Treatment Required for Materials Originating in Regulated Areas

A. When contaminated with cotton products originating from states other than Louisiana which are infested with pink bollworm or from a regulated area within Louisiana, the following shall not be moved interstate or intrastate until freed from contamination to the satisfaction of an inspector: 1. railway cars, trucks or other vehicles; 2. cotton bagging or other containers of cotton; 3. cotton processing machinery; 4. farm household goods; 5. farm equipment; 6. used picking sacks; 7. personal belongings of transient pickers; 8. farm products; and 9. any other contaminated articles. B. When contaminated articles listed in §159.A hereof are cleaned to the satisfaction of the inspector, no certificate or limited permit will be required except for cotton bagging or other containers of cotton and cotton processing machinery. C. Cotton processing equipment originating in a regulated area outside of Louisiana must be dismantled and cleaned in an approved manner to the satisfaction of an inspector, or fumigated before a permit will be issued for its movement into a pest-free area. D. Mechanical cotton pickers and used picking sacks must be accompanied by an official fumigation certificate and sealed by the appropriate official of the state of origin. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1652. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 11:322 (April 1985).