Imported Fire Ant; Additions to Quarantined Areas in Arkansas and Tennessee
plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2006-02-09 · Effective 2005-08-08 · 71 FR 6663
Document
Document number
06-1203
Federal Register citation
71 FR 6663
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
2006-02-09
Effective date
2005-08-08
USDA docket
Docket No. 05-030-2
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 of 1 county in Arkansas and all or portions of 18 counties in Tennessee. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States.