B. E. P. Q. 5^2, Rev., Axndt. Effective December 7, 1951 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCJ3 ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 
 FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 AMENDMENT OF ALMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS PRESCRIBING METHOD 
 OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FRUITS FROM MEXICO 
 
 Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of 
 Entomology and Plant Quarantine by I 319.56-2 of the regulations supplemen- 
 tal to the Fruit and Vegetable Quarantine (Notice of Quarantine No. 56, 
 7 CFR 319.56), the administrative instructions (7 CFR, 1950 Supp., 319-56-2g) 
 issued to prescribe methods of treatment which will meet the treatment require 
 ments imposed under i 319.56-2 as a condition of the issuance of permits for 
 the importation from Mexico of commercially -sound oranges, grapefruit, and 
 Manila mangoes, are hereby amended in the following respects: 
 
 1. The title of § 319.56-2g is amended to read as follows: 
 
 Administrative instructi on e prescribing method of treatment of oranges , 
 grapefruit, tangerines, and Manila mangoes from Mexico . 
 
 2. i 319.56-2g (a) (2) is amended to read as follows: 
 
 (2) The approved vapor -heat schedule of treatment specified in para- 
 graph (b) (l) of this section will meet the treatment requirements imposed 
 under § 319-56-2 as a condition of the issuance of permits for (i) the 
 importation from Mexico of commercially -sound grapefruit and Manila mangoes, 
 free of leaves and other plant debris, or (ii) the importation from Mexico 
 during the 5-Eonth period beginning November 1 and ending the following 
 March 31, of commercially -sound tangerines, with tight skins and free from 
 air pockets or puffiness, and free of leaves and other debris. 
 
 The purpose of the foregoing amendment is to authorize the issuance of 
 permits for the importation of tangerines from Mexico, between November 1 
 and the following March 31, provided the fruits are commercially -sound, with 
 tight skins and free of air pockets or puffiness, are free of leaves and 
 other plant debris, and have been given the prescribed vapor -heat treatment. 
 Research has disclosed that such importations under the prescribed conditions 
 may be authorized without increasing the risk of spread of injurious insects. 
 Mexican shippers have not heretofore been able to qualify their tangerines 
 for importation. Accordingly, the foregoing amendment relieves restrictions 
 now in effect. In order to be of maximum benefit to such shippers, the new 
 authorization should be made available as soon as possible. Therefore, pur- 
 suant to section k of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U. S. C. 1003 ) it 
 is found upon good cause that notice and public procedure on the foregoing 
 amendment are unnecessary, impracticable, and contrary to the public interest, 
 and since this amendment relieves restrictions it may properly be made effec- 
 tive under said section k less than 30 days after its publication in the 
 Federal Register. 
 
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 This amendment shall be effective December 7, 1951. 
 (Sec. 5, 37 Stat. 316; 7 U. S. C. 159; 7 CFP 319-56-2) 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 3d day of December, 1951. 
 
 Chie f, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine