[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: 7CFR301.48-4]

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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. 301.48-4  Conditions governing the interstate movement of regulated 
articles from quarantined States.

    A regulated article may be moved interstate from a regulated airport 
to any State \1\ designated in Sec. 301.48(b) only if:
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    \1\ Requirements under all other applicable Federal domestic plant 
quarantines must be met.
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    (a) An inspector, upon visual inspection of the airport and/or the 
aircraft, determines that the regulated article does not present a 
threat to spread the Japanese beetle because adult beetle populations 
are not present; or
    (b) The aircraft is opened and loaded only while it is enclosed 
inside a hangar that an inspector has determined to be free of and 
safeguarded against Japanese beetle; or
    (c) The aircraft is loaded during the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 
a.m. only or lands and departs during those hours and, in either 
situation, is kept completely closed while on the ground during the 
hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; or
    (d) If opened and loaded between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 
p.m., the aircraft is inspected, treated, and safeguarded. Inspection, 
treatment, and safeguarding must be done either under a compliance 
agreement in accordance with Sec. 301.48-8 or under the direct 
supervision of an inspector. On a case-by-case basis, inspectors will 
determine which of the following conditions, and any supplemental 
conditions deemed necessary by the Administrator to prevent the spread 
of Japanese beetle, are required:
    (1) All openings of the aircraft must be closed or safeguarded 
during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. by exclusionary devices or by 
other means approved by the Administrator.
    (2) All cargo containers that have not been safeguarded in a 
protected area must be inspected immediately prior to and during the 
loading process. All personnel must check their clothing immediately 
prior to entering the aircraft. All Japanese beetles found must be 
removed and destroyed.
    (3) All areas around doors and hatches or other openings in the 
aircraft must be inspected prior to removing

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the exclusionary devices. All Japanese beetles found must be removed and 
destroyed. All doors and hatches must be closed immediately after the 
exclusionary devices are moved away from the aircraft.
    (4) Aircraft must be treated in accordance with the Treatment Manual 
no more than 1 hour before loading. Particular attention should be paid 
to the ball mat area and the holes around the main entrance. The 
aircraft must then be aerated under safeguard conditions as required by 
the Treatment Manual.
    (5) Aircraft treatment records must be maintained by the applicator 
completing or supervising the treatment for a period of 2 years. These 
records must be provided upon request for review by an inspector. 
Treatment records shall include the pesticide used, the date of 
application, the location where the pesticide was applied (airport and 
aircraft), the amount of pesticide applied, and the name of the 
applicator.
    (6) When a designated aircraft is replaced with an alternate one 
just prior to departure (the procedure known as ``tail swapping''), the 
alternate aircraft must be inspected and all Japanese beetles must be 
removed. The aircraft must be safeguarded by closing all openings and 
hatches or by equipping the aircraft with exclusionary devices until the 
aircraft is ready for use. During loading, all treatment and safeguard 
requirements applicable to regularly scheduled aircraft must be 
implemented.
    (7) Aircraft may be retreated in the noninfested State if live 
Japanese beetles are found.
    (8) Notification of unscheduled commercial flights and of all 
military flights must be given at least 1 hour before departure to the 
appropriate person in the destination airport of any of the States 
listed in Sec. 301.48(b). Notification of arriving military flights 
should also be given to base commanders to facilitate the entrance of 
Federal and/or State inspectors onto the base if necessary.

[61 FR 32640, June 25, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 56404, Nov. 1, 1996]