02 NCAC 48A .1704         REGULATED ARTICLES

The following articles are regulated under the provisions of this Section:

(1)           Soil, compost, peat, humus, muck, decomposed manure, sand, and gravel, either separately or mixed with other articles; except that potting soil commercially prepared and free of noxious weed seed, packaged and shipped in original containers is not a regulated article;

(2)           Nursery stock including growing media (houseplants grown in a home and not for sale are excluded);

(3)           Grass sod;

(4)           Used mechanized soil‑moving equipment, cultivating equipment and harvesting machinery, except when decontaminated and cleaned free of soil;

(5)           Hay, straw, or other material of a similar nature;

(6)           Any means of conveyance of any noxious weed when such conveyance is determined by the Administrator to present a hazard of spread of noxious weeds and the person in possession of such conveyance has been so notified.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106‑420;

Eff. December 1, 1991;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 24, 2019.