LIBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 B. E. P. Q. 532, Supplement No. 2 Effective March 16, 1948 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. AND PLANT f QUARANTINE 
 
 PART 353— TREATI 'LENT OF RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED PLANTS 
 OR PLANT PRODUCTS TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED STATES 
 
 MODIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— SHIPMENT OF MEXICAN 
 ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT IN BOl'JD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES 
 
 Subparagraph 352.9(a)(4) of the administrative instructions issued' 
 under the order and supplemental regulations on Treatment of Restricted 
 or Prohibited Plants or Plant Products Temporarily in the United States 
 (7 CFR 1943 Supp. 352.9(a)(4)), pursuant to the Plant Quarantine Act of 
 1912, as amended (7 U.S.C. 151) limits the entry, via ports on the 
 Mexican border, of oranges originating in Mexican States other than 
 Sonora, for immediate transportation and exportation in bond or for 
 imnediate export, to the period from October 1 to March 15, inclusive. 
 This period is insufficient in which to complete the orderly exporta- 
 tion to Canada of this season's crop of Mexican oranges. 
 
 It has been determined that seasonal conditions are such in the 
 United States that the expiration date of this prescribed period may be 
 extended for the present shipping season only, without risk to the plant 
 cultures of this country. Accordingly, subparagraph 352.9(a)(4) of the 
 administrative instructions entitled "Administrative instructions ; 
 oranges and grapefruit from Mexico in transit to foreign countries via 
 the United States" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
 (a) Entry via ports on the Mexican border. 
 
 (4) Period of Entry . The entry of oranges and grapefruit from 
 Sonora is authorized throughout the entire year. Oranges originating in 
 other Mexican States may enter from October 1 to March 15, inclusive, pro- 
 vided that during the 1947-48 shipping season such period shall be from 
 October 1, 1947 to April 30, 1948, inclusive. 
 
 This amendment shall be effective March 16, 1948. 
 
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 The foregoing amendment extends for the current shipping season, the 
 time within which oranges may enter the United States in transit from 
 Mexico to foreign countries. This extension of time does not involve any 
 risks to the plant cultures of the United States through introduction of 
 plant diseases or insect pests, and the extension is made necessary by the 
 fact that climatic and other conditions in Mexico prevented the exporta- 
 tion of oranges from that country for shipment through the United States 
 to other foreign countries during the period presently prescribed by 
 section 352.9(a) (4). This period ends March 15, 1948 and it is necessary 
 to make the foregoing amendment extending such period effective on March 
 16, 1948 in order to prevent unnecessary burdens upon foreign commerce. 
 Accordingly, it is found, upon good cause, that notice and hearing under 
 section 4(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act on the adoption of the 
 amendment are unnecessary, impracticable, and contrary to the public 
 interest. 
 
 Since the amendment relieves restrictions, it is within the exception 
 in section 4(c) of the Administrative Procedure Act and may properly be 
 made effective less than 30 days after its publication in the Federal 
 Register. 
 
 (37 Stat. 315, as amended, 7 U. S. C. 151; 7 CFR 352.1 through 352.8) 
 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 16th day of March, 1948. 
 
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 Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and 
 Plant Quarantine