(a) Within 30 days of declaring an area within an eradication zone as a prohibited planting area, the department shall publish a notice designating the area in which cotton cannot be planted. (b) The notice of prohibition shall contain a description of the prohibited planting area, including the farm/tract number and amount of acreage, when available. (c) The department shall publish the notice of prohibition in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected zone for one day each week for three successive weeks.
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