7 CFR § 301.48-2 - Authorization to designate, and terminate designation of, regulated airports.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s301.48-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 301.48-2 - Authorization to designate, and terminate designation of, regulated airports."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "301.48-2"
section_name: "Authorization to designate, and terminate designation of, regulated airports."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "301"
part_name: "DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3."
cfr_part: "301"
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# 301.48-2 Authorization to designate, and terminate designation of, regulated airports.
(a) An inspector may declare any airport within a quarantined State to be a regulated airport when he or she determines that adult populations of Japanese beetle exist during daylight hours at the airport to the degree that aircraft constitute a threat to spread the Japanese beetle and aircraft destined for the States listed in § 301.48(b) may be leaving the airport.
(b) An inspector shall terminate the designation provided for under paragraph (a) of this section when he or she determines that adult populations of Japanese beetle no longer exist at the airport to the degree that the aircraft pose a threat to spread the Japanese beetle.
[44 FR 24035, Apr. 24, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 32640, June 25, 1996]