2VAC5-332-70: Compliance agreements

A. A person engaged in growing, handling, or moving a regulated article may request a compliance agreement with the department. The department may, in its sole discretion, issue or decline to issue a compliance agreement. Any person operating under a compliance agreement shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and any conditions imposed under the compliance agreement.

B. Once the department approves the compliance agreement, any person operating under a compliance agreement shall follow all prescribed safeguards to scout, trap, treat, and inspect regulated articles, ensuring that the articles are free from the box tree moth, prior to movement out of a regulated area.

C. The department may orally or in writing cancel a compliance agreement when the department finds that a person operating under a compliance agreement has failed to comply with this chapter. If the cancellation is oral, the department shall confirm the cancellation and the reasons for the cancellation in writing to the person who entered into such compliance agreement as promptly as circumstances allow.