Asian Longhorned Beetle; Quarantined Areas in Massachusetts, Ohio, and New York
plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2012-09-21 · Effective 2012-09-21 · 77 FR 58469
Document
Document number
2012-23353
Federal Register citation
77 FR 58469
CFR reference
7 CFR 301
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2012-09-21
Effective date
2012-09-21
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0003
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding portions of Worcester County, MA, and Clermont County, OH, to the list of quarantined areas and by removing a portion of Suffolk County, NY, from the list of quarantined areas. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of Asian longhorned beetle to noninfested areas of the United States and to relieve restrictions on certain areas that were no longer necessary.