81 FR 15678 - Environmental Impact Statement; Animal Carcass Management: Record of Decision

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 57 (March 24, 2016)

Page Range		15678-15679
FR Document		2016-06657

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a record of decision for the programmatic environmental impact statement titled ``Carcass Management During a Mass Animal Health Emergency.''

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-06657]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0044]


Environmental Impact Statement; Animal Carcass Management: Record 
of Decision

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service has prepared a record of decision for the 
programmatic environmental impact statement titled ``Carcass Management 
During a Mass Animal Health Emergency.''

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may read the documents referenced in this notice and any 
comments we received 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. Those 
documents are also posted with the comments we received on the 
Regulations.gov Web site at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to the carcass 
management program, contact Ms. Lori P. Miller, PE, Senior Staff 
Officer, Science, Technology and Analysis Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 
River Road, Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3512. For questions 
related to the

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programmatic environmental impact statement and record of decision, 
contact Ms. Samantha Floyd, Environmental Protection Specialist, 
Environmental and Risk Analysis Services, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 
Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3053.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2013, the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published in the Federal Register (78 
FR 63959, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0044) a notice of intent to prepare a 
programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for the purpose of 
analyzing the use of various carcass management options during a mass 
animal health emergency. On August 24, 2015, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register (80 FR 51256) 
a notice of the availability of the draft PEIS. The public comment 
period for the draft PEIS was 60 days. APHIS accepted comments on the 
draft PEIS during and after the comment period until November 3, 2015.
    On December 11, 2015, APHIS published and distributed the final 
PEIS, which included responses to all comments received by November 3, 
2015. On December 18, 2015, EPA published in the Federal Register (80 
FR 79041) a notice of availability of the final PEIS.
    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing 
regulations in 40 CFR 1506.10 require a minimum 30-day waiting period 
between the time a final EIS is published and the time an agency makes 
a decision on an action covered by the EIS. APHIS has reviewed the 
final PEIS and comments received during the 30-day waiting period and 
has concluded that the final PEIS fully analyzes the issues covered by 
the draft PEIS and addresses the comments and suggestions submitted by 
commenters. This notice advises the public that the waiting period has 
elapsed, and APHIS has issued a record of decision (ROD) to implement 
the preferred alternative described in the final PEIS.
    The ROD 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 17th day of March 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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Monday through Friday, except to be shipped, for processing purposes, Estimated Annual Number of
holidays. To be sure someone is there to to a region where Newcastle disease Responses: 203.
help you, please call (202) 799–7039 exists and then returned to the United Estimated Total Annual Burden on
before coming. States. These provisions require the use Respondents: 205 hours. (Due to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For of four information collection activities: averaging, the total annual burden hours
information on the importation of live (1) A certificate of origin that must be may not equal the product of the annual
poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry issued, including serial numbers that number of responses multiplied by the
products from specified regions into the must be recorded; (2) maintenance of reporting burden per response.)
United States, contact Dr. Magde records; (3) cooperative service All responses to this notice will be
Elshafie, Senior Staff Veterinarian, agreements that must be signed; and (4) summarized and included in the request
National Import Export Services, VS, certificates for shipment back to the for OMB approval. All comments will
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, United States. also become a matter of public record.
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3332. The information collection Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of
For copies of more detailed information requirements above are currently March 2016.
on the information collection, contact approved by the Office of Management Kevin Shea,
