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(c) If the regulated article arrives and leaves the regulated airport during the same non-daylight period.

§ 301.48-5 Inspection and disposal of regulated articles and pests.

Any properly identified inspector is authorized to stop and inspect, and to seize, destroy, or otherwise dispose of or require disposal of regulated articles and Japanese beetles as provided in section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act (7 U.S.C. 164a) and section 105 of the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150dd) in accordance with instructions issued by the Deputy Administrator.

§301.48-6 Movement of live Japanese beetles.

Regulations requiring a permit for and otherwise governing the movement of live Japanese beetles in interstate or foreign commerce are contained in the Federal Plant Pest Regulations in part 330 of this chapter. Applications for permits for the movement of the pest may be made to the Deputy Administrator.

§301.48-7 Nonliability of the Department.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture disclaims liability for any costs incident to inspections or compliance with the provisions of the quarantine and regulations in this subpart other than for the services of the inspector.

Subpart-Pine Shoot Beetle

SOURCE: 57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

§301.50 Restrictions

on interstate movement of regulated articles. Regulated articles may be moved interstate from any quarantined area only in accordance with this subpart.1 [57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 6347, Jan. 28, 1993]

1 Any properly identified inspector is authorized to stop and inspect persons and means of conveyance; and to seize, quarantine, treat, apply other remedial measures to, destroy, or otherwise dispose of regulated articles as provided in section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act (7 U.S.C. 164a) and sections 105 and 107 of the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150dd, 150ff).

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or any individual authorized to act for the Administrator.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Certificate. A document in which an inspector, or person operating under a compliance agreement, affirms that a specified regulated article is free of pine shoot beetle and may be moved interstate to any destination.

Compliance agreement. Α written agreement between APHIS and a person engaged in growing, handling, or moving regulated articles, in which the person agrees to comply with the provisions of this subpart.

Infestation. The presence of the pine shoot beetle or the existence of circumstances that make it reasonable to believe that the pine shoot beetle is present.

Inspector. Any employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or other individual, authorized by the Administrator to enforce this subpart.

Interstate. From any State into or through any other State.

Limited permit (permit). A document in which an inspector, or person operating under a compliance agreement, affirms that the regulated article identified on the document is eligible for interstate movement in accordance with §301.505(b) of this subpart only to a specified destination and only in accordance with specified conditions.

Moved (Move, Movement). Shipped, offered for shipment, received for transportation, transported, carried, or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, or carried.

Person. Any association, company, corporation, firm, individual, joint stock company, partnership, society, or other entity.

Pine nursery stock. All Pinus spp. woody plants, shrubs, and rooted trees, including dug (balled and burlaped) Christmas trees, and ornamental pine, such as bonsai.

Pine shoot beetle. The insect known as pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda

(Linnaeus), in any stage of development.

Quarantined area. Any State, or any portion of a State, listed in §301.50-3(c) of this subpart or otherwise designated as a quarantined area in accordance with §301.50-3(b) of this subpart.

Regulated article. Any article listed in §301.50-2 (a) or (b) of this subpart or otherwise designated as a regulated article in accordance with §301.50-2(c) of this subpart.

State. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or any State, territory, or possession of the United States.

[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 6347, Jan. 28, 1993]

§301.50-2 Regulated articles.

The following are regulated articles: (a) Pine products (Pinus spp.), as follows: Bark nuggets (including bark chips); Christmas trees; logs with bark attached; lumber with bark attached; nursery stock; pine wreaths and garlands; raw pine materials for pine wreaths and garlands; and stumps.

(b) Any article, product, or means of conveyance not covered by paragraph (a) of this section, that presents a risk of spread of the pine shoot beetle and that an inspector notifies the person in possession of it is subject to the restrictions of this subpart.

[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 55778, Nov. 3, 1995]

§301.50-3 Quarantined areas.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Administrator will list as a quarantined area, in paragraph (c) of this section, each State, or each portion of a State, in which the pine shoot beetle has been found by an inspector, in which the Administrator has reason to believe that the pine shoot beetle is present, or that the Administrator considers necessary to regulate because of its inseparability for quarantine enforcement purposes from localities in which the pine shoot beetle has been found. Less than an entire State will be designated as a quarantined area only if the Administrator determines that:

(1) The State has adopted and is enforcing a quarantine and regulations

that impose restrictions on the intrastate movement of the regulated articles that are equivalent to those imposed by this subpart on the interstate movement of these articles; and

(2) The designation of less than the entire State as a regulated area will otherwise be adequate to prevent the artificial interstate spread of the pine shoot beetle.

