In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Wildlife 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;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-10-401

  • 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 23A-10-101
  • Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • 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 23A-10-101
  • Equipment: means an article, tool, implement, or device capable of carrying or containing:
         (4)(a) water; or
         (4)(b) a Dreissena mussel. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
  • Facility: means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
  • Water body: means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
  • Water supply system: includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline. See Utah Code 23A-10-101
  • Wildlife: means :
         (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
         (61)(b) mollusks; and
         (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
(2) establish the requirements necessary to provide proof that a conveyance or equipment is decontaminated;
(3) establish the notification procedures required in Section 23A-10-303;
(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 23A-10-301; and
(6) are necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.