# Amendment of Asian Longhorned Beetle Quarantine Areas in Massachusetts and New York
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 2015-08-11 · Effective 2015-08-11 · 80 FR 48001
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-19697
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 48001
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2015-08-11
- **Effective date:** 2015-08-11
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2015-0016
## Abstract

We are amending the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) regulations by removing the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island in New York City, as well as the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk in Massachusetts, from the list of quarantined areas for ALB. These actions are necessary to relieve restrictions on the movement of regulated articles from areas no longer under ALB quarantine while preventing the artificial spread of ALB from infested areas to noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/08/11/2015-19697/amendment-of-asian-longhorned-beetle-quarantine-areas-in-massachusetts-and-new-york)
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