[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: 7CFR301.50-1]

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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_Pine Shoot Beetle
 
Sec. 301.50-1  Definitions.

    Administrator. The Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, or any individual authorized to act for the Administrator.
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    Certificate. A document in which an inspector, or person operating 
under a compliance agreement, affirms that a specified regulated article 
is free of pine shoot beetle and may be moved interstate to any 
destination.
    Compliance agreement. A written agreement between APHIS and a person 
engaged in growing, handling, or moving regulated articles, in which the 
person agrees to comply with the provisions of this subpart.
    Infestation. The presence of the pine shoot beetle or the existence 
of circumstances that make it reasonable to believe that the pine shoot 
beetle is present.
    Inspector. Any employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, or other individual, authorized by the Administrator to enforce 
this subpart.
    Interstate. From any State into or through any other State.
    Limited permit (permit). A document in which an inspector, or person 
operating under a compliance agreement, affirms that the regulated 
article identified on the document is eligible for interstate movement 
in accordance with Sec. 301.50-5(b) of this subpart only to a specified 
destination and only in accordance with specified conditions.
    Moved (Move, Movement). Shipped, offered for shipment, received for 
transportation, transported, carried, or allowed to be moved, shipped, 
transported, or carried.
    Person. Any association, company, corporation, firm, individual, 
joint stock company, partnership, society, or other entity.
    Pine nursery stock. All Pinus spp. woody plants, shrubs, and rooted 
trees, including dug (balled and burlaped) Christmas trees, and 
ornamental pine, such as bonsai.
    Pine shoot beetle. The insect known as pine shoot beetle, Tomicus 
piniperda (Linnaeus), in any stage of development.
    Quarantined area. Any State, or any portion of a State, listed in 
Sec. 301.50-3(c) of this subpart or otherwise designated as a 
quarantined area in accordance with Sec. 301.50-3(b) of this subpart.
    Regulated article. Any article listed in Sec. 301.50-2 (a) or (b) 
of this subpart or otherwise designated as a regulated article in 
accordance with Sec. 301.50-2(c) of this subpart.

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    State. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, or any State, territory, or possession of the United States.

[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 6347, Jan. 28, 1993]