(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.603 adopted to be effective May 15, 2000, 25 TexReg 2992