[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: 7CFR330.202]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 330--FEDERAL PLANT PEST REGULATIONS; GENERAL; PLANT PESTS; SOIL, STONE, AND QUARRY PRODUCTS; GARBAGE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart--Movement of Plant Pests
 
Sec. 330.202  Consideration of applications for permits to move plant pests.

    The Deputy Administrator, upon the receipt of an application, made 
in accordance with Sec. 330.201 (a) or (b), for a permit for movement of 
a plant pest into or through the United States from any place outside 
thereof, or interstate, shall consider the application on its merits.
    (a) Consultation. He may consult with any Federal officials, the 
appropriate officials of any State, Territory, or other jurisdiction in 
the United States in charge of research or regulatory programs relative 
to plant pests, and any other qualified governmental or private research 
laboratory, institution, or individual, for views on the danger of plant 
pest dissemination into the United States, or interstate, in connection 
with the movement proposed.
    (b) Inspection of premises. The Deputy Administrator may inspect the 
site where plant pests are proposed to be handled in connection with or 
after their movement under permit to determine whether existing or 
proposed facilities will be adequate to prevent plant pest dissemination 
in case a permit is issued, provided that the person in possession 
thereof is the applicant

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or such inspection is otherwise authorized.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0054)

[24 FR 10825, Dec. 29, 1959, as amended at 48 FR 57466, Dec. 30, 1983]