(b) The Administrator or an inspector may temporarily designate any nonquarantined area in a State as a quarantined area in accordance with the criteria specified in paragraph (a) of this section. The Administrator will give a copy of this regulation along with a written notice of this temporary designation to the owner or person in possession of the nonquarantined area; thereafter, the interstate movement of any regulated article from an area temporarily designated as a quarantined area is subject to this subpart. As soon as practicable, this area will be added to the list in paragraph (c) of this section, or the designation will be terminated by the Administrator or an inspector. The owner or person in possession of an area for which designation is terminated will be given notice of the termination as soon as practicable.

(c) The areas described below are designated as quarantined areas:

ILLINOIS

Champaign County. The entire county.
Cook. The entire county.

Du Page. The entire county.
Grundy County. The entire county.
Iroquois. The entire county.
Kane County. The entire county.
Kankakee. The entire county.
Kendall County. The entire county.
Lake County. The entire county.
Livingston. The entire county.
McHenry County. The entire county.
Vermilion County. The entire county.
Will County. The entire county.
Winnebago County. The entire county.

INDIANA

Adams County. The entire county.
Allen County. The entire county.
Benton. The entire county.
Blackford County. The entire county.
Cass County. The entire county.
De Kalb. The entire county.
Delaware. The entire county.
Elkhart County. The entire county.
Fulton County. The entire county.

Grant. The entire county.
Huntington. The entire county.
Jasper County. The entire county.
Jay County. The entire county.
Kosciusko County. The entire county.
Lagrange County. The entire county.
Lake County. The entire county.
La Porte County. The entire county.
Marshall County. The entire county.
Miami. The entire county.

Newton County. The entire county.
Noble County. The entire county.
Porter County. The entire county.
Pulaski County. The entire county.
St. Joseph County. The entire county.
Starke County. The entire county.
Steuben County. The entire county.
Tippecanoe. The entire county.
Wabash County. The entire county.
Wells County. The entire county.
White. The entire county.

Whitley County. The entire county.

MARYLAND

Allegany County. The entire county.

MICHIGAN

Allegan. The entire county.
Barry. The entire county.
Bay County. The entire county.
Berrien County. The entire county.
Branch. The entire county.
Calhoun. The entire county.
Cass County. The entire county.
Clare County. The entire county.
Clinton. The entire county.
Eaton. The entire county.
Genesee. The entire county.

Gratiot. The entire county.

Hillsdale. The entire county.
Huron County. The entire county.
Ingham County. The entire county.
Ionia. The entire county.
Isabella. The entire county.
Jackson. The entire county.
Kalamazoo. The entire county.
Kent County. The entire county.
Lapeer County. The entire county.
Lenawee. The entire county.
Livingston. The entire county.
Macomb. The entire county.
Midland. The entire county.
Monroe County. The entire county.
Montcalm. The entire county.
Oakland. The entire county.
Saginaw. The entire county.

St. Clair County. The entire county.
St. Joseph County. The entire county.
Sanilac County. The entire county.
Shiawassee. The entire county.
Tuscola. The entire county.
Van Buren. The entire county.

Washtenaw. The entire county.

Wayne. The entire county.

NEW YORK

Allegany County. The entire county.

Cattaraugus. The entire county.
Chautauqua. The entire county.
Erie County. The entire county.
Genesee. The entire county.
Livingston. The entire county.
Monroe. The entire county.
Niagara County. The entire county.
Ontario. The entire county.
Orleans. The entire county.
Oswego County. The entire county.
Stuben County. The entire county.
Wyoming. The entire county.

OHIO

Ashland County. The entire county.
Ashtabula County. The entire county.
Carroll County. The entire county.
Columbiana County. The entire county.
Crawford County. The entire county.
Cuyahoga County. The entire county.
Delaware County. The entire county.
Erie. The entire county.

Fulton County. The entire county.
Geauga County. The entire county.
Holmes County. The entire county.
Huron County. The entire county.
Knox. The entire county.

