[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: 7CFR355.2]

[Page 469-470]
 
                          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. 355.2  Definitions.

    Terms used in the singular form in this part shall be construed as 
the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. The following terms, 
when used in this part, shall be construed, respectively, to mean:
    Act. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).
    Convention. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered 
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, TIAS 8249, 27 U.S.T. 1087, signed on 
March 3, 1973, and the Appendices thereto.
    Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service for Plant Protection and Quarantine, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any other officer or employee of the 
Department to whom authority to act in his or her stead has been or may 
hereafter be delegated.
    Engage in business as an importer, exporter, or reexporter of 
terrestrial plants. To import, export, or reexport terrestrial plants 
for the purpose of selling,

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bartering, collecting, or otherwise exchanging or acquiring the plants 
as a livelihood or enterprise engaged in for gain or profit. This term 
shall not include persons engaged in business merely as carriers or 
customhouse brokers.
    Export (exported, exporting, exportation). To carry, send, take, 
transport or otherwise remove, or to attempt to carry, send, take, 
transport or otherwise remove from any place subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States.
    Import (imported, importing, importation). To land on, bring into, 
or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, 
any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or 
not such landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation 
within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States.
    Inspector. Any employee of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or 
other person, authorized by the Deputy Administrator in accordance with 
law to enforce the provisions of the Act and Convention, and regulations 
promulgated thereunder.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, 
association, or any other private entity; or any officer, employee, 
agent, department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government, of any 
State or political subdivision thereof or of any foreign government.
    Plant. Any member of the plant kingdom, including seeds, roots and 
other parts thereof.
    Plant Protection and Quarantine. The organizational unit within the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, delegated responsibility for enforcing provisions of the 
Act and Convention, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
    Reexport (reexported, reexportation). To export following 
importation.
    Secretary. The Secretary of Agriculture, or any other officer or 
employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom authority to act in 
his or her stead has been or may hereafter be delegated.
    Terrestrial plants. Any plants (including epiphytic plants), except 
marine plants.
    Validation. An original stamp, signature, and date of inspection 
placed upon documentation required by 50 CFR part 17 or part 23 by an 
inspector at the port where the terrestrial plants are to be imported, 
exported or reexported.
    United States. Any of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.