1941 J 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 
section 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20. 1912, as amended (7 U. S. 
C. 161), the subpart entitled "JAPANESE BEETLE" of Part 301. Chapter III, 
Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations [B. E. P. Q.-Q. 48. as revised] is hereby 
amended effective February 12, 1941. to read as follows : 
Subpart — Japanese Beetle Quarantine 
quarantine 
§301.48 Notice of Quarantine. — Under the authority conferred by section 8 
of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 161), 
I do quarantine the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massa- 
chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Rhode 
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 
to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle. Hereafter, (1) fruits and vege- 
tables; (2) nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse stock, and other plants; and 
(3) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, shall not be shipped, offered 
for shipment to a common carrier, received for transportation or transported by 
a common carrier, or carried, transported, moved, or allowed to be moved from 
any of said quarantined States or District into or through any other State or 
Territory or District of the United States in manner or method or under con- 
ditions other than those prescribed in the rules and regulations hereinafter 
made and amendments thereto : Provided, That the restrictions of this quaran- 
tine and of the rules and regulations supplemental thereto may be limited to 
the areas in a quarantined State now, or which may hereafter be, designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as regulated areas when, in the judgment of 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the enforcement of the aforesaid rules and regula- 
tions as to such regulated areas shall be adequate to prevent the spread of the 
Japanese beetle: Provided further, That such limitations shall be conditioned 
upon the said State providing for and enforcing such control measures with 
respect to such regulated areas as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, shall be deemed adequate to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle 
therefrom to other parts of the State: And provided further, That certain 
articles classed as restricted herein may, because of the nature of their growth 
or production or their manufactured or processed condition, be exempted by 
administrative instructions issued by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine when, in his judgment, such articles are considered 
innocuous as carriers of infestation: And provided further, That whenever, 
in any year, the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine shall 
find that facts exist as to the pest risk involved in the movement of one or 
more of the articles to which the regulations supplemental hereto apply, making 
it safe to modify, by making less stringent, the restrictions contained in any 
such regulations, he shall set forth and publish such finding in administrative 
instructions? specifying the manner in which the applicable regulation should 
be made less stringent, whereupon such modification shall become effective, for 
such period and for such regulated area or portion thereof as shall be specified 
in said administrative instructions, and every reasonable effort shall be made 
to give publicity to such administrative instructions throughout the affected 
areas. 
Rules and Regulations 
§301.48-1. Definitions. — For the purpose of these regulations the following 
words, names, and terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean : 
(a) Japanese oeetle. — The insect known as the Japanese beetle (PopUlw 
japoniea Newm.). in any stage of development. 
(b) Infested, infestation. — The terms "infested," "infestation," and the like, 
relate to infestation with the Japanese beetle. 
(c) Quarantined area. — Any State or District quarantined by the Secretary 
of Agriculture to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle. 
