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The CNAFR will operate under the 

provisions of the FACA and report to 

the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

purpose of the CNAFR is (1) to advise 

the Secretary of Agriculture on issues 

related to the participation of Native 

American farmers and ranchers in 

USDA farm loan programs; (2) to 

transmit recommendations concerning 

any changes to FSA regulations or 

internal guidance or other measures that 

would eliminate barriers to program 

participation for Native American 

farmers and ranchers; (3) to examine 

methods of maximizing the number of 

new farming and ranching opportunities 

created through the farm loan program 

through enhanced extension and 

financial literacy services; (4) to 

examine methods of encouraging 

intergovernmental cooperation to 

mitigate the effects of land tenure and 

probate issues on the delivery of USDA 

farm loan programs; (5) to evaluate other 

methods of creating new farming or 

ranching opportunities for Native 

American producers; and (6) to address 

other related issues as deemed 

appropriate. 

The Secretary of Agriculture selected 

a diverse group of members representing 

a broad spectrum of persons interested 

in providing solutions to the challenges 

of the aforementioned purposes. Equal 

opportunity practices were considered 

in all appointments to the CNAFR in 

accordance with USDA policies. The 

Secretary selected the members in May 

2012. Interested persons may present 

views, orally or in writing, on issues 

relating to agenda topics before the 

CNAFR. 

Written submissions may be 

submitted to the contact person on or 

before April 26, 2013. Oral 

presentations from the public will be 

scheduled between approximately 4:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 3, 2013. Those 

individuals interested in making formal 

oral presentations should notify the 

contact person and submit a brief 

statement of the general nature of the 

issue they wish to present and the 

names and addresses of proposed 

participants by April 26, 2013. All oral 

presentations will be given three (3) to 

five (5) minutes depending on the 

number of participants. 

OTR will also make all agenda topics 

available to the public via the OTR Web 

site: http://www.usda.gov/tribalrelations 

no later than 10 business days before the 

meeting and at the meeting. In addition, 

the minutes from the meeting will be 

posted on the OTR Web site. OTR 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

at the CNAFR meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact John Lowery, at least 10 

business days in advance of the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 4, 2013. 

Max Finberg, 

Acting Director, Office of Tribal Relations. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0020] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment for Field Testing of a 

Yersinia Pestis Vaccine, Live Raccoon 

Poxvirus Vector 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment concerning 

authorization to ship for the purpose of 

field testing, and then to field test, an 

unlicensed Yersinia Pestis Vaccine, Live 

Raccoon Poxvirus Vector. The 

environmental assessment, which is 

based on a risk analysis prepared to 

assess the risks associated with the field 

testing of this vaccine and related 

information, examines the potential 

effects that field testing this veterinary 

vaccine could have on the quality of the 

human environment. Based on the risk 

analysis and other relevant data, we 

have reached a preliminary 

determination that field testing this 

veterinary vaccine will not have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment, and that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. We intend to authorize 

shipment of this vaccine for field testing 

following the close of the comment 

period for this notice unless new 

substantial issues bearing on the effects 

of this action are brought to our 

attention. We also intend to issue a U.S. 

Veterinary Biological Product license for 

this vaccine, provided the field test data 

support the conclusions of the 

environmental assessment and the 

issuance of a finding of no significant 

impact and the product meets all other 

requirements for licensing. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 20, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0020- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0020, 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-2013-0020 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) 7997039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donna Malloy, Operational Support 

Section, Center for Veterinary Biologics, 

Policy, Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 148, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; phone (301) 

851–3426, fax (301) 734–4314. 

For information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment (as well as 

the risk analysis with confidential 

business information removed), contact 

Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager, 

Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy, 

Evaluation, and Licensing VS, APHIS, 

1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 844, 

Ames, IA 50010; phone (515) 337–6100, 

fax (515) 337–6120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151 

et seq.), a veterinary biological product 

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent, 

and efficacious before a veterinary 

biological product license may be 

issued. A field test is generally 

necessary to satisfy prelicensing 

requirements for veterinary biological 

products. Prior to conducting a field test 

on an unlicensed product, an applicant 

must obtain approval from the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’ 

authorization to ship the product for 

field testing. 

To determine whether to authorize 

shipment and grant approval for the 

field testing of the unlicensed product 

referenced in this notice, APHIS 

considers the potential effects of this 

product on the safety of animals, public 

health, and the environment. Using the 


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risk analysis and other relevant data, 

APHIS has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: U.S. Geological Survey, 

National Wildlife Health Center. 

Product: Yersinia Pestis Vaccine, Live 

Raccoon Poxvirus Vector. 

Possible Field Test Locations: 

Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New 

Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and 

Wyoming. 

The above-mentioned product 

consists of a live recombinant raccoon 

poxvirus vector expressing two Yersinia 

pestis proteins. The vaccine is for the 

oral vaccination of certain wildlife 

species, specifically free-ranging prairie 

dogs, as an aid in the prevention and 

control of sylvatic plague. 

The EA has 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). 

Unless substantial issues with adverse 

environmental impacts are raised in 

response to this notice, APHIS intends 

to issue a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) based on the EA and 

authorize shipment of the above product 

for the initiation of field tests following 

the close of the comment period for this 

notice. 

Because the issues raised by field 

testing and by issuance of a license are 

identical, APHIS has concluded that the 

EA that is generated for field testing 

would also be applicable to the 

proposed licensing action. Provided that 

the field test data support the 

conclusions of the original EA and the 

issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not 

intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI 

to support the issuance of the product 

license, and would determine that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue 

a veterinary biological product license 

for this vaccine following completion of 

the field test provided no adverse 

impacts on the human environment are 

identified and provided the product 

meets all other requirements for 

licensing. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151–159. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09144 Filed 4–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0053] 

Importation of Fresh Oranges and 

Tangerines From Egypt Into the United 

States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest list 

associated with oranges and tangerines 

from Egypt that identifies pests of 

concern. Subsequently, we prepared a 

commodity import evaluation document 

to determine the risk posed by peach 

fruit fly in oranges and tangerines from 

Egypt. Based on that evaluation, we 

have concluded that the application of 

one or more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the pest risk. In addition, we are 

advising the public that we have 

prepared a treatment evaluation 

document that describes a new 

treatment schedule that can be used to 

neutralize peach fruit fly and 

Mediterranean fruit fly in oranges and 

tangerines. We are making the pest list, 

commodity import evaluation 

document, and treatment evaluation 

document available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 17, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0053- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0053, 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–2012–0053 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tony Roma`n, Import Specialist, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2242. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart– 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–58), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent the introduction and 

dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

Oranges (Citrus sinensis) from Egypt 

were approved to be imported into the 

United States in 1969, subject to cold 

treatment for Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Ceratitis capitata); however, imports of 

oranges from Egypt were suspended in 

July 2002 due to the establishment of 

peach fruit fly (Bactrocera zonata), 

which is also a pest of citrus in Egypt. 

Currently, the importation of fresh 

oranges and tangerines (Citris reticulata) 

from Egypt is not authorized. We 

received a request from the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

Egypt to consider the use of cold 

treatment to mitigate for peach fruit fly 

in oranges and tangerines (including 

mandarins and clementines) based on 

new treatment data the NPPO 

developed. We determined that cold 

treatment can be effective for this pest. 

Because of the time that had passed 

since importation of oranges from Egypt 

was suspended, APHIS prepared a pest 

list to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation of oranges and 

tangerines from Egypt. Based on the pest 

list, we then completed a commodity 

import evaluation document (CIED) to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating the 

identified pests via the importation of 


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