[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: 7CFR330.100]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 330_FEDERAL PLANT PEST REGULATIONS; GENERAL; PLANT PESTS; SOIL, 
STONE, AND QUARRY PRODUCTS; GARBAGE--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart_General Provisions
 
Sec. 330.100  Definitions.




                       Subpart_General Provisions

Sec.
330.100 Definitions.
330.101 Policy.
330.102 Basis for certain regulations.
330.103 Documentation.
330.104 Ports of entry.
330.105 Inspection.
330.106 Emergency measures.
330.107 Costs.
330.108 Authority to issue administrative instructions.
330.109 Caution.
330.110 Seals.
330.111 Advance notification of arrival of aircraft and watercraft.

                     Subpart_Movement of Plant Pests

330.200 Movement of plant pests regulated; permits required.
330.201 Applications for permits to move plant pests.
330.202 Consideration of applications for permits to move plant pests.
330.203 Action on applications for permits to move plant pests; form of 
          and conditions in permits.
330.204 Denial or cancellation of permits; reconsiderations.
330.205 Disposal of plant pests when permits are canceled.
330.206 Permits for plant pest movement associated with National Defense 
          projects.
330.207 Permits for movement of organisms issued by other agencies.
330.208 Courtesy permits.
330.209 Permits for means of conveyance.
330.210 Packing materials and containers for plant pest movement; host 
          materials.
330.210a Administrative instructions listing approved packing materials 
          for plant pests.
330.211 Labeling of plant pests for movement under permits.
330.212 Movement of plant pests by baggage.

          Subpart_Movement of Soil, Stone, and Quarry Products

330.300 Soil from foreign countries or Territories or possessions.
330.300a Administrative instructions exempting soil from parts of Canada 
          from certain restrictions.
330.301 Stone and quarry products from certain areas in Canada.
330.302 Domestic movements of earth (including soil), stone, etc.

                             Subpart_Garbage

330.400 Regulation of certain garbage.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 
136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 
371.3.

    Source: 24 FR 10825, Dec. 29, 1959, unless otherwise noted.



    Words used in the singular form in the regulations in this part 
shall be deemed to impart the plural and vice versa, as the case may 
demand. For the purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise 
requires, the following words shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

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    Administrative instructions. Published documents relating to the 
enforcement of the regulations in this part, issued under authority of 
such regulations by the Deputy Administrator.
    Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service of the Department, or any officer or employee of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to whom authority has 
heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act in his/
her stead.
    Continental United States. The 49 States located on the continent of 
North America and the District of Columbia.
    Customs. The Bureau of Customs, U.S. Treasury Department, or, with 
reference to Guam, the Customs office of the Government of Guam.
    Department. The U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator of the Plant 
Protection and Quarantine Programs of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service of the Department, or any officer or employee of the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs to whom authority has 
heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act in his 
stead.
    Earth. The softer matter composing part of the surface of the globe, 
in distinction from the firm rock, and including the soil and subsoil, 
as well as finely divided rock and other soil formation materials down 
to the rock layer.
    Garbage. That material designated as ``garbage'' in Sec. 
330.400(b).
    Inspector. A properly identified employee of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture or other person authorized by the Department to enforce the 
provisions of the Plant Protection Act and related legislation, 
quarantines, and regulations.
    Interstate. From one State, Territory or possession or the District 
of Columbia into or through any other State, Territory or possession, or 
the District of Columbia. This term includes movements, within its 
provisions, to a port in the United States for export.
    Means of conveyance. Automobiles, trucks, animal-drawn vehicles, 
railway cars, aircraft, boats, and other means of transportation.
    Move (moved and movement). ``Move'' means ship, deposit for 
transmission in the mail, otherwise offer for shipment, offer for entry, 
import, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport or 
move, or allow to be moved, by mail or otherwise. ``Moved'' and 
``movement'' shall be construed accordingly.
    Owner. The owner, or his agent (including a carrier), having 
responsible custody of a plant pest, means of conveyance, product or 
article subject to the regulations in this part.
    Permit. An authorization allowing the movement into or through the 
United States, or interstate, of a plant pest, or a regulated product, 
article, or means of conveyance in accordance with the provisions in 
this part.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, 
partnership, society, or joint stock company.
    Plant pest. (1) Except for Sec. Sec. 330.200 through 330.212, 
``plant pest'' means any living stage of any insects, mites, nematodes, 
slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, 
other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any 
organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any 
infectious substances which can directly or indirectly injure or cause 
disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, 
manufactured, or other products of plants.
    (2) For purposes of Sec. Sec. 330.200 through 330.212, plant pest 
means any living stage of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, 
protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other 
parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any 
organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any 
infectious substances of the aforementioned which are not genetically 
engineered as defined in 7 CFR 340.1 which can directly or indirectly 
injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any 
processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
    Plant Protection Act. Title IV of Public Law 106-224, 114 Stat. 438, 
7 U.S.C. 7701-7772, which was enacted June 20, 2000.

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    Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs. The Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant Inspection Health Service of the 
Department.
    Regulated garbage. That material designated as ``regulated garbage'' 
in Sec. 330.400(c) and Sec. 330.400(d).
    Shelf-stable. The condition achieved in a product, by application of 
heat, alone or in combination with other ingredients and/or other 
treatments, of being rendered free of microorganisms capable of growing 
in the product at nonrefrigerated conditions (over 50 [deg]F. or 10 
[deg]C.).
    Soil. The loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow, 
in most cases consisting of disintegrated rock with an admixture of 
organic material and soluble salts.
    Territories or possessions. Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
    Through the United States. From and to places outside the United 
States.
    United States. The States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the 
United States.

[24 FR 10825, Dec. 29, 1959, as amended at 36 FR 24917, Dec. 24, 1971; 
39 FR 32320, Sept. 6, 1974; 43 FR 39954, Sept. 9, 1978; 45 FR 80268, 
Dec. 4, 1980; 52 FR 22907, June 16, 1987; 52 FR 49344, Dec. 31, 1987; 53 
FR 49976, Dec. 13, 1988; 66 FR 21058, Apr. 27, 2001]