Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2010 / Notices 2845 

1 To view the notice, the environmental 

assessment, and the comments we have received, go 

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

component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0059). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original notice of intent to prepare the 

Deerfield Wind Project EIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 15, 2005 (Vol. 70, No. 135, page 

409750). A revised notice of intent was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 27, 2007 (Vol. 72, No. 187, 

page 54893) to notice the public of 

changes to the project timeline, minor 

modifications to the proposed action, 

and asked for comments on those 

modifications. A draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS) was released to 

the public in September 2008. A Notice 

of Availability (NOA) for the Deerfield 

Wind Project DEIS was published in the 

Federal Register on October 3, 2008 

(Vol. 73, No. 193, page 57620) 

requesting comments on the DEIS 

through November 28, 2008. 

Upon release of the SDEIS, the forest 

will publish a NOA in the Federal 

Register and take comments on the 

SDEIS. The comment period dates will 

be published in the NOA. 

Responsible Official 

At the present time, Jerri Marr, Acting 

Forest Supervisor, Green Mountain and 

Finger Lakes National Forests, 231 

North Main Street, Rutland, VT 05701– 

2417, is the Responsible Official. The 

forest expects to fill the Forest 

Supervisor position on a permanent 

basis within the next two to three 

months. That person would become the 

Responsible Official for the project. 

Dated: January 11, 2010. 

Jerri Marr, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–652 Filed 1–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059] 

ArborGen, LLC; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Controlled Release of a Genetically 

Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrid 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for an environmental 

assessment for a proposed controlled 

field release of a genetically engineered 

clone of a Eucalyptus hybrid. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments on the revised environmental 

assessment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0059) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2008-0059. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on the 

environmental assessment in our 

reading room. The reading room 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) 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: 

Biotechnology Regulatory Services, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

7324. To obtain copies of the 

environmental assessment, contact Ms. 

Cynthia Eck at (301) 734-0667; email: 

(cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 3, 

2009, APHIS published a notice1 in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 26648-26649, 

Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059) 

announcing the availability of an 

environmental assessment for public 

review and comment for a proposed 

controlled field release of a genetically 

engineered clone of a Eucalyptus 

hybrid. 

Comments on the environmental 

assessment were required to be received 

on or before July 6, 2009. Commenters 

noted that one of the documents cited 

in the environmental assessment, a U.S. 

Forest Service assessment of 

hydrological impacts from Eucalyptus, 

was not available for review and 

requested that the document be made 

available and the comment period for 

the environmental assessment extended. 

APHIS has amended the environmental 

assessment to include the Forest Service 

document and other relevant 

information, and is reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS2008-0059 for an additional 30 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We will also consider 

all comments received between July 7, 

2009 (the day after the close of the 

original comment period), and the date 

of this notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781- 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day 

of January 2010. 

Cindy Smith 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–762 Filed 1–15–10; 2:16 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172] 

Interstate Movement of Garbage from 

Hawaii; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment relative to a 

request to allow the interstate 

movement of garbage from Hawaii to a 

landfill in the State of Washington. The 

environmental assessment documents 

our review and analysis of the 

environmental impacts associated with, 

and alternatives to, the movement of 

palletized or containerized baled 

municipal solid waste to three existing 

ports on the Columbia River via barge 

and the transfer and transportation of 

the waste via truck or rail to the landfill. 

We are making the assessment available 

to the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

18, 2010. 


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