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1To view the notice, the EA and the comments 

we received on it, and the FONSI, go to http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012

-0052. The comments, and APHIS’ responses to the 

comments, are presented in an appendix to the EA. 

2To view the June 2013 notice, the comment we 

received on it, and the supplement to the EA, go 

to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS-2013-0046. 

and West Virginia. 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: Mr. 

Richard Chipman, Rabies Program 

Coordinator, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 

59 Chennell Drive, Suite 7, Concord, NH 

03301; (603) 223–9623. To obtain copies 

of the supplement to the environmental 

assessment or finding of no significant 

impact, contact Ms. Beth Kabert, 

Environmental Coordinator, Wildlife 

Services, 140–C Locust Grove Road, 

Pittstown, NJ 08867; (908) 735–5654, fax 

(908) 735–0821, email: 

beth.e.kabert@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Wildlife Services (WS) program 

of the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) cooperates 

with Federal agencies, State and local 

governments, and private individuals to 

research and implement the best 

methods of managing conflicts between 

wildlife and human health and safety, 

agriculture, property, and natural 

resources. Wildlife-borne diseases that 

can affect domestic animals and humans 

are among the types of conflicts that 

APHIS–WS addresses. Wildlife is the 

dominant reservoir of rabies in the 

United States. 

On August 16, 2012, APHIS–WS 

published in the Federal Register (77 

FR 49409–49410, Docket No. APHIS– 

2012–0052) a notice 1 announcing the 

availability of an environmental 

assessment (EA) and finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) pertaining to 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the implementation of a 

field trial to test the safety and efficacy 

of an experimental oral rabies vaccine 

for wildlife in New Hampshire, New 

York, Ohio, Vermont, and West 

Virginia. Based on the FONSI, we 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

On June 5, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 33798–33799, 

Docket No. APHIS–2013–0046) a 

notice 2 in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of a supplement to the earlier 

EA. Our objectives in issuing the 

supplement to the EA were as follows: 

• To examine the potential 

environmental impacts of expanding the 

geographic range of the field trial zone 

in New York; 

• To examine the potential 

environmental impacts of the field trial 

in relation to new information that has 

become available from public 

comments, research findings, and data 

gathering since the issuance of the 2012 

FONSI; 

• To clearly communicate to the 

public our analysis of the individual 

and cumulative impacts of the field trial 

since 2012; and 

• To document our analysis of our 

field-trial activities in New Hampshire, 

New York, Ohio, Vermont, and West 

Virginia since the 2012 FONSI was 

issued to ensure that program activities 

remain within the impact parameters 

analyzed in the original EA. 

We solicited comments on the 

supplement to the EA for 30 days 

ending July 5, 2013. We received one 

comment by that date. It was from a 

private citizen who had already 

submitted five comments on the original 

EA. The comment contained no new 

information. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of the availability of an updated 

FONSI regarding the potential 

environmental impact associated with 

our oral rabies vaccine field trial. The 

finding, which is based on the EA and 

the supplement to the EA, reflects our 

determination that the distribution of 

this experimental wildlife rabies 

vaccine will not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. 

The supplement to the EA and the 

updated FONSI may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see footnote 

2) 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. 

This notice and the supplemental 

environmental assessment are also 

posted on the APHIS Web site at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_

nepa_environmental_documents.shtml. 

In addition, copies may be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The supplement to 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 12th day of 

August 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19835 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0056] 

Wildlife Services Policy on Wildlife 

Damage Management in Urban Areas 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services 

(APHIS–WS) program is making a 

policy decision on how to define ‘‘urban 

rodent control,’’ as referred to in the Act 

of December 22, 1987. This action is 

necessary to make it clearer when 

APHIS–WS may or may not conduct 

activities and enter into agreements in 

order to control nuisance rodent species 

or those rodent species that are 

reservoirs for zoonotic diseases. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William H. Clay, Deputy Administrator, 

Wildlife Services, APHIS, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20250; 202–799–7095. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Wildlife is a publicly owned natural 

resource in the United States, and State 

and Federal wildlife agencies have an 

affirmative duty and responsibility to 

administer, protect, manage and 

conserve fish and wildlife. The mission 

of the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services 

(APHIS–WS) program is to provide 

Federal leadership in managing 

problems caused by wildlife. This 

includes determining and implementing 

both research of and methods for 

controlling animal species that are 

injurious to agriculture, horticulture, 

forestry, animal husbandry, endangered 

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resources, property, and that create a 

risk to human health and safety. To this 

end, APHIS–WS cooperates with 

Federal agencies, State and local 

governments, and private individuals to 

research and implement the best 

methods of managing conflicts between 

wildlife and human health and safety, 

agriculture, property, and natural 

resources. 

