B, E, P. Q. 566 Effective March 6, 1948 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND FLINT .QUARANTINE 
 
 MEXICAN FRUITFLY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS PARTIAILI WAIVED FOR 
 LOT SHIPMENTS OF CITRUS FRUITS 
 
 Introductory Note 
 
 In the regulations supplemental to Notice rf Quarantine .:o. 6/+ on account 
 of the Mexican fruitfly (7 CFR, 1945 Supp., 3Cl.c4 to 301.64-7, incl.), 
 § 301.64-3 (a), among other requirements, states that "grapefruits, oranges, 
 and other citrus fruits, except lemons and sour limes, shall not be moved 
 interstate from a regulated area unless every crate, box, or other ca 
 of such host fruits has attached a valid shipping permit. In addition to 
 the shipping permit every shipment of six or mere crates, boxes, or other 
 containers of citrus fruits moved interstate shall be accompanied by a 
 master permit - ;; ' # *.» Provision is made in the quarantine for the issuance 
 of administrative instructions by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and 
 Plant Quarantine to modify the restrictions of the regulations when such 
 action may be taken without risk of spread of the Mexican fruit fly <. 
 
 It has been found that the number of individual containers to be shipped 
 frcm the regulated area this year requires a reconsideration of the permit 
 requirements for each such container. For the purpose of keeping the cer- 
 tificate requirements within reasonable limits, it is necessary to modify, 
 for p^.rt at least of the present shipping season, the requirement that 
 every container in shipments of six or more containers shall have attached 
 a valid shipping permit. Turing this period such a lot shipment will be 
 considered adequately covered by permit if acccmnanied only by the master 
 permit. Natural conditions are such that this limited modification of 
 permit requirements will not be attended by risk of spreading infestation. 
 
 In order to be of maximum benefit in con: • Lficates, it is :. 
 sary that this modification be effected at once. For this reason it is 
 found upon good cause, pursuant to the provisions of section 4 < 
 Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 2W) , that notice and public 
 cedure on these instructions are unnecessary, impracticable, and contrary 
 to the public int -much as these instructions r 
 
 tions heretofore imposed, they arc within the excepticn in section 4 (c) 
 
 Administrative Procedure Act 
 less than 30 day: r publication in I 
 
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risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfly, the Chief of the Eureau of Ento- 
 mology and Plant Quarantine hereby modifies by waiving, until further 
 notice, but not beyond the end of the 1948 citrus fruit shipping season, 
 the requirement contained in § 301.64—3 (a) of the regulations supple- 
 mental to said quarantine, that a shipping permit shall accompany each 
 container in shipments of six or mere containers, such waiver to be ef- 
 fective March 6, 1948. A master permit accompanying each such 16t shipment 
 will be deemed adequate, 
 
 (Sec. 8, 37 Stat. 318, 39 Stat. 1165, 44 Stat. 250; 7 U. S. C. l6l; 
 7 CFR, 1945 Supp., § 301.64-3 (a).) 
 
 Done at Washington, P. C, this 26th day cf February 1948. 
 
 F. M. ANNAND 
 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and 
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