CHAPTER Agr 3800  INVASIVE SPECIES

 

Statutory Authority:  RSA 430:55

 

PART Agr 3801  INVASIVE SPECIES

 

          Agr 3801.01  Purpose.  These rules have been established to:

 

          (a)  Prevent and control the spread of invasive plant, insect, and fungal species;

 

          (b)  Minimize the adverse environmental and economic effects invasive species cause to agriculture, forests, wetlands, wildlife, and other natural resources of the state; and

 

          (c)  Protect the public from potential health problems attributed to certain invasive species.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr 3801.02  Definitions.

 

          (a)  "Alien species " means "alien species" as defined in RSA 430:52 I, namely, "with respect to a particular ecosystem, any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating or reproducing that species, that is not native to that ecosystem."

 

          (b)  "Commissioner" means "commissioner" as defined in RSA 430:52 II, namely "the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food."

 

          (c)  "Control" means "control" as defined in RSA 430:52 IV, namely, "as appropriate, eradicating, suppressing, reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of invasive species from areas where they are present, and taking steps such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects of invasive species and to prevent further invasions."

 

          (d)  "Department" means the department of agriculture, markets, and food.

 

          (e)  "Fungi" means "fungi" as defined in RSA 430:52 V, namely, "all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants of a lower order than mosses and liverworts) as, for example, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, yeasts, and bacteria, except those on or in living man or other animals."

 

          (f)  "Insect" means "insect" as defined in RSA 430:52 VI, namely, "any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising 6-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than 6 legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice."

 

          (g)  "Invasive species" means "invasive species" as defined in RSA 430:52 VII, namely, "an alien species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health."

 

          (h)  "Invasive species committee" means the invasive species committee as established in RSA 430:54 to advise the commissioner on matter relating to invasive plant, insect and fungal species in the state for the commissioner to prepare and publish annually the New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list and the New Hampshire restricted invasive species list.

 

          (i)  "Native species" means "native species" as defined in RSA 430:52 VIII, namely, "with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred, or currently occurs in that ecosystem."

 

          (j)  "Outreach" means the temporary use of an invasive species for the purpose of conducting a workshop or symposium.

 

          (k)  "Person" means "person" as defined in RSA 430:52 IX, namely, "any individual, governmental entity, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof."

 

          (l)  "Propagation" means purposefully increasing the population of a species by means of manipulating its sexual, asexual or both reproduction processes.

 

          (m)  "Propagule" means any living part of a plant or fungus such as stem or root segments, seeds, spores, buds, nodes, corms, or bulblets that can become detached and form a new organism.

 

          (n)  "Processed products" means any commodity derived from a plant, insect, or fungi species that has undergone treatment(s) that has rendered the commodity non-living and non-viable such as jellies, veneers, and roof thatch.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

PART Agr 3802  NH PROHIBITED INVASIVE SPECIES

 

          Agr 3802.01  NH Prohibited Invasive Species.

 

          (a)  The following species, listed by scientific name in the New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list in Table 3800.1, shall be prohibited:

 

Table 3800.1  New Hampshire Prohibited Invasive Species List

 

 

 

Prohibited Plant Species

 

 

Scientific name

Synonyms

Common name

Acer platanoides L.

Acer platanoides var. schwedleri Nichols.

Norway maple

Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle

Ailanthus glandulosa Desv.

Tree of heaven

Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara &

Grande

 

Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britt.; Alliaria officinalis Andrz. ex Bieb.; Erysimum alliaria L.; Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.

Garlic mustard

 

 

Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.

Alnus alnus (L.) Britt.; Betula alnus L. var. glutinosa L.

European black alder

Berberis thunbergii DC.

 

Japanese barberry

Berberis vulgaris L.

 

European barberry

Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

 

Oriental bittersweet

Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos

(Gugler) Hayek

 

Centaurea biebersteinii DC.; Centaurea maculosa Lam., misapplied; Centaurea maculosa Lam. ssp. micranthos Gugler

Spotted knapweed

 

 

Cynanchum louiseae Kartesz &

Gandhi

Cynanchum nigrum (L.) Pers.; Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Pers.

Black swallow-wort

Cynanchum rossicum (Kleopow) Borhidi

 

 

Cynanchum medium, of authors not R. Br.; Vincetoxicum medium, of authors not (R. Br.) Dcne.; Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbarich

Pale swallow-wort

 

 

 

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. var.

parvifolia (Royle) Schneid.

Elaeagnus parvifolia Royle

Autumn olive

Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb.

Celastrus alatus Thunb.

Burning bush

Frangula alnus P. Mill.

Rhamnus frangula L.

Glossy buckthorn

Glyceria maxima (Hartman) Holmb.

Glyceria spectabilis Mert. & Koch; Molinia maxima Hartman

Reed sweet grass

Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier

 

Giant hogweed

Hesperis matronalis

 

Dames rocket

Impatiens glandulifera Royle

Impatiens roylei Walp.