Lake County. The entire county.
Lorain County. The entire county.
Lucas County. The entire county.
Mahoning County. The entire county.
Medina County. The entire county.
Ottawa County. The entire county.
Portage County. The entire county.
Richland County. The entire county.
Sandusky County. The entire county.
Seneca County. The entire county.
Stark County. The entire county.
Summit County. The entire county.
Trumbull County. The entire county.
Tuscarawas County. The entire county.
Wayne County. The entire county.
Williams County. The entire county.
Wood County. The entire county.
Wyandot County. The entire county.

PENNSYLVANIA

Allegheny County. The entire county.
Armstrong County. The entire county.
Beaver County. The entire county.
Butler County. The entire county.
Cameron County. The entire county.
Clarion County. The entire county.
Clearfield County. The entire county.
Crawford County. The entire county.
Elk County. The entire county.
Erie County. The entire county.
Forest County. The entire county.
Jefferson County. The entire county.
Lawrence County. The entire county.
McKean County. The entire county.
Mercer County. The entire county.
Venango County. The entire county.
Warren County. The entire county.
Westmoreland County. The entire county.

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[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 6348, Jan. 28, 1993; 58 FR 28335, May 13, 1993; 58 FR 34682, June 29, 1993; 58 FR 63027, Nov. 30, 1993; 59 FR 39939, Aug. 5, 1994; 59 FR 52892, Oct. 20, 1994; 60 FR 2322, Jan. 9, 1995; 60 FR 55779, Nov. 3, 1995]

8301.50-4 Conditions governing the interstate movement of regulated articles from quarantined areas.

Any regulated article may be moved interstate from a quarantined area2 only if moved under the following conditions:

(a) With a certificate or limited permit issued and attached in accordance with §§301.50-5 and 301.50-8 of this subpart;

(b) Without a certificate or limited permit, if:

(1)(i) The regulated article originates outside any quarantined area and is moved through the quarantined area without stopping (except for dropoff loads, refueling, or traffic conditions, such as traffic lights or stop signs) during October, November, or December, or when ambient air temperature is below 10 °C (50 °F); or

(ii) The regulated article originates outside any quarantined area and, during the period of January through September, is moved through the quarantined area at a temperature higher than 10 °C (50 °F), if the article is shipped in an enclosed vehicle or completely covered (such as with plastic, canvas, or other closely woven cloth) so as to prevent access by the pine shoot beetle; and

(2) The point of origin of the regulated article is indicted on the waybill. (c) With a limited permit issued by the Administrator if the regulated article is moved:

(1) By the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes;

(2) Under conditions, specified on the permit, which the Administrator has found to be adequate to prevent the spread of the pine shoot beetle; and

(3) With a tag or label, bearing the number of the permit issued for the regulated article, attached to the outside of the container of the regulated article or attached to the regulated ar

2 Requirements under all other applicable Federal domestic plant quarantines and regulations must also be met.

ticle itself, if the regulated article is not in a container.

[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 28335, May 13, 1993]

§301.50-5 Issuance and cancellation of certificates and limited permits.

(a) A certificate will be issued by an inspector3 for the interstate movement of a regulated article if the inspector determines that:

(1)(i) The regulated article has been treated under the direction of an inspector in accordance with §301.50–10 of this subpart; or

(ii) Based on inspection of the premises of origin, if the regulated article is a greenhouse-grown pine (such as bonsai), that the greenhouse is free from the pine shoot beetle and is screened to prevent entry of the pine shoot beetle;

or

(iii) Based on inspection of the regulated article, if the regulated article is a pine seedling or a pine transplant and is no greater than 36 inches high with a bole diameter at soil level of 1 inch or less, that it is free from the pine shoot beetle; or

(iv) Based on inspection by an inspector (branch tip-by-branch tip) of pine nursery stock, that it is free from the pine shoot beetle; or

(v) If the regulated article is a pine log with bark attached or pine lumber with bark attached or a pine stump, that its source tree has been felled during the period of July through October; and

(2)(i) The regulated article will be moved through the quarantined area during October, November, or December, or when the ambient air temperature is below 10 °C (50 °F); or

3 Services of an inspector may be requested by contacting the local offices of Plant Protection and Quarantine, which are listed in telephone directories. The addresses and telephone numbers of local offices may also be obtained from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Domestic and Emergency Operations, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1236.

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