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sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James L. White, Pest Permitting Branch, 

Registration, Identification, Permitting, 

and Plant Safeguarding, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1237; (301) 734–8713. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing 

to issue permits for the release of a 

bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis 

japonensis, into the continental United 

States for the biological control of the 

larval stage of Japanese beetle (Popillia 

japonica). 

Japanese beetle is native to Japan 

where it is not a significant pest and 

was first discovered in the United States 

in 1916 near Riverton, NJ. APHIS has 

administered regulations regarding 

Japanese beetle since 1979 to prevent its 

spread to new areas. Currently, 28 States 

and the District of Columbia are 

quarantined under 7 CFR 301.48 

because of the presence of Japanese 

beetle. 

To control Japanese beetle, turf care 

professionals and homeowners use large 

quantities of several chemical 

insecticides. While these chemicals can 

be effective, their use can result in 

potential environmental and health 

issues. Currently, there are very few 

biological control options for Japanese 

beetle control. While these natural 

products do not present the potential 

environmental impact that standard 

insecticides do, they tend to provide 

inconsistent grub pest control at best. 

Thus, a permit application has been 

submitted to APHIS for the purpose of 

releasing a soil dwelling bacterium, B. 

thuringiensis japonensis to reduce the 

severity of infestations of Japanese 

beetle in the United States in turfgrass. 

The field tests requested will be 

performed in five States: Massachusetts, 

New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Rhode 

Island. Additional locations in different 

States may be authorized if a finding of 

no significant impact is reached for the 

environmental assessment (EA). 

APHIS’ review and analysis of the 

proposed action are documented in 

detail in a draft EA titled ‘‘Field Release 

of Bacillus thuringiensis apnensis, a 

Bacterium for Biological Control of 

Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica 

(Cloeoptera:Scarabaeidae), in Five 

States’’ (February 2009). We are making 

the EA available to the public for review 

and comment. We will consider all 

comments that we receive on or before 

the date listed under the heading DATES

at the beginning of this notice. 

The EA may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the EA 

by calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the title of the 

EA when requesting copies. 

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). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

September 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–23326 Filed 9–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0054] 

Fiscal Year 2010 Veterinary Import/ 

Export User Fees and Veterinary 

Diagnostic Services User Fees 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user 

fees charged for import- and exportrelated services that we provide for 

animals, animal products, birds, germ 

plasm, organisms, and vectors and for 

certain veterinary diagnostic services. 

The purpose of this notice is to remind 

the public of the user fees for fiscal year 

2010 (October 1, 2009, through 

September 30, 2010). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on Veterinary Services 

import and export program operations, 

contact Dr. Freeda Isaac, Director, 

National Center for Import and Export, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734– 

8364. 

For information on Veterinary 

Diagnostic program operations, contact 

Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National 

Veterinary Services Laboratories, VS, 

APHIS, 1800 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 

50010; (515) 663–7301. 

For information concerning user fee 

rate development, contact Mrs. Kris 

Caraher, Section Head, User Fees 

Section, Financial Services Branch, 

FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

734–5901. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Veterinary Import/Export User Fees 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 130 

(referred to below as the regulations) list 

user fees for import- and export-related 

services provided by the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

for animals, animal products, birds, 

germ plasm, organisms, and vectors. 

These user fees are authorized by 

section 2509(c)(1) of the Food, 

Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 

Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C. 

136a), which provides that the Secretary 

of Agriculture may establish and collect 

fees that will cover the cost of providing 

import- and export-related services for 

animals, animal products, birds, germ 

plasm, organisms, and vectors. 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register on March 30, 2009 (74 

FR 13999–14006, Docket No. APHIS– 

2006–0144), and effective April 29, 

2009, we established, for fiscal years 

2009 through 2013, user fees for those 

services. 

The veterinary import/export user 

fees are found in §§ 130.2 through 

130.11 and §§ 130.20 through 130.30 of 

the regulations and cover the following: 

• Any service rendered by an APHIS 

representative for each animal or bird 

receiving standard housing, care, feed 

and handling while quarantined in the 

APHIS-owned or -operated animal 

import center or quarantine facility; 

• Birds or poultry, including zoo 

birds or poultry, receiving nonstandard 

housing, care, or handling to meet 

special requirements while quarantined 

in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal 

import center or quarantine facility; 

• Exclusive use of space at APHIS 

Animal Import Centers; 

• Processing import permit 

applications; 

• Any service rendered by an APHIS 

representative for live animals 

presented for importation or entry into 

the United States through a land border 

port along the United States-Mexico 

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• Any service rendered for live 

animals at land border ports along the 

United States-Canada border; 

• Miscellaneous services; 

• Pet birds; 

• The inspection of various import 

and export facilities and establishments; 

• The endorsement of export health 

certificates that do not require the 

verification of tests or vaccinations; 

• The endorsement of export health 

certificates that require the verification 

of tests and vaccinations; and, 

• Hourly rate and minimum user fees. 