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ and Budget (OMB) for the importation Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Information Collection Coordinator, at of live poultry, poultry meat, and other Inspection Service.
(301) 851–2727. poultry products from specified regions [FR Doc. 2016–06659 Filed 3–23–16; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
under number 0579–0228, and U.S.
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
Title: Importation of Live Poultry, origin poultry meat shipped, for
Poultry Meat, and Other Poultry processing purposes, to a region where
Products From Specified Regions. Newcastle disease exists and returned to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OMB Control Number: 0579–0228. the United States under number 0579–
Type of Request: Revision to and 0141. After OMB approves and Animal and Plant Health Inspection
extension of approval of an information combines the burden for both Service
collection. collections under one collection
[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0044]
Abstract: Under the authority of the (number 0579–0228), the Department
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. will retire number 0579–0141. Environmental Impact Statement;
8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant We are asking OMB to approve our
Animal Carcass Management: Record
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of use of these information collection
of Decision
the United States Department of activities, as described, for an additional
Agriculture is authorized, among other 3 years. AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
The purpose of this notice is to solicit Inspection Service, USDA.
things, to prohibit or restrict the
comments from the public (as well as ACTION: Notice.
importation and interstate movement of
affected agencies) concerning our
animals and animal products to prevent
information collection. These comments SUMMARY: We are advising the public
the introduction into and dissemination
will help us: that the Animal and Plant Health
within the United States of livestock (1) Evaluate whether the collection of Inspection Service has prepared a
diseases and pests. To carry out the information is necessary for the proper record of decision for the programmatic
mission, APHIS regulates the performance of the functions of the environmental impact statement titled
importation of animals and animal Agency, including whether the ‘‘Carcass Management During a Mass
products into the United States. The information will have practical utility; Animal Health Emergency.’’
regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2016.
92 through 98. estimate of the burden of the collection
In part 94, § 94.33 allows the ADDRESSES: You may read the
of information, including the validity of documents referenced in this notice and
importation, subject to certain the methodology and assumptions used;
conditions, of live poultry, poultry any comments we received in our
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
meat, and other poultry products from reading room. The reading room is
clarity of the information to be
certain regions, including Argentina and located in Room 1141 of the USDA
collected; and
the Mexican States of Campeche, (4) Minimize the burden of the South Building, 14th Street and
Quintana Roo, and Yucatan, that are free collection of information on those who Independence Avenue SW.,
of Newcastle disease. The conditions for are to respond, through use, as Washington, DC. Normal reading room
importation require, among other things, appropriate, of automated, electronic, hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
certification from a full-time salaried mechanical, and other collection through Friday, except holidays. To be
veterinary officer of the national technologies; e.g., permitting electronic sure someone is there to help you,
government of the exporting region that submission of responses. please call (202) 799–7039 before
poultry and poultry products exported Estimate of Burden: The public coming. Those documents are also
from one of these regions originated in reporting burden for this collection of posted with the comments we received
that region (or in another region information is estimated to average 1 on the Regulations.gov Web site at
recognized by APHIS as free of hour per response. http://www.regulations.gov/
Newcastle disease) and that before the #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0044.
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Respondents: Federal animal health
export to the United States, the poultry authorities of certain regions that export FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
and poultry products were not live poultry, poultry meat, and other questions related to the carcass
commingled with poultry and poultry poultry products; importers; pet bird management program, contact Ms. Lori
products from regions where Newcastle owners; and zoological facilities. P. Miller, PE, Senior Staff Officer,
disease exists. Estimated Annual Number of Science, Technology and Analysis
In addition, the regulations in § 94.6 Respondents: 48. Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
include provisions that allow poultry Estimated Annual Number of Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
meat that originates in the United States Responses per Respondent: 4.229. 851–3512. For questions related to the

