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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 15.06.04.04" title_num="15" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="04" heading="Prohibited Plant Prohibitions and Approvals.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as approved by the Secretary under this regulation, a person may not propagate, import, transfer, sell, purchase, transport, or introduce any living part of a prohibited invasive plant in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A person may conduct an activity prohibited under §A of this regulation if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The person receives approval from the Secretary before conducting the activity; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The activity is for the purpose of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Disposing of the invasive plant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Controlling the invasive plant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Using the invasive plant for research or educational purposes; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Exporting the invasive plant out of the State</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person has the Secretary’s approval and may engage in any activity prohibited by §A of this regulation for the limited purpose of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Controlling a prohibited invasive plant, provided:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The person is not a commercial entity;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The plant is not taken off-site; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The plant is not placed at a location in the proximate vicinity of a roadway or waterway that could facilitate the movement of the invasive plant off-site; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transporting a prohibited invasive plant off-site for the purpose of identification or disposal, provided:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The person is not a commercial entity; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The plant is removed according to the provisions of Regulation .06G of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>For approvals not granted under §C of this regulation, a person may submit a written request to the Secretary for approval of any activity allowed under §B of this regulation with the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Business, nursery, or plant dealer license number if applicable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Phone;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Email address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Prohibited invasive plant for which approval is being requested (full botanical name);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Specific location of the prohibited invasive plant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Proposed activity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Method of safeguarding dispersal of all propagules and all other living parts of the prohibited invasive plant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Time frame of the proposed activity; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Any other information required by the Secretary.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Upon notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Secretary may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Withdraw or revoke any approval for any person who violates any condition of any approval by the Secretary; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Revise any approval as a condition of any permit, based on new information obtained after an approval is granted.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>