# Emerald Ash Borer; Addition of Quarantined Areas in Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2011-02-02 · Effective 2011-02-02 · 76 FR 5679
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-2234
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 5679
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2011-02-02
- **Effective date:** 2011-02-02
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2009-0098
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the emerald ash borer regulations by adding portions of Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the entire State of West Virginia to the list of quarantined areas. This interim rule, which restricted the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas, was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the emerald ash borer to noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/02/02/2011-2234/emerald-ash-borer-addition-of-quarantined-areas-in-kentucky-michigan-minnesota-new-york-pennsylvania)
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