B. E. P. Q. 582 Effective November 28, 1949 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 . AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS RESTRICTING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS 
 FOR IMPORTATION OF CITRUS SEEDS UNDER NURSERY STOCK, PLAIT, 
 AMD SEED QUARANTINE REGULATION 
 
 On October 1, 1949, notice of proposed issuance of acL-ninistrat ive instruc- 
 tions to be designated as 7 CFR 319.37-24a relating to restrictions on the 
 importation of citrus seeds was published in the Federal Register (14 F.R. 
 5999). After due consideration of all relevant matters presented, including 
 the proposals set forth in the aforesaid notice, the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Entomology and Plant Quarantine, pursuant to <; 319,37-24 of the regulations 
 supplemental to the quarantine relating to nursery stock, plants, and seeds 
 for importation into the United States (Regulation 24, Notice of Quarantine 
 No. 37; 7 CFR 319,37-24), hereby issues administrative instructions to 
 appear as § 319.37-24a in Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows: 
 
 § 319.37-24a A dministrative instructions restricting issuance of permits 
 for the importation of citrus seeds . In accordance with § 319,37-24 of the 
 regulations supplemental to the quarantine relating to nursery stock, plants, 
 and seeds for importation into the United States (Regulation 24, Notice of 
 Quarantine Nc c 37; 7 CFR 319,37-24), the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
 and Plant Quarantine has determined that the Plant Commissioner of the State 
 Plant Board of Florida has taken action to suppress citrus canker 
 (X anthomonas c itri (Hasse) Dov/son) , quick decline, and other dangerous dis- 
 eases affecting citrus, and has promulgated as Rule 28 of rules and regula- 
 tions made by the State Plant Board pursuant to the Florida Plant Act of 
 1927, effective March 31, 1947, a plant quarantine prohibiting the entry in- 
 to Florida in interstate cojaaorce of any and all kinds of citrus trees and 
 parts thereof, including, among other parts, citrus seeds, with certain 
 exceptions not applicable to the movement of such seeds. Further, the Plant 
 Commissioner of the State Plant Board of Florida has requested that the 
 United States Department of Agriculture cooperate in connection with such 
 quarantine by prohibiting the importation into Florida from all foreign 
 countries of citrus seeds. Under authority conferred upon tho Chief of the 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by §319.37-24: It is hereby 
 ordered, That permits will be issued for the importation of citrus seeds from 
 any foreign country only if such seeds are to be imported into a place with- 
 in the Unitod States other than the State of Florida. 
 
 The purpose of these administrative instructions is to cooperate with 
 the State of Florida by restricting the importation from all foreign 
 countries of citrus seeds in furtherance of action already taken by that 
 State to suppress tho types of pests that might be imported with such seeis. 
 
 This section shall be effective on and aftor November 28, 1949. 
 
 (Sees. 1, 5, and 8, 37 Stat. 31b, 315, 318 as amended; 7 U. S, C . 154, 
 159, 161; 7 CFR 319,37-24) 
 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 20th day of October 1949, 
 
 Bureau of . and P3 | j _ .. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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