24 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 72) 
B. E. P. Q. 485, Seventh Kevision. 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Part 301. — Domestic Quarantine Notices 
white- fringed beetle 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— REMOVAL OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
FOR SPECIFIED ARTICLES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD 
§ 301.72a. Administrative instructions; removal of certification requirements 
for specified articles for a limited period, (a) Pursuant to the authority con- 
ferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by 
the second proviso of § 301.72, Chapter III, Title 7, Code of Federal Regula- 
tions [Notice of Quarantine No. 72, on account of the white-fringed beetle], 
all certification requirements are hereby waived during the period specified 
below for the following articles enumerated in § 301.72-3 [regulation 3] when 
free from soil and when sanitation practices are maintained to the satisfaction 
of the inspector. 
(1) When moved interstate from any regulated area, certification require- 
ments are waived from February 1, 1911, until May 1, 1941, for potatoes and 
sweetpotatoes. 
(2) When moved interstate from any regulated area, certification require- 
ments are waived from February 1, 1941, until June 1, 1941, for the following 
articles : 
Bird sand and bird gravel in packages of 5 pounds or less. 
Ground peat in amounts not to exceed 5 pounds per package. 
Orchid plants growing exclusively in Osmunda fiber. 
Osmunda fiber (commonly known as Osmundine, or orchid peat). 
It has been determined that the methods under which such articles and 
materials are produced and handled, or the application of control measures and 
the maintenance of sanitation practices, eliminate risk of spread of the white- 
fringed beetle, thereby justifying the removal of certification requirements as 
set forth above. 
(b) Except as specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, all soil, earth, sand, 
clay, peat, compost, and manure whether moved independent of, or in connec- 
tion with or attached to nursery stock, plants, products, articles, or things, 
shall remain under the restrictions of § 301.72-3 [Regulation 3] throughout 
the year. 
This revision supersedes all previous issues of circular B. E. P. Q. 485. 
Done at Washington, D. C, this 24th day of January 1941. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
[Filed with the Division of the Federal Register January 28, 1941, 11 : 23 a. m. : 
6 F. R.. 645.] 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, February 5, 19ft. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir : Attention is invited to the inclosed administrative instructions 
(B. E. P. Q. 485, Seventh Revision), issued by the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, in connection with 
Federal Quarantine Order No. 72, on account of the white-fringed beetle. 
