# Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2005-04-19 · Effective 2005-01-24 · 70 FR 20271
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-7766
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 20271
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2005-04-19
- **Effective date:** 2005-01-24
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 04-130-2
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding portions of Middlesex and Union Counties, NJ, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. That action was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the Asian longhorned beetle into noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/04/19/05-7766/asian-longhorned-beetle-addition-to-quarantined-areas)
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