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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 

1The list of regions comprising the APHISdefined European CSF region and the lists of 

regions considered free of FMD, SVD, and 

rinderpest are located on the APHIS Web site at: 

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

ourfocus/importexport?1dmy&

urile=wcm%3apath%3a%2Faphis_content_

library%2Fsa_our_focus%2Fsa_animal_

health%2Fsa_import_into_us%2Fct_animal_

disease_status. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0042] 

Notice of Availability of an Evaluation 

of the Classical Swine Fever, Foot-andMouth Disease, Swine Vesicular 

Disease, and Rinderpest Status of 

Croatia 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we determined that the Republic of 

Croatia is free of foot-and-mouth 

disease, swine vesicular disease, and 

rinderpest and is low risk for classical 

swine fever. We are making our 

determinations, as well as an evaluation 

we have prepared in connection with 

this action, available for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 6, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2014-0042. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0042, 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-2014-0042 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Donald Link, Import Risk Analyst, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services, 

National Import Export Services, 

Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main 

Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 

27606; (919) 855–7731; Donald.B.Link@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to 

below as the regulations) govern the 

importation of certain animals and 

animal products into the United States 

to prevent the introduction of various 

animal diseases, including classical 

swine fever (CSF), foot-and-mouth 

disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease 

(SVD), and rinderpest. The regulations 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

live ruminants and swine, and products 

from these animals, from regions where 

these diseases are considered to exist. 

Within part 94, § 94.1 contains 

requirements governing the importation 

of ruminants and swine from regions 

where rinderpest or FMD exists and the 

importation of the meat of any 

ruminants or swine from regions where 

rinderpest or FMD exists to prevent the 

introduction of either disease into the 

United States. We consider rinderpest 

and FMD to exist in all regions except 

those listed in accordance with 

paragraph (a) of that section as free of 

rinderpest and FMD. 

Section 94.9 contains requirements 

governing the importation of pork and 

pork products from regions where CSF 

exists. Section 94.10 contains 

importation requirements for swine 

from regions where CSF is considered to 

exist and designates the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS)-defined European CSF region 

as a single region of low-risk for CSF. 

Section 94.31 contains requirements 

governing the importation of pork, pork 

products, and swine from the APHISdefined European CSF region. We 

consider CSF to exist in all regions of 

the world except those listed in 

accordance with paragraph (a) of § 94.9 1

as free of the disease. 

Section 94.11 of the regulations 

contains requirements governing the 

importation of meat of any ruminants or 

swine from regions that have been 

determined to be free of rinderpest and 

FMD, but that are subject to certain 

restrictions because of their proximity to 

or trading relationships with rinderpestor FMD-affected regions. Such regions 

are listed in accordance with paragraph 

(a) of that section. 

Section 94.12 of the regulations 

contains requirements governing the 

importation of pork or pork products 

from regions where SVD exists. We 

consider SVD to exist in all regions of 

the world except those listed in 

accordance with paragraph (a) of that 

section as free of SVD. 

Section 94.13 contains importation 

requirements governing the importation 

of pork or pork products from regions 

that have been declared free of SVD as 

provided in § 94.12(a) but supplement 

their national pork supply by the 

importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) 

meat of animals from regions where 

SVD is considered to exist, or have a 

common border with such regions, or 

have trade practices that are less 

restrictive than are acceptable to the 

United States. Such regions are listed in 

accordance with paragraph (a) of 

§ 94.13. 

Section 94.14 states that no swine 

which are moved from or transit any 

region in which SVD is known to exist 

may be imported into the United States 

except wild swine imported in 

accordance with § 94.14(b). 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 92, 

§ 92.2, contain requirements for 

requesting the recognition of the animal 

health status of a region (as well as for 

the approval of the export of a particular 

type of animal or animal product to the 

United States from a foreign region). If, 

after review and evaluation of the 

information submitted in support of the 

request, APHIS believes the request can 

be safely granted, APHIS will make its 

evaluation available for public comment 

through a document published in the 

Federal Register. Following the close of 

the comment period, APHIS will review 

all comments received and will make a 

final determination regarding the 

request that will be detailed in another 


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2The FONSI for Croatia incorporates by reference 

an EA prepared for Slovakia that addresses the 

potential environmental impacts of CSF, FMD, 

SVD, and rinderpest for Slovakia and other EU 

Member States. 

document published in the Federal 

Register. 

