ARTICLE 2. Definitions [14511. - 14564.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.
§§ 14511–14564 · 58 sections
- § 14511 “Agricultural liming materials” are agricultural minerals composed of calcium or magnesium compounds, or both, which are capable of neutralizing soil acidity…
- § 14512 “Agricultural mineral” means any substance with nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), and soluble potash (K2O), singly or in combination, in amounts…
- § 14512.5 “Ammonium nitrate” means solid ammonium nitrate that is chiefly the ammonium salt of nitric acid, contains not less than 33 percent of nitrogen, one-half of…
- § 14513 “Beneficial substance” means any substance or compound, other than primary plant nutrients, secondary plant nutrients, and micronutrients, and excluding…
- § 14513.5 “Biochar” means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60 percent carbon.
- § 14514 “Biotics” means all materials for which claims are made relating to organisms, enzymes, or organism by-products.
- § 14515 “Board” means the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board.
- § 14516 “Brand” means any term, design, or trademark used in connection with a fertilizing material product.
- § 14517 “Bulk material” means fertilizing materials distributed in nonpackaged form or in a container containing more than 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
- § 14518 “Business location” means any place where fertilizing materials are sold or stored for later sale, except storage of package materials on premises operated…
- § 14519 “Captured dilute solutions” means solutions that contain low levels of plant nutrients as a result of equipment rinsing and runoff.
- § 14520 “Chelates” means compounds, usually organic, which can combine with a metal ion and form a ring structure between a portion of the chelating agent molecule and…
- § 14521 “Chelated plant nutrients” means compounds of metallic secondary nutrients and micronutrients with organic chelating agents which have the property of being…
- § 14522 “Commercial fertilizer” means any substance which contains 5 percent or more of nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2O), singly…
- § 14523 “Common carrier” means a company licensed with the Public Utilities Commission that hauls for hire.
- § 14524 “Complex” means bonding which includes both of the following: (a) “Natural organic complexes” means organic by-products of the wood pulp and other industries,…
- § 14525 “Compost” means a biologically stable material derived from the composting process.
- § 14526 “Composting” means the biological decomposition of organic matter which inhibits pathogens, viable weed seeds, and odors. “Composting” may be accomplished by…
- § 14527 “Derivation statement” means the sources of all guaranteed primary nutrients or secondary nutrients, or both, and micronutrients.
- § 14528 “Discontinued manufacturing” means a beneficial substance, packaged agricultural mineral, organic input material, and specialty fertilizer that is no longer…
- § 14529 “Distribute” means to sell, offer, expose for sale, exchange, barter, or otherwise supply products for use in, or shipment within or into, this state.
- § 14530 “Distributor” means any person who imports or consigns a fertilizing material or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or othewise supplies this product for use…
- § 14531 “Experimental use” means any application of a fertilizing material which is not offered for sale, has no commercial value, and is for the sole purpose of…
- § 14532 “Farm use” means that the fertilizing material is used primarily for application to crops produced for commercial value.
- § 14533 “Fertilizing material” means any commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, beneficial substance, or organic input material.
- § 14534 “Fish emulsion” means fertilizing material from which the guaranteed nutrients are derived primarily from fish, which contains a minimum of 40 percent total…
- § 14535 “Grade” means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and soluble potash stated in the same terms, order, and percentage as the guaranteed…
- § 14536 “Guaranteed analysis” means the minimum percentage of primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or both, claimed.
- § 14537 (a) “Gypsum” means calcium sulfate dihydrate, a mineral used in the fertilizer industry as a source of calcium and sulfur which is also known as landplaster.…
- § 14538 “Hydroponics” means a system in which water soluble primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or combination thereof, are placed in intimate…
- § 14539 “Investigational allowance” means an allowance for variation inherent in the taking, preparation, and analysis of an official sample of fertilizing materials.
- § 14540 “Label” means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate container of, or a statement, including the guaranteed analysis,…
- § 14541 “Label guarantor” means the manufacturer’s or person’s name appearing on the label of a fertilizing material.
- § 14542 “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter on, accompanying, or used in promoting the sale of any fertilizing material, including advertisements,…
- § 14543 “Licensee” means a person who has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter.
- § 14544 “Manufacturer” means a person who produces, sells, or distributes a fertilizing material in this state that bears their company name on the label and is the…
- § 14545 “Manure” means any substances composed primarily of animal excrement, plant remains, or mixtures of those substances.
- § 14546 “Micronutrients” means boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, sodium, or zinc, alone or in any combination.
- § 14547 “Mixed fertilizer” is a commercial fertilizer containing any combination or mixture of fertilizing materials.
- § 14548 “Natural organic fertilizer” means materials derived from either plant or animal products containing one or more nutrients other than carbon, hydrogen, and…
- § 14549 “Noncommercial use” means materials used primarily for application to lawns, shrubbery, flowers, trees, or where there is no crop for commercial value or…
- § 14550 “Official sample” means any sample of fertilizing material taken by an agent of the department and designated as “official” by the department.
- § 14550.5 “Organic input material” means any bulk or packaged commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, beneficial substance, or specialty fertilizer, excluding…
- § 14551 “Packaged” means a fertilizing material distributed in packaged form or in a container containing equal to or less than 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
- § 14553 “Percent or percentage” means percentage by weight.
- § 14554 “Person” means individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who assumes responsibility for the product.
- § 14555 “Plant” means any business location where fertilizing materials are manufactured, sold, or stored for later sale, except storage of packaged materials on…
- § 14555.5 “Plant biostimulant” means a substance or microorganism, or mixtures thereof, that, when applied to seeds, plants, the rhizosphere, soil, or other growth…
- § 14556 “Primary plant nutrient” means nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2O).
- § 14557 “Provisional registration” means that under certain circumstances, a label for renewal on a beneficial substance, packaged agricultural mineral, organic input…
- § 14558 “Registrant” means any person who has registered a packaged agricultural mineral, beneficial substance, organic input material, or specialty fertilizer.
- § 14559 “Secondary plant nutrient” means calcium, magnesium, or sulfur, alone or in any combination.
- § 14559.5 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
- § 14560 “Sewage sludge” means the solid material resulting from the treatment of waste water of residential or municipal sewage systems.
- § 14561 “Soil conditioners” means polyelectrolytes, such as complex vinyl and acrylic compounds and certain cellulose and lignin derivatives, which tend to agglomerate…
- § 14562 “Soilless growing medium” means a medium of an inorganic substance, such as sand or gravel, or in a soilless organic material such as sphagnum peat or pine…
- § 14563 “Specialty fertilizer” means packaged commercial fertilizer labeled for home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, and other similar noncommercial uses. These…
- § 14564 “Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.