# Imported Fire Ant; Addition of Counties in Arkansas and Tennessee to the List of Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2006-10-18 · Effective 2006-10-18 · 71 FR 61373
## Document
- **Document number:** E6-17336
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 61373
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/10/18/E6-17336/imported-fire-ant-addition-of-counties-in-arkansas-and-tennessee-to-the-list-of-quarantined-areas)
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