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APPENDIX B <br /> Rules Pertaining To the Administration and Enforcement of the Colorado Noxious Weed Act: <br /> (http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll/lnfobase4/l/56169/563f6/56651? templates&fn=fs-main- <br /> doc.htm&q=Colorado%20Noxious%2OWeed%2OAct&x=Advanced&2.0#LPHitl) <br /> 8CCR1206-2 <br /> Part 1 Definitions <br /> 1.1. "Act" means the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, §§35-5.5-101 through 119, C.R.S.(2003). Eff 0710112007 <br /> 1.2. "Compliance waiver" means a written exemption granted to a local governing body or landowner by the Commissioner that <br /> releases the local governing body and/or landowner from certain obligations of eradication for a specific population of a List A or <br /> List B species. Eff 0710112007 <br /> 1.3. "Division" means the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Eff 0710112007 <br /> 1.4. "Elimination" means the removal or destruction of all emerged, growing plants of a population of List A or List B species <br /> designated for eradication by the Commissioner. It is the first step in achieving eradication and is succeeded by efforts to detect <br /> and destroy newly emerged plants arising from seed, reproductive propagule, or remaining root stock for the duration of the seed <br /> longevity for the particular species. Eff 07/01/2007 <br /> 1.5. "Infested acreage" means an area of land containing a noxious weed species,defined by the actual perimeter of the infestation <br /> as delineated by the canopy cover of the plants and excluding areas not infested. Eff 07/01/2007 <br /> 1.6. "Population" means a group of designated noxious weeds of the same species occupying a particular <br /> geographic region and capable of interbreeding. Eff 07/0112007 <br /> Part 2 General Provisions <br /> 2.1. At any time,affected persons may suggest and the Commissioner may approve additional prescribed integrated management <br /> techniques not specified in these rules for the eradication,containment, or suppression of designated state noxious weeds.Such <br /> approval may be site-specific or broadly applicable.The Commissioner will publish a list on the Colorado Department of <br /> Agriculture website(http:Hwww.ag_state.co.us/csd/weeds/Weedhome.html)of the herbicides, cultural techniques,and mechanical <br /> techniques approved for use under the specific state noxious weed management plans for List A and List B species. Eff <br /> 0710112007 <br /> 2.2. As a condition for granting a compliance waiver releasing a local governing body and/or landowner from certain obligations of <br /> eradication,the Commissioner may require the local governing body and/or landowner to implement other specified management <br /> actions with respect to a specific population. Eff 07/01/2007 <br /> 2.3. No recommendations or requirements in these rules concerning the use of herbicides are intended to contradict or supercede any <br /> other federal,state or local law regulating herbicide use.All use of herbicides to achieve any management objectives specified in <br /> these rules must comply with all applicable federal, state and local legal requirements, including but not limited to compliance with <br /> all directions for use, cautionary statements and any other requirements in the labeling of the particular herbicide product. Eff <br /> 0710112007 <br /> 25 <br />