Denial of an application for a permit to move a noxious weed; revocation of a permit to move a noxious weed.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The Administrator may deny an application for a permit to move a noxious weed when the Administrator determines that: (1) No safeguards adequate or appropriate to prevent dissemination of the noxious weed can be implemented; or (2) The destructive potential of the noxious weed, should it escape despite proposed safeguards, outweighs the probable benefits to be derived from the proposed movement and use of the noxious weed; or (3) The responsible person, or the responsible person's agent, as a previous permittee, failed to maintain the safeguards or otherwise observe the conditions prescribed in a previous permit and failed to demonstrate the ability or intent to observe them in the future; or (4) The movement could impede an APHIS eradication, suppression, control, or regulatory program; or (5) A State plant regulatory official objects to the issuance of the permit on the grounds that granting the permit will pose a risk of dissemination of the noxious weed into the State; or (6) The application for the permit contains information that is found to be materially false, fraudulent, or deceptive; or (7) APHIS may deny a permit to a person who has previously failed to comply with any APHIS regulation. (b) The Administrator may revoke any outstanding permit when: (1) After the issuance of the permit, information is received that constitutes cause for the denial of an application for permit under paragraph (a) of this section; or (2) The responsible person has not maintained th

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 360.304