83_FR_37607 83 FR 37459 - Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Availability of a Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Draft Environmental Assessment for Cotton Genetically Engineered for Ultra-low Gossypol Levels in the Cottonseed

83 FR 37459 - Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Availability of a Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Draft Environmental Assessment for Cotton Genetically Engineered for Ultra-low Gossypol Levels in the Cottonseed

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 148 (August 1, 2018)

Page Range37459-37460
FR Document2018-16389

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is making available for public comment a draft plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) and draft environmental assessment (EA) for cotton designated as event TAM66274, which has been genetically engineered for ultra-low gossypol levels in the cottonseed. We are making the draft PPRA and draft EA available for public review and comment.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0097]


Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Availability of a Draft Plant Pest 
Risk Assessment and Draft Environmental Assessment for Cotton 
Genetically Engineered for Ultra-low Gossypol Levels in the Cottonseed

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 is making available for public comment a draft plant 
pest risk assessment (PPRA) and draft environmental assessment (EA) for 
cotton designated as event TAM66274, which has been genetically 
engineered for ultra-low gossypol levels in the cottonseed. We are 
making the draft PPRA and draft EA available for public review and 
comment.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
August 31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0097.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0097, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-
0097 or in our reading room, which 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 petition is also available on the APHIS website at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/petitions_table_pending.shtml under 
APHIS petition 17-292-01p.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Turner, Director, 
Environmental Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory 
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; 
(301) 851-3954, email: john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies 
of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at (301) 851-3892, email: 
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the plant pest 
provisions of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the 
regulations in 7 CFR part 340, ``Introduction of Organisms and Products 
Altered or Produced Through Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant Pests 
or Which There Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,'' regulate, among 
other things, the introduction (importation, interstate movement, or 
release into the environment) of organisms and products altered or 
produced through genetic engineering that are plant pests or that there 
is reason to believe are plant pests. Such genetically engineered (GE) 
organisms and products are considered ``regulated articles.''
    The regulations in Sec.  340.6(a) provide that any person may 
submit a petition to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) seeking a determination that an article should not be regulated 
under 7 CFR part 340. APHIS received a petition (APHIS Petition Number 
17-292-01p) from Texas A&M AgriLife Research of College Station, TX 
(Texas A&M), seeking a determination of nonregulated status of cotton 
(Gossypium hirsutum) designated as event TAM66274, which has been 
genetically engineered for ultra-low gossypol levels in the cottonseed. 
The Texas A&M petition states that information collected during field 
trials and laboratory analyses indicates that TAM66274 cotton is not 
likely to be a plant pest and therefore should not be a regulated 
article under APHIS' regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
    According to our process \1\ for soliciting public comment when 
considering petitions for determinations of nonregulated status of GE 
organisms, APHIS accepts written comments regarding a petition once 
APHIS deems it complete. In a notice \2\ published in the Federal 
Register on December 5, 2017 (82 FR 57426-57427, Docket No. APHIS-2017-
0097), APHIS announced the availability of the Texas A&M petition for 
public comment. APHIS solicited comments on the petition for 60 days 
ending on February 5, 2018, in order to help identify potential 
environmental and interrelated economic issues and impacts that APHIS 
may determine should be considered in our evaluation of the petition. 
APHIS received 47 comments on the petition. Of those, 44 were 
supportive, two opposed, and one was not related to the petition. APHIS 
has evaluated the issues raised during the comment period and, where 
appropriate, has provided a discussion of these issues in our draft 
environmental assessment (EA).
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    \1\ On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the Federal Register 
(77 FR 13258-13260, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0129) a notice describing 
our public review process for soliciting public comments and 
information when considering petitions for determinations of 
nonregulated status for GE organisms. To view the notice, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0129.
    \2\ To view the notice, the petition, and the comments we 
received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-
2017-0097.
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    After public comments are received on a completed petition, APHIS 
evaluates those comments and then provides a second opportunity for 
public involvement in our decisionmaking process. According to our 
public review process (see footnote 1), the second opportunity for 
public involvement follows one of two approaches, as described below.
    If APHIS decides, based on its review of the petition and its 
evaluation and analysis of comments received during the 60-day public 
comment period on the petition, that the petition involves a GE 
organism that raises no substantive new issues, APHIS will follow 
Approach 1 for public involvement. Under Approach 1, APHIS announces in 
the Federal Register the availability of APHIS' preliminary regulatory 
determination along with its draft EA, preliminary finding of no 
significant

