[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: 7CFR355.1]

[Page 469]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 355--ENDANGERED SPECIES REGULATIONS CONCERNING TERRESTRIAL PLANTS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart--Purpose and Definitions
 
Sec. 355.1  Purpose.


    Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Secretary is responsible for the enforcement 
of the provisions of the Act and Convention that pertain to the 
importation, exportation, or reexportation of terrestrial plants.\1\ The 
regulations in this part are for the purpose of implementing this 
authority. Regulations of the U.S. Department of the Interior that 
correlate with the regulations in this part are contained in 50 CFR 
chapter I.\2\
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    \1\ Under section 11 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1540), it is unlawful for 
any person to knowingly violate any provision of the Act, any permit or 
certificate issued under the Act, or any regulation promulgated under 
the Act. Section 11 of the Act also provides for criminal, civil, and 
administrative penalties for any such violation.
    \2\ Plant Protection and Quarantine also administers programs under 
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3371 through 
3378), 7 U.S.C. 2814, and the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701-7772), 
which authorize additional prohibitions and restrictions on the 
importation of plants subject to this part (see other parts of 7 CFR 
chapter III for regulations containing prohibitions and restrictions 
under these authorities).

[66 FR 21060, Apr. 27, 2001]