Imported Fire Ant; Addition of Counties in Arkansas and Tennessee to the List of Quarantined Areas
plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2006-10-18 · Effective 2006-10-18 · 71 FR 61373
Document
Document number
E6-17336
Federal Register citation
71 FR 61373
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
2006-10-18
Effective date
2006-10-18
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2006-0080
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 2 counties in Arkansas and all or portions of 21 counties in Tennessee. As a result of that action, 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.