[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: 7CFR330.201]

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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. 330.201  Applications for permits to move plant pests.

    (a) Into or through the United States from any place outside 
thereof. Only persons resident in the United States may apply for 
permits to move plant pests into the United States from any place 
outside thereof. Persons resident in the United States proposing such 
movement into the United States, or any person proposing movement 
through the United States, of any plant pests shall first make 
application for permits authorizing such movement by submitting to the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs the form provided therefor by 
the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, or by submitting in the 
form of a letter or other written communication the following 
information insofar as is known to the applicant, for each kind of pest 
for which a permit is requested: (1) Scientific name of the pest, (2) 
stage, (3) quantity, (4) origin, (5) destination, (6) whether the pest 
is established in the State, Territory or other jurisdiction of 
destination in the United States, (7) method of shipment, (8) proposed 
port of first arrival in the United States, (9) approximate date of 
arrival, (10) number of parcels expected to be moved, (11) intended use, 
(12) measures to be employed to prevent danger of plant pest 
dissemination, and (13) method of final disposition. In addition, if 
host materials must necessarily accompany the plant pests, the 
application shall show the name of the host materials and the reasons it 
is necessary for them to accompany the plant pests. Applications for 
permits to move plant pests through the United States should state the 
name of the port of export instead of the information required by 
paragraph (a)(6) of this section. Any applicant for a permit to move 
plant pests into or through the United States from any place outside 
thereof will facilitate the consideration of his application by 
furnishing any additional information known to him concerning the 
economic importance of the pests and the justification for the movement.
    (b) Interstate (including interstate for export). Persons proposing 
to move plant pests interstate shall first make application for permits 
authorizing such movement by submitting to the Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Programs the form provided therefor by the Plant Protection 
and Quarantine Programs or by submitting the required information in the 
form of a letter or other written communication showing all pertinent 
information specified in paragraph (a) of this section and also the 
approximate date of the movement, except that persons desiring to move 
plant pests interstate to a port in the United States for export to a 
place outside of the United States \1\ shall use the form provided 
therefor by the Plant Protection and Quarantine

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Programs or submit to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs in 
the form of a letter or other written communication the following 
information for each kind of pest: Scientific name of the pest, stage, 
quantity, origin, destination, method of shipment, proposed port of 
export from the United States, approximate date of the movement, number 
of parcels to be moved, proposed use, and measures to be employed to 
prevent danger of plant pest dissemination during the interstate 
movement. However, in case it is proposed to move interstate, within or 
from an area quarantined under Secs. 301.38, 301.45, 301.48, 301.52, 
301.63, 301.64, 301.72, 301.76, 301.77, 301.78, 301.79, 301.80, or 
301.81 of this chapter any plant pest covered by said section, the 
application should be made to the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Programs of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the 
Department. In any case the applicant for a permit will facilitate the 
consideration of his application by furnishing any additional 
information known to him concerning the economic importance of the pests 
and the justification for the movement.
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    \1\ Persons contemplating the shipment of plant pests to places 
outside the United States should make prior arrangements directly, or 
through the recipient, with the country of destination for the receipt 
of the plant pests into the country of destination. Many countries have 
laws governing the movement of plant pests into those countries, and 
therefore it is advisable to make advance arrangements for attaching 
permits, etc., as may be required by the countries of destination.

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

[24 FR 10825, Dec. 29, 1959, as amended at 36 FR 24917, Dec. 24, 1971; 
37 FR 10554, May 25, 1972; 48 FR 57466, Dec. 30, 1983]