Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-4-21-.01 - Definitions
The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these rules and regulations:
(a) Aged: exposed under uncontrolled
conditions to weathering and/or natural decay.
(b) Bark: the outer, more or less corky layer
of stems of most woody plants. Bark may include no more than 15 percent by
volume wood.
(c) Bulk: not in a
package or in packages of one cubic yard or more.
(d) Compost: organic materials which have
been biologically decomposed by mixing and piling in such a way as to promote
decay, and to minimize pathogens, viable weed seeds and odors. Such materials
must have passed beyond a thermophilic (heat-generating) stage, and must be in
a stage of decomposition (aerobic) of a sufficient degree to be not harmful to
plant growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry
growing practices.
(e)
Commissioner: the Commissioner of Agriculture, any employee of the Department
of Agriculture, or any other person authorized by the Commissioner to act on
behalf of the Commissioner.
(f)
Custom Medium: a horticultural growing medium which is prepared to exact
specifications of the person who will be planting in the medium and delivered
directly to that person without intermediate or further distribution.
(g) Department: the Georgia Department of
Agriculture.
(h) Distribute: to
offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, or otherwise supply or make
available.
(i) Horticultural
growing medium: any substance or mixture of substances which is promoted as or
is intended to function as an artificial soil for the managed growth of
horticultural crops.
(j) Label: the
display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the
immediate container accompanying the lot of horticultural growing
medium.
(k) Labelling: in addition
to the label, any written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying any
horticultural growing medium or any advertisements, brochures, posters,
television, or radio announcements, or any other oral or written material used
in promoting a horticultural growing medium.
(l) Person: individuals, partnerships,
corporations, or other organized bodies or entities, or any combination
thereof.
(m) Processed:
deliberately treated or manipulated to modify or transform physical, chemical,
or biological characteristics of the natural state of the substance.
(n) Raw: in the natural state, and not
prepared, modified or manipulated for use.
(o) Registrant: the person whose name appears
on the label of a horticultural growing medium and who is responsible for
labeling such medium.
(p)
Registration Document: the information required by the Commissioner for
registering a horticultural growing medium for distribution into or within
Georgia, not including a Suitability Document. The Registration Document may be
made available by the registrant to the purchaser upon request.
(q) Suitability Document: the information
described by the Commissioner, of an experimental and explanatory nature
describing how the registrant determined suitability of the product for its
intended use(s).
(r) Suitable: to
function as promoted or intended when combined with generally accepted
horticultural industry growing practices. Generally, in referring to a medium,
this means holds water and air, provides mechanical support, and sustains plant
growth when combined with generally accepted horticultural industry growing
practices.
(s) Soil: the upper
weathered mineral surface of the earth. Soil may contain an organic portion
consisting of both living and dead organisms.
(t) Wood: a hard, fibrous material located
beneath the bark, which constitutes the greatest part of stems of trees and
shrubs.
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