B. K. P. Q. — San. Kxp. Regs. Hovlnlon of KoguhitionH. 
 
 Kffoctive September '21, 11)30. 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture 
 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 
 REGULATIONS GOVERNING SANITARY EXPORT 
 CERTIFICATION 
 
 INTRODICTORY NOTE 
 
 Tlie servitt' itntviiliiig for the cert ifhutiuu ot planis and plant products to 
 UMVt the s;mitary re<|uiienu'nts of lorei^n conntrios is coiHiucted under au- 
 tlmrity jrranteil in api>n»priati()n acts for the D(»i>arnnent of A;zriculture. In 
 appropriation acts for the fiscal years prior to and including; the fiscal year 
 li*34. autijoriiy was i;ranttH! to ceitify "doniestic fresli fruits, ve^'etahles, and 
 see<ls. and nui-sery stock and other phuits lor propajcation." In sul).<eqiient 
 appropriati«>n acts autliority was uranteil to certify all domestic plants and 
 plant pnnlucts. The chanjres in tlii> revision of the Inspeition and Certifica- 
 tion Rejailatii»ns to Met4 Foreif^n Sanitary liequirenients takes coj^iizance of 
 the extension of the authority to inspect products not heretofore certified for 
 export. T'ovisions have also heen made to certify plant products on the basis 
 of the inspections made by cooperating; Stale and Federal agencies. For the 
 sake of brevity the title of the inspection and certification retaliations to me*^t 
 foreijni siinitary re<iuirenients has biHMi changed to 'Regulations Governing 
 Sanitary Export Certification." 
 
 Lee a. Strong, 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomoloffi/ and Plant QuaranHne. 
 
 Pursuant to the agricultural appropriation act of May 17, 1935 (49 Stat. 268), 
 and repeated in subsequent appropriation acts "For the inspection, under such 
 rules an<l regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, of domestic 
 plants and plant products when offered for export and to certify to shii)pers 
 and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious plant 
 diseast^ and in-sect pests according to the sanitary requirements of the foreign 
 countries affected and to make such reasonable charges and to use such means 
 as may l»e necessary to accomj^lish this object. * * * Proriilcd, That moneys 
 receiveil (►n account of such inspection and certification shall be covercil into 
 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts" — 
 
 I, Henry A. Wallace. Sec-retary of Agriculture, in order to 
 
 • arry out the i)urpose of the aforesaid acts, do prescribe the fol- 
 lowing revised rules and regulations, which shall become and be 
 
 ♦ tTective on and after September 21, 1930. 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Uniteil States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture, this 19tli day (»f September 1936. 
 
 H. A. W.VLL.VCK. 
 
 Secret a ru of Af/rirulture. 
 Regulation 1. Definitions 
 
 Skction 1. Words used in these regulations in the .singular form shall be 
 deemeil to imp(>rt the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. 
 
 Skc. 2. Fov the purpose' of these regulations, uidess the context otherwise 
 rtHiuires. the following terms shall be construed, respectively. t(( mean — 
 
 I'aruijraph J. The act.— Thv following provision of an act of Congre.'^s entitled 
 ■'An act making appropriations for the I>epartment of Agriculture and for 
 the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June .'U), 1936, and 
 uu-jr^ — 36 
 
for other purposes", approved May 17, 1935 (Public, Xo. 62, 74th Couj;.), or 
 any future act of Congress conferring like authority : "for the inspection, under 
 such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, of 
 domestic plants and plant products, when offered for export, and to coitify to 
 shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious 
 plant diseases and insect pests according to the sanitary requirements of foreign 
 countries alTected and to nuike such reason;d)le charges and to use such means 
 as may be necessary to accomplish this object, * * * Provided, That moneys 
 received on account of such inspection and certification shall be covered into 
 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts." 
 
 Par. 2. Secretary. — The Secretary or Acting Secretary of Agriculture of the 
 United States. 
 
 Par. 3. Bureau. — The Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the 
 Ignited States Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Par. //. Products. — Domestic plants and plant products. 
 
 Par. 5. Inspector. — An inspector of the Bureau of Entomology and I*lant Quar- 
 antine, United States Department of Agriculture, or other person authorized by 
 the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and certify to shippers and other inter- 
 ested parties, as to the sanitary condition of the products inspected under 
 the act. 
 
 Var. 6. Office of inspection. — The office of an inspector of products covered by 
 these regulations. 
 
 Par. 1. Certificate. — A certificate of the sanitary condition of the products 
 concerned, based on inspection of representative samples, issued by an inspector 
 under the act. 
 
 Par. 8. Rc()ulations. — Rules and regulations of the Secretary under the act. 
 
 Par. 9. Consignment. — Any shipment of products assembled and inspected at 
 one place at one time and covered by one application, or any mail shipment 
 consigned to one consignee. 
 
