plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2002-05-13 · Effective 2002-01-02 · 67 FR 31935
Document
Document number
02-11898
Federal Register citation
67 FR 31935
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
2002-05-13
Effective date
2002-01-02
USDA docket
Docket No. 01-081-2
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of five counties in Arkansas, three counties in Georgia, eight counties in North Carolina, and four counties in Tennessee. As a result of that action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas was restricted. The interim rule was necessary in order to prevent the artificial spread of the imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States.