FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION

DA-2024-02 

January 31, 2024 

Subject: APHIS Removes Portions of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, from the 

Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantine Area

To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials

Effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is removing 10.1 square miles from the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) 

quarantine area in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. The areas include portions of the 

Townships of Babylon, Huntington, and Oyster Bay on Long Island. APHIS determined that 

these areas could be removed from the quarantine after the program completed final surveys of 

host trees. The remaining 42.9 square miles under quarantine in the Townships of Babylon, 

Huntington, and Oyster Bay will remain in the quarantine area. The attached Federal Order 

provides notification of the rescinded quarantine area. To contain the spread of ALB, all 

movement of regulated articles from the remaining quarantine area in Nassau and Suffolk 

Counties must be handled in accordance with 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 301.51 et 

seq.

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); Brooklyn and Queens, New York (2019); and portions of Batavia and 

Monroe Townships, Ohio (2022). Program activities continue in Worcester County, 

Massachusetts; Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York; Clermont County, Ohio; and 

Charleston and Dorchester Counties, South Carolina. 

The full lists designating the ALB quarantine areas and regulated articles are published on the 

APHIS ALB webpage. For more information regarding APHIS’ ALB Eradication Program, 

please contact National Policy Manager, Kathryn Bronsky, at kathryn.e.bronsky@usda.gov or

(301) 851-2147. 

Dr. Mark L Davidson 

Deputy Administrator 

Plant Protection and Quarantine 

Attachment: Federal Order
FEDERAL ORDER

Removal of Portions of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York from the Quarantine Area for 

the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

DA-2024-02 

January 31, 2024 

This Federal Order removes 10.1 square miles from the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) 

quarantine area in portions of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York.

This Federal Order is issued pursuant to the regulatory authority provided by the Plant Protection 

Act of June 20, 2000, as amended, Section 412(a), 7 U.S.C. 7712(a). The Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the movement in interstate commerce of any plant, 

plant part, or article, or means of conveyance, if the Secretary determines the prohibition or 

restriction is necessary to prevent the dissemination of a plant pest within the United States. This 

Federal Order is also issued pursuant to the regulations promulgated under the Plant Protection 

Act found at 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 301.51 et seq.

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing the 

following areas in the Northwest, Southeast and Southwest portions of the ALB quarantine area 

in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York: 

• Portions of Old Bethpage and Melville, North of Spagnoli Road and West of Route 110; 

• Portions of Massapequa and Massapequa Park, South of Clark Boulevard and West of 

Unqua Road; and 

• Portions of Babylon, West Babylon and Lindenhurst, South of Railroad Avenue and East 

of South Delaware Avenue.

Section 7 CFR § 301.51-3(a) allows the designation of less than an entire State as an ALB 

quarantined area only when the APHIS Administrator has determined, as in this case, that such a 

designation is adequate to prevent the artificial interstate spread of this pest. In addition, 7 CFR § 

30l.51-3(a) requires that the state enforces an intrastate ALB quarantine that is equivalent to the 

Federal ALB regulations. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has 

established a parallel intrastate quarantine for Nassau and Suffolk Counties that mirrors the 

Federal regulatory requirements as specified in 7 CFR § 301.51 et seq.

The APHIS Administrator has determined that the quarantine areas in the locations listed above 

no longer need to be regulated to prevent the human-assisted spread of ALB after the completion 

of control and regulatory activities and based on the results of negative surveys of regulated host 

plants within the quarantine area. APHIS has determined that portions of Nassau and Suffolk 

Counties, New York, have met the criteria for the removal of the Federal quarantine for ALB. 

Therefore, effective immediately, all interstate movement of ALB-regulated articles from the 

above-described area are no longer required to be in accordance with the regulations 

promulgated pursuant to the Plant Protection Act found at 7 CFR § 301.51 et seq. and any 

applicable provisions of previous Federal Orders. 
The remaining areas regulated to contain the spread of ALB are listed on the APHIS ALB 

webpage. For more information regarding the ALB Eradication Program, please contact National 

Policy Manager, Kathryn Bronsky, at kathryn.e.bronsky@usda.gov or (301) 851-2147.

APHIS appreciates the cooperative relationship with the State of New York in the efforts to 

eradicate and prevent the spread of ALB.