# Imported Fire Ant; Additions to Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2004-07-23 · Effective 2004-04-29 · 69 FR 43891
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-16816
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 43891
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2004-07-23
- **Effective date:** 2004-04-29
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 03-109-2
## 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 20 counties in North Carolina and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/07/23/04-16816/imported-fire-ant-additions-to-quarantined-areas)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*