Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 14, 2011 / Notices 56731 

1To view the notice, EA, risk assessments, the 

comments we received, and the FONSI, go to 

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

component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–

2011–0089. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–5(c), we are announcing the 

Administrator’s determination that the 

States of New South Wales, Northern 

Territory, Queensland, South Australia, 

Tasmania, and Victoria meet the criteria 

of § 319.56–5(a) and (b) with respect to 

freedom from Medfly and the State of 

Western Australia meets the criteria of 

§ 319.56–5(a) and (b) with respect to 

freedom from Queensland fruit fly. After 

reviewing the comments we receive on 

this notice, we will announce our 

decision regarding the status of these 

areas with respect to their freedom from 

Medfly and Queensland fruit fly. If the 

Administrator’s determination remains 

unchanged, we will amend the list of 

pest-free areas to list the States of New 

South Wales, Northern Territory, 

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, 

and Victoria as free of Medfly and the 

State of Western Australia as free of 

Queensland fruit fly. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

September 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23431 Filed 9–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0089] 

Oral Rabies Vaccine Trial; Availability 

of an Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to an 

oral rabies vaccination field trial in 

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: Dr. 

Dennis Slate, Rabies Program 

Coordinator, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 

59 Chennell Drive, Suite 7, Concord, NH 

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

of 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, or 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Wildlife Services (WS) program 

in 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 8, 2011, we published in 

the Federal Register (76 FR 48119– 

48120, Docket No. APHIS–2011–0089) 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 proposed field trial 

to test the safety and efficacy of an 

experimental oral rabies vaccine for 

wildlife in West Virginia. 

We solicited comments on the EA for 

30 days ending September 7, 2011. We 

received 13 comments by that date. 

They were from private citizens and 

representatives of public health, 

agriculture, and natural resources 

agencies in the United States and 

Canada. Nine of the commenters fully 

supported the proposed field trial. The 

remaining commenters presented 

specific questions or suggestions 

regarding the field trial or the 

experimental vaccine. All the 

comments, and APHIS’ responses to 

those comments, are presented in an 

appendix to the EA (see footnote 1). 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the 

implementation of a field trial to test the 

safety and efficacy of the AdRG1.3 

wildlife rabies vaccine in Greenbrier, 

Summers, and Monroe Counties, WV, 

including portions of U.S. Forest 

Service National Forest System lands, 

but excluding Wilderness Areas. The 

finding, which is based on 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 EA and FONSI may be viewed on 

the APHIS Web site at http://www.

aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_

nepa_environmental_documents.shtml 

and on the Regulations.gov Web site 

(see footnote 1). Copies of the EA and 

FONSI are also available for public 

inspection at USDA, room 1141, 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) 690–2817 to 

facilitate entry into the reading room. In 

addition, copies may be obtained as 

described 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) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

September 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23587 Filed 9–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Fremont and Winema Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting/field tour. 

SUMMARY: The Fremont and Winema 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Bly, Oregon and travel to various 

project sites along the North Fork of the 

Sprague River, for the purpose of 

monitoring and viewing active and 

completed Title II watershed restoration 

projects. The committee operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, under the provisions of 

Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act 

(Pub. L. 110–343) of 2000 (reauthorized 

in 2008). 

DATES: The tour will be held on Oct 6, 

2011 9 a.m.–14 p.m. 

ADDRESS: The tour will commence from 

Bly, OR onto the Fremont-Winema 

Forest and along the North Fork of the 

Sprague River including a private ranch. 

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