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impact (FONSI), and its draft plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) for a 
30-day public review period. APHIS will evaluate any information 
received related to the petition and its supporting documents during 
the 30-day public review period.
    If APHIS decides, based on its review of the petition and its 
evaluation and analysis of comments received during the 60-day public 
comment period on the petition, that the petition involves a GE 
organism that raises substantive new issues, APHIS will follow Approach 
2. Under Approach 2, APHIS first solicits written comments from the 
public on a draft EA and draft PPRA for a 30-day comment period through 
the publication of a Federal Register notice. Then, after reviewing and 
evaluating the comments on the draft EA and draft PPRA and other 
information, APHIS will revise the PPRA as necessary and prepare a 
final EA and, based on the final EA, a National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) decision document (either a FONSI or a notice of intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement). For this petition, we are 
using Approach 2.
    As part of our decisionmaking process regarding a GE organism's 
regulatory status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess the plant pest risk 
of the article. APHIS also prepares the appropriate environmental 
documentation--either an EA or an environmental impact statement--in 
accordance with NEPA, to provide the Agency and the public with a 
review and analysis of any potential environmental impacts that may 
result if the petition request is approved.
    APHIS has prepared a draft PPRA and has concluded that cotton 
designated as event TAM66274, which has been genetically engineered for 
ultra-low gossypol levels in the cottonseed, is unlikely to pose a 
plant pest risk. In section 403 of the Plant Protection Act, ``plant 
pest'' is defined as any living stage of any of the following that can 
directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in any 
plant or plant product: A protozoan, a nonhuman animal, a parasitic 
plant, a bacterium, a fungus, a virus or viroid, an infectious agent or 
other pathogen, or any article similar to or allied with any of the 
foregoing.
    APHIS has also prepared a draft EA in which we present two 
alternatives based on our analysis of data submitted by Texas A&M, a 
review of other scientific data, field tests conducted under APHIS 
oversight, and comments received on the petition. APHIS is considering 
the following alternatives: (1) Take no action, i.e., APHIS would not 
change the regulatory status of cotton designated as event TAM66274, or 
(2) make a determination of nonregulated status of cotton designated as 
event TAM66274.
    The draft EA was 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) U.S. Department of Agriculture 
regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS' NEPA 
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372).
    In accordance with our process for soliciting public input when 
considering petitions for determinations of nonregulated status for GE 
organisms, we are publishing this notice to inform the public that 
APHIS will accept written comments on our draft EA and our draft PPRA 
regarding the petition for a determination of nonregulated status from 
interested or affected persons for a period of 30 days from the date of 
this notice. Copies of the draft EA and the draft PPRA, as well as the 
previously published petition, are available as indicated under 
ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above.
    After the 30-day comment period closes, APHIS will review and 
evaluate any information received during the comment period and any 
other relevant information. After reviewing and evaluating the comments 
on the draft EA and the draft PPRA and other information, APHIS will 
revise the PPRA as necessary and prepare a final EA. Based on the final 
EA, APHIS will prepare a NEPA decision document (either a FONSI or a 
notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement). If a 
FONSI is reached, APHIS will furnish a response to the petitioner, 
either approving or denying the petition. APHIS will also publish a 
notice in the Federal Register announcing the regulatory status of the 
GE organism and the availability of APHIS' final EA, PPRA, FONSI, and 
our regulatory determination.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of July 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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                                                This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER                     Washington, DC. Normal reading room                      According to our process 1 for
                                                contains documents other than rules or                   hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday                 soliciting public comment when
                                                proposed rules that are applicable to the                through Friday, except holidays. To be                considering petitions for determinations
                                                public. Notices of hearings and investigations,          sure someone is there to help you,                    of nonregulated status of GE organisms,
                                                committee meetings, agency decisions and                 please call (202) 799–7039 before                     APHIS accepts written comments
                                                rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
                                                                                                         coming.                                               regarding a petition once APHIS deems
                                                petitions and applications and agency
                                                statements of organization and functions are
                                                                                                            The petition is also available on the              it complete. In a notice 2 published in
                                                examples of documents appearing in this                  APHIS website at: http://                             the Federal Register on December 5,
                                                section.                                                 www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/                     2017 (82 FR 57426–57427, Docket No.
                                                                                                         petitions_table_pending.shtml under                   APHIS–2017–0097), APHIS announced
                                                                                                         APHIS petition 17–292–01p.                            the availability of the Texas A&M
                                                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.                  petition for public comment. APHIS
                                                                                                         John Turner, Director, Environmental                  solicited comments on the petition for
                                                Animal and Plant Health Inspection                       Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology                 60 days ending on February 5, 2018, in
                                                Service                                                  Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River                order to help identify potential
                                                [Docket No. APHIS–2017–0097]                             Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737–                  environmental and interrelated
                                                                                                         1236; (301) 851–3954, email:                          economic issues and impacts that
                                                Texas A&M AgriLife Research;                             john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain               APHIS may determine should be
                                                Availability of a Draft Plant Pest Risk                  copies of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy             considered in our evaluation of the
                                                Assessment and Draft Environmental                       Eck at (301) 851–3892, email:                         petition. APHIS received 47 comments
                                                Assessment for Cotton Genetically                        cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.                         on the petition. Of those, 44 were
                                                Engineered for Ultra-low Gossypol                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                  supportive, two opposed, and one was
                                                Levels in the Cottonseed                                 authority of the plant pest provisions of             not related to the petition. APHIS has
                                                                                                         the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701               evaluated the issues raised during the
                                                AGENCY:  Animal and Plant Health                         et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR part               comment period and, where
