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certified for reshipment from premises other than those on which they orig- 
inated, under provisions satisfactory to the inspector for the safeguarding of 
such stock from infestation at the point of reshipment and en route and 
when found advisable by the inspector after reinspection and determination 
of freedom from infestation. 
§ 301.48-7. Restriction* on the movement of sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, 
and manure, (a) Control of movement. — Sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and 
manure shall not be moved interstate from any point in the regulated areas to 
or through any point outside thereof unless a certificate or permit shall have 
been issued therefor by the inspector, except as follows : 
(1) No restrictions are placed on the interstate movement of (i) sand and 
clay when free from vegetable matter; (ii) greensand marl; and (iii) such 
other sands and clays as have been treated or processed and subsequently 
handled in such manner that in the judgment of the inspector no Japanese 
beetle could exist therein, provided that each container of such article shall be 
labeled on the outside thereof as to nature of contents, except that in the case 
of bulk shipments such label shall accompany the waybill or other shipping 
papers. 
(2) No restrictions are placed on the interstate movement of manure, peat, 
compost, or humus (i) when dehydrated, shredded, ground, put verized, or com- 
pressed, or (ii) when treated with crude petroleum or any other product hav- 
ing high potency as an insecticide, and when so labeled on the outside of each 
commercial container of such materials. 
(3) No restrictions are placed on the interestate movement of sand, soil, 
earth, peat, compost, and manure imported from foreign countries when re- 
shipped from the port of entry in the unopened original container and labeled 
as to each container with the country of origin, and when the shipment is 
further protected in manner or method satisfactory to the inspector. 
(4) No certificate will be required for the interstate movement of sand, soil, 
earth, peat, compost, and manure when transported by a common carrier on a 
through bill of lading either from an area not under regulation through a 
regulated area, or from a regulated area through a nonregulated area to an- 
other regulated area. 
(b) Conditions of certification. Certificates for the movement of restricted 
sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure may be issued under any one of 
the following conditions : 
(1) When the articles to be moved have originated in districts included in 
the regulated area, but in which neither beetles nor grubs in soil have been 
found. 
(2) When the material consist- of fresh manure or of mined, dredged, or 
other similar materials, and it has been determined by an inspector that no 
infestation could exist therein. 
(3) When the material has been removed, under the supervision of an in- 
spector, from a depth of more than 12 inches below the surface of the ground 
and either (i) is to be moved between October 16 and June 14, inclusive, or 
(ii) is loaded and shipped at points where it has been determined by an in- 
spector that no general infestation of adult beetles exists, or (iii) when the 
cars and loading operations are protected by screening under the direction of 
and in manner and by method satisfactory to the inspector. 
(4) When the material has been fumigated with carbon disulphide or other- 
wise treated under the supervision of and in manner and by method satisfactory 
to the inspector. Such fumigation or treatment will be required as a con- 
dition of certification of all restricted sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and 
manure, except such as is loaded and shipped in compliance with paragraphs 
(b) (1), (2), or (3) hereof. 
§ 301.48-8. Conditions governing the protection of restricted articles from 
infestation wit He in transit. — Fruits and vegetables, nursery and ornamental 
stock, and sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, moving interstate from 
or through the regulated areas to points outside thereof between June 15 and 
October 15, inclusive, shall at all times while they are in the regulated areas 
be screened, covered, or otherwise protected in manner or method satisfactory 
to the inspector for safeguarding the articles from infestation. 
Trucks or other road vehicles transporting restricted articles may be sealed 
by the inspector at the point of inspection, and all such seals shall remain 
intact as long as the vehicle is en route within the regulated area. 
