# Golden Nematode; Removal of Regulated Areas in Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties, New York
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2016-02-23 · Effective 2016-02-23 · 81 FR 8822
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-03672
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 8822
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2016-02-23
- **Effective date:** 2016-02-23
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2015-0040
## Abstract

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the golden nematode regulations by removing areas in Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in the State of New York from the list of generally infested areas. The interim rule was necessary to relieve restrictions on the movement of regulated articles from areas no longer under quarantine for golden nematode. As a result of the interim rule, movement of such articles from areas no longer under quarantine can proceed while preventing the spread of golden nematode from infested areas to noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/02/23/2016-03672/golden-nematode-removal-of-regulated-areas-in-orleans-nassau-and-suffolk-counties-new-york)
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