                                                Inspection Service, USDA.                                340, ‘‘Introduction of Organisms and                  appropriate, has provided a discussion
                                                ACTION: Notice.                                          Products Altered or Produced Through                  of these issues in our draft
                                                                                                         Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant                   environmental assessment (EA).
                                                SUMMARY:    We are advising the public                                                                            After public comments are received
                                                                                                         Pests or Which There Is Reason to
                                                that the Animal and Plant Health                                                                               on a completed petition, APHIS
                                                                                                         Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate,
                                                Inspection Service is making available                                                                         evaluates those comments and then
                                                                                                         among other things, the introduction
                                                for public comment a draft plant pest                                                                          provides a second opportunity for
                                                                                                         (importation, interstate movement, or
                                                risk assessment (PPRA) and draft                                                                               public involvement in our
                                                                                                         release into the environment) of
                                                environmental assessment (EA) for                                                                              decisionmaking process. According to
                                                                                                         organisms and products altered or
                                                cotton designated as event TAM66274,                                                                           our public review process (see footnote
                                                                                                         produced through genetic engineering
                                                which has been genetically engineered                                                                          1), the second opportunity for public
                                                                                                         that are plant pests or that there is
                                                for ultra-low gossypol levels in the                                                                           involvement follows one of two
                                                                                                         reason to believe are plant pests. Such
                                                cottonseed. We are making the draft                                                                            approaches, as described below.
                                                                                                         genetically engineered (GE) organisms                    If APHIS decides, based on its review
                                                PPRA and draft EA available for public
                                                                                                         and products are considered ‘‘regulated               of the petition and its evaluation and
                                                review and comment.
                                                                                                         articles.’’                                           analysis of comments received during
                                                DATES: We will consider all comments                        The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
                                                that we receive on or before August 31,                                                                        the 60-day public comment period on
                                                                                                         that any person may submit a petition                 the petition, that the petition involves a
                                                2018.                                                    to the Animal and Plant Health                        GE organism that raises no substantive
                                                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                       Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a                  new issues, APHIS will follow
                                                by either of the following methods:                      determination that an article should not              Approach 1 for public involvement.
                                                   • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to                   be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.                    Under Approach 1, APHIS announces in
                                                http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket                      APHIS received a petition (APHIS                      the Federal Register the availability of
                                                Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0097.                                Petition Number 17–292–01p) from                      APHIS’ preliminary regulatory
                                                   • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:                    Texas A&M AgriLife Research of College                determination along with its draft EA,
                                                Send your comment to Docket No.                          Station, TX (Texas A&M), seeking a                    preliminary finding of no significant
                                                APHIS–2017–0097, Regulatory Analysis                     determination of nonregulated status of
                                                and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station                     cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) designated                  1 On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the
                                                3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,                       as event TAM66274, which has been                     Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No.
                                                Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.                                genetically engineered for ultra-low                  APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public
                                                   Supporting documents and any                          gossypol levels in the cottonseed. The                review process for soliciting public comments and
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                                                                                                                                                               information when considering petitions for
                                                comments we receive on this docket                       Texas A&M petition states that                        determinations of nonregulated status for GE
                                                may be viewed at http://                                 information collected during field trials             organisms. To view the notice, go to http://
                                                www.regulations.gov/#!docket                             and laboratory analyses indicates that                www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-
                                                Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0097 or in our                       TAM66274 cotton is not likely to be a                 2011-0129.
                                                                                                                                                                 2 To view the notice, the petition, and the
                                                reading room, which is located in room                   plant pest and therefore should not be                comments we received, go to http://
                                                1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th                    a regulated article under APHIS’                      www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-
                                                Street and Independence Avenue SW,                       regulations in 7 CFR part 340.                        2017-0097.



