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 |
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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 |