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Alien Labor Certification
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LANDSCAPING PERMITS

Air Permits
Air Permits by Rule
Brush Disposal
Industrial Wastewater and Storm Water Regulations
Landscape Irrigator Licensing
Nursery/Floral Inspection Certificate
Outdoor Burning PDF document, 1570Kb
Pesticide Applicator
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Private Well or Public Water System
Underground Injection of "Gray Water"
Yard Waste Disposal

NURSERY - GREENHOUSE - FLORIST PERMITS

Air Permits by Rule
Industrial Wastewater and Storm Water Regulations
Nursery/Floral Inspection Certificate
Organic Certification
Pesticide Applicator License
Petroleum Storage Tank Registration
Plant Waste Disposal
Private Well or Public Water System
Rose Grading

PEST/DISEASE

Integrated Pest Management/IPM
Whitefly Management System

Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphornia citri Kuwayama
Cycad Aulacaspis Scale
Pink hibiscus mealybug in Texas
P. ramorum rule published

QUARANTINES

Texas Quarantines
Diaprepes Quarantine

Sudden Oak Death
Arizona Glassy Winged Sharpshooter Quarantine
Fruit Fly Quarantine Info from USDA

APHIS
Canada
Quarantine summaries: all states

REGULATORY

I-9 (Rev. 08/07/09) (English) PDF document, 447Kb

I-9 (Revisado en 08/07/09) (Spanish) PDF document, 443Kb

Handbook for Employers (Instructions for completing I-9 form)
Pesticide Applicators Licensing Regulations
Pesticide Applicator Training
Nursery-Floral Inspection Certificates
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TCEQ)
Government Labor Wage required posters

Container Labeling Law [NOTE This publication says the law applies only to retailers. The law applies also to producers, but the producer can put the information on the invoice and does not need to label each container.]
H2-B Worker Petition Guidelines
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water Permits

RESEARCH

American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA)

Ellison Chair in International Floriculture

Southern Nursery Association Research Online
Horticultural Research Institute

SAFETY

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Risk Management Agency (RMA)

TAXATION

Landscape Contractor Texas Tax Requirements
Nursery Producer (See Sec.11.16.Farm Products. and Sec. 11.161 Implements of Husbandry)
Attorney General's Opinion re: nursery producers & ad valorem taxes

TEXAS SUPERSTAR

Superstar Plant Varieties

Best of Texas Landscape Guide

Texas Superstar Brochure (available from TDA)

UNIVERSITIES

Texas A&M University
Houston Community College
Richland College
Texas State University-San Marcos
Stephen F. Austin University
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Tech University

Eligible TNLA Scholarship Schools

WATER ISSUES

ET Information
Irrigators Network
Texas WaterWise Council

Water Permits
Drought Preparedness Package

Private Well or Public Water System
Underground Injection of "Gray Water"

Industrial Wastewater and Storm water Regulations

Landscape Irrigator Licensing

WEATHER

National Weather Service

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