[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5, Parts 200 to 399]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR319.8-26]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 319--FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart--Foreign Cotton and Covers
 
Sec. 319.8-26  Material refused entry.

    Any material refused entry for noncompliance with the requirements 
of this subpart shall be promptly removed

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from the United States or abandoned by the importer for destruction, and 
pending such action shall be subject to the immediate application of 
such safeguards against escape of plant pests as the inspector may 
prescribe. If such material is not promptly safeguarded by the importer, 
removed from the United States, or abandoned for destruction to the 
satisfaction of the inspector it may be seized, destroyed, or otherwise 
disposed of in accordance with section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act (7 
U.S.C. 164a). Neither the Department of Agriculture nor the inspector 
will be responsible for any costs accruing for demurrage, shipping 
charges, cartage, labor, chemicals, or other expenses incidental to the 
safeguarding or disposal of material refused entry by the inspector, nor 
will the Department of Agriculture or the inspector assume 
responsibility for the value of material destroyed.