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programmatic environmental impact Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS,
statement and record of decision, March 2016. 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale,
contact Ms. Samantha Floyd, Kevin Shea, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2198.
Environmental Protection Specialist, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cape ivy
Environmental and Risk Analysis
[FR Doc. 2016–06657 Filed 3–23–16; 8:45 am] (Delairea odorata), a native of South
Services, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Africa, has become one of the most
Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
pervasive non-native plants to invade
851–3053.
the coastal west region of the United
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE States, particularly in California and
October 25, 2013, the Animal and Plant Oregon. Cape ivy is a weedy vine that
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Animal and Plant Health Inspection prefers moist, partly-shaded
published in the Federal Register (78 Service environments along the Pacific coast;
FR 63959, Docket No. APHIS–2013– [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0099] however, there are reports of
0044) a notice of intent to prepare a infestations at inland riparian locations.
programmatic environmental impact Availability of an Environmental Fragments of the plant easily root,
statement (PEIS) for the purpose of Assessment for the Biological Control which facilitates the spread of this
analyzing the use of various carcass of Cape Ivy invasive plant. Overgrowth of cape ivy,
management options during a mass AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health a climbing vine, causes native plants to
animal health emergency. On August Inspection Service, USDA. die. The Animal and Plant Health
24, 2015, the Environmental Protection ACTION: Notice of availability and Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing
Agency (EPA) published in the Federal request for comments. to issue permits for the field release of
Register (80 FR 51256) a notice of the a gall-forming fly, Parafreutreta regalis,
availability of the draft PEIS. The public SUMMARY: We are advising the public into the continental United States to
comment period for the draft PEIS was that the Animal and Plant Health reduce the severity of cape ivy
60 days. APHIS accepted comments on Inspection Service has prepared a draft infestations.
environmental assessment relative to
the draft PEIS during and after the APHIS’ review and analysis of the
the control of Cape ivy, Delairea
comment period until November 3, proposed action are documented in
odorata. The environmental assessment
2015. considers the effects of, and alternatives detail in a draft environmental
On December 11, 2015, APHIS to, the field release of a gall-forming fly, assessment (EA) entitled ‘‘Field Release
published and distributed the final Parafreutreta regalis, into the of the Gall-forming Fly, Parafreutreta
PEIS, which included responses to all continental United States for use as a regalis Munro (Diptera: Tephritidae), for
comments received by November 3, biological control agent to reduce the Biological Control of Cape-ivy, Delairea
2015. On December 18, 2015, EPA severity of Cape Ivy infestations. We are ordorata (Asterales: Asteraceae), in the
published in the Federal Register (80 making the environmental assessment Contiguous United States’’ (February
FR 79041) a notice of availability of the available to the public for review and 2015). We are making the EA available
final PEIS. comment. to the public for review and comment.
The National Environmental Policy DATES: We will consider all comments We will consider all comments that we
Act (NEPA) implementing regulations in that we receive on or before April 25, receive on or before the date listed
40 CFR 1506.10 require a minimum 30- 2016. under the heading DATES at the
day waiting period between the time a ADDRESSES: You may submit comments beginning of this notice.
final EIS is published and the time an by either of the following methods: The EA may be viewed on the
agency makes a decision on an action • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to Regulations.gov Web site or in our
covered by the EIS. APHIS has reviewed http://www.regulations.gov/ reading room (see ADDRESSES above for
the final PEIS and comments received #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0099. a link to Regulations.gov and
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
during the 30-day waiting period and information on the location and hours of
Send your comment to Docket No.
has concluded that the final PEIS fully the reading room). You may request
APHIS–2015–0099, Regulatory Analysis
analyzes the issues covered by the draft and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station paper copies of the draft EA by calling
PEIS and addresses the comments and 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, or writing to the person listed under FOR
suggestions submitted by commenters. Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. FURTHER INFORMAITON CONTACT. Please
This notice advises the public that the Supporting documents and any refer to the title of the EA when
waiting period has elapsed, and APHIS comments we receive on this docket requesting copies.
has issued a record of decision (ROD) to may be viewed at http:// The EA has been prepared in
implement the preferred alternative www.regulations.gov/ accordance with: (1) The National
described in the final PEIS. #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0099 or Environmental Policy Act of 1969
The ROD has been prepared in in our reading room, which is located in (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
accordance with: (1) NEPA, as amended room 1141 of the USDA South Building, seq.); (2) regulations of the Council on
14th Street and Independence Avenue
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (2) regulations Environmental Quality for
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
of the Council on Environmental implementing the procedural provisions
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Quality for implementing the of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3)
Monday through Friday, except
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR holidays. To be sure someone is there to USDA regulations implementing NEPA
parts 1500–1508); (3) USDA regulations help you, please call (202) 799–7039 (7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b); before coming. Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
372).
Procedures (7 CFR part 372). Robert Tichenor, Senior Entomologist,

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Contact		For questions related to the carcass management program, contact Ms. Lori P. Miller, PE, Senior Staff Officer, Science, Technology and Analysis Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3512. For questions related to the programmatic environmental impact statement and record of decision, contact Ms. Samantha Floyd, Environmental Protection Specialist, Environmental and Risk Analysis Services, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3053.
FR Citation		81 FR 15678

81 FR 15678 - Environmental Impact Statement; Animal Carcass Management: Record of Decision

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 57 (March 24, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service