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Notices Federal Register

66032 

Vol. 76, No. 206 

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0094] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment for Field Testing Avian 

Influenza-Marek’s Disease Vaccine, H5 

Subtype, Serotype 3, Live Marek’s 

Disease Vector 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment concerning 

authorization to ship for the purpose of 

field testing, and then to field test, an 

unlicensed Avian Influenza-Marek’s 

Disease Vaccine, H5 Subtype, Serotype 

3, Live Marek’s Disease Vector. The 

environmental assessment, which is 

based on a risk analysis prepared to 

assess the risks associated with the field 

testing of this vaccine, examines the 

potential effects that field testing this 

veterinary vaccine could have on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Based on the risk analysis, we have 

reached a preliminary determination 

that field testing this veterinary vaccine 

will not have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment, and 

that an environmental impact statement 

need not be prepared. We intend to 

authorize shipment of this vaccine for 

field testing following the close of the 

comment period for this notice unless 

new substantial issues bearing on the 

effects of this action are brought to our 

attention. We also intend to issue a U.S. 

Veterinary Biological Product license for 

this vaccine, provided the field test data 

support the conclusions of the 

environmental assessment and the 

issuance of a finding of no significant 

impact and the product meets all other 

requirements for licensing. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2011– 

0094–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0094, 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–2011–0094 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) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donna Malloy, Operational Support 

Section, Center for Veterinary Biologics, 

Policy, Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 148, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; phone (301) 

734–8245, fax (301) 734–4314. 

For information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment (as well as 

the risk analysis with confidential 

business information removed), contact 

Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager, 

Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy, 

Evaluation, and Licensing VS, APHIS, 

1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 844, 

Ames, IA 50010; phone (515) 337–6100, 

fax (515) 337–6120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151 

et seq.), a veterinary biological product 

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent, 

and efficacious before a veterinary 

biological product license may be 

issued. A field test is generally 

necessary to satisfy prelicensing 

requirements for veterinary biological 

products. Prior to conducting a field test 

on an unlicensed product, an applicant 

must obtain approval from the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’ 

authorization to ship the product for 

field testing. 

To determine whether to authorize 

shipment and grant approval for the 

field testing of the unlicensed product 

referenced in this notice, a risk analysis 

has been prepared to assess the 

potential effects of this product on the 

safety of animals, public health, and the 

environment. Based on the risk analysis, 

APHIS has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: Biomune Company. 

Product: Avian Influenza-Marek’s 

Disease Vaccine, H5 Subtype, Serotype 

3, Live Marek’s Disease Vector. 

Field Test Locations: Delaware and 

Kansas. 

The above-mentioned product 

consists of a live recombinant Marek’s 

disease virus vector expressing an avian 

influenza virus protein. The vaccine is 

for in ovo vaccination of 18-day-old 

chick embryos or for the subcutaneous 

vaccination of healthy day-of-age chicks 

as an aid in the prevention of Marek’s 

Disease and avian influenza. 

The EA has 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). 

Unless substantial issues with adverse 

environmental impacts are raised in 

response to this notice, APHIS intends 

to issue a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) based on the EA and 

authorize shipment of the above product 

for the initiation of field tests following 

the close of the comment period for this 

notice. 

Because the issues raised by field 

testing and by issuance of a license are 

identical, APHIS has concluded that the 

EA that is generated for field testing 

would also be applicable to the 

proposed licensing action. Provided that 

the field test data support the 

conclusions of the original EA and the 

issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not 

intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI 

to support the issuance of the product 

license, and would determine that an 


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environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue 

a veterinary biological product license 

for this vaccine following completion of 

the field test provided no adverse 

impacts on the human environment are 

identified and provided the product 

meets all other requirements for 

licensing. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151–159. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

October 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27555 Filed 10–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0072] 

Plants for Planting Whose Importation 

Is Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk 

Analysis; