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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Injury not severe — confined to shedding some of lower, older leaves, to the 
following : 
Dracaena, M. Story. Hibiscus (red). 
Dieffenbachia. Poinsettia. 
Ficus pandurata. 
Injury very severe to the following — fumigation not recommended : 
Allamanda johnsoni. Dracaena icarneekii. 
Chrysanthemum. Pothos ivilcoxi. 
B. E. P. Q. 488. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— MODIFYING THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE WHITE- 
FRINGED BEETLE QUARANTINE BY REMOVING UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS 
THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERSTATE MOVEMENT FOR ALL 
RESTRICTED ARTICLES ORIGINATING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
January 27, 1939. 
Under authorization to the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine provided in the second proviso of Notice of Quarantine No. 72 (sec. 
301.72), I find that, when the following requirements are met, regulations 4, 5, 
and 6 (sees. 301.72-4 to 301.72-6) under this quarantine, may be safely modified 
to waive all certification requirements for all regulated areas until further 
notice, for the interstate movement of all restricted articles imported from 
foreign countries and moving through a regulated area, when reshipped in the 
unopened, original container and when each container is clearly marked to 
indicate the country of origin, and when the articles are protected, while in the 
regulated areas, in a manner satisfactory to an authorized inspector of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. Such modification is hereby au- 
thorized. (Sec. 301.72b, issued under authority contained in sec. 301.72.) 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 489. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— MODIFYING WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE QUARAN- 
TINE REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING TREATMENT OF POTTING SOIL 
January 28, 1939. 
Recent experimental work by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine of the United States Department of Agriculture has proved that potting soil 
can be successfully treated by the following methods for the control of the 
white-fringed beetle. 
TREATMENT AUTHORIZED 
Under provisions contained in regulation 5 (a) (sec. 301.72-5) supplemental 
to Notice of Quarantine No. 72 (sec. 301.72), the Chief of the Bureau of En- 
tomology and Plant Quarantine authorizes, as a prerequisite to certification, 
either of the following methods of treatment for "potting soil" when done under 
the supervision of an authorized inspector of the United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
FUMIGATION TREATMENT METHOD 
(1) Potting soil must be treated in a container with methyl bromide in a 
dosage of 40 cubic centimeters of methyl bromide per cubic yard of soil for a 
period of 48 hours. 
(2) The sides, bottom, and seams of the container shall be tight, preferably 
lined with sheet metal, and shall have a cover or be covered with a tarpaulin 
immediately after the fumigant is applied. 
(3) The condition of the soil and the apparatus used and the method of 
application of the fumigant must meet the approval of an authorized inspec tor 
of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
