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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 15.06.02.11" title_num="15" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Treatment or Destruction Orders.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Nursery stock infested or infected with a plant pest (See Regulation .12A--B) shall be ordered treated or destroyed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The owner, tenant, or person in charge of nursery stock covered by a treatment order shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Learn from the inspector of suitable techniques for control of the pests;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have the nursery stock treated; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Inform the inspector in writing when pests have been controlled.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If a suitable control technique is not available, or if control is not obtained, or if the owner, tenant, or person in charge of the nursery stock fails to comply with a treatment order, nursery stock shall be destroyed by the owner in a manner approved and supervised by the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the owner, tenant, or person in charge refuses or fails to comply with the destruction order, the</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Department shall seize, destroy, or treat the infested or infected nursery stock and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Owner shall pay costs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>