APHIS Removes Portions of Tate Township and East Fork State Park, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantined Area

FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2025-11
March 14, 2025

Subject: APHIS Removes Portions of Tate Township and East Fork State Park, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantined Area

To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing 5.2 square miles from the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, ALB) quarantined area in Clermont County, Ohio. The areas include 1.6 square miles of Tate Township and 3.6 square miles of East Fork State Park, south of William H. Harsha Lake and north and west of North Campbell Road. 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, and the portion of East Fork State Park that is east of North Campbell Road in Tate Township will remain under quarantine. The remaining portions of Tate Township will also continue to be under quarantine. The attached Federal Order describes the quarantined area removed and includes the associated reference to 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 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 lists of ALB-quarantined areas and regulated articles are on the APHIS Asian Longhorned Beetle web page. APHIS will publish a notice of this change in the Federal Register.

For additional information regarding the APHIS ALB Eradication Program, you may contact Kathryn Bronsky at kathryn.e.bronsky@usda.gov or (301) 851-2147.

/s/
Mark L Davidson
Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection and Quarantine

Attachment: Federal Order (142.49 KB)