Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-06 - Plant Certification
Chapter 0080-06-19 - Imported Fire Ant Quarantine
Section 0080-06-19-.03 - REGULATED AREAS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0080-06-19-.03
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Regulated areas include any area in which the red, black, or hybrid fire ant is known to exist as enumerated by the United States Department of Agriculture Imported Fire Ant Quarantine in 7 C.F.R. §301.81 - 3(e) (1998) and subsequent amendments thereto, or by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Imported Fire Ant Quarantine as set out in this rule, or as may be established in other states by the authorities having responsibility to regulate the spread of these pests within their border; and
(a) In
Tennessee as follows:
1. Anderson County -
That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the
Roane/Anderson County line on Tennessee Highway 95 and then continuing
northeast along Tennessee Highway 95 until reaching Tennessee Highway 62 and
then continuing southeast along Tennessee Highway 62 until reaching the
Knox/Anderson County line.
2.
Bedford County - That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at
the Marshall/Bedford County line on Tennessee Highway 270 and then continuing
southeast along Tennessee Highway 270 until reaching U. S. Highway 41A and then
continuing northwest along U. S. Highway 41A until reaching Hickory Hill Road
and then continuing east along Hickory Hill Road until reaching Parson Road and
then continuing north along Parson Road until reaching Nashville Dirt Road and
then continuing northwest along Nashville Dirt Road until reaching Unionville -
Deason Road and then continuing east along Unionville - Deason Road until
reaching Edd Joyce Road and then continuing east along Edd Joyce Road until
reaching Coop Road and then continuing southeast along Coop Road until reaching
Tennessee Highway 82 and then continuing east along Tennessee Highway 82 until
reaching Tennessee Highway 269 and then continuing south along Tennessee
Highway 269 until reaching Tennessee Highway 64 and then continuing northeast
along Tennessee Highway 64 until reaching Knob Creek Road and then continuing
east along Knob Creek Road until reaching the Bedford/Coffee County
line.
3. Benton County - That
portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Carroll/Benton
County line on U. S. Highway 70 and then continuing east along U. S. Highway 70
until reaching U. S. Highway 641 and then continuing south along U. S. Highway
641until reaching Shiloh Church Road and then continuing northeast along Shiloh
Church Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 191 and then continuing northwest
along Tennessee Highway 191 until reaching Latitude 36 Degrees and then
continuing east along Latitude 36 Degrees until reaching the Benton/Humphreys
County line.
4. Bledsoe County -
That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Van
Buren/Bledsoe County line on Tennessee Highway 285 and then continuing
southeast along Tennessee Highway 285 until reaching Bellview Road and then
continuing northeast along Bellview Road until reaching Big Spring Gap Road and
then continuing southeast along Big Spring Gap Road until reaching Old State
Highway 28 and then continuing northeast along Old State Highway 28 until
reaching the Bledsoe/Cumberland County Line.
5. Blount County - That portion of the county
lying south of a line beginning at the Knox/Blount County line on U. S. Highway
129 and then continuing south along U. S. Highway 129 until reaching U. S.
Highway 321 and then continuing east along U. S. Highway 321 until reaching the
Sevier/Blount County line.
6.
Bradley County - The entire county.
7. Carroll County - That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line beginning at the Gibson/Carroll County line on
U. S. Highway 79/70A and then continuing northeast along U. S. Highway 79/70A
until reaching U. S. Highway 79 and then continuing northeast along U. S.
Highway 79 until reaching Big Buck Road and then continuing east along Big Buck
Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 436 and then continuing north along
Tennessee Highway 436 until reaching Thompson Road and then continuing east
along Thompson Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 22 and then continuing
southeast along Tennessee Highway 22 until reaching Tennessee Highway 364
(Huntingdon Bypass) and then continuing east along Tennessee Highway 364 until
reaching U. S. Highway 70 and then continuing east along U. S. Highway 70 until
reaching the Benton/Carroll County line.
8. Chester County - The entire
county.
9. Coffee County - That
portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Bedford/Coffee
County line on Sixteenth Model Road and then continuing east along Sixteenth
Model Road until reaching U. S. Highway 41 and then continuing northwest along
U. S. Highway 41 until reaching Interstate 24 and then continuing southeast
along Interstate 24 until reaching Tennessee Highway 55 and then continuing
northeast along Tennessee Highway 55 until reaching Ragsdale Road and then
continuing south along Ragsdale Road until reaching New Bushy Branch Road and
then continuing southeast along New Bushy Branch Road until reaching Cornelison
Road and then continuing east along Cornelison Road until reaching Clifton
Scott Road and then continuing south along Clifton Scott Road until reaching
Asbury Road and then continuing east along Asbury Road until reaching Benson
Road and then continuing southeast along Benson Road until reaching Buck Jones
Road and then continuing south along Buck Jones Road until reaching Old Airport
Road and then continuing southwest along Old Airport Road until reaching U. S.
