- (a) The commissioner may grant a request for declaration of an area as suppressed after a written recommendation is submitted to the department from the Foundation, supported by scientific documentation acceptable to the department indicating that movement of regulated articles into the area presents a threat to the success of boll weevil eradication.
- (b) The Northwest Plains (NWP), Northern High Plains (NWP), Northern Rolling Plains (NRP), Southern High Plains/Caprock (SHP/C), Western High Plains (WHP), Permian Basin (PB), and El Paso/Trans Pecos (EP/TP) Boll Weevil Eradication Zones, as defined in the Texas Agriculture Code, §74.1021 and Texas Administrative Code §§3.110, 3.111, 3.112 and 3.115 have been declared as suppressed by the commissioner.
Source Note:The provisions of this §20.12 adopted to be effective July 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 4996; amended to be effective May 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 4756.