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e-CFR Data is current as of February 12, 2009


Title 7: Agriculture

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PART 360—NOXIOUS WEED REGULATIONS

Section Contents
§ 360.100   Definitions.
§ 360.200   Designation of noxious weeds.
§ 360.300   General prohibitions and restrictions on the movement of noxious weeds; permits.


Authority:   7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

§ 360.100   Definitions.
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(a) As used in this part, words in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural and vice versa, as the case may require.

(b) As used in this part, the terms as defined in section 3 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2802) shall apply with equal force and effect. In addition and except as may be provided otherwise in this part the following words shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

Department. The U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department, or any other officer or employee of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs to whom authority has heretofore been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act in his stead.

Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs. The Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department.

[41 FR 49988, Nov. 12, 1976]

§ 360.200   Designation of noxious weeds.
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As authorized under section 412 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7712), the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the following plants1 or plant products fall within the definition of “noxious weed” as defined in section 403 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 7702(10)). Accordingly, the dissemination in the United States of the following plants or plant products may reasonably be expected to have the effects specified in section 403 of the Act:

1 One or more of the common names of weeds are given in parentheses after most scientific names to help identify the weeds represented by such scientific names; however, a scientific name is intended to include all weeds within the genus or species represented by the scientific name, regardless of whether the common name or names are as comprehensive in scope as the scientific name.

(a) Aquatic and wetland weeds:

Azolla pinnata R. Brown (mosquito fern, water velvet)

Caulerpa taxifolia (Mediterranean clone)

Eichornia azurea (Swartz) Kunth (anchored waterhyacinth, rooted waterhyacinth)

Hydrilla verticillata (Linnaeus f.) Royle (hydrilla)

Hygrophila polysperma T. Anderson (Miramar weed)

Ipomoea aquatica Forsskal (water-spinach, swamp morning-glory)

Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss

Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume (ambulia)

Melaleuca quenquinervia (Cav.) Blake (broadleaf paper bark tree).

Monochoria hastata (Linnaeus) Solms-Laubach

Monochoria vaginalis (Burman f.) C. Presl

Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.

Sagittaria sagittifolia Linnaeus (arrowhead)

Salvinia auriculata Aublet (giant salvinia)

Salvinia biloba Raddi (giant salvinia)

Salvinia herzogii de la Sota (giant salvinia)

Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell (giant salvinia)

Solanum tampicense Dunal (wetland nightshade)

Sparganium erectum Linnaeus (exotic bur-reed)

(b) Parasitic weeds:

Aeginetia spp.

Alectra spp.

Cuscuta spp. (dodders), other than following species:

Cuscuta americana Linnaeus

Cuscuta applanata Engelmann

Cuscuta approximata Babington

Cuscuta attenuata Waterfall

Cuscuta boldinghii Urban

Cuscuta brachycalyx (Yuncker) Yuncker

Cuscuta californica Hooker & Arnott

Cuscuta campestris Yuncker

Cuscuta cassytoides Nees ex Engelmann

Cuscuta ceanothii Behr

Cuscuta cephalanthii Engelmann

Cuscuta compacta Jussieu

Cuscuta corylii Engelmann

Cuscuta cuspidata Engelmann

Cuscuta decipiens Yuncker

Cuscuta dentatasquamata Yuncker

Cuscuta denticulata Engelmann

Cuscuta epilinum Weihe

Cuscuta epithymum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus

Cuscuta erosa Yuncker

Cuscuta europaea Linnaeus

Cuscuta exalta Engelmann

Cuscuta fasciculata Yuncker

Cuscuta glabrior (Engelmann) Yuncker

Cuscuta globulosa Bentham

Cuscuta glomerata Choisy

Cuscuta gronovii Willdenow

Cuscuta harperi Small

Cuscuta howelliana Rubtzoff

Cuscuta indecora Choisy

Cuscuta jepsonii Yuncker

Cuscuta leptantha Engelmann

Cuscuta mitriformis Engelmann

Cuscuta nevadensis I. M. Johnston

Cuscuta obtusiflora Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth

Cuscuta occidentalis Millspaugh ex Mill & Nuttall

Cuscuta odontolepis Engelmann

Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann

Cuscuta planiflora Tenore

Cuscuta plattensis A. Nelson

Cuscuta polygonorum Engelmann

Cuscuta rostrata Shuttleworth ex Engelmann

Cuscuta runyonii Yuncker

Cuscuta salina Engelmann

Cuscuta sandwichiana Choisy

Cuscuta squamata Engelmann

Cuscuta suaveolens Seringe

Cuscuta suksdorfii Yuncker

Cuscuta tuberculata Brandegee

Cuscuta umbellata Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth

Cuscuta umbrosa Beyrich ex Hooker

Cuscuta vetchii Brandegee

Cuscuta warneri Yuncker

Orobanche spp. (broomrapes), other than the following species:

Orobanche bulbosa (Gray) G. Beck

Orobanche californica Schlechtendal & Chamisso

Orobanche cooperi (Gray) Heller

Orobanche corymbosa (Rydberg) Ferris

Orobanche dugesii (S. Watson) Munz

Orobanche fasciculata Nuttall

Orobanche ludoviciana Nuttall

Orobanche multicaulis Brandegee

Orobanche parishii (Jepson) Heckard

Orobanche pinorum Geyer ex Hooker

Orobanche uniflora Linnaeus

Orobanche valida Jepson

Orobanche vallicola (Jepson) Heckard

Striga spp. (witchweeds)

(c) Terrestrial weeds:

Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) King & Robinson (crofton weed)

Alternanthera sessilis (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex de Candolle (sessile joyweed)

