S.C. Code Regs. § 27-62 - Conditions Governing the Movement of Regulated Articles

A. Certificate or permit required. A certificate or permit issued or authorized to be issued by an inspector of the State of origin shall accompany the movement of regulated articles:

(1) From any regulated area into or through any point outside thereof.

(2) From a generally infested area into or through an eradication area;

(a) Except that, regulated articles originating outside of a regulated area moving directly to other nonregulated areas may be moved without a certificate or permit if the point of origin is clearly indicated on the waybill or other document accompanying the shipment. In the case of regulated articles moved through regulated areas, the regulated articles shall be protected from infestation while within the regulated area to the satisfaction of an inspector.

(b) There are no restrictions on the movement of regulated articles within generally infested areas or eradication areas unless the articles originated on infested properties and an inspector has determined that a hazard of spread exists and the owner has been so notified. A property owner so notified may move the specified regulated articles within generally infested areas or eradication areas only on the conditions approved by an inspector.

B. Attachment of certificates or permits. When certificates or permits are required, they shall be securely attached to the outside of the container in which the articles are moved except where the certificate or permit is attached to the shipping document and the regulated articles are adequately described on the shipping document or on the certificate or permit, the attachment of the certificate or permit to each of the containers is not required.

C. Issuance of certificates. Certificates may be issued or authorized to be issued by an inspector of the regulated articles:

(1) Have originated to noninfested premises in a regulated area and have not been exposed to infestation while within the regulated area; or

(2) Have been examined and found to be free of infestation; or

(3) Have been grown, stored or handled in such a manner that no infestation would be transmitted.

D. Issuance of permits. Permits may be issued or authorized to be issued by an inspector to allow the movement of noncertified regulated articles to a specified destination provided the inspector determines that such movement will not result in the spread of the sweetpotato weevil and the movement is in accordance with procedures approved by the responsible regulatory official of the state of destination.

E. Requirements under other applicable state quarantines must be met.

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S.C. Code Regs. § 27-62