On October 1, 2009, the veterinary 

import/export user fees for fiscal year 

2010 will take effect. You may view the 

regulations in 9 CFR part 130, which 

includes charts showing all the fiscal 

year 2010 veterinary import/export user 

fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov, 

at http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0054. 

Veterinary Diagnostic Services User 

Fees 

User fees to reimburse APHIS for the 

costs of providing veterinary diagnostic 

services are also contained in 9 CFR part 

130. These user fees are authorized by 

section 2509(c) of the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as 

amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which 

provides that the Secretary of 

Agriculture may, among other things, 

prescribe regulations and collect fees to 

recover the costs of veterinary 

diagnostics relating to the control and 

eradication of communicable diseases of 

livestock and poultry within the United 

States. 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register on December 19, 2007 

(72 FR 71744–71750, Docket No. 

APHIS–2006–0161), and effective 

January 18, 2008, we established, for 

fiscal years 2008 through 2012 and 

beyond, user fees for certain veterinary 

diagnostic services, including certain 

diagnostic tests, reagents, and other 

veterinary diagnostic materials and 

services. Veterinary diagnostics is the 

work performed in a laboratory to 

determine whether a disease-causing 

organism or chemical agent is present in 

body tissues or cells and, if so, to 

identify those organisms or agents. 

Services in this category include: (1) 

Performing identification, serology, and 

pathobiology tests and providing 

diagnostic reagents and other veterinary 

diagnostic materials and services for the 

National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, IA; and 

(2) performing laboratory tests and 

providing reagents and other veterinary 

diagnostic materials and services at the 

NVSL Foreign Animal Disease 

Diagnostic Laboratory (NVSL FADDL) in 

Greenport, NY. 

The veterinary diagnostic services 

user fees are found in §§ 130.12 through 

130.19 and cover the following: 

• Virology identification tests 

performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) 

or other authorized sites; 

• Bacteriology serology tests 

performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) 

or other authorized sites; 

• Virology serology tests performed at 

NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other 

authorized sites; 

• Veterinary diagnostic tests 

performed at the Pathobiology 

Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) 

or other authorized sites; 

• Bacteriology reagents produced by 

the Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory 

at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other 

authorized sites; 

• Virology reagents produced by the 

Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at NVSL 

(excluding FADDL) or other authorized 

sites; and, 

• Other veterinary diagnostic services 

or materials available from NVSL 

(excluding FADDL). 

On October 1, 2009, the veterinary 

diagnostic services user fees for fiscal 

year 2010 will take effect. You may view 

the regulations in 9 CFR part 130, which 

includes charts showing all the fiscal 

year 2010 veterinary import/export user 

fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov, at 

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

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0054. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

September 2009. 

Karen Grillo, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–23320 Filed 9–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). 

Dates: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (9 

a.m. to 3 p.m., times may be adjusted). 

Location: Jack Morton Auditorium, Media 

and Public Affairs Building, George 

Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20052. 

Please note that this is the anticipated 

agenda and is subject to change. 

Keynote: The Administrator-designate, or if 

there is not yet a designated nominee, the 

Acting Administrator, Alonzo Fulgham, will 

present an update from the front office of 

USAID on the current initiatives underway at 

USAID. 

Keynote: Franklin Moore, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, Bureau for Africa, USAID, 

will present an overview of food security 

issues and programs at USAID and frame the 

discussion of the panel following on best 

(and worst) practices in implementing food 

security programs overseas. 

The primary focus of the meeting will be 

on food security and what has and has not 

worked in implementing these programs. 

There will be a panel discussion on this 

topic. 

Stakeholders. The meeting is free and open 

to the public. Persons wishing to attend the 

meeting can register online at http:// 

www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa or with 

Deborah Lewis at dlewis@usaid.gov or 202– 

712–0936. 

September 22, 2009. 

Deborah Lewis, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, U.S. 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–23314 Filed 9–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Jones and NOAA Awards 

Nominations. 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 25. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 

Burden Hours: 25. 

Needs and Uses: The 1990 

reauthorization of the Coastal Zone 

Management Act (CZMA) authorized 

NOAA to ‘‘implement a program to 

promote excellence in coastal zone 

management by identifying and 

acknowledging outstanding 

accomplishments in the field.’’ As 

authorized in Section 314 of the CZMA, 

the Walter B. Jones Awards recognize 

three categories of excellence: Coastal 

Steward of the Year, Excellence in Local 

Government, and Excellence in Coastal 

and Marine Graduate Study. The CZMA 

authorizes NOAA to conduct public 

ceremonies to acknowledge such 

awards, which are based on responses to 

a biannual call for nominations. 

In conjunction with the Walter B. 

Jones Awards, NOAA instituted several 


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