WAIS Document Retrieval[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR360]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 360_NOXIOUS WEED REGULATIONS

Sec.
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.

Sec. 360.100  Definitions.

    (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]

Sec. 360.200  Designation of noxious weeds.

    As authorized under section 412 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7712), the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the 
following plants \1\

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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:
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    \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.
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    (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)

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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)
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]

Sec. 360.300  General prohibitions and restrictions on the movement of 
          noxious weeds; permits.

    (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

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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]