Dissemination of Noxious Weeds Through Articles

004 Dissemination of Noxious Weeds Through Articles. 004.01 All noxious weeds as designated in 25 NAC 10-001 are hereby found by the director to be noxious weeds which may be disseminated through articles. The following articles are hereby designated and published by the director as capable of disseminating noxious weeds: 004.01A Machinery and equipment; 004.01B Trucks; 004.01C Grain and seed; 004.01D Hay, straw, and other material of a similar nature; 004.01E Nursery stock; 004.01F Fence posts, fencing, or railroad ties; 004.01G Sod; 004.01H Manure; 004.01I Soil; 004.01J Any other articles determined by the director to have characteristics rendering it capable of disseminating noxious weeds. 004.02 The director hereby prescribes the following treatment for articles capable of disseminating noxious weeds, when such articles are suspected to have noxious weeds present: 004.02A Machinery and equipment used in the harvesting of crops shall be treated as follows: 004.02A1 Remove all loose material from the top and sides of the machine and all other places of lodgement by sweeping or the use of forced air or forced water; 004.02A2 Remove all noxious weeds from shakers, sieves, and other places of lodgement; 004.02A3 Run the machine empty for at least five (5) minutes, alternately increasing and decreasing the speed; 004.02A4 Follow the manufacturer's detailed instructions for cleaning the machine; and 004.02A5 Whenever possible, aforementioned treatments shall be performed while the article is still on the land on which it became infested. If treatment cannot be performed at this location, the location selected shall be such as to minimize the possible dissemination of noxious weeds. 004.02B Machinery and equipment other than that used for harvesting of crops including, but not limited to, trucks, tractors, mowers, planters, and other articles, such as railroad ties, fence posts and fencing, shall be treated by brushing, sweeping, forced air, forced water, physical removal of noxious weeds or any other method deemed by the control authority to be consistent with the intent and purpose of the Noxious Weed Control Act and this regulation. With respect to the location where treatment is to be performed, the same guidelines as set out in 004.02A5, above, shall apply. 004.02C Grain and seed suspected to contain noxious weeds may be transported prior to treatment if done in such a fashion as to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds such as in enclosed trucks, but shall not be sold or transferred to another person prior to treatment. Grain and seed suspected to contain noxious weeds shall be treated by use of a seed cleaner which is effective in removing the noxious weeds from the grain and seed. Screenings remaining following treatment may not be used for feed, or for any other purpose which could result in the dissemination of noxious weeds. 004.02D Soil, sod, nursery stock, hay, straw, and other material of a similar nature are articles for which no known acceptable method of treatment exists. Such articles may not be moved from the location at which they initially become infested, but may be utilized at that location for their commonly recognized purpose. 004.02E Manure is an article for which no known acceptable method of treatment exists. Manure may not be moved from the location at which it initially became infested, but may be utilized at that location for its commonly recognized purposes. 004.02F Should a method of treatment be developed for such articles listed in 004.01 through 004.01J, the control authority may allow its utilization if it is found by the director to be consistent with the intent and purposes of the Noxious Weed Control Act and these regulations. 004.03 The control authority shall make inspection services available to those who request the inspection of articles capable of disseminating noxious weeds. When the control authority is unable to provide requested inspection services, or when information is all that is needed, the control authority shall make every effort to advise persons within the county as to the proper treatment of articles capable of disseminating noxious weeds. A sample article inspection form is set out in 25 NAC 10-008.09.