APHIS Removes Portions of Batavia and Williamsburg Townships, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantine Area

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2022-09
April 15, 2022

 

Subject:            APHIS Removes Portions of Batavia and Williamsburg Townships, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantine Area

To:                   State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing 7.5 square miles from the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) quarantine area in Clermont County, Ohio. The areas include portions of East Fork State Park in Batavia and Williamsburg Townships, north and west of William H. Harsha Lake and Back Run. APHIS determined that these areas could be removed from the quarantine after the program completed final surveys of host trees. East Fork Wildlife Area in Williamsburg Township, north of William H. Harsha Lake, will remain under quarantine. Tate Township in its entirety, and Batavia Township south and east of William H. Harsha Lake and Back Run and the southern part of East Fork State Park will also remain under quarantine. The attached Federal Order describes the quarantine area and includes the associated reference to 7 C.F.R. § 301.51 et seq. that lists the provisions for the movement of ALB-regulated articles.

ALB is a destructive wood-boring pest that threatens 12 species of hardwood trees, including maple, in North America. ALB was first discovered in the United States in New York in August 1996. ALB was later detected in areas of Illinois (1998), New Jersey (2002, 2004), Massachusetts (2008, 2010), Ohio (2011), and South Carolina (2020). After the completion of control and regulatory activities and following confirmation surveys, APHIS declared ALB eradicated in Illinois (2008); Hudson County, New Jersey (2008); Islip, New York (2011); Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey (2013); Manhattan and Staten Island, New York (2013); Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts (2014); portions of Batavia, Monroe, and Stonelick Townships, Ohio (2018); and Brooklyn and Queens, New York (2019). Program activities continue in Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York; Clermont County, Ohio; and Charleston and Dorchester Counties in South Carolina.

The full list of areas regulated to contain the spread of ALB are designated in the Federal regulations located at 7 C.F.R. § 301.51-3, and in the Federal Orders at:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/planthealth/alb-quarantine

For more information regarding APHIS’ ALB Eradication Program, please contact National Policy Manager, Kathryn Bronsky, at (301) 851-2147.

Mark L Davidson, DVM, MS
Acting Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine

Attachment: Federal Order