[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR301.48-1]

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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_Japanese Beetle
 
Sec. 301.48-1  Definitions.

    Terms used in the singular form in this subpart shall be deemed to 
import the plural and vice versa, as the case may demand. The following 
terms, when used in this subpart shall be construed, respectively, to 
mean:
    Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service or any person authorized to act for the 
Administrator.
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    Compliance agreement. A written agreement between the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service and a person engaged in the business of 
moving regulated articles interstate, in which the person agrees to 
comply with the provisions of this subpart.
    Inspector. Any employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or other person, authorized by 
the Administrator to enforce the provisions of the quarantine and 
regulations in this subpart.
    Interstate. From any State into or through any other State.
    Japanese beetle. The live insect known as the Japanese beetle 
(Popillia japonica Newm.) in any stage of development (egg, larva, pupa, 
or adult).
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, society, 
or association, or other organized group of any of the foregoing.
    Regulated airport. Any airport or portions of an airport in a 
quarantined State declared regulated in accordance with provisions in 
Sec. 301.48-2 of this subpart.
    Regulated articles. Aircraft at or from regulated airports.
    State. Any State, territory, or district of the United States, 
including Puerto Rico.
    State Plant Regulatory Official. The authorized official of a State 
who has

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responsibility for the operation of the State plant regulatory program.
    Treatment Manual. The Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment 
Manual, which is incorporated by reference at Sec. 300.1 of this 
chapter.

[44 FR 24035, Apr. 24, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 32640, June 25, 1996]