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1To view the notice, supporting document, and 

the comments we received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2019-0002. 

the nutrition assessment process used 

by local agencies in the Supplemental 

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 

and Children (WIC) to identify nutrition 

risks and apply that information to the 

tailoring of participant benefits. This 

study will provide the Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) with a 

comprehensive, detailed description of 

the WIC nutrition risk assessment 

process and explore the ways in which 

WIC clinics tailor participant benefits to 

address the results of the assessment. It 

will also evaluate the relationship 

between this process and participant 

program satisfaction. This study is an 

FNS priority resulting from policy 

changes from the publication in 2006 of 

the ‘‘Value Enhanced Nutrition 

Assessment (VENA) in WIC: The First 

Step in Quality Nutrition Services’’ and 

the publication in October 2009 of the 

interim final rule, ‘‘Revisions in the WIC 

Food Packages,’’ both of which affected 

the nutrition assessment or nutrition 

services process. Section 28 of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act as amended by the Healthy, 

Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–296, Section 305) provides the 

general statutory authority for this 

study. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This voluntary study will collect data 

from state and local government 

respondents in WIC State and Local 

Agencies, and in WIC clinics; 

businesses and other for-profit and nonprofit institutions in the form of WIC 

Local Agencies and WIC clinics, and 

WIC Participants. FNS will use the 

information gathered from this study to 

inform program guidance and technical 

assistance related to the nutrition 

assessment process to support the 

implementation of best practices that 

meet the goals ensuring satisfaction 

with the program experience, promoting 

self-sufficiency, and improving the 

nutrition and health of women and 

children who participate in WIC. The 

study will identify specific practices or 

features of the nutrition services process 

associated with participant and staff 

satisfaction, reduced staff burden, and 

improved efficiency and will also 

provide FNS with a comprehensive, 

detailed description of the WIC 

nutrition risk assessment process, 

including how WIC staff apply the 

process to tailoring participant benefits. 

FNS published a notice on Friday, 

July 19, 2019, in the Federal Register, 

Volume 84, Number 139, pages 34849 to 

34858, and provided a 60-day period for 

public comments. This collection has 

not changed significantly since the 

publication of the 60-Day Notice. FNS 

made some updates to their accounting 

of burden to streamline the burden 

table. These changes did decrease the 

number of responses, but the burden 

hours only increased slightly. There was 

a delay to submit this collection due to: 

(1) The high number of regulations 

which FNS is trying to issue by the end 

of the year, each of which includes 

associated Information Collection 

Request (ICRs) and (2) COVID–19 rated 

Emergency ICRs and Guidance 

Documents which necessitate priority 

attention. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; businesses 

or other for-profit, non-profit 

institutions, and individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,454. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One-time only. 

Total Burden Hours: 870. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0002] 

Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

the Release of Aphalara itadori for the 

Biological Control of Japanese, Giant, 

and Bohemian Knotweeds 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a final 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact relative to the 

release of Aphalara itadori for the 

biological control of Japanese, Giant, 

and Bohemian knotweeds (Fallopia 

japonica, F. sachalinensis, and F. x 

bohemica), significant invasive weeds, 

within the contiguous United States. 

Based on our finding of no significant 

impact, we have determined that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Colin D. Stewart, Assistant Director, 

Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol 

Permits, Permitting and Compliance 

Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2327; email: 

Colin.Stewart@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invasive 

knotweeds in North America are a 

complex of three closely related species 

in the family Polygonaceae that were 

introduced from Japan during the late 

19th century. They include Fallopia 

japonica (Japanese knotweed), F. 

sachalinensis (Giant knotweed), and the 

hybrid between the two, F. x bohemica 

(Bohemian knotweed). These large 

herbaceous perennials have spread 

throughout much of North America, 

with the greatest infestations in the 

Pacific Northwest, the northeast of the 

United States, and eastern Canada. 

While capable of growing in diverse 

habitats, the knotweeds have become 

especially problematic along the banks 

and floodplains of rivers and streams, 

where they crowd out native plants and 

potentially affect stream nutrients and 

food webs. While several States have 

active control programs against 

knotweeds, the inaccessibility of some 

of the infestations and the difficulty 

with which the plants are killed suggest 

that complete eradication of knotweeds 

within the United States is unlikely. 

