(a) Growers applying for or holding certified organic or transitional
organic certification with the department or a registered private certifying
agent and who intend to devote acres to organic or transitional crops must
submit all appropriate documentation to the department's Organic Certification
Program, in accordance with Chapter 18 of this title (relating to Organic
Standards and Certification), in order to be recognized by the foundation
as a certified organic or transitional grower for purposes of this section.
(b) The department will contact all producers with certified
organic or transitional acreage in an active boll weevil eradication zone
before January 15 of each year by sending notice to the address on file with
the department's Organic Certification Program for the grower. These producers
will be informed that they should notify the foundation of their planting
intentions no later than the date of planting the crop. It is the responsibility
of the grower to inform the foundation of the location of all certified organic
or transitional production within an active boll weevil eradication zone.
(c) The foundation will communicate with all growers of certified
organic or transitional crops in active eradication zones to discuss eradication
activities in and around the production of such crops and to plan measures
to minimize problems such as drift.
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