34638 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 111 / Monday, June 10, 2013 / Notices 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3882, email: 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 16, 2013, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

published in the Federal Register (78 

FR 28798–28800, Docket No. APHIS– 

2013–0042) a notice stating our decision 

to complete an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for the potential 

determinations of nonregulated status of 

cultivars of corn and soybeans produced 

by Dow AgroSciences LLC that are 

resistant to certain broadleaf herbicides 

in the auxin growth regulator group 

(particularly the herbicide 2,4-D). The 

EIS will perform a comprehensive 

environmental analysis of the potential 

selection of 2,4-D resistant weeds and 

other potential environmental impacts 

that may occur as a result of making 

determinations of nonregulated status of 

these events. 

Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before June 

17, 2013. We are extending the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2013–0042 for an additional 30 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We are also 

providing an opportunity to comment at 

two virtual public meetings during the 

comment period. Information on the 

virtual public meetings is available 

under DATES and ADDRESSES. 

All comments received during the 

scoping period will be carefully 

considered in developing the final scope 

of the EIS. Upon completion of the draft 

EIS, a notice announcing its availability 

and an opportunity to comment on it 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

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 5th day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13685 Filed 6–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0043] 

Monsanto Co.; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Herbicide 

Resistant Soybeans and Cotton, and 

Notice of Virtual Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement; 

extension of comment period and notice 

of virtual public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for our notice of intent 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) on environmental 

impacts that may result from the 

potential approval of petitions seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

cultivars of dicamba herbicide resistant 

soybeans and cotton produced by the 

Monsanto Company. During the 

comment period, we are requesting 

public comments to further delineate 

the scope of the alternatives and 

environmental impacts and issues to be 

included in the EIS. This action will 

allow interested persons additional time 

to prepare and submit comments. We 

are also announcing the dates of two 

virtual public meetings that we will be 

hosting to provide the public with 

additional opportunities to comment 

during the scoping period. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 17, 

2013. Online virtual public meetings 

will be held June 26, 2013, from 7 p.m. 

to 9 p.m. EST and June 27, 2013, from 

4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0043- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0043, 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-2013-0043 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. 

Other Information: Details regarding 

the virtual public meetings, including 

how to participate, will be posted as 

they become available at http:// 

www.aphisvirtualmeetings.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Branch 

Chief, Biotechnology Environmental 

Analysis Branch, Environmental Risk 

Analysis Programs, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1238; (301) 851–3954. To obtain copies 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3882, email: 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 16, 2013, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

published in the Federal Register (78 

FR 28796–28798, Docket No. APHIS– 

2013–0043) a notice stating our decision 

to complete an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for the potential 

determinations of nonregulated status of 

cultivars of dicamba herbicide resistant 

soybeans and cotton produced by the 

Monsanto Company in order to perform 

a comprehensive environmental 

analysis of the potential selection of 

dicamba resistant weeds and other 

potential environmental impacts that 

may occur as a result of making 

determinations of nonregulated status of 

these events. 

Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before June 

17, 2013. We are extending the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2013–0043 for an additional 30 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We are also 

providing an opportunity to comment at 

two virtual public meetings during the 

comment period. Information on the 

virtual public meetings is available 

under DATES and ADDRESSES. 

All comments received during the 

scoping period will be carefully 

considered in developing the final scope 

of the EIS. Upon completion of the draft 

EIS, a notice announcing its availability 

and an opportunity to comment on it 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

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

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

371.3. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 111 / Monday, June 10, 2013 / Notices 34639 

Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13691 Filed 6–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Supplemental Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Restart of 

Healy Power Plant Unit #2 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a 

Supplemental Final Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS), has issued a Supplemental Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SFEIS) for the restart of Healy Power 

Plant’s Unit #2 in Healy, Alaska. The 

(SFEIS) supplements a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 

completed by the Department of Energy 

(DOE) in 1993 to evaluate potential 

impacts to the human environment from 

DOE’s proposal to partially fund 

construction of Unit #2 of the Healy 

Power Plant to demonstrate emissions 

control technologies. In 1994, the DOE 

published a Record of Decision (ROD) 

for their FEIS in the Federal Register, 

Volume 59, Issue 54 (March 21, 1994). 

In 1997, Healy Unit #2 was constructed 

as a major modification to the existing 

Healy Power Plant’s Unit #1, using 

funding from DOE and the Alaska 

Industrial Development and Export 

Authority (AIDEA). Healy Unit #1 is a 

25 megawatt (MW) coal-fired boiler that 

has been owned and operated by Golden 

Valley Electric Association (GVEA) 

since 1967. Healy Unit #2 is a 50 MW 

coal-fired steam generator owned by 

AIDEA, which underwent test operation 

for two years as part of DOE’s project. 