Highway 41 and then continuing southeast along U. S. Highway 41 until reaching
Bailey Road and then continuing east along Bailey Road until reaching Lusk Cove
Road and then continuing northeast along Lusk Cove Road until reaching Latitude
35 Degrees 25 Minutes and then continuing east along Latitude 35 Degrees 25
Minutes until reaching the Grundy/Coffee County line.
10. Cumberland County - That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line beginning at the Rhea/Cumberland County line
on Tennessee Highway 68 and then continuing northwest along Tennessee Highway
68 until reaching Cox Valley Road and then continuing northeast along Cox
Valley road until reaching U. S. Highway 70 and then continuing east along U.
S. Highway 70 until reaching Market Street (in Crab Orchard) and then
continuing north along Market Street until reaching Main Street and then
continuing west along Main Street until reaching Chestnut Hill Road and then
continuing north along Chestnut Hill Road until reaching Latitude 35 Degrees 56
Minutes and then continuing east along Latitude 35 Degrees 56 Minutes until
reaching the Morgan/Cumberland County line.
11. Davidson County - That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line beginning at the Williamson/Davidson County
line on U. S. Highway 431 and then continuing northeast along U. S. Highway 431
until reaching Tennessee Highway 254 and then continuing east along Tennessee
Highway 254 until reaching U. S. Highway 31A/41A and then continuing north
along U. S. Highway 31A/41A until reaching Tennessee Highway 255 and then
continuing northeast along Tennessee Highway 255 until reaching Interstate 40
and then continuing east along Interstate 40 until reaching the Wilson/Davidson
County line.
12. Decatur County -
The entire county.
13. Fayette
County - The entire county.
14.
Franklin County - The entire county.
15. Gibson County - That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line beginning at the Madison/Gibson County line on
U. S. Highway 45 W and then continuing northwest along U. S. Highway 45 W until
reaching the U. S. Highway 45 W Bypass (Tennessee Highway 366) and then
continuing north along the U. S. Highway 45 Bypass until reaching U. S. Highway
79/70A and then continuing northeast along U. S. Highway 79/70A until reaching
the Carroll/Gibson County line.
16.
Giles County - The entire county.
17. Grundy County - That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line beginning at the Coffee/Grundy County line at
Latitude 35 Degrees 25 Minutes and then continuing east along 35 Degrees 25
Minutes until reaching Deer Run Road and then continuing north along Deer Run
Road until reaching Cabbage Patch Road and then continuing east along Cabbage
Patch Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 108 and then continuing southeast
along Tennessee Highway 108 until reaching Tennessee Highway 56 and then
continuing north along Tennessee Highway 56 until reaching the Warren/Grundy
County line.
18. Hamilton County -
The entire county.
19. Hardeman
County - The entire county.
20.
Hardin County - The entire county.
21. Haywood County - That portion of the
county lying south of a line beginning at the Tipton/Haywood County line on
Tennessee Highway 54 and then continuing east along Tennessee Highway 54 until
reaching U. S. Highway 70 and then continuing east along U. S. Highway 70 until
reaching Interstate 40 and then continuing northeast along Interstate 40 until
reaching the Madison/Haywood County line.
22. Henderson County - The entire
county.
23. Hickman County - That
portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Humphreys/Hickman
County line on Interstate 40 and then continuing northeast along Interstate 40
until reaching Tennessee Highway 230 and then continuing east along Tennessee
Highway 230 until reaching Tennessee Highway 48 and then continuing southeast
along Tennessee Highway 48 until reaching Tennessee Highway 100 and then
continuing northeast along Tennessee Highway 100 until reaching Tennessee
Highway 230 and then continuing south along Tennessee Highway 230 until
reaching Tennessee Highway 50 and then continuing southeast along Tennessee
Highway 50 until reaching the Maury/Hickman County Line.
24. Humphreys County - That portion of the
county lying south of a line beginning at the Benton/Humphreys County line at
Latitude 36 Degrees and then continuing east along Latitude 36 Degrees until
reaching Forks River Road and then continuing south along Forks River Road
until reaching Old Highway 13 and then continuing southeast along Old Highway
13 until reaching Tennessee Highway 13 and then continuing south along
Tennessee Highway 13 until reaching Interstate 40 and then continuing east
along Interstate 40 until reaching the Hickman/Humphreys County line.
