79658 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 251 / Tuesday, December 31, 2013 / Notices 

1To view the notice, supporting documents, and 

the comments we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2013-0044. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0044] 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Animal Carcass Management 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

proposed scope of study; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our notice of intent 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement to examine the potential 

environmental effects of animal carcass 

management options used throughout 

the United States. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before January 30, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0044- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0044, 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-2013-0044 or 

in our reading room, located in Room 

1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th 

Street and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. 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: For 

questions related to the carcass 

management program, contact Ms. Lori 

P. Miller, PE, Senior Staff Officer, 

National Center for Animal Health 

Emergency Management, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–3512. For questions 

related to the environmental impact 

statement, 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: 

Background 

On October 25, 2013, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

published in the Federal Register (78 

FR 63959–63960, Docket No. APHIS– 

2013–0044) a notice 1 stating our intent 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to examine the potential 

environmental effects of animal carcass 

management options used throughout 

the United States. The EIS will analyze 

and compare all major and readily 

available mass carcass management 

options that may be utilized during an 

animal health emergency. 

Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before 

November 25, 2013. We are reopening 

the comment period on Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0044 for an additional 30 

days. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We will also consider 

all comments received between 

November 26, 2013 and the date of this 

notice. 

All comments received during the 

scoping period will be carefully 

considered in developing the final scope 

of the EIS. Upon completion of the draft 

EIS, a notice announcing its availability 

and an opportunity to comment on it 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

December 2013 . 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31194 Filed 12–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0025] 

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc.; 

Availability of Plant Pest Risk 

Assessment and Environmental 

Assessment for Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Apples 

Genetically Engineered To Resist 

Browning 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our plant pest risk 

assessment and draft environmental 

assessment regarding a request from 

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc., seeking 

a determination of nonregulated status 

of apple events designated as events 

GD743 and GS784, which have been 

genetically engineered to resist 

browning. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published November 8, 2013 (78 

FR 67100) is reopened. We will consider 

all comments that we receive on or 

before January 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0025. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0025, 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-2012-0025 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. 

Supporting documents are also 

available on the APHIS Web site at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

biotechnology/petitions_table_

pending.shtml under APHIS Petition 

Number 10–161–01p. 

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 supporting documents for 

this petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: cynthia.a.eck@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 8, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 67100–67101, 

Docket No. APHIS–2012–0025) a notice 

making available for public comment 

our plant pest risk assessment and our 


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