The Hokkaido and Kyushu biotypes of 

the insect, Aphalara itadori, were 

chosen as potential biological control 

organisms. The biotypes are expected to 

reduce the severity of infestations of 

Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian 

knotweed, and are known to be highly 

host specific due to their intimate 

relationship with their host plants. 

On May 28, 2019, we published in the 

Federal Register (84 FR 24463–24464, 

Docket No. APHIS–2019–0002) 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 release of Aphalara 

itadori for the biological control of 

Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian 

knotweed within the contiguous United 

States. Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before June 

27, 2019; however, we reopened the 

comment period for an additional 60 

days ending August 26, 2019 in a 

subsequent notice (84 FR 37825–37826, 

Docket No. APHIS–2019–0002). We 

received 300 comments by that date. 

Our responses to the comments are 

included in the final EA. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the release of 

Aphalara itadori for the biological 

control of Japanese, Giant, and 


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Bohemian knotweeds (F. japonica, F. 

sachalinensis, and F. x bohemica) 

within the contiguous United States. 

The finding, which is based on the EA, 

reflects our determination that release of 

Aphalara itadori for the biological 

control of Japanese, Giant, and 

Bohemian knotweeds (F. japonica, F. 

sachalinensis, and F. x bohemica) will 

not have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Concurrent with this announcement, we 

will issue a permit for the release of 

Aphalara itadori for the biological 

control of Japanese, Giant, and 

Bohemian knotweeds (F. japonica, F. 

sachalinensis, and F. x bohemica). 

The EA and FONSI may be viewed on 

the Regulations.gov website (see 

footnote 1). Copies of the EA and FONSI 

are also available for public inspection 

at USDA, room 1620, 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) 799–7039 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) Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service’s NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

November 2020. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Massachusetts Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the 

Massachusetts Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene by 

conference call on Wednesday, 

December 16, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. (ET). 

The purpose of the meeting is to review 

and vote on a report on water 

accessibility in Massachusetts. 

DATES: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 

at 11:30 a.m. (ET). 

Public Call-In Information: 

Conference call-in number: 1–800–353– 

6461 and conference ID: 2739300. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor at ero@usccr.gov or by 

phone at 202–376–7533. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

members of the public may listen to the 

discussion by calling the following tollfree Conference call-in number: 1–800– 

353–6461 and conference ID: 2739300. 

Please be advised that before placing 

them into the conference call, the 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to provide their names, their 

organizational affiliations (if any), and 

email addresses (so that callers may be 

notified of future meetings). Callers can 

expect to incur charges for calls they 

initiate over wireless lines, and the 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

conference call-in number. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind 

and hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Federal Relay Service 

operator with the conference call-in 

numbers: 1–800–353–6461 and 

conference ID: 2739300. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the respective 

meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Barbara Delaviez at ero@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (202) 809– 

9618. Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at the www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

at the above phone number or email 

address. 

Agenda 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020; 11:30 

a.m. (ET) 

1. Roll Call 

2. Review and Edit Report on Water 

Accessibility in Massachusetts 

3. Other Business 

4. Open Comment 

5. Adjourn 

Dated: November 24, 2020. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the Maine 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the Maine Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold three meetings. 

One will be on Friday, December 11, 

2020, at 2:30 p.m. (ET) for the purpose 

of hearing from the public on the 

challenges to digital access in Maine. 

The second and third meetings will be 

on Thursdays, December 17, 2020 and 

January 21, 2021, both at 12:00 p.m. for 

the purpose of hearing testimony about 

digital equity issues in Maine. 

DATES: Friday, December 11, 2020, at 

2:30 p.m. ET; Thursday, December 17, 

2020, at 12:00 p.m.; Thursday, January 

21, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. 

Public Call Information for Both 

Meetings: Dial: 1–800–367–2403; 

conference ID: 1644409. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, at ero@usccr.gov or 202– 

921–2212. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to the 

discussions. These meetings are 

available to the public through the 

above listed toll-free number. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. An open comment period for 

each date will be provided to allow 

members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 


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