Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA § 319.40–1
Norfolk free of plant pests, and is believed to be Federal Building, room 311, 200 Granby Mall, eligible for importation pursuant to Norfolk, VA 23510. the laws and regulations of the United States, and which may contain any WASHINGTON specific additional declarations re- Blaine quired under this subpart. Custom House, room 216, P.O. Drawer C, Compliance agreement. A written Blaine, WA 98230. agreement between APHIS and a per- son engaged in processing, handling, or McChord AFB moving regulated articles, in which the MAC Terminal, P.O. Box 4116, McChord Air person agrees to comply with require- Force Base, Tacoma, WA 98438. ments contained in the agreement. *Seattle Departmental permit. A document issued by the Administrator author- Federal Office Building, room 9014, 909 First izing the importation of a regulated ar- Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174. ticle for experimental, scientific, or (Airport) educational purposes. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Se- Exporter statement. A written declara- attle, WA 98158. tion by the exporter, accompanying a shipment at the time of importation, WISCONSIN declaring the nature of the shipment Milwaukee and that the shipment contains no solid wood packing material. International Arrivals Terminal, General Mitchell Field, 5300 South Howell Avenue, Free from rot. No more than two per- Milwaukee, WI 53207. cent by weight of the regulated articles [45 FR 31585, May 13, 1980, as amended at 54 in a lot show visual evidence of fruc- FR 34133, Aug. 18, 1989; 57 FR 47978, Oct. 21, tification of fungi or growth of other 1992; 59 FR 21622, Apr. 26, 1994; 61 FR 51210, microorganisms that cause decay and Oct. 1, 1996] the breakdown of cell walls in the regu- lated articles. Subpart—Logs, Lumber, and Other General permit. A written authoriza- Unmanufactured Wood Articles tion contained in § 319.40–3 for any per- son to import the articles named by the general permit, in accordance with SOURCE: 60 FR 27674, May 25, 1995, unless otherwise noted. the requirements specified by the gen- eral permit, without being issued a spe- § 319.40–1 Definitions. cific permit. Administrator. The Administrator of Humus, compost, and litter. Partially the Animal and Plant Health Inspec- or wholly decayed plant matter. tion Service, United States Depart- Import (imported, importation). To ment of Agriculture, or any employee bring or move into the territorial lim- of the United States Department of Ag- its of the United States. riculture delegated to act in his or her Importer document. A written declara- stead. tion signed by the importer of regu- APHIS. The Animal and Plant Health lated articles, which must accompany Inspection Service, United States De- the regulated articles at the time of partment of Agriculture. importation, in which the importer ac- Bark chips. Bark fragments broken or curately declares information about shredded from log or branch surfaces. the regulated articles required to be Certificate. A certificate of inspection disclosed by § 319.40–2(b). relating to a regulated article, which is Importer statement. A written declara- issued by an official authorized by the tion by the importer, for a shipment national government of the country in containing solid wood packing mate- which the regulated article was pro- rial from the Peoples Republic of China duced or grown, which contains a de- including Hong Kong, affirming that scription of the regulated article, the importer has on file at his or her which certifies that the regulated arti- office the certificate required under cle has been inspected, is believed to be § 319.40–5(g)(2)(i).
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Inspector. Any individual authorized wood mulch; wood shavings; pickets; by the Administrator to enforce this stakes; shingles; solid wood packing subpart. materials; humus; compost; and litter. Log. The bole of a tree; trimmed tim- Sealed container; sealable container. A ber that has not been sawn further completely enclosed container designed than to form cants. for the storage or transportation of Loose wood packing material. Excelsior cargo, and constructed of metal or fi- (wood wool), sawdust, and wood berglass, or other rigid material, pro- shavings, produced as a result of saw- viding an enclosure which prevents the ing or shaving wood into small, slen- entrance or exit of plant pests and is der, and curved pieces. accessed through doors that can be Lot. All the regulated articles on a single means of conveyance that are closed and secured with a lock or seal. derived from the same species of tree Sealed (sealable) containers are dis- and were subjected to the same treat- tinct and separable from the means of ments prior to importation, and that conveyance carrying them. are consigned to the same person. Solid wood packing material. Wood Lumber. Logs that have been sawn packing materials other than loose into boards, planks, or structural mem- wood packing materials, used or for use bers such as beams. with cargo to prevent damage, includ- Permit. A specific permit to import a ing, but not limited to, dunnage, crat- regulated article issued in accordance ing, pallets, packing blocks, drums, with § 319.40–4, or a general permit pro- cases, and skids. mulgated in § 319.40–3. Specific permit. A written document Plant pest. Any living stage of any in- issued by APHIS to the applicant in ac- sects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, cordance with § 319.40–4 that authorizes protozoa, or other invertebrate ani- importation of articles in accordance mals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic with this subpart and specifies or refers plants or reproductive parts of para- to the regulations applicable to the sitic plants, noxious weeds, viruses, or particular importation. any organism similar to or allied with Treatment Manual. The Plant Protec- any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances, which can injure or cause tion and Quarantine Treatment Man- disease or damage in any plants, parts ual, which is incorporated by reference of plants, or any products of plants. at § 300.1 of this chapter in accordance Port of first arrival. The area (such as with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. a seaport, airport, or land border sta- Tropical hardwoods. Hardwood timber tion) where a person or a means of con- species which grow only in tropical cli- veyance first arrives in the United mates. States, and where inspection of regu- United States. All of the States of the lated articles is carried out by inspec- United States, the District of Colum- tors. bia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is- Primary processing. Any of the fol- lands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands lowing processes: cleaning (removal of of the United States, and all other ter- soil, limbs, and foliage), debarking, ritories and possessions of the United rough sawing (bucking or squaring), States. rough shaping, spraying with fungicide Wood chips. Wood fragments broken or insecticide sprays, and fumigation. or shredded from any wood. Regulated article. The following arti- Wood mulch. Bark chips, wood chips, cles, if they are unprocessed or have re- wood shavings, or sawdust intended for ceived only primary processing: logs; use as a protective or decorative lumber; any whole tree; any cut tree or any portion of a tree, not solely con- ground cover. sisting of leaves, flowers, fruits, buds, [60 FR 27674, May 25, 1995, as amended at 63 or seeds; bark; cork; laths; hog fuel; FR 50110, Sept. 18, 1998; 63 FR 69542, Dec. 17, sawdust; painted raw wood products; 1998] excelsior (wood wool); wood chips;
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