4 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AXD PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan. Mar. 
regulations as to such regulated areas shall ho adequate to prevent the spread 
of the Japanese heetle : Provided further, That such limitations shall he con- 
ditioned 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 
Agriculture, shall he deemed adequate to prevent the spread of the Japanese 
heetle therefrom to other parts of the State: And provided further. That cer- 
tain 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 in- 
nocuous 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 10 such administrative instructions throughout the 
affected areas. 1 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
Meaning of Terms 
§301.48-1. Definitions. — For the purpose of these regulations the following 
words, names, and terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: 
(a) Japanese beetle. — The insect known as the Japanese beetle (Popillia 
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. 
(d) Regulated area. — Any area in a quarantined State or District which is 
now. or which may hereafter be, designated as such by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with the provisos of §301.48, as revised. 
(e) Fruits and vegetables. — For the list of restricted fruits and vegetables 
see §301.48-5. 
(f) Nursery and ornamental stock. — Nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse 
stock, and all other plants, plant roots, cut flowers, or other portions of plants. 
(g) Sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure. — Sand, soil, earth, peat, 
compost, or manure of any kind and as to either bulk movement or in connec- 
tion with farm products or nursery and ornamental stock. 
(h) Certified sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure. — Sand, soil, earth, 
peat, compost, or manure determined by the inspector as uninfested and so 
certified. 
(i) Certified greenhouse. — A greenhouse or similar establishment which has 
complied to the satisfaction of the inspector with the conditions imposed in 
§ 301.48-6. This term may apply also to potting beds, heeling-in areas, hot- 
beds, coldframes, or similar plots or to storage houses, packing sheds, or 
stores treated or otherwise safeguarded in manner and method satisfactory to 
the inspector. 
(j) Inspector. — An inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
(k) Moved interstate. — 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 one State or Territory or 
District of the United States into or through any other State or Territory or 
District. 
(1) Ccrtifieatc—A valid form evidencing compliance with the requirements 
of these regulations as to movement of restricted articles to points outside the 
regulated areas. 
(in) Permit. — A valid form authorizing movement of restricted articles from 
a regulated area to a restricted destination in a separate regulated area. 
I |I 301. 4K to 301.48-14 inclusive issued under the authority contained in sec. 8, 3D 
Stat. 1166, 44 Stat. 250 ; 7 U. S. C. 161. 
