[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: 7CFR301.50-10]

[Page 41]
 
                          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. 301.50-10  Treatments.

    (a) Fumigation is authorized for use on pine logs with bark 
attached, pine lumber with bark attached, pine bark nuggets (including 
bark chips), and pine stumps, as follows: Logs, lumber, and stumps may 
be treated with methyl bromide at normal atmospheric pressure with 48 g/
m3 (3 lb/1000 ft3) for 16 hours at 21 [deg]C (70 
[deg]F) or above, or 80 g/m3 (5 lb/1000 ft3) for 
16 hours at 4.5 - 20.5 [deg]C (40 - 69 [deg]F.).
    (b) Cold treatment is authorized for cut pine Christmas trees, pine 
nursery stock, and raw pine materials for pine wreaths and garlands as 
follows: The regulated articles must be loaded into a refrigeration unit 
and held at -20.6 [deg]C (-5 [deg]F) for one hour; the period before the 
refrigeration unit reaches the specified temperature is not part of the 
treatment period.
    (c) Any one of these fumigation treatments is authorized for use on 
cut pine Christmas trees and raw pine materials for pine wreaths and 
garlands. Cut pine Christmas trees and raw pine materials for pine 
wreaths and garlands may be treated with methyl bromide at normal 
atmospheric pressure as follows:

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                                                Dosage:                 Concentration readings: ounces per 1000
                                              pounds per   Exposure:                   feet \3\
                 Temperature                   1000 feet     hours   -------------------------------------------
                                                  \3\                   2.0 hr     3.0 hr     3.5 hr     4.0 hr
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40-49 [deg]F................................         4.0         4.0         57         --         --         48
50-59 [deg]F................................         4.0         3.5         57         --         48         --
50-59 [deg]F................................         3.5         4.0         50         --         --         42
60 [deg]F+..................................         4.0         3.0         57         48         --         --
60 [deg]F+..................................         3.0         4.0         43         --         --        36
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Note: APHIS assumes no responsibility for damage to cut pine Christmas trees due to possible phytotoxic effects
  of these treatments. Trees should be cut at least 14 days before treatment to reduce the possibility of
  phytotoxic effects.


[57 FR 54496, Nov. 19, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 6348, Jan. 28, 1993; 58 
FR 28335, May 13, 1993; 58 FR 63027, Nov. 30, 1993; 60 FR 55780, 55781, 
Nov. 3, 1995; 65 FR 51518, Aug. 24, 2000]