[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR301.45-2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart--Gypsy Moth
 
Sec. 301.45-2  Authorization to designate and terminate designation of generally infested areas.

    (a) Generally infested areas. The Administrator shall list as 
generally infested areas in Sec. 301.45-3 each State or each portion 
thereof in which a gypsy moth general infestation has been found by an 
inspector, or each portion of a State which the Administrator deems 
necessary to regulate because of its proximity to infestation or its 
inseparability for quarantine enforcement purposes from infested 
localities; Except that, an area shall not be listed as a generally 
infested area if the Administrator has determined that:
    (1) The area is subject to a gypsy moth eradication program 
conducted by the Federal government or a State government in accordance 
with the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) alternative of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on Gypsy Moth Suppression and 
Eradication Projects that was filed with the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency on March 18, 1985; and
    (2) State or Federal delimiting trapping surveys conducted in 
accordance with Section II, ``Survey Procedures--Gypsy Moth'' of the 
Gypsy Moth Treatment Manual show that the average number of gypsy moths 
caught per trap is less than 10 and that the trapping surveys show that 
the eradication program is effectively diminishing the gypsy moth 
population of the area.
    (b) Less than an entire State will be designated as a generally 
infested area only if the Administrator has determined that:
    (1) The State has adopted and is enforcing a quarantine or 
regulation which imposes restrictions on the intrastate movement of the 
regulated articles which are substantially the same as those which are 
imposed with respect to the interstate movement of such articles under 
this subpart; and,
    (2) The designation of less than the entire State as a generally 
infested area will be adequate to prevent the artificial interstate 
spread of infestations of the gypsy moth.
    (c) Temporary designation of areas as generally infested areas. The 
Administrator or an inspector may temporarily designate any area in any 
State as a generally infested area in accordance with the criteria 
specified in paragraph (a) of this section. An inspector will give 
written notice of the designation to the owner or person in possession 
of the area and thereafter, the interstate movement of any regulated 
article from such areas is subject to the applicable provisions of this 
subpart. As soon as practicable, each generally infested area will be 
added to the list in Sec. 301.45-3 or the designation will be terminated 
by the Administrator or an authorized inspector, and notice thereof 
shall be given to the owner or person in possession of the areas.
    (d) Termination of designation as a generally infested area. The 
Administrator shall terminate the designation of any area as a generally 
infested area whenever the Administrator determines that the area no 
longer requires designation under the criteria specified in paragraph 
(a) of this section.

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