25. Knox County - That portion of the county
lying south of a line beginning at the Anderson/Knox County line on Tennessee
Highway 62 and then continuing east along Tennessee Highway 62 until reaching
Tennessee Highway 131 and then continuing south along Tennessee Highway 131
until reaching Middlebrook Pike and then continuing southeast along Middlebrook
Pike until reaching North Cedar Bluff Road and then continuing south along
North Cedar Bluff Road until reaching U. S. Highway 70 and then continuing
northeast along U. S. Highway 70 until reaching U. S. Highway 129 and then
continuing south along U. S. Highway 129 until reaching the Blount/Knox County
line.
26. Lawrence County - The
entire county.
27. Lewis County -
The entire county.
28. Lincoln
County - The entire county.
29.
Loudon County - The entire county.
31. Madison County - The entire
county.
32. Marion County - The
entire county.
33. Marshall County
- That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the
Maury/Marshall County line on Moses Road and then continuing northeast along
Moses Road until reaching Wilson School Road and then continuing southeast
along Wilson School Road until reaching Lunns Store Road and then continuing
south along Lunns Store Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 99 and then
continuing east along Tennessee Highway 99 until reaching U. S. Highway 31A and
then continuing south along U. S. Highway 31A until reaching James Shaw Road
and then continuing south along James Shaw Road until reaching Clay Hill Road
and then continuing east along Clay Hill Road until reaching Warner Road and
then continuing south along Warner Road until reaching Batten Road and then
continuing southeast along Batten Road until reaching the Bedford/Marshall
County line.
34. Maury County -
That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Hickman/Maury
County line on Jones Valley Road and then continuing east along Jones Valley
Road until reaching Leipers Creek Road and then continuing south along Leipers
Creek Road until reaching Tennessee Highway 247 and then continuing northeast
along Tennessee Highway 247 until reaching Tennessee Highway 246 and then
continuing north along Tennessee Highway 246 until reaching the
Williamson/Maury County line.
35.
McMinn County - The entire county.
36. McNairy County - The entire
county.
37. Meigs County - The
entire county.
38. Monroe County -
The entire county.
39. Moore County
- The entire county.
40. Perry
County - The entire county.
41.
Polk County - The entire county.
42. Rhea County - The entire
county.
43. Roane County - The
entire county.
44. Rutherford
County - That portion of the county lying northwest of a line beginning at the
Williamson/Rutherford County line on Rocky Fork Road and then continuing
northeast along Rocky Fork Road until reaching Old Nashville Highway and then
continuing southeast along Old Nashville Highway until reaching Tennessee
Highway 102 and then continuing northeast along Tennessee Highway 102 until
reaching Weakley Lane and then continuing north along Weakley Lane until
reaching Couchville Pike and then continuing northwest along Couchville Pike
until reaching Corinth Road and then continuing north along Corinth Road until
reaching the Wilson/Rutherford County line.
45. Sequatchie County - The entire
county.
46. Shelby County - The
entire county.
47. Tipton County -
That portion of the county lying south of a line beginning at the Shelby/Tipton
County line on Tennessee Highway 14 and then continuing northeast along
Tennessee Highway 14 until reaching Tennessee Highway 179 and then continuing
southeast along Tennessee Highway 179 until reaching the Haywood/Tipton County
line.
48. Van Buren County - That
portion of the county lying south of Tennessee Highway 30.
49. Wayne County - The entire
county.
50. Williamson County -
That portion of the county lying northeast of a line beginning at the
Davidson/Williamson County line on U. S. Highway 31 and then continuing
southwest along U. S. Highway 31 until reaching U. S. Highway Business 431 and
then continuing southeast along U. S. Highway Business 431 until reaching Mack
Hatcher Parkway and then continuing north along Mack Hatcher Parkway until
reaching South Royal Oaks Blvd. and then continuing northeast along South Royal
Oaks Blvd. until reaching Tennessee Highway 96 and then continuing east along
Tennessee Highway 96 until reaching Clovercroft Road and then continuing
northeast along Clovercroft Road until reaching Wilson Pike and then continuing
north along Wilson Pike until reaching Clovercroft Road and then continuing
northeast along Clovercroft Road until reaching Rocky Fork Road and then
continuing east along Rocky Fork Road until reaching the Rutherford/Williamson
County line.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 43-6-104, 43-6-106(9) and 43-6-108.
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