 Regulation 2. Administration 
 
 Skction 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine is 
 charged with the supervision of the performance of all duties arising in the 
 administration of the act. 
 
 Regulation 3. Where Service is Offered 
 
 Section 1. Certification may be made at the following ports of export, where 
 inspectors of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine are located : 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 Bellinghani, Wash. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Brownsville, Tex. 
 Buffalo. N. Y. 
 Calexico, Calif. 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Del Rio, Tex. 
 Detroit, ]Mich. 
 Douglas, Ariz. 
 Eagle Pass, Tex. 
 El Paso. Tex. 
 Galveston, Tex. 
 Hidalgo, Tex. 
 
 Honolulu, Hawaii. 
 Houston, Tex. 
 .Tacksonville, Fla. 
 Key West, Fla. 
 Laredo, Tex. 
 Los Angeles, Calif. 
 Mercedes, Tex. 
 Miami, Fla. 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 Naco, Ariz. 
 New Orleans, La. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Nogales, Ariz. 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Port Arthur, Tex. 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 Presidio, Tex. 
 Rio Grande City, Tex. 
 Roma, Tex. 
 San Diego, Calif. 
 San Francisco, Calif. 
 San Juan, P. R. 
 San Pedro, Calif. 
 San Ysidro, Calif. 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 Tampa, Fla. 
 Ysleta, Tex. 
 
 Section 
 
 Regulation 4. Products Covered 
 
 1. Domestic plants and plant products when otTorcd for cxpcn't. 
 
 Regulation 5. Application for Certification 
 
 Section 1. A written application shall bo made on form>s provided for the 
 purpose setting forth such information as is called for, as far in advance as 
 po.ssible, and shall be filed in the office of inspection at the port of certification. 
 
 Sec. 2. Each application shall be deemed filed when delivered to the proi)er 
 office of certification. When such application is filed, a record showing the date 
 ami time of filing shall be made in suih office. 
 
Reg^ulation 6. Inspection 
 
 SKcnoN 1. The applicant shall cause the product for which inspectiou is re- 
 quested to he made acc*»ssihle for inspection and Identiticatioii and to be so 
 pla«-cd as to pennit etticiiMit insptntion for insects and plant diseases of repre- 
 sentative samples of all irrades or kinds of proihicts. 
 
 Skc. 2. All labor involved in the inspection, including: the niovinj;, opening, 
 and closin.u ef containers, shall be furnished by the applicant. 
 
 Skc. 8. Certificates may be refused for failure to carry out fully any of the 
 foregoing: provisions. 
 
 Skc. 4. No insiiector shall insi>ect any products in which he or a member of 
 his family is directly or indirectly financially interested. 
 
 Regulation 7. Certificates 
 
 Shx iio.N 1. F(tr each consignment of products for which certification is re- 
 quested, the inspector shall sign and issue a separate certificate based on the 
 findings of the inspection, 
 
 Se<-. 2. The original certificate shall immediately upon its issuance be delivered 
 or maileil to the applicant or a person designated by him. 
 
 Sec. 3. One copy of each certificate shall be filed in the ottice of certification, 
 and one forwarded to the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
 Quarantine, 
 
 Sec. 4. The Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine may 
 authorize inspectors to issue certificates on the basis of inspections made by 
 cooperating Federal and State agencies under requirements and conditions ap- 
 proved by him. 
 
 Sec. r>. Inspectors may issue new certificates on a basis of inspections for 
 previous certifications when the previously issued certificates can be canceletl 
 before they have been accepted by the phytopathological authorities of the 
 country of destination involved. 
 
 Regulation 8. Fees 
 
 Section 1. For each certificate issued the fee shall be $1. 
 
 Sec. 2. A fee of $1 shall be charged for extra copies of certificates requested 
 after the original certificate and its accompanying copies have been issued. 
 
 Sec. 8. All fees shall be paid by check, money order, or draft made payable 
 to disbursing clerk. United States Department of Agriculture. Such collec- 
 tions shall be promptly forwarded to the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine at the close of each week to be covered into the Treasury 
 as miscellaneous receipts. 
 
 Regulation 9. Publications 
 
 Section 1. Publications under the act and these regulations shall be made in 
 Service and Regulatory Announcements of the Bureau of Entomology and 
 Plant Quarantine and such orher me<lia as the chief of that bureau may from 
 time to time designate for the purpose. 
 
 These revised lules and regulations shall be effective on and 
 after Sei)tember 21, 1936, and shall supersede the inspection and 
 certification regulations to meet foreign sanitary requirements 
 promulgated July 23. 1931. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington this 19th day of September 
 i:»:U). 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. 
 
 H. A. W.M.LACK, 
 
 Secretary of Agru-ulfuic 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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