Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department
Division 02 - State Plant Board
Rule 209.02.01-006 - Imported Fire Ant Quarantine
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 209.02.01-006
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
SECTION VIII. QUARANTINES
1. GYPSY MOTH
QUARANTINE
Revoked December 9, 1983 after two (2) successive years of negative annual surveys.
2.
IMPORTED FIRE ANT QUARANTINE
Quarantined Pests
The quarantined pest is the Imported Fire Ant. This can be the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta(Buren) or the Black Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis richteri (Forel) or any hybrid of the two.
Quarantined Areas
(a) The department hereby adopts by reference
as quarantined areas those counties in Arkansas, or portions there of, listed
as regulated areas in the most current federal imported fire ant quarantine as
adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, and found at 7 Code of
Federal Regulations §
301.81 -3. A copy of the
regulation may be obtained at the Arkansas State Plant Board,
(b) In addition to the areas described in
subsection(a) of this section, Pulaski, Saline, Garland, Jefferson, Grant, Hot
Spring, Pike Howard, Sevier, Clark, Dallas, Cleveland, Lincoln, Desha, Drew,
Bradley, Calhoun, Quachita, Nevada, Hempstead, Little River, Miller, LaFayette,
Columbia, Union, Ashley and Chicot counties in Arkansas are quarantined areas.
Quarantined Articles
(a) Quarantined articles are:
(1) the imported fire ant in any living stage
of development;
(2) soil
(3) plants with roots with soil
attached;
(4) grass sod;
(5) baled hay and baled straw stored in
direct contact with the ground;
(6)
Any articles that are regulated under the most current federal imported fire
quarantine as adopted by the Untied States Department of Agriculture of the 7
Code of Federal Regulations 301.81-2. A copy of the regulation maybe obtained
at the Arkansas State Plant Board.
(b) Any other products, articles, or means of
conveyance of any character whatsoever, not covered by subsection (a) of this
section, are quarantined articles when it is determined that they present a
hazard of spread of imported fire ants and the person in possession thereof has
been so notified.
Restrictions
(a) General. Quarantined articles from the
quarantined area are prohibited entry into or through the free areas of
Arkansas, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this
section.
(b) Exemptions. The
following quarantined articles are exempt from permit requirements:
(1) baled hay and baled straw stored in a
manner in which they are not in direct contact with the ground.
(2) other exemptions may be granted upon
department review and issuance of written exemption.
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