- article
means any material or tangible object that could harbor plant pests or noxious weeds.
- biological control organism
means any enemy, antagonist, or competitor used to control a plant pest or noxious weed.
- early plant pest detection and surveillance
means the full range of activities undertaken to find newly introduced plant pests, whether the plant pests are new to the United States or new to certain areas of the United States, before—
- Federal lands
means those lands owned and managed by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.
- Indian Tribe
has the meaning given that term in section 5304 of title 25.
- interstate
means—
- interstate commerce
means trade, traffic, or other commerce—
- means of conveyance
means any personal property used for or intended for use for the movement of any other personal property.
- noxious weed
means any plant or plant product that can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops (including nursery stock or plant products), livestock, poultry, or other interests of agriculture, irrigation, navigation, the natural resources of the United States, the public health, or the environment.
- permit
means a written or oral authorization, including by electronic methods, by the Secretary to move plants, plant products, biological control organisms, plant pests, noxious weeds, or articles under conditions prescribed by the Secretary.
- person
means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, or other legal entity.
- plant
means any plant (including any plant part) for or capable of propagation, including a tree, a tissue culture, a plantlet culture, pollen, a shrub, a vine, a cutting, a graft, a scion, a bud, a bulb, a root, and a seed.
- plant pest
means any living stage of any of the following that can directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in any plant or plant product:
- plant product
means—
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- specialty crop
has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note;
- State
means any of the several States of the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
- State department of agriculture
means an agency of a State that has a legal responsibility to perform early plant pest detection and surveillance activities.
- systems approach
means a defined set of phytosanitary procedures, at least two of which have an independent effect in mitigating pest risk associated with the movement of commodities.
- this chapter
includes any regulation or order issued by the Secretary under the authority of this chapter.
- United States
means all of the States.
- weed management entity
means an entity that—