# Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2006-03-14 · Effective 2006-03-14 · 71 FR 12992
## Document
- **Document number:** 06-2403
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 12992
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2006-03-14
- **Effective date:** 2006-03-14
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 05-027-2
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, the interim rule designated the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine trees, into noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/03/14/06-2403/pine-shoot-beetle-additions-to-quarantined-areas)
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