Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 319.56–38

§ 319.56–36 , squash, cu- cartons or cartons covered with insect- cumber, and oriental from proof mesh or plastic tarpaulin, and the Republic of Korea. then placed in containers for shipment. Watermelon ( lanatus), These safeguards must be intact when squash (Cucurbita maxima), the consignment arrives at the port in ( sativus), and oriental melon the United States. () may be imported into (Approved by the Office of Management and the United States from the Republic of Budget under control number 0579–0236) Korea only in accordance with this paragraph and all other applicable pro- § 319.56–37 Grapes from the Republic visions of this subpart: of Korea. (a) The fruit must be grown in pest- Grapes (Vitis spp.) may be imported proof greenhouses registered with the into the United States from the Repub- Republic of Korea’s national plant pro- lic of Korea only under the following tection organization (NPPO). conditions and in accordance with all (b) The NPPO must inspect and regu- other applicable provisions of this sub- larly monitor greenhouses for plant part: pests. The NPPO must inspect green- (a) The fields where the grapes are houses and plants, including fruit, at grown must be inspected during the intervals of no more than 2 weeks, growing season by the Republic of Ko- from the time of fruit set until the end rea’s national plant protection organi- of harvest. zation (NPPO). The NPPO will inspect (c) The NPPO must set and maintain 250 grapevines per hectare, inspecting McPhail traps (or a similar type with a leaves, stems, and fruit of the vines. protein bait that has been approved for (b) If evidence of Conogethes the pests of concern) in greenhouses punctiferalis, Eupoecilia ambiguella, from October 1 to April 30. The number Sparganothis pilleriana, Stathmopoda of traps must be set as follows: Two auriferella, or Monilinia fructigena is de- traps for greenhouses smaller than 0.2 tected during inspection, the field will hectare in size; three traps for green- immediately be rejected, and exports houses 0.2 to 0.5 hectare; four traps for from that field will be canceled until greenhouses over 0.5 hectare and up to visual inspection of the vines shows 1.0 hectare; and for greenhouses greater that the infestation has been eradi- than 1 hectare, traps must be placed at cated. a rate of four traps per hectare. (c) Fruit must be bagged from the (d) The NPPO must check all traps time the fruit sets until harvest. once every 2 weeks. If a single pumpkin (d) Each consignment must be in- fruit fly is captured, that greenhouse spected by the NPPO before export. For will lose its registration until trapping each consignment, the NPPO must shows that the infestation has been issue a phytosanitary certificate with eradicated. an additional declaration stating that (e) The fruit may be shipped only the fruit in the consignment was found from December 1 through April 30. free of C. punctiferalis, E. ambiguella, S. (f) Each consignment must be accom- pilleriana, S. auriferella, M. fructigena, panied by a phytosanitary certificate and Nippoptilia vitis. issued by NPPO, with the following ad- ditional declaration: ‘‘The regulated (Approved by the Office of Management and articles in this consignment were Budget under control number 0579–0236) grown in registered greenhouses as specified by 7 CFR 319.56–36.’’ § 319.56–38 Citrus from Chile. (g) Each consignment must be pro- Clementines (Citrus reticulata Blanco tected from pest infestation from har- var. Clementine), mandarins (Citrus vest until export. Newly harvested reticulata Blanco), and tangerines fruit must be covered with insect-proof (Citrus reticulata Blanco) may be im- mesh or a plastic tarpaulin while mov- ported into the United States from ing to the packinghouse and awaiting Chile, and grapefruit (Citrus paradisi packing. Fruit must be packed within Macfad.) and sweet oranges (Citrus 24 hours of harvesting in an enclosed sinensis (L.) Osbeck) may be imported container or vehicle or in insect-proof into the continental United States

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