Renumbered 7/1/2023)

23-27-401.  Rulemaking authority.
     In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the board may make rules that:

(1)  establish the procedures and requirements for decontaminating a conveyance or equipment to prevent the introduction and infestation of a Dreissena mussel;

Terms Used In Utah Code 23-27-401

  • Board: means the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Conveyance: includes a motor vehicle, a vessel, a motorboat, a sailboat, a personal watercraft, a container, a trailer, a live well, or a bilge area. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Dreissena mussel: means a mussel of the genus Dreissena at any life stage, including a zebra mussel, a quagga mussel, and Conrad's false mussel. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Equipment: means an article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing:
(a) water; or
(b) a Dreissena mussel. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Facility: means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Water body: means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain. See Utah Code 23-27-102
  • Water supply system: includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline. See Utah Code 23-27-102
    • (2)  establish the requirements necessary to provide proof that a conveyance or equipment is decontaminated;

    (3)  establish the notification procedures required in Section 23-27-303;

    (4)  identify the geographic area, water body, facility, or water supply system that is infested by Dreissena mussels;

    (5)  establish a procedure and protocol in cooperation with the Department of Transportation for stopping, inspecting, detaining, and decontaminating a conveyance or equipment at a port-of-entry in accordance with Section 23-27-301; and

    (6)  are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

    Enacted by Chapter 284, 2008 General Session

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