Unit #2 has been in warm layup since 

late 1999. The SFEIS updates 

information in DOE’s FEIS and 

considers impacts of restarting Unit #2 

for commercial operation. The SFEIS is 

available for a 30-day public review and 

comment period. Subsequent to the 

comment period RUS may issue a ROD. 

DATES: Written comments on this Notice 

must be received on or before July 10, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deirdre M. Remley, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, RUS, Water and 

Environmental Programs, Engineering 

and Environmental Staff, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, 

Telephone: (202) 720–9640 or email: 

deirdre.remley@wdc.usda.gov. The 

SFEIS is available online at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWP-eis4.htm or 

you may contact Ms. Remley for a hard 

copy. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS 

makes loans and loan guarantees to 

finance new infrastructure and upgrades 

to existing facilities in the areas of 

electricity, telecommunications, and 

water and wastewater in rural areas that 

qualify for federal assistance. During the 

1994 USDA reorganization, the former 

Rural Electrification Administration 

(REA) utility programs were 

consolidated under RUS. The RUS 

Electric Program is authorized to make 

loans and loan guarantees that finance 

electric distribution, transmission, and 

generation facilities, including 

construction, system improvements, and 

replacements required to furnish and 

improve electric service in rural areas. 

RUS’s predecessor, REA, was a 

cooperating agency on DOE’s FEIS, 

because it had administrative actions 

related to its lien interests in GVEA 

holdings. 

GVEA is a not-for-profit cooperative 

formed in 1946 with financing from 

REA to provide electric service to rural 

communities in interior Alaska. Because 

GVEA is an RUS borrower, RUS holds 

liens on GVEA assets, and GVEA is 

eligible for RUS financing to construct 

or improve its distribution, 

transmission, and generation facilities. 

AIDEA provides support for the Alaska 

Energy Authority whose mission is to 

reduce the cost of energy in Alaska. 

AIDEA partially funded construction of 

Unit #2, and currently owns this power 

generation facility that is built adjacent 

to and interconnected with GVEA’s Unit 

#1 at the Healy Power Plant. 

Unit #2 has been costly for both 

AIDEA and GVEA to maintain without 

income from commercial generation to 

offset the costs of keeping the facility in 

warm layup. AIDEA wishes to sell Unit 

#2 to GVEA, and GVEA wishes to 

purchase the facility and bring it into 

commercial production to reduce 

GVEA’s reliance on oil-fired generation 

by providing a lower cost option for 

meeting power demand within its 

service territory. 

As part of the restart of Unit #2, GVEA 

proposes to install additional emission 

controls to both Unit #1 and Unit #2 and 

to operate Unit #2 for the remainder of 

the plant’s operational life. GVEA plans 

to request administrative and financial 

assistance from RUS to facilitate its 

purchase of Unit #2 and improvements 

to the Healy Power Plant, which include 

the installation of additional emission 

control equipment. 

The SFEIS updated the DOE FEIS by 

documenting changes in the affected 

environment, regulatory requirements, 

and environmental consequences 

related to the commercial operation of 

Unit #2, which have occurred since the 

FEIS was published in 1993. RUS’s 

SFEIS incorporates the DOE FEIS by 

reference. Both the FEIS and the SFEIS 

are available at http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWP-eis4.htm. 

Dated: April 25, 2013. 

Nivin Elgohary, 

Assistant Administrator, Electric Programs, 

USDA, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13694 Filed 6–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–57–2013] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 21— 

Dorchester County, South Carolina; 

Notification of Proposed Production 

Activity; AGFA Materials Corporation 

(Photographic Film Cutting); Goose 

Creek, South Carolina 

The South Carolina State Ports 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 21, submitted 

a notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

AGFA Materials Corporation (AGFA), 

located in Goose Creek, South Carolina. 

The notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on May 17, 2013. 

The AGFA facility is located within 

Site 16 of FTZ 21. The facility is used 

for the cutting of photographic film to 

specific sizes or master rolls for medical 

images, aerial photography, and nondestructive testing. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited 

to the specific foreign-status materials 

and components and specific finished 

products listed in the submitted 

notification (as described below) and 

subsequently authorized by the FTZ 

Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt AGFA from customs duty 

payments on the foreign status film used 

in export production. On its domestic 

sales, AGFA would be able to choose 

the duty rates during customs entry 

procedures that apply to its finished cut 

film (3.7%) and associated scrap and 

waste (free) for the foreign-status film 

(3.7%). Customs duties also could 

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