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                                                impact (FONSI), and its draft plant pest                 regulatory status of cotton designated as             DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                risk assessment (PPRA) for a 30-day                      event TAM66274, or (2) make a
                                                public review period. APHIS will                         determination of nonregulated status of               Forest Service
                                                evaluate any information received                        cotton designated as event TAM66274.
                                                related to the petition and its supporting                                                                     Idaho (Boise, Caribou-Targhee,
                                                                                                            The draft EA was prepared in                       Salmon-Challis, and Sawtooth National
                                                documents during the 30-day public
                                                                                                         accordance with (1) NEPA, as amended                  Forests and Curlew National
                                                review period.
                                                   If APHIS decides, based on its review                 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations             Grassland); Nevada (Humboldt-
                                                of the petition and its evaluation and                   of the Council on Environmental                       Toiyabe National Forest); Utah (Ashley,
                                                analysis of comments received during                     Quality for implementing the                          Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, and
                                                the 60-day public comment period on                      procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR                 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National
                                                the petition, that the petition involves a               parts 1500–1508), (3) U.S. Department                 Forests); Wyoming (Bridger-Teton
                                                GE organism that raises substantive new                  of Agriculture regulations implementing               National Forest); and Wyoming/
                                                issues, APHIS will follow Approach 2.                    NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’                  Colorado (Medicine Bow-Routt
                                                Under Approach 2, APHIS first solicits                   NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR                   National Forest and Thunder Basin
                                                written comments from the public on a                    part 372).                                            National Grassland); Amendments to
                                                draft EA and draft PPRA for a 30-day                                                                           Land Management Plans for Greater
                                                                                                            In accordance with our process for
                                                comment period through the                                                                                     Sage-Grouse Conservation
                                                                                                         soliciting public input when
                                                publication of a Federal Register notice.
                                                                                                         considering petitions for determinations              AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.
                                                Then, after reviewing and evaluating the
                                                                                                         of nonregulated status for GE organisms,              ACTION: Notice to extend the public
                                                comments on the draft EA and draft
                                                PPRA and other information, APHIS                        we are publishing this notice to inform               scoping period for supplemental notice
                                                will revise the PPRA as necessary and                    the public that APHIS will accept                     of intent to prepare an environmental
                                                prepare a final EA and, based on the                     written comments on our draft EA and                  impact statement; notice of updated
                                                final EA, a National Environmental                       our draft PPRA regarding the petition                 information concerning the Forest
                                                Policy Act (NEPA) decision document                      for a determination of nonregulated                   Service greater sage-grouse land and
                                                (either a FONSI or a notice of intent to                 status from interested or affected                    resource management plan
                                                prepare an environmental impact                          persons for a period of 30 days from the              amendments; correction.
                                                statement). For this petition, we are                    date of this notice. Copies of the draft
                                                                                                                                                               SUMMARY:    The USDA Forest Service is
                                                using Approach 2.                                        EA and the draft PPRA, as well as the
                                                   As part of our decisionmaking process                                                                       issuing this notice to advise the public
                                                                                                         previously published petition, are
                                                regarding a GE organism’s regulatory                                                                           of a 14-day extension to the public
                                                                                                         available as indicated under ADDRESSES                scoping period on the supplemental
                                                status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess                  and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
                                                the plant pest risk of the article. APHIS                                                                      notice of intent to prepare an
                                                                                                         above.                                                environmental impact statement for the
                                                also prepares the appropriate
                                                environmental documentation—either                          After the 30-day comment period                    amendments to land management plans