The Republic of Croatia submitted a 

request to APHIS to evaluate the CSF, 

FMD, SVD, and rinderpest status of the 

country. In response to this request, 

APHIS conducted a qualitative risk 

assessment to evaluate Croatia with 

respect to these diseases. Based on this 

evaluation, APHIS recognizes Croatia to 

be free of FMD, SVD, and rinderpest, 

and low risk for CSF. APHIS has also 

determined that the surveillance, 

prevention, and control measures 

implemented by the European Union 

(EU) and Croatia, an EU Member State, 

are sufficient to minimize the likelihood 

of introducing CSF, FMD, SVD, and 

rinderpest into the United States via 

imports of species or products 

susceptible to these diseases. Our 

determinations support adding Croatia 

to the Web-based list of regions 

comprising the APHIS-defined 

European CSF region, which APHIS 

considers to be low risk for CSF, and to 

the respective Web-based lists of regions 

APHIS considers free of FMD, SVD, and 

rinderpest. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 92.2(e), we are announcing the 

availability of our evaluation of the CSF, 

FMD, SVD, and rinderpest status of 

Croatia for public review and comment. 

We are also announcing the availability 

of an environmental assessment (EA) 

and a finding of no significant impact 

(FONSI) 2 which 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 provision 

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). The evaluation, EA, and FONSI 

may be viewed on the Regulations.gov 

Web site or in our reading room. 

(Instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room 

are provided under the heading 

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 

notice.) The documents are also 

available by contacting the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Information submitted in support of 

Croatia’s original request is available by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the disease status of Croatia 

under consideration with respect to 

CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest and the 

import status of susceptible animals and 

products of such animals in a 

subsequent notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

January 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02011 Filed 2–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0047] 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence 

ACTION: Notice of workshop listening 

session and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

is holding a 2-day, invitation-only 

workshop on agricultural coexistence, 

the concurrent cultivation of 

conventional, organic, identitypreserved, and genetically engineered 

crops consistent with farmer choices 

and consumer preferences. The 

objective of the workshop is to advance 

an understanding of agricultural 

coexistence and discuss how to make 

coexistence achievable and a basic 

consideration for all stakeholders. 

Workshop participants will represent a 

broad range of interests and experience 

relating to agricultural coexistence. The 

public is invited to listen to or watch 

the workshop sessions via phone and/or 

Webcast, after which they will have the 

opportunity to provide comments on the 

proposals discussed. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

March 12–13, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 

p.m. Comments on the workshop will be 

accepted from March 13, 2015, through 

March 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Call-in and Webcast 

information is available at the 

agricultural coexistence workshop Web 

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

wps/portal/aphis/newsroom/

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holders%2Fct_coexistence_meeting. 

You may submit comments following 

the workshop by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0047. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0047, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Any comments we receive on this 

docket may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS-2013-0047 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Tadle, Program Analyst, 

Planning, Evaluation, and Decision 

Support, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 120, Riverdale, MD 20737, (301) 

851–3140; Michael.A.Tadle@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Over the 

past decade, the number of acres on 

which American farmers are growing 

genetically engineered (GE) plants has 

increased significantly, and GE crop 

production continues to rise in output 

and variety. At the same time, farmers 

across the United States are producing 

greater quantities of identity-preserved 

non-GE and organic crops to meet 

growing consumer demand. As a result, 

the interactions of GE and identitypreserved non-GE production chains are 

becoming more significant for American 

farmers and consumers, the agriculture 

industry, and the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA or the 

Department). USDA supports the 

successful coexistence of these different 

forms of agricultural production and 

recognizes that each contributes to the 

overall health of farming and rural 


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