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As part of our decisionmaking process 

regarding a GE organism’s regulatory 

status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess 

the plant pest risk of the article. APHIS 

also prepares the appropriate 

environmental documentation—either 

an EA or an environmental impact 

statement—in accordance with NEPA, 

to provide the Agency and the public 

with a review and analysis of any 

potential environmental impacts that 

may result if the petition request is 

approved. 

APHIS has prepared a preliminary 

PPRA and has concluded that cotton 

designated as event GHB811, which has 

been genetically engineered for dual 

herbicides resistance, is unlikely to pose 

a plant pest risk. In section 403 of the 

Plant Protection Act, ‘‘plant pest’’ is 

defined as any living stage of any of the 

following that can directly or indirectly 

injure, cause damage to, or cause 

disease in any plant or plant product: A 

protozoan, a nonhuman animal, a 

parasitic plant, a bacterium, a fungus, a 

virus or viroid, an infectious agent or 

other pathogen, or any article similar to 

or allied with any of the foregoing. 

APHIS has also prepared a draft EA in 

which we present two alternatives based 

on our analysis of data submitted by 

Bayer, a review of other scientific data, 

field tests conducted under APHIS 

oversight, and comments received on 

the petition. APHIS is considering the 

following alternatives: (1) Take no 

action, i.e., APHIS would not change the 

regulatory status of cotton designated as 

event GHB811, or (2) make a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

cotton designated as event GHB811. 

The draft EA was 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). Based on 

our draft EA and other pertinent 

scientific data, APHIS has prepared a 

preliminary FONSI with regard to the 

preferred alternative identified in the 

draft EA. 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Bayer, 

references provided in the petition, 

peer-reviewed publications, information 

analyzed in the draft EA, the 

preliminary PPRA, comments provided 

by the public on the petition, and 

discussion of issues in the draft EA, 

APHIS has determined that cotton 

designated as event GHB811 is unlikely 

to pose a plant pest risk. We have 

therefore reached a decision to make a 

preliminary determination of 

nonregulated status of cotton designated 

as event GHB811, whereby cotton 

designated as event GHB811 would no 

longer be subject to our regulations 

governing the introduction of certain GE 

organisms. 

We are making available for a 30-day 

review period APHIS’ preliminary 

regulatory determination of cotton 

designated as event GHB811, along with 

our preliminary PPRA, draft EA, and 

preliminary FONSI for the preliminary 

determination of nonregulated status. 

The draft EA, preliminary FONSI, 

preliminary PPRA, and our preliminary 

determination for cotton designated as 

event GHB811, as well as the Bayer 

petition and the comments received on 

the petition, are available as indicated 

under ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT above. Copies of 

these documents may also be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After the 30-day review period closes, 

APHIS will review and evaluate any 

information received during the 30-day 

review period. If, after evaluating the 

information received, APHIS determines 

that we have not received substantive 

new information that would warrant 

APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or preliminary 

FONSI, substantially changing the 

proposed action identified in the draft 

EA, or substantially changing the 

analysis of impacts in the draft EA, 

APHIS will notify the public through an 

announcement on our website of our 

final regulatory determination. If, 

however, APHIS determines that we 

have received substantive new 

information that would warrant APHIS 

altering our preliminary regulatory 

determination or preliminary FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the draft EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the draft EA, then APHIS 

will conduct the additional analysis and 

prepare an amended EA, a new FONSI, 

and/or a revised PPRA, which would be 

made available for public review in a 

subsequent notice in the Federal 

Register, similar to an Approach 2 

petition. APHIS will also notify the 

petitioner. 

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 1st day of 

June 2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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Notice of Public Meeting of the Idaho 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Idaho 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will be held at 1:00 p.m. 

(Mountain Time) Wednesday, June 20, 

2018, for the purpose of discussing 

potential civil rights topics of study. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. 

MT. 

Public Call Information: 

Dial: 877–675–4751. 

