[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13925]


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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.

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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 20737-1228; (480) 490-6454; [email protected].

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 (Sec. Sec.  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 areas \1\ 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.
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    \1\ Certain subparts refer to quarantined areas as ``regulated 
areas,'' ``protected areas,'' or ``suppressive/generally infested 
areas.''
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    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 80002-80019), effective January 30, 2023, 
that moved certain lists of quarantined areas and regulated articles 
from the regulations to web pages 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 action \2\ 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.
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    \2\ 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.

Karnal Bunt \3\
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    \3\ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/karnal-bunt.
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     DA-2023-05
Spongy Moth \4\ (Gypsy Moth) \5\
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    \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-common-names-regulated-lymantria-moths).
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     DA-2023-04
     DA-2023-11
Imported Fire Ant \6\
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    \6\ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/ifa.
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     DA-2023-10
Pale Cyst Nematode \7\
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    \7\ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/pcn.
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     DA-2023-01
     DA-2023-26
Fruit Flies \8\
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    \8\ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/fruit-flies.
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     DA-2023-08
     DA-2023-09
     DA-2023-12
     DA-2023-13
     DA-2023-14
     DA-2023-15
     DA-2023-16
     DA-2023-17
     DA-2023-20
     DA-2023-21
     DA-2023-23
     DA-2023-25
     DA-2023-27
     DA-2023-28
     DA-2023-30
Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid \9\
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    \9\ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/citrus-diseases/citrus-greening.
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     DA-2023-19
     DA-2023-22
     DA-2023-29

    This notice serves as an official record and public notification of 
these actions.
    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 6-25-24; 8:45 am]
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