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REGISTER
VOLUME 20

1934

A//TEO

NUMBER 18

Washington, Wednesday, January 26, 1955

TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter III Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture P . Q. 610

P art 301D om estic Q uarantine N otices S ubpartS w eetpotatoes ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS AUTHORIZING
MOVEMENT PROM PUERTO RICO OF CERTAIN
SWEETPOTATOES GROWN UNDER SPECIFIED
CONDITIONS

On January 4,1955, notice of rule mak ing was published in the F ederal R egis
ter 20 F. R. 82 concerning the proposed issuance of administrative instructions authorizing movement from Puerto Rico.
of certain sweetpotatoes grown under specified conditions. After due consider ation of all relevant matters presented pursuant to the notice of rule making and under the authority of the second proviso of paragraph c of the Sweetpotato Quarantine No. 30 7 CFR 301.30, 19 F. R. 198, issued under sections 8
and 9 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended 7 U. S. C.
161, 162, administrative instructions to appear as 301.30a in Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR 301.30a are hereby issued as follows:
301.30a Administrative instructions authorizing movement from Puerto Rico of certain sweetpotatoes grown under specified conditions. The Chief of the Plant Quarantine Branch hereby finds that facts exist as to the pest risk in volved in the movement of sweetpotatoes to which 301.30 applies, making it safe to tnodify by making less stringent the requirements of 301.30 with respect to washed sweetpotatoes graded by inspec tors of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in accordance with Puerto Rican stand ards which do not provide a tolerance for insect infestation or evidence of in sect injury and found by such inspectors to comply with such standards. Here after, in addition to movement author ized under 301.30 c, such sweetpota toes will be eligible for inspection by a Branch inspector to determine whether
they are free of the sweetpotato scarabee Euscepes postfasciatus Fairm. and for certification for movement from Puerto Rico to Baltimore, Maryland, and At lantic Coast ports north thereof if found free of such insect, provided the sweet potatoes are certified by an inspector of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as having been so washed and graded and as having been grown in accordance with the following procedures:
aK Fields in which the sweetpotatoes have been grown shall have been given a preplanting treatm ent with an ap proved soil insecticide.
b Before planting in such treated fields, the sweetpotato draws and vine cuttings shall have been dipped in an approved insecticidal solution.
c During the growing season an ap proved insecticide shall have been ap plied to the vines a t prescribed intervals.
The sweetpotatoes shall be inspected by an inspector of the Plant Quarantine Branch prior to shipment from Puerto Rico.
These instructions relieve restrictions now applicable by authorizing an alter nate procedure as a condition for the issuance of certificates for the movement to Baltimore, Maryland, and Atlantic Coast ports north thereof, of certain Puerto Rican sweetpotatoes which in volve less pest risk than other Puerto Rican sweetpotatoes.
Sec. 9, 37 Stat. 318, 7 U. S. C. 162. In te r prets or applies sec. 8, 37 S tat. 318, as amended; 7 U. S. O. 161

These instructions shall be effective on January 26, 1955.
Since these administrative instructions relieve restrictions, they are within the exception in section 4 c of the Admin istrative Procedure Act 5 U. S. C. 1003
c and may properly be made effective less than 30 days after their publication in the F ederal R egister .
Done at Washington, D. C., this 21st day of January 1955.
seal
E. P. R eagan, Chief, Plant Quarantine Branch.

CONTENTS
Agricultural Marketing Service Page
Rules and regulations:
Oranges, navel, grown in Ari zona and California; limita tion of handling__________

559

Agricultural Research Service
Rules and regulations:
Quarantine notices, domestic;
administrative instructions authorizing movement from Puerto Rico of certain sweet potatoes grown under speci fied conditions 1________ _

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Agriculture Department
See also Agricultural Marketing Service; Agricultural Research Service; Commodity Credit Cor poration; Commodity Stabiliza tion Service.
Notices:
Judicial Officer; authorization .
to authenticate certain docu ments____________________ 568
Alien Property Office
Notices:
San Cristobal Apartments, Inc.;
dissolution order!_________

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Ai;my Department
See Engineers Corps.
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rules and regulations:
Certification, identification and marking Of aircraft and re lated products; correction of effective date__________ -

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Coast Guard
Rules and regulations:
Pilot rules for inland waters;
lights for rafts and other craft______________ ______: 563
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rules and regulations:
Emergency Feed Program, 1954;
correction___ _____________
Loan and purchase agreement programs, 1954-crop:
Rice; settlement---------Wheat; basic county support rate, Tuscola County, Mich_
Tobacco Loan Program, 1954;
Connecticut Valley broadleaf, F. R. Doc. 65-746; Filed, Jan . 25, 1955;
Type 51, advance schedule 8:49 a. m .
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