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and other relevant data, we have 

reached a preliminary determination 

that field testing this product 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 product 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 product, 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 October 24, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0077- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0077, 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-2013-0077 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, Section Leader, 

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; email: 

Donna.L.Malloy@aphis.usda.gov. For 

information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis (with confidential business 

information redacted), contact Dr. 

Patricia 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 

conducted a risk analysis to evaluate the 

potential effects of this product on the 

safety of animals, public health, and the 

environment. Using the risk analysis 

and other relevant data, APHIS has 

prepared an environmental assessment 

(EA) concerning the field testing of the 

following unlicensed product: 

Requester: Bayer HealthCare LLC, 

Animal Health Division. 

Product: DNA Immunostimulant. 

Possible Field Test Locations: Texas, 

Mississippi, and Georgia for poultry; 

Nebraska, Indiana, and Missouri for 

cattle. 

The above mentioned product 

consists of non-replicating plasmid 

DNA in an immunogenic complex for 

use as an immunostimulant. This 

product will be recommended for the 

reduction in morbidity and mortality 

due to Escherichia coli in chickens and 

reduction in bovine respiratory disease 

due to Mannheimia haemolytica in 

cattle. 

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 veterinary 

biological 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 product 

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 19th day of 

September 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23175 Filed 9–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0063] 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Bird Hazard 

Reduction Program at John F. 

Kennedy International Airport 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent and public 

scoping process. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that a supplemental environmental 

impact statement will be prepared by 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service to analyze a proposed method 

for managing hazards to aircraft at John 

F. Kennedy International Airport 

associated with non-native mute swans 

in the Gateway National Recreation 

Area. This action is a supplement to the 

Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John 

F. Kennedy International Airport Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

May 1994, and the Supplemental EIS, 

June 2012. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 24, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

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58516 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2013 / Notices 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0063- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0063, USDA–APHIS 

Wildlife Services, 1930 Route 9, 

Castleton, NY 12033–9653. 

Any comments we may receive on 

this notice may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0063 or 

at the New York USDA–APHIS Wildlife 

Services State Office at the address 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Office 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 (518) 477–4837 

before coming. 

This notice and associated documents 

are also posted on the APHIS Web site 

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

regulations/ws/ 

ws_environmental_new_york.shtml. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Martin Lowney, Wildlife Services, 

APHIS, 1930 Route 9, Castleton, NY 

12033–9653; (518) 477–4837. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), in 

cooperation with the Department of the 

Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and 

National Park Service, the Federal 

Aviation Administration, the New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation (NYSDEC), the Port 

Authority of New York and New Jersey, 

and the New York City Departments of 

Environmental Protection and Parks and 

Recreation, intends to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (SEIS) to consider additional 

methods to reduce aircraft hazards 

associated with the mute swan 

population in Gateway National 

Recreation Area. Subsequent to the 

completion of a 2012 Supplement to the 

Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John 

F. Kennedy International Airport Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 

1994, APHIS has determined there is a 

need for additional mute swan damage 

management beyond the impact 

parameter examined in the 2012 SEIS. 

The agencies are proposing to add 

additional techniques to the list of 

methods which may be used to reduce 

hazards from mute swans residing at 

Gateway National Recreation Area. 

Lethal methods could include shooting 

or euthanasia in conjunction with live 

traps. Non-lethal methods could include 

live-capture and adoption by private 

entities with some mobility restrictions 

(e.g., pinioned wings, no release on 

public waters, release on private ponds 

only, marking or banding individual 

birds, and sterilization). Live-capture 

and relocation is not being proposed as 

an alternative at this time because it is 

currently prohibited by the NYSDEC. 

APHIS will use an interdisciplinary 

approach in compliance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

Agency mandates, policies, and 

regulations to address the following 

questions in the proposed SEIS: 

• How can the agencies best respond 

to the need to minimize damage threats 

to aircraft and human safety from mute 

swan strikes? 

• What are the environmental 

impacts of implementing various 

management strategies, lethal and nonlethal, such as shooting, euthanasia, live 

capture, relocation, etc.? 

• Will the management strategies 

mentioned above have significant 

environmental impacts? 

The scope of the 2012 SEIS will be 

broadened to include analysis for 

expanded mute swan hazard 

management at the Gateway National 

Recreation Area. The SEIS will review 

the efficacy and impacts of current mute 

swan management efforts and analyze 

impacts of new and/or expanded 

methods for wildlife hazard 

management at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport. Members of the 

public are encouraged to visit the Web 

site for the SEIS at http:// 

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

ws_environmental_new_york.shtml to 

learn more about mute swan hazards to 

aircraft and methods for addressing 

hazards associated with mute swans at 

Gateway National Recreation Area. 

We anticipate that the draft SEIS will 

be available for review by the general 

public by November 30, 2013. The SEIS 

will be prepared in accordance with: (1) 

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 19th day of 

September 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23184 Filed 9–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Direct Loan 

Servicing-Regular 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

extension with a revision of a currently 

approved information collection that 

supports Direct Loan Servicing-Regular 

programs. The information is used to 

determine borrower compliance with 

loan agreements, assist the borrower in 

achieving business goals, and regular 

servicing of the loan account such as 

graduation, subordination, partial 

release, and use of proceeds. The 

number of respondents and annual 

number of responses in this information 

collection has been adjusted to reflect 

the improved reporting ability for 

respondents and to correct some 

calculation errors in the previous 

information collection numbers. No 

additional forms, response actions, or 

time increases (other than travel time) 

were added as part of this revision. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by November 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number, and the OMB control 

number and the title of the information 

collection of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: J. Lee Nault, Loan Specialist, 

USDA/FSA/FLP, STOP 0523, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0503. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting J. Lee Nault at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Lee Nault, Loan Specialist, Farm Service 

Agency, (202) 720–6834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: (7 CFR part 765) Farm Loan 

Programs—Direct Loan ServicingRegular. 

OMB Number: 0560–0236. 

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