[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: 7CFR330.111]

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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--General Provisions
 
Sec. 330.111  Advance notification of arrival of aircraft and watercraft.

    The owner, operator, or other representative of any aircraft or 
watercraft entering the United States from a foreign country, or 
arriving in the continental United States from Hawaii or any territory 
or possession of the United States, shall provide every Plant Protection 
and Quarantine office (PPQ office) serving a port of arrival on the 
itinerary of the craft while in the United States with advance 
notification of intent to arrive at that port. This advance notification 
of arrival shall:
    (a) Reach the appropriate PPQ office not less than 12 hours before 
the craft's estimated time of arrival at the port;
    (b) Be communicated by radio, wire, telephone, or any other means; 
and
    (c) Include the following information:
    (1) The name or other identifying feature of the individual craft;
    (2) The date and estimated time of arrival at the port;
    (3) The location of arrival, providing the most site-specific data 
available, such as the dock, pier, wharf, berth, mole, anchorage, gate, 
or facility, and;
    (4) The names of all foreign and non-Continental U.S. ports where 
any cargo, crew, or passenger destined for the continental United States 
has boarded the craft since its most recent arrival at a port in the 
United States.
    (d) If the craft's estimated time of arrival changes by more than 
one hour, the PPQ office that serves the port of arrival must be 
notified and provided with updated information immediately.
    (e) If the craft's site of arrival changes after a PPQ office has 
received advance notification of arrival, both that PPQ office and the 
newly affected PPQ office shall be notified of this change immediately. 
This applies, too, to site-specific changes involving watercraft.
    (f) If the craft's point of arrival is an anchorage, the PPQ office 
shall be notified, as soon as possible after the craft's arrival at the 
anchorage, of the specific site, such as berth, mole, pier, to which the 
craft will be moving, as well as of its estimated time of arrival at 
that site.
    (g) Aircraft and watercraft meeting any of the following conditions 
are exempt from the provisions in this section, and need not provide 
advance notification of arrival:
    (1) The craft is not regularly used to carry passengers or cargo for 
a fee;
    (2) The aircraft is making a flight scheduled in the Official 
Airline Guide, North American Edition, or the Official Airline Guide, 
Worldwide Edition, unless the scheduled time of arrival changes by more 
than one hour or the plane is diverted to another landing port;
    (3) An inspector has precleared the aircraft in Hawaii, a territory 
or possession of the United States, or a foreign port, having determined 
that the aircraft contained only articles that are not prohibited or 
restricted importation into the United States under the provisions of 7 
CFR chapter III and 9 CFR chapter I; or
    (4) Personnel of the United States armed forces, including the U.S. 
Coast Guard, in Hawaii, a territory or possession of the United States, 
or a foreign port, have precleared an aircraft, having determined that 
the aircraft contained only articles that are not prohibited or 
restricted importation into the United States under the provisions of 7 
CFR chapter III and 9 CFR chapter I.
    (5) The owner, operator, or other representative of the aircraft or 
watercraft not leaving the United States has been informed in writing by

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a PPQ inspector that notification of intended arrival is not required at 
subsequent ports in the United States.

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

[52 FR 49344, Dec. 31, 1987]