Title 7

SECTION 301.91

301.91 Quarantine and regulations; restrictions on interstate movement of regulated articles. 1

§ 301.91 Quarantine and regulations; restrictions on interstate movement of regulated articles. 1

1 Any properly identified inspector is authorized to stop and inspect persons and means of conveyance, and to seize, quarantine, treat, apply other remedial measures to, destroy, or otherwise dispose of regulated articles as provided in sections 414, 421, and 434 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7714, 7731, and 7754).

(a) Quarantines and regulations. The secretary of agriculture hereby quarantines the State of Maine in order to prevent the artificial spread of European larch canker, Lachnellula willkommi (Dasycypha), a dangerous plant disease of trees of the Larix and Pseudolarix species not hereto fore widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States; and hereby establishes regulations governing the interstate movement of regulated articles specified in § 301.91-2

(b) Restrictions on interstate movement of regulated articles. No common carrier or other person shall move interstate from any regulated area any regulated article except in accordance with the conditions prescribed in this subpart.

[49 FR 18992, May 4, 1984, as amended at 66 FR 21053, Apr. 27, 2001]

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