plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 1998-11-10 · Effective 1998-11-10 · 63 FR 62919
Document
Document number
98-30135
Federal Register citation
63 FR 62919
CFR reference
7 CFR 301
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rules as final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
1998-11-10
Effective date
1998-11-10
USDA docket
Docket No. 97-101-3
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, two interim rules that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of 9 counties in Arkansas, 10 counties in North Carolina, 3 counties in Oklahoma, 5 counties in South Carolina, 15 counties in Tennessee, and 13 counties in Texas. The interim rules were necessary in order to impose certain restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from these areas to prevent the artificial spread of the imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States.