Asphodelus fistulosus Linnaeus (onionweed)

Avena sterilis Linnaeus (including Avena ludoviciana Durieu) (animated oat, wild oat)

Carthamus oxyacantha M. Bieberstein (wild safflower)

Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retzius) Trinius (pilipiliula)

Commelina benghalensis Linnaeus (Benghal dayflower)

Crupina vulgaris Cassini (common crupina)

Digitaria scalarum (Schweinfurth) Chiovenda (African couchgrass, fingergrass)

Digitaria velutina (Forsskal) Palisot de Beauvois (velvet fingergrass, annual conchgrass)

Drymaria arenarioides Humboldt & Bonpland ex Roemer & Schultes (lightning weed)

Emex australis Steinheil (three-cornered jack)

Emex spinosa (Linnaeus) Campdera (devil's thorn)

Galega officinalis Linnaeus (goatsrue)

Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (giant hogweed)

Homeria spp.

Imperata brasiliensis Trinius (Brazilian satintail)

Imperata cylindrica (Linnaeus) Raeuschel (cogongrass)

Ischaemum rugosum Salisbury (murainograss)

Leptochloa chinensis (Linnaeus) Nees (Asian sprangletop)

Lycium ferocissimum Miers (African boxthorn)

Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus

Mikania cordata (Burman f.) B. L. Robinson (mile-a-minute)

Mikania micrantha Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth

Mimosa invisa Martius (giant sensitive plant)

Mimosa pigra Linneaus var. pigra (catclaw mimosa)

Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hackel ex Arechavaleta (serrated tussock)

Opuntia aurantiaca Lindley (jointed prickly pear)

Oryza longistaminata A. Chevalier & Roehrich (red rice)

Oryza punctata Kotschy ex Steudel (red rice)

Oryza rufipogon Griffith (red rice)

Paspalum scrobiculatum Linnaeus (Kodo-millet)

Pennisetum clandestinum Hochstetter ex Chiovenda (kikuyugrass)

Pennisetum macrourum Trinius (African feathergrass)

Pennisetum pedicellatum Trinius (kyasumagrass)

Pennisetum polystachion (Linnaeus) Schultes (missiongrass, thin napiergrass)

Prosopis alpataco R. A. Philippi

Prosopis argentina Burkart

Prosopis articulata S. Watson

Prosopis burkartii Munoz

Prosopis caldenia Burkart

Prosopis calingastana Burkart

Prosopis campestris Griseback

Prosopis castellanosii Burkart

Prosopis denudans Bentham

Prosopis elata (Burkart) Burkart

Prosopis farcta (Solander ex Russell) Macbride

Prosopis ferox Grisebach

Prosopis fiebrigii Harms

Prosopis hassleri Harms

Prosopis humilis Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott

Prosopis kuntzei Harms

Prosopis pallida (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth

Prosopis palmeri S. Watson

Prosopis reptans Bentham var. reptans

Prosopis rojasiana Burkart

Prosopis ruizlealii Burkart

Prosopis ruscifolia Grisebach

Prosopis sericantha Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott

Prosopis strombulifera (Lamarck) Bentham

Prosopis torquata (Cavanilles ex Lagasca y Segura) de Candolle

Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W. Clayton

Rubus fruticosus Linnaeus (complex) (wild blackberry)

Rubus moluccanus Linnaeus (wild raspberry)

Saccharum spontaneum Linnaeus (wild sugarcane)

Salsola vermiculata Linnaeus (wormleaf salsola)

Senecio inaequidens DC. (South African ragwort)

Senecio madagascariensis Poir. (Madagascar ragwort)

Setaria pallide-fusca (Schumacher) Stapf & Hubbard (cattail grass)

Solanum torvum Swartz (turkeyberry)

Solanum viarum Dunal (tropical soda apple)

Spermacoce alata (Aublet) de Candolle

Tridax procumbens Linnaeus (coat buttons)

Urochloa panicoides Beauvois (liverseed grass)

[48 FR 20039, May 4, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 25223, June 20, 1984; 57 FR 8838, Mar. 13, 1992; 60 FR 35832, July 12, 1995; 64 FR 12883, Mar. 16, 1999; 65 FR 33743, May 25, 2000; 66 FR 21060, Apr. 27, 2001; 71 FR 35381, June 20, 2006]

§ 360.300   General prohibitions and restrictions on the movement of noxious weeds; permits.
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(a) No person may move a Federal noxious weed into or through the United States, or interstate, unless:

(1) He or she obtains a permit for such movement in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section; and

(2) The movement is consistent with the specific conditions contained in the permit.

(b) The Deputy Administrator will issue a written permit for the movement of a noxious weed into or through the United States, or interstate, if application is made for such movement and if the Deputy Administrator determines that such movement, under conditions specified in the permit, would not involve a danger of dissemination of the noxious weed in the United States, or interstate; otherwise such a permit will not be issued.

(c) All such permits issued shall contain in written form in the permit any conditions (other than those conditions specified in this part) under which the permit is to be granted, e.g. conditions with respect to shipment, storage, and destruction.

(d) If the permit is denied, the applicant shall be furnished the reasons therefor.

(e) The Deputy Administrator may revoke any outstanding permit issued under this section, and may deny future permit applications, if the Deputy Administrator determines that the issuee has failed to comply with any provision of the Act or this section, including conditions of any permit issued. Upon request, any permit holder will be afforded an opportunity for a hearing with respect to the merits or validity of any such revocation involving his or her permit.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0579–0054)

[41 FR 49988, Nov. 12, 1976, as amended at 48 FR 57466, Dec. 30, 1983; 59 FR 67611, Dec. 30, 1994; 64 FR 41009, July 29, 1999]

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