Conference ID: 5522721. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angelica Trevino at atrevino@usccr.gov 

or (213) 894–3437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–675–4751, conference ID 

number: 5522721. Any interested 

member of the public may call this 

number and listen to the meeting. 

Callers can expect to incur charges for 

calls they initiate over wireless lines, 

and the Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Western Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed 

to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or 

emailed Angelica Trevino at atrevino@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894– 

3437. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 


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public viewing prior to and after the 

meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/ 

committee/meetings.aspx?cid=245. 

Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ 

and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Records 

generated from this meeting may also be 

inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome 

II. Discuss Civil Rights Issues in Idaho 

III. Public Comment 

IV. Adjournment 

Dated: June 1, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Massachusetts Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of monthly 

planning meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Massachusetts Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene on 

Thursday, June 28, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. 

(EDT) at McCarter & English, LLP, 265 

Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The 

purpose of the meeting is project 

planning so that members can begin 

discussing potential topics for its civil 

rights project. 

DATES: Thursday, June 28, 2018 (EDT) at 

1:00 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: McCarter & English, LLP, 

265 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, at ero@usccr.gov or by 

phone at 303–866–1040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If other 

persons who plan to attend the meeting 

require other accommodations, please 

contact Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@

usccr.gov at the Eastern Regional Office 

at least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. Time 

will be set aside at the end of the 

meeting so that members of the public 

may address the Committee after the 

planning meeting. Persons interested in 

the issue are also invited to submit 

written comments; the comments must 

be received in the regional office by 

Monday, July 30, 2018. Written 

comments may be mailed to the Eastern 

Regional Office, U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 

20425, faxed to (202) 376–7548, or 

emailed to Evelyn Bohor at ero@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376– 

7533. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at https://facadatabase.gov/committee/ 

meetings.aspx?cid=254 and clicking on 

the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’ 

links. Records generated from this 

meeting may also be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Eastern Regional Office 

at the above phone number, email or 

street address. 

Agenda 

Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. 

(EDT) 

I. Roll Call 

II. Planning to Discussion Potential Civil 

Rights Topics 

III. Other Business 

IV. Open Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: June 1, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12213 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings 

of the South Dakota Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that planning meetings of the 

South Dakota Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene at 5:00 

p.m. (MDT) on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 

via teleconference. The purpose of the 

meeting is to review logistics and 

possible presenters at two community 

briefings to be held in Pine Ridge and 

Pierre, South Dakota in July 2018. 

DATES: Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 5:00 

p.m. (MDT). 

ADDRESSES: To be held via 

teleconference: 

Conference Call Toll-Free Number for 

Both Meetings: 1–800–310–7032, 

Conference ID: 3590626. 

TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1– 

800–877–8339 and give the operator the 

above conference call number and 

conference ID. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, ebohor@usccr.gov, 303– 

866–1040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to the 

discussion by dialing the following 

Conference Call Toll-Free Number: 1– 

800–310–7032; Conference ID: 3590626. 

Please be advised that before being 

placed into the conference call, the 

operator will ask callers to provide their 

names, their organizational affiliations 

(if any), and an email address (if 

available) prior to placing callers into 

the conference room. Callers can expect 

to incur charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, and the Commission 

will not refund any incurred charges. 

Callers will incur no charge for calls 

they initiate over land-line connections 

to the toll-free phone number. 

Persons with hearing impairments 

may also follow the discussion by first 

calling the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 

at 1–800–877–8339 and provide the FRS 

operator with Conference Call Toll-Free 

Number: 1–800–310–7032; Conference 

ID: 3590626. Members of the public are 

invited to submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Thursday, July 26, 

2018. Written comments may be mailed 

to the Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1961 

Stout Street, Suite 13–201, Denver, CO 

80294, faxed to (303) 866–1050, or 

emailed to Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Rocky Mountain Regional Office at (303) 

866–1040. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at https://database.faca.gov/committee/ 

meetings.aspx?cid=274 and clicking on 

the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’ 

links. Records generated from this 

meeting may also be inspected and 

reproduced at the Rocky Mountain 

Regional Office, as they become 


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