1937] 
SEIIVICE AND KFXiULATOlir ANXOUXCEMEXTS 
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Regulation 6. Conditions Governing the Issuance ok Permits 
Permits for the interstate movement of grapefruit, oranges, and other I'estricted 
citrus fruits from the reguhited area may be issued upon determination by the 
insix^ctor that the ])r<)posed movement does not involve risk of si)read of the Mex- 
ican fruitfiy. Such determination will be based on compliance with the following 
conditions : 
(a) Grove inspection and sanitation. — The grove in which the fruit was pro- 
duced shall be maintained in compliance with the host-free reipiirement of these 
regulations and shall be kept free from drops and windfalls during such periods 
and time as the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine may 
direct. Such drops and windfalls shall be buried under at least IS inches of 
tamped soil or otherwise disposed of in manner and method prescribed by the 
Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The grove shall 
further be maintained in compliance with such other requirements as may be 
enforced by the State of Texas for the suppression of Mexican fruitfiy infestation. 
Permits may be issued for the interstate movement of fruit produced <mly in 
such groves as have been inspected within 80 days prior to the movement of the 
fruit concerned and have been found free from Mexican fruitfiy infestation. 
(?>) Packin(f-h(nise requirements. — The packer and shipper shall maintain his 
packing plant in compliance with the sanitation requirements of the State of 
Texas issued for the suppression of the Mexican fruitfiy. The i)acker shall also 
maintain a complete record of all receipts and sales or shipments of host fruits, 
subject to examination by the inspector. 
(c) Applications. — Persons desiring to purchase, pack, or move grapefruit, 
oranges, or other restricted citrus fruits interstate from the regulated area shall 
make application for a permit to the office of the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, Haiiingen, Tex., as far as possible in advance of the probable 
date of shipment. Applications shall show the nature and quantity of the fruit 
it is proposed to move, together with the location at which it will be packed, the 
name and address of the shipper, and a list of all groves, together with the names 
and addresses of the owners, from which fruit for packing will be secured. Each 
applicant shall file with his application a signed statement in which he agrees to 
notify the inspector of all additional groves from which fruit for packing will be 
secured, not to pack or ship fruit from any grove until he has received written 
notification from the inspe^-tor that the grove has been maintained in compliance 
with the regulations issued under this quarantine, and to discontinue packing 
and shipping the fruit from any grove on notification from the inspector of the 
discovery of an infestation of the Mexican fruitfiy in such grove or adjoining 
groves or of failure on the part of the owner or manager of such grove to comply 
with any condition of these regulations. 
((Z) Containers. — Permits will be issued for the interstate movement of only 
such fruit as is packed in containers customarily used in the regulated area for 
the commercial shipment of citrus fruits, and which are of such nature as will 
permit the inspector to identify the contents thereof. 
(e) Sterilization may he required. — Sterilization of host fruits in manner and 
by method prescribed by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quai-- 
antine may be required as a condition for the issuance of permits for interstate 
movement thereof when in his judgment the shipments concerned might involve 
risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfiy. 
if) Destination limitations'^. — Permits may be limited as to destination and 
when so limited the fruits covered thereby shall not be moved interstate from 
the regulated area, directly or indirectly, either in the original containers or 
otherwise, to destinations other than those authorized in such permits, except 
to the usual diversion points for diversion to authorized destinations only. 
(g) Cancelation of pertnits. — Any permits issued under these regulations may 
be withdrawn or canceled and further permits refused either for any failure of 
compliance with these regulations or violation of them, or whenever in the judg- 
ment of the inspectoi- the further use of such permits might result in the dissemi- 
nation of infestation. 
Rtovlatiox 7. Conditions Requihetx in the Regulated Areas 
The interstate movement of grapefruit, oranges, and other restricted citrus 
fruit from the regulated areas under permits issued by the I'nited States De- 
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