium oxide with magnesium oxide.
- (6) "Hydrated lime" means a material made from burnt lime which consists essentially of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide.
- (7) "Marl" means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of calcium carbonate.
- (8) "Industrial by-product used as a liming material" means an industrial waste or by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize soil acidity.
- (9) "Calcium carbonate equivalent" means the acid neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate.
- (10) "Fineness" means the percentage of weight of the material which will pass United States Standard sieves of specified sizes.
- (11) "Distributor" means a person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends agricultural liming materials or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise supplies agricultural liming materials.
- (12) "Registrant" means the person who applies for or requests registration of the agricultural liming material and is granted registration.
- (13) "Brand" means the term, designation, trademark, product name, or other specific designation under which individual agricultural liming material is offered for sale.
- (14) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois.
- (15) "Percent" or "percentage" means by weight.
- (16) "Bulk" means in nonpackaged form.
- (17) "Label" means written or printed matter on or attached to the package or on the delivery ticket which accompanies bulk shipments.
- (18) "Person" means individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation.
- (19) "Weight" means the net weight of material as offered for sale.
- (20) "Director" means the Director of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University.
- (21) "Division" means the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University, and its employees, agents, and officials.