80 FR 48071 - Feral Swine Damage Management Final Environmental Impact Statement; Record of Decision

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 154 (August 11, 2015)

This notice advises the public of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's record of decision for the final environmental impact statement titled ``Feral Swine Damage Management: A National Approach.''

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48071-48072]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19699]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0031]


Feral Swine Damage Management Final Environmental Impact 
Statement; Record of Decision

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service's record of decision for the final environmental 
impact statement titled ``Feral Swine Damage Management: A National 
Approach.''

DATES: Effective August 11, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may read the final environmental impact statement and 
the record of decision in our reading room. The reading room is located 
in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone 
is there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
    The record of decision, final environmental impact statement, and 
supporting information may also be found by visiting the APHIS feral 
swine environmental impact statement Web page at www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife-damage/fseis. To obtain copies of the documents, contact the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kimberly Wagner, USDA-APHIS 
Wildlife Services, 732 Lois Drive, Sun Prairie, WI; (608) 837-2737; 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 12, 2015, the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register (80 FR 33519, 
Document No. 2015-14435) a notice of the availability of a final 
environmental impact statement (FEIS) by the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) titled ``Feral Swine Damage Management: A 
National Approach.''
    Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing 
regulations in 40 CFR 1506.10, with limited exceptions, an Agency must 
wait a minimum of 30 days after publication of the EPA's notice of an 
FEIS before issuing a record of decision regarding actions covered by 
that FEIS. Accordingly, this notice advises the public that the waiting 
period has elapsed, and APHIS has issued a record of decision to 
implement the preferred alternative described in the FEIS titled 
``Feral Swine Damage Management: A National Approach.''
    APHIS' record of decision has been prepared in accordance with: (1) 
NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (2) regulations of the 
Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural 
provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); (3) USDA regulations 
implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing 
Procedures (7 CFR part 372).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of August 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19699 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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