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FEDERAL
VOLUME 4

REGISTER
1934

NUMBER 24

Washington, Saturday, February 4, 1939
Rules, Regulations, Orders TITLE 7AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OP ENTOMOLOGY AND
PLA N T QUARANTINE
B. E. P. Q.-486
S ec.

301.725b A d m in is t r a t iv e I n s t r u c t io n s
MODIFYING
THE
RESTRICTIONS
OF
THE
WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE QUARANTINE B Y
AUTHORIZING TREATMENT OF PLANTS I N
POTS OR IN SOIL-BALLS NOT EXCEEDING
THREE 3 INCHES I N DIAMETER

J a n u a r y 28, 1939.
Recent experimental work by the Bu reau of Entomology and Plant Quaran tine of the U. S. Department of A gri culture has proven that certain potted plants, hereinafter listed, can safely and successfully be fumigated for the control of white-fringed beetle.

Treatment Authorized Under provisions contained in Regula tion 5 a Sec. 301.72-5 supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 721 Sec.
301.72, the Chief of the Bureau of En tomology and Plant Quarantine author izes as a prerequisite to certification, the following method of treatment, for cer tain kinds and sizes of potted and balled and burlapped plants, when done under the supervision of an authorized in spector of the U. s. Department of Agriculture.
Fumigation Treatment Method 1 Fumigation must be done with methyl bromide at a dosage of one pound per 1,000 cubic feet, including the space occupied by the plants, for a pe riod of 4 hours, the soil in which the pots are planted and the air in the fumi gation chamber to be at a temperature of not less than 85 P.
2 Such fumigation shall apply only to plants in 3-inch pots or smaller, or in soil-balls not larger than those which would be contained in 3-inch pots, and the plants shall be stacked on racks so 13 P. R. 3004 DI.

that the gas mixture can have access to CONTENTS
all sides of the pots or soil-ball.
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
3 The fumigation shall be done in a %
tight chamber with gas-tight doors.
T it l e 7 A g r ic u l t u r e :
4 After the chamber is loaded and Bureau of Entomology and closed, the appropriate amount of Plant Quarantine:
Page methyl bromide shall be volatilized White-fringed beetle quaran-
therein and the air-gas mixture shall tine restrictions modi be circulated by means of a fan or fied:
blower throughout the entire 4-hour fumigation period.
Certification requirements for interstate move Suggestions ment____________________
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1 A fumigation chamber, lined with Treatm en t of plants in pots, sheet metal throughout and with a etc---------------------------513
metal-covered door closing against gas T r e a tm e n t of potting soil__
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kets and held tightly in place by refrig erator door fasteners, is recommended. T i t l e 25 I n d i a n s :
Indian Arts and Crafts Board:
2 A list o f plants, which have been fumigated experimentally with methyl Use of Government marks of bromide according to the recommenda genuineness for:
tions here given and are classified as to Alaskan Eskimo hand-made their ability to withstand such treatment products_____ __________
as indicated by these experiments, is Alaskan Indian hand-made attached.
products_______________
Disclaimer T it l e 43 P u b l i c L a n d s :
In authorizing the movement of potted Bureau o f Reclamation:
plants or nursery stock fumigated ac-;
First form reclamation with cording to the requirements stated drawals:
above, it is understood that no liability!
.-"Columbia Basin Project, shall attach either to the U. S. Depart Wash_________________
ment o f Agriculture or to any of its em BSngs River Project, Calif_
ployees in the event of injury resulting T it l e 47 T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n :
from the use of the fumigant.
Federal Communications Com Caution mission:
Rules of practice and proceMethyl bromide is a gas at ordinary _dtire, amendments peti temperatures. It is colorless and prac tions and c o m p l a i n t s , tically odorless in concentrations used etc. _____________________
for fumigation of plants. I t is a poison, !
and the operator should use an approved NOTICES
gas mask when exposed to the gas at concentrations used in fumigation. The Department of Agriculture:
plants in the fumigation chamber should Bureau of Animal Industry:
be well aerated by blowing air through Notices under Packers and them and the room adequately venti Stockyards Act:
lated before it is entered. Sec. 301.72y P u s c o Union Stock Yards 5 B. E. P. Q.-486, Jan. 28, 1939
y Co------------------------- seal L ee A . S t r o n g , Statesboro Livestock Com Chief.
mission Co___________
SugajxIJi vision:
The following plants, known to the sdgar quota fo r domestic beet trade by the following names, have been fumigated in up to 3-inch pots with sugar area, 1939, hearing51?
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