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Worcester County Massachusetts Quarantine Area for Asian Longhorned Beetle Expanded2010-07-06
 

The USDA APHIS is amending the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding a portion of Worcester County, Massachusetts to the existing quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area.   The extended portion of Worcester County includes the municipalities of Worcester, Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, and Shrewsbury.

An updated list of regulated articles reflects new information concerning host plants.    These actions are necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the Asian longhorned beetle to noninfested areas of the United States.

Regulated articles may not be moved interstate from quarantined areas except in accordance with the conditions specified and includes firewood (all hardwood species), green lumber and other material living, dead, cut, or fallen, inclusive of nursery stock, logs, stumps, roots, branches, and debris of half an inch or more in diameter of the following species: maple, horse chestnut, mimosa, birch, hackberry, ash, sycamore, poplar, willow, mountain ash, and elm.

This interim rule is effective June 17, 2010.  To view the USDA APHIS detailed announcement in the Federal Register, click here.


 

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