# Imported Fire Ant; Additions to Quarantined Areas in Arkansas and Tennessee
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2006-02-09 · Effective 2005-08-08 · 71 FR 6663
## Document
- **Document number:** 06-1203
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 6663
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/02/09/06-1203/imported-fire-ant-additions-to-quarantined-areas-in-arkansas-and-tennessee)
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