# Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 2015-07-21 · Effective 2015-07-21 · 80 FR 43007
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-17847
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 43007
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2015-07-21
- **Effective date:** 2015-07-21
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2015-0028
## Abstract

We are amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, we are adding the States of Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in their entirety to the list of quarantined areas. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of emerald ash borer into noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/21/2015-17847/emerald-ash-borer-quarantined-areas)
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