Definitions

In addition to the definitions found in Section 22-1904 and 22-2005, Idaho Code, the following definitions apply in the interpretation and enforcement of Subchapter A only: (3-15-22) 01. Acts. Title 22, Chapter 19, Idaho Code, the “Idaho Invasive Species Act of 2008.” (3-15-22) 02. Aquatic Invertebrate Invasive Species. Those species listed in Section 140. (3-15-22) 03. Control. The abatement, suppression, or containment of an invasive species or pest population. (3-15-22) 04. Dreissenia Infested Waterbody. Body of water designated by the United States Geological Survey, http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/mollusks/zebramussel/, or the Director as having a population of any life stage of Dreissenia mussels. (3-15-22) 05. Early Detection/Rapid Response. Finding invasive species during the initial stages of colonization and then responding within ten (10) days. (3-15-22) 06. Energy Crop Invasive Species. Non-native plant grown to harvest for use in making biofuels, such as bioethanol, or combusted for its energy content to generate electricity or heat. Energy Crop Invasive Species are non-native plants that are cultivated for the purpose of producing (non-food) energy. (3-15-22) 07. Equipment. An article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing: (3-15-22) a. Water; or (3-15-22) b. An invasive species. (3-15-22) 08. Facility. Any place, site or location or part thereof where a species listed as invasive pursuant to Subchapter A are found, handled, housed, held, planted, or otherwise maintained for purposes governed by a possession, production, or transport permit issued pursuant to Subchapter A and includes, but is not limited to all fields, plats, buildings, lots, structures, and other appurtenances and improvements on the land. (3-15-22) 09. Possession. The act of cultivating, importing, exporting, shipping or transporting a listed invasive species in Idaho. Possession does not include the act of having, releasing or transporting a listed invasive species through circumstances beyond individual control, including but not limited to infestations in a water supply system, infestations resulting from natural spread of the species or some other acts of nature. (3-15-22) 10. Trap Crop Invasive Species. Non-native plant species planted for purposes of controlling or eradicating a Plant Pest, as defined in the Idaho Plant Pest Act of 2002. (3-15-22) 11. Water Body. Natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank and fountain. (3-15-22) 12. Water Supply System. A system used to treat, store, convey, or distribute water for irrigation, industrial, waste water treatment, residential, or culinary use. A Water Supply System includes a pump, canal, ditch, regulating impoundment, in-canal forebay, pipeline, or associated wetland and water quality improvement project, but does not include a Water Body as defined in Subsection 110.11. (3-15-22)