Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 22, 2011 / Notices 15935 

1To view the notice, EA, and FONSI go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–

2010–0115. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 500. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 600 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

March 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6604 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0115] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for a Biological 

Control Agent for Air Potato 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to the 

control of air potato (Dioscorea 

bulbifera). Based on its finding of no 

significant impact, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Shirley Wager-Page, Chief, Pest 

Permitting Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1237; (301) 734–8453. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing 

to issue permits for the release of an 

insect, Lilioceris cheni, into the 

continental United States for use as a 

biological control agent to reduce the 

severity of air potato (Dioscorea 

bulbifera) infestations. 

On January 19, 2011, we published in 

the Federal Register (76 FR 3076–3077, 

Docket No. APHIS–2010–0115) a 

notice 1 in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of an environmental 

assessment (EA) that examined the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed release of 

this biological control agent into the 

continental United States. 

We solicited comments on the EA for 

30 days ending February 18, 2011. We 

received one comment by that date, 

from a State agricultural agency. The 

commenter, who supported the 

proposed release, asked whether, when 

the shipments of L. cheni were 

imported, the identity of the specimens 

was confirmed and if voucher 

specimens had been established. The 

commenter was concerned that the 

validity of the host specificity testing 

would be called into question if the 

identity of the specimens was not firmly 

established. We have notified the 

commenter that the identity of the 

specimens was confirmed at the time of 

their importation and that voucher 

specimens have been set aside. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the release of 

L. cheni, into the continental United 

States for use as a biological control 

agent to reduce the severity of air potato 

(Dioscorea bulbifera) infestations. The 

finding, which is based on the EA, 

reflects our determination that release of 

this biological control agent will not 

have a significant impact on the quality 

of the human environment. 

The EA and FONSI may be viewed on 

the Regulations.gov Web site (see 

footnote 1). Copies of the EA and FONSI 

are also available for public inspection 

at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Persons wishing to 

inspect copies are requested to call 

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate 

entry into the reading room. In addition, 

copies may be obtained by calling or 

writing to the individual listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The EA and FONSI have been 

prepared in accordance with: (1) The 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (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 16th day of 

March 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6605 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Federal 

Advisory Committee (LTFAC) will hold 

meetings on March 31, 2011, April 6, 

2011, and April 19, 2011 at the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150. This Committee, established by 

the Secretary of Agriculture on 

December 15, 1998 (64 FR 2876), is 

chartered to provide advice to the 

Secretary on implementing the terms of 

the Federal Interagency Partnership on 

the Lake Tahoe Region and other 

matters raised by the Secretary. 

DATES: The meetings will be held March 

31, 2011 beginning at 10 a.m. and 

ending at 4 p.m. and April 6, 2011, 

beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 4 

p.m. and April 19, 2011 beginning at 10 

a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 

35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150. 

For Further Information or to Request 

an Accommodation (one week prior to 

meeting date) Contact: Arla Hains, Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest 

Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake 

Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda on March 31, 

2011: (1) Tahoe Working Group 

presentation on the Southern Nevada 

Public Management Act (SNPLMA) 

Round 12 capital project nominations 

and science themes, and (2) public 

comment. Items to be covered on the 

agenda on April 6 include: (1) Followup presentations on the SNPLMA 

Round 12 capital project nominations 

and science themes, and (2) public 

comments. Items to be covered on the 

agenda on April 9 include (1) LTFAC 

SNPLMA Round 12 preliminary 

recommendations for capital projects 

and science themes, and (2) public 

comment. 


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