# Imported Fire Ant; Additions to the List of Quarantined Areas
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 2007-10-25 · Effective 2007-10-25 · 72 FR 60533
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-21003
- **Category:** plant-animal-health
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 60533
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 301
- **Publication date:** 2007-10-25
- **Effective date:** 2007-10-25
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. APHIS-2007-0114
## Abstract

We are amending the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of 2 counties in Arkansas, 3 in North Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by expanding the quarantined area in 1 county in Arkansas and 15 in Tennessee, and by designating the entire State of South Carolina as a quarantined area. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. This action is 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/2007/10/25/E7-21003/imported-fire-ant-additions-to-the-list-of-quarantined-areas)
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