                                                an EA or an environmental impact                         closes, APHIS will review and evaluate                for greater sage-grouse conservation.
                                                statement—in accordance with NEPA,                       any information received during the                   DATES: Comments concerning the scope
                                                to provide the Agency and the public                     comment period and any other relevant                 of the analysis must be received by
                                                with a review and analysis of any                        information. After reviewing and                      August 15, 2018.
                                                potential environmental impacts that                     evaluating the comments on the draft                  ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
                                                may result if the petition request is                    EA and the draft PPRA and other                       Sage-grouse Amendment Comment,
                                                approved.                                                information, APHIS will revise the                    USDA Forest Service Intermountain
                                                   APHIS has prepared a draft PPRA and                   PPRA as necessary and prepare a final                 Region, Federal Building, 324 25th
                                                has concluded that cotton designated as                  EA. Based on the final EA, APHIS will                 Street, Ogden, UT 84401.
                                                event TAM66274, which has been                           prepare a NEPA decision document                         Comments may also be sent via email
                                                genetically engineered for ultra-low                     (either a FONSI or a notice of intent to              to, comments-intermtn-regional-office@
                                                gossypol levels in the cottonseed, is                    prepare an environmental impact                       fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 801–625–
                                                unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. In                   statement). If a FONSI is reached,                    5277.
                                                section 403 of the Plant Protection Act,                 APHIS will furnish a response to the                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    John
                                                ‘‘plant pest’’ is defined as any living                  petitioner, either approving or denying               Shivik at 801–625–5667 or email
                                                stage of any of the following that can
                                                                                                         the petition. APHIS will also publish a               johnashivik@fs.fed.us. Individuals who
                                                directly or indirectly injure, cause
                                                                                                         notice in the Federal Register                        use telecommunication devices for the
                                                damage to, or cause disease in any plant
                                                                                                         announcing the regulatory status of the               deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
                                                or plant product: A protozoan, a
                                                                                                         GE organism and the availability of                   Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
                                                nonhuman animal, a parasitic plant, a
                                                                                                         APHIS’ final EA, PPRA, FONSI, and our                 800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
                                                bacterium, a fungus, a virus or viroid, an
                                                                                                         regulatory determination.                             p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
                                                infectious agent or other pathogen, or
                                                                                                                                                               Friday.
                                                any article similar to or allied with any                  Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
                                                of the foregoing.                                        7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The
                                                   APHIS has also prepared a draft EA in                 371.3.                                                original corrected notice of intent for
                                                which we present two alternatives based                                                                        public comment on the greater sage-
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                                                                                                           Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of
                                                on our analysis of data submitted by                     July 2018.
                                                                                                                                                               grouse plan amendments was published
                                                Texas A&M, a review of other scientific                                                                        in the Federal Register on July 2, 2018
                                                data, field tests conducted under APHIS                  Kevin Shea,                                           (83 FR 30909). The original notice of
                                                oversight, and comments received on                      Administrator, Animal and Plant Health                intent provided a 30 day comment
                                                the petition. APHIS is considering the                   Inspection Service.                                   period, which may be insufficient for
                                                following alternatives: (1) Take no                      [FR Doc. 2018–16389 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am]           comment preparation from all interested
                                                action, i.e., APHIS would not change the                 BILLING CODE 3410–34–P                                parties. As such, the comment period


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ActionNotice.
DatesWe will consider all comments that we receive on or before August 31, 2018.
ContactDr. John Turner, Director, Environmental Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-3954, email: [email protected] To obtain copies of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at (301) 851-3892, email: [email protected]
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