Billing Code 3410-34-P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0035]
Domestic Quarantine: Quarantined Areas and Regulated Articles
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public of the changes made to our lists of domestic
quarantined areas in the past year. These changes may be viewed on the relevant plant pest
programs’ websites.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Derek A. Woller, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PEIP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 207371228; (480) 490-6454; Derek.A.Woller@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The regulations in 7 CFR part 301 are designed to prevent the interstate spread of plant
pests that are new to or not widely distributed within the United States. Subparts C through X
(§§ 301.32 through 301.92-12, referred to below as the regulations) each address a specific plant
pest and contain criteria for designating certain areas of the United States as quarantined areas1
for the specific plant pest. The regulations restrict the interstate movement of certain regulated
articles from quarantined areas in order to prevent the spread of plant pests to noninfected areas
of the United States.
On December 29, 2022, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
published in the Federal Register a final rule (Docket No. APHIS-2019-0035, 87 FR 8000280019), effective January 30, 2023, that moved certain lists of quarantined areas and regulated

Certain subparts refer to quarantined areas as “regulated areas,” “protected areas,” or
“suppressive/generally infested areas.”

articles from the regulations to webpages maintained by APHIS. In accordance with the final
rule, APHIS keeps updated lists of quarantined areas on the relevant plant pest programs’
websites, which are listed in the relevant subpart of the regulations. When a change to the status
of a plant pest threat occurs, APHIS takes appropriate action to add, expand, remove, or reduce a
quarantined area, and the relevant APHIS plant pest program updates the web-based list of
quarantined areas for their program. APHIS also publishes a yearly notice informing the public
of all updates to quarantined areas that have occurred since publication of the last notice
informing the public of such updates.
Since our last action2 informing the public of updates to our lists of quarantined areas, the
following actions revising our lists of quarantined areas have been taken. Updated lists of
quarantined areas are available on the relevant plant pest programs’ websites.
Karnal Bunt3
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DA-2023-05

Spongy Moth4 (Gypsy Moth)5
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DA-2023-04

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DA-2023-11

Imported Fire Ant6
•

DA-2023-10

Pale Cyst Nematode7

In this case, the last action informing the public of updates to quarantined areas was the final
rule (Docket No. APHIS-2019-0035, 87 FR 80002-80019) published in the Federal Register on
December 29, 2022. Please note that since the rule was issued, APHIS has replatformed its
websites for domestic quarantine programs. For ease of access, direct links to each replatformed
page are provided as footnotes in this document.
3 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/karnal-bunt.
4 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/spongy-moth.
5 APHIS Announces New Common Names for Regulated Lymantria Moths
(https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/aphis-announces-new-commonnames-regulated-lymantria-moths).
6 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/ifa.
7 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/pcn.

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DA-2023-01

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DA-2023-26

Fruit Flies8
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DA-2023-08

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DA-2023-09

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DA-2023-12

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DA-2023-13

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DA-2023-14

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DA-2023-15

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DA-2023-16

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DA-2023-17

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DA-2023-20

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DA-2023-21

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DA-2023-23

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DA-2023-25

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DA-2023-27

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DA-2023-28

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DA-2023-30

Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid9
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DA-2023-19

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DA-2023-22

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DA-2023-29
This notice serves as an official record and public notification of these actions.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/fruit-flies.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/citrus-diseases/citrus-greening.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. Section
301.75-15 issued under Sec. 204, Title II, Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501A-293; sections
301.75-15 and 301.75-16 issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Public Law 106-224, 114 Stat. 400 (7
U.S.C. 1421 note).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of June 2024.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-13925 Filed: 6/25/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/26/2024]