Under the Act of December 22, 1987 

(7 U.S.C. 426c), APHIS–WS is 

authorized, except for urban rodent 

control, to conduct activities and enter 

into agreements to control nuisance bird 

and mammal species or those bird and 

mammal species that are reservoirs of 

zoonotic diseases. While the Act makes 

an exception for urban rodent control, it 

does not define the term. This has led 

to confusion about when APHIS–WS 

may provide wildlife damage control 

assistance and has created an overlap in 

services with private sector pest control 

companies in urban and suburban areas. 

The term ‘‘rodent’’ refers to the group 

of mammals that includes rats, mice, 

chipmunks, squirrels, porcupines, and 

groundhogs, among other species. 

Therefore, to maximize Federal 

resources and reduce duplication of 

services, we are considering ‘‘urban 

rodent control,’’ for the purposes of 

activities authorized by the Act of 

December 22, 1987, to mean actions to 

directly control mice, rats, voles, 

squirrels, chipmunks, gophers, and 

woodchucks/groundhogs in a city or 

town with a population greater than 

50,000 inhabitants, as well as the 

urbanized area contiguous and adjacent 

to such a city or town. 

There are some categories of actions 

for which APHIS will continue to 

consider requests for operational 

assistance. Specifically, actions 

involving Federal agencies; government 

entities engaged in a cooperative service 

agreement with APHIS to provide direct 

control of rodents as of October 1, 2013; 

a State in which direct control of the 

rodent species has been expressly 

authorized by State law, rulemaking, or 

a local jurisdiction’s ordinance 

promulgated by public notice and an 

opportunity for public comment or as 

otherwise promulgated as required and 

authorized by the respective State or 

local law; and railways and airport air 

sides areas are excluded from this 

definition. Otherwise, APHIS will refer 

all requests for operational assistance 

with urban rodent control from private 

entities such as home and business 

owners and associations to private 

sector pest control companies. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19831 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lyon-Mineral County Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Lyon-Mineral County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Yerrington, Nevada. The 

RAC is meeting as authorized under the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110– 

343) and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The RAC’s 

purpose is to improve collaborative 

relationships and to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Forest Service 

concerning projects and funding 

consisent with Title II of the Act. The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 

reduced funding and possible 

distribution for the 5th year Title II 

projects. 

DATES: The meetings will be held at 

10:00 a.m. on the following dates: 

• September 3rd, 2013 

• September 11th, 2013 

• September 25th, 2013 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Commissioners Meeting Room, Lyon 

County Administration Complex, 27 

South Main Street, Yerington, Nevada. 

Written comments may be submitted as 

described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at http:// 

fs.usda.gov/goto/htnf/rac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Crawley, RAC Designated Federal 

Official, Bridgeport Ranger District, 

760–932–7070. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. Please make requests in 

advance for sign language interpreting, 

assistive listening devices, or other 

reasonable accomodation for access to 

the facility or procedings by contacting 

the person listed FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted at 

the meetings: (1) Discussion of reduced 

5th year funding and possible 

distribution for Title II projects; and (2) 

Public Comments. Persons who wish to 

bring related matters to the attention of 

the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff 

before or after the meeting. The agenda 

will include time for people to make 

oral statements of three minutes or less. 

Individuals wishing to make an oral 

statement should request in writing by 

August 30th to be scheduled on the 

agenda. 

Written comments and requests for 

time for oral comments must be sent to 

Mike Crawley, RAC Designated Federal 

Officer, Bridgeport Ranger District, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, HC 

62 Box 1000, Bridgeport, CA 93517, or 

by email to mcrawley@fs.fed.us or via 

facsimile to 760–932–5899. 

Dated: August 5, 2013. 

William A. Dunkelberger, 

Forest Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19752 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funds Availability for the 

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 

Program for Fiscal Year 2013 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

funds available for loans and grants 

under the Rural Microentrepreneur 

Assistance Program (RMAP) pursuant to 

7 CFR part 4280, subpart D for fiscal 

year (FY) 2013. 

Total Funding: $12,224,613.35 

Technical Assistance (TA) Only Grants: 

$300,000 

Microlender TA Grants: $1,209,696.97 

Loans: $10,714,916.38 

The minimum loan amount a 

Microenterprise Development 

Organization (MDO) may borrow under 

this program is $50,000. The maximum 

loan any MDO may borrower in any 

given year is $500,000. The maximum 

amount of Technical Assistance (TA)- 

only grants in FY 2013 is $30,000 per 

grantee and total TA-only grants 

funding will not exceed 10 percent of 


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