STATE PLA 3ARD 
 
 B.E.P.Q. 558, 2d Revision 
 
 Effective September 20, 1%9 
 
 UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PUNT QUARAiTTINE 
 DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 ADDITIONAL METHODS OF TREATING COTTONSEED FOR CERTIFICATION 
 UNDER PINK BOLU'.'OPJ: REGULATIONS 
 
 On August 23» 1%9, a notice of rule making was published in the Federal 
 Register (1/4. F. R. 5231) regarding a proposed amendment to administrative in- 
 structions authorizing methods of treating cottonseed (B. E. P. 0. 558, Revised; 
 7 CFR 301»52-4a)« After consideration of all relevant matters presented, in- 
 cluding the proposals set forth in the aforesaid notice, pursuant to the author- 
 ity conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 by the second proviso of the Pink Boilv/orm Quarantine (7 CFR 301.52), the said 
 administrative instructions are hereb} r amended by revising paragraph (a) (3) of 
 such instructions to read as follovs: 
 
 § 301.52-Z4.a Administ rative i nstru ctions authorizing add itiona l methods of 
 treating cottonseed. — Ta) Cot to nseed from lightly infested area . * • * * "' : ' * * 
 
 (3) Dosage . The dosage of methyl bromide shall be as follows: 
 
 Average seed temperature 
 
 60° F. or above 
 Bclo-v 60* F. 
 
 
 Dosage 
 ra-.e (lbs. 
 per 1,000 
 cu. ft.) 
 
 
 Exposure 
 period 
 (hours) 
 
 
 (4 
 (6 
 
 
 2k 
 12 
 
 . 
 
 (5 
 
 (7.5 
 
 , ... 
 
 
 2K 
 12 
 
 The dosage shall be introduced as a spray into the return duct at sea 
 point beyond the blov; 
 
 The circulatory system shall be operated at the beginning for a period 
 to be designated by the inspector in charg . 
 
 (Sec- 8, 37 Stat. 31S, as amend- i; 7 U. S. C. l6lj 7 CFR 301.52) 
 
3 1262 09313 6777 
 
 This amendment provides for additional schedules for fumigating cotton- 
 seed by using increased dosages of methyl bromide for shorter exposure periods 
 vrithin each cf two temperature ranges. Since it thus relieves restrictions it 
 is vdthin the exception in section 4 (c) of the Administrative Procedure Act 
 (5 U. S. C. 1003 (c)) and may properly be made effective less than 30 days 
 after its publication in t'.^e Federal Register. 
 
 This amendment shall be effective September 20, 1949- 
 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 8th day of September 1949. 
 
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 Chief, Bureau of Fntomoloey and 
 
 PlLnt Quarantine