Imported Fire Ant; Additions to the List of Quarantined Areas
plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2008-02-05 · Effective 2008-02-05 · 73 FR 6577
Document
Document number
E8-2048
Federal Register citation
73 FR 6577
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
2008-02-05
Effective date
2008-02-05
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2007-0114
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 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. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of imported fire ant to noninfested areas of the United States. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those quarantined areas is restricted.