plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2001-04-20 · Effective 2000-11-06 · 66 FR 20186
Document
Document number
01-9793
Federal Register citation
66 FR 20186
CFR reference
7 CFR 301
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2001-04-20
Effective date
2000-11-06
USDA docket
Docket No. 00-076-2
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by adding additional areas in Tennessee to the list of quarantined areas. As a result of that action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States. In the interim rule, we also made nonsubstantive changes to the descriptions of some of the quarantined areas in Tennessee to make them easier to understand.