Ornamental jewelweed

Iris pseudacorus L.

 

Water-flag

Lepidium latifolium L.

Cardaria latifolia (L.) Spach

Perennial pepperweed

Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. & Zucc.

var. obtusifolium

Ligustrum obtusifolium var. leiocalyx (Nakai) H. Hara

Blunt-leaved privet

 

Ligustrum vulgare L.

 

Common privet

Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Nintooa japonica (Thunb.) Sweet

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder*

 

Amur honeysuckle*

Lonicera morrowii Gray*

 

Morrow's honeysuckle*

Lonicera tatarica L.*

 

Tartarian honeysuckle*

Lonicera ×bella Zabel*

Lonicera morrowii × L. tatarica

Bella honeysuckle*

Lysimachia nummularia L.

 

Moneywort

Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Andropogon vimineum Trin.; Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze

Japanese stilt grass

Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross

 

Ampelygonum perfoliatum (L.) Roberty & Vautier; Polygonum perfoliatum L.

Mile-a-minute weed

 

Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var.

lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida

Dolichos lobatus Willd.; Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; Pueraria thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth.

Kudzu

 

 

Reynoutria japonica Houtt. var.

Japonica

 

Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) R. Decr.; Pleuropterus cuspidatus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Moldenke; Polygonum

cuspidatum Sieb. & Zucc.

Japanese knotweed

 

 

Reynoutria sachalinensis (F. Schmidt

ex Maxim.) Nakai

Fallopia sachalinensis (F.S. Petrop. ex Maxim.) R. Decr.; Polygonum sachalinense F. Schmidt ex Maxim.

Giant knotweed

 

Reynoutria ×bohemica Chrtek & Chrtková

 

 

Fallopia japonica × F. sachalinensis; Fallopia ×bohemica (Chrtek & Chrtková) J.P. Bailey; Polygonum ×bohemicum (Chrtek & Chrtková) P.F. Zika & A.L. Jacobson

Bohemia knotweed

 

 

 

Rhamnus cathartica L.

 

Common buckthorn

Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murr.

 

Multiflora rose

 

 

Prohibited Insect Species

 

 

Scientific name

Synonyms

Common name

Acarapis woodi

 

honeybee tracheal mite

Adelges tsugae

Adelges tsugae Annand

hemlock woolly adelgid

Aeolesthes sarta (Solsky)

Pachydissus sartus Solsky,

city longhorn beetle

Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire)

Agrilus feretrius

emerald ash borer

Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

 

Anoplophora nobilis (Ganglbauer); nthonomus aeneotinctus (Champion)

Asian longhorned beetle

 

 

Callidiellum rufipenne (Motschulsky)

 

cedar longhorned beetle

 

Dendrolimus sibiricus

 

 

Dendrolimus superans sibiricus (Chetverikov); Dendrolimus laricis (Chetverikov)

Siberian silk moth

 

 

Hylurgus ligniperda (Latreille)

Bostrichus ligniperda (Fabricius); Bostrichus elongatus (Herbst); Bostrichus flavipes (Panzer)

redhaired bark beetle

 

 

Ips typographus (Linnaeus)

 

 

Ips octodentatus (Paykull); Ips japonicus (Niisima); Bostrichus octodentatus (Paykull)

European spruce bark beetle

 

 

Lycorma delicatula (White)

Aphaena delicatula (White)

spotted lanternfly

Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus)

Phalaena dispar (Linnaeus)

Asian gypsy moth

Popillia japonica

 

Japanese beetle

Pyrrhalta viburni

 

viburnum leaf beetle

Rhizotrogus majalis

 

European chafer

Lymantria monacha (Linnaeus)

Phalaena monacha (Linnaeus)

nun moth

Tetropium fuscum (Fabricius)

Isarthron fuscum (Fabricius); Callidium fuscum (Fabricius); Criomorphus fuscus (Fabricius); Tetropium fuscum var. velutinum (Demelt); Tetropium fuscum var. nigripennis (Demelt)

brown spruce longhorned beetle

 

 

 

 

 

Varroa destructor

 

Varroa mite

 

          (b)  No person shall collect, transport, import, export, move, buy, sell, distribute, propagate, or transplant any living and viable portion of any plant species, which includes all of their cultivars and varieties, listed in Table 3800.1, New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list.

 

          (c)  No person shall collect, transport, import, export, move, buy, sell, distribute, propagate, or release any living insect species listed in Table 3800.1, New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr 3802.02  Exemptions.

 

          (a)  The commissioner and department employees, while acting in the performance of their duties, shall be exempt from the restrictions of this chapter relative to:

 

(1)  Collection;

 

(2)  Distribution;

 

(3)  Transportation; or

 

(4)  Propagation.

 

          (b)  Persons who have been granted an approved written variance from the department in accordance with Agr 3802.03 shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter for one or more of the following activities:

 

(1)  Collection;

 

(2)  Transportation;

 

(3)  Cultivation;

 

(4)  Transplantation; or

 

(5)  Propagation.

 

          (c)  Persons who utilize only nonliving and nonviable prohibited invasive species shall be exempt from the restrictions on collection, transportation, sale, and distribution for the following purposes:

 

(1)  Outreach;

 

(2)  Arts and crafts;

 

(3)  Lumber;

 

(4)  Firewood; or

 

(5)  Processed products.

 

          (d)  Persons shall be exempt from collecting and transporting living and viable prohibited invasive species for purposes of:

 

(1)  Maintaining a publicly-accessible herbarium, mycology or entomology collection;

 

(2)  Disposal;

 

(3)  Identification; or

 

(4)  Interstate transport.

 

          (e)  Persons exempt as specified in (a), (b) and (d) shall ensure that viable living parts, seeds or propagules do not escape.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr  3802.03  Variance Requests.

 

          (a)  Any person may apply for a written variance to allow for temporary scientific use of prohibited invasive species for the collection, transportation, cultivation, transplantation, or propagation of prohibited invasive species provided the species shall not be:

 

(1)  Sold;

 

(2)  Distributed; or

 

(3)  Allowed to escape.

 

          (b)  The approved use of the invasive species shall not result in any of the following:

 

(1)  Environmental impacts;

 

(2)  Economic damage; or

 

(3)  Cause harm to human health. 

 

          (c)  Applicants shall submit a completed variance request form to the department with the following information:

 

(1)  Applicant’s name, phone number, and mailing address;

 

(2)  Business/affiliation’s name, phone number, and mailing address;

 

(3)  Scientific name;

 

(4)  Common name;

 

(5)  Synonym(s);

 

(6)  Cultivar(s);

 

(7)  Taxonomic family;

 

(8)  Country or state in which species is native;

 

(9)  Cultural requirements;

 

(10)  Temperature or climatic requirements;

 

(11)  Sexual, asexual, or both reproductive methods;

 

(12)  Purpose and need statement;

 

(13)  Quantity and type of species such as plants, seeds, propagules, mature insects, larvae, eggs, etc.;

 

(14)  Collection site, or source of species material;

 

(15)  Project location, including a site map and a description of the habitat and adjacent land use where species will be held;

 

(16)  Duration of project including starting and ending dates;

 

(17)  Method of disposal; and

 

(18)  Precautionary measures taken to prevent the species escape.

 

          (d)  Applications that are incomplete shall be deemed incomplete and a notice identifying the deficiencies shall be sent to the applicant.

 

          (e)  Applications that do not meet the department rules shall be denied and a notice shall be sent to the applicant.

 

          (f)  Persons holding an approved written variance shall, within 30 days of the completion of the project, submit written notification to the department describing results of the project.

 

          (g)  The approved variance from the department shall be nontransferable.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr 3802.04  Disposal of Prohibited Invasive Species.  Prohibited invasive species shall only be disposed of in a manner that renders them nonliving and nonviable.

 

Source.  #8070, eff 6-1-04; ss by #9228, eff 8-6-08; ss by #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr 3802.05  Keeping of Records.  Every nurseryman and plant dealer that meets the licensing requirements of Agr 2500 must retain for three years all invoices for all nursery stock purchased.  The invoices shall include the total number of each species, scientific names, the name and address of the source nursery, and date of purchase.  Such records must be made available upon request by the commissioner, director, or a nursery inspector during normal business hours.

 

Source.  #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

          Agr 3802.06 Violations.

 

          (a)  It shall be a violation for any person who collects, transports, imports, exports, moves, buys, sells, distributes, propagates, or transplants any living and viable portion of any plant species, which includes all of their cultivars and varieties, listed in Table 3800.1, New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list.

 

          (b)  Failure to comply with section Agr 3802.06(a) shall result in the assessment of administrative fines.

 

          (c)  The commissioner shall order any person who has been found in violation of these rules to take such measures to eradicate or control the invasive species as the commissioner may deem necessary.  The required eradication or control measures shall be promptly implemented within the time period designated in the order. If the order is not implemented within the designated time frame, administrative fines, penalties, or both, pursuant to RSA 430:57, shall be levied.

 

          (d)  The administrative fine schedule shall be as follows:

 

(1)  Frist offense, $100;

 

(2)  Second offense, $200;

 

(3)  Third offense, $300; and

 

(4)  Fourth and subsequent offenses, $1,000.

 

Source.  #12084, eff 1-9-17

 

APPENDIX

 

Rule

Specific State or Federal Statute or Regulations which the Rule Implements

 

 

Agr 3801.01-Agr 3801.02

RSA 430:51

Agr 3802.01

RSA 430:53 III

Agr 3802.02

RSA 430:55

Agr 3802.03

RSA 430:55, RSA 541-A:22, IV

Agr 3802.04

RSA 430:55

Agr 3802.05

RSA 433:51

Agr 3802.06

RSA 430:57

Agr 3802.07

RSA 430:2, RSA 430: 55