78 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
mulgated Notice of Quarantine 301.72, part 301, chapter III, title 7, effective 
January 15, 1939, with regulations supplemental thereto, and revision thereof, 
effective on and after May 9, 1942, governing the movement of live white-fringed 
beetles in any stage of development and carriers thereof. The Secretary of 
Agriculture, having given a further public hearing in the matter, has determined 
that it is necessary to revise further the quarantine and regulations for the 
purpose of quarantining the State of North Carolina because of the discovery 
of substantial infestations of the white-fringed beetle therein. 
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) and the Insect Pest Act of March 3, 1905 (7 U. S. C. 141, 143), the 
subpart entitled "White-fringed Beetle" of part 301, chapter III, title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations [B. E. P. Q. — Q. 72] is hereby revised effective December 
28, 1942, to read as follows : 
Subpart — White-Fringed Beetle 
(quarantine no. 72) 
Authority: §§ 301.72 to 301.72-9 (a), inclusive (except § 301.72-2a), issued 
under sec. 8, 39 Stat. 1165, 44 Stat. 250 ; 7 U. S. C, 1940 ed. 161. § 301.72-2a issued 
under sec. 1, 33 Stat. 1269; 7 U. S. C, 1940 ed. 141. § 301.72-9 (b) issued under 
sec. 3, 33 Stat. 1270; 7 U. S. C, 1940 ed. 143. 
§ 301.72 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), the 
Secretary of Agriculture quarantines the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, and North Carolina to prevent the spread of dangerous infestations 
of introduced species of the genus Panto?norus, subgenus Graplwgnathus, com- 
monly known as white-fringed beetles, and under authority contained in the 
aforesaid Plant Quarantine Act and the Insect Pest Act of March 3, 1905 (7 
U. S. C. 141, 143), the Secretary of Agriculture prescribes regulations. Hereafter 
the following articles (as specifically named in the regulations supplemental 
hereto, in modifications thereof, or in administrative instructions as provided in 
the regulations supplemental hereto), which are capable of carrying the afore- 
said insect infestations, viz, (1) nursery stock and other stipulated plants or 
plant products; (2) soil independent of, or in connection with, nursery stock, 
plants, or other products; or (3) other articles as stipulated in § 301.72-3; or 
(4) live white-fringed beetles in any stage of development, shall not be trans- 
ported by any person, firm, or corporation from any quarantined State into or 
through any other State or Territory or District of the United States, under 
conditions other than those prescribed in the regulations supplemental hereto : 
Provided, That the restrictions of this quarantine and of the regulations supple- 
mental hereto may be limited to such areas, designated by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture as regulated areas, in the quarantined States, as, in his judgment, shall 
be adequate to prevent the spread of the said pest or pests. Any such limitation 
shall be conditioned, however, upon the affected State or States providing for 
and enforcing the control of the intrastate movement of the restricted articles 
and enforcing such other control and sanitation measures with respect to such 
areas or portions thereof as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
be deemed adequate to prevent the intrastate spread therefrom of said insect 
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 
whir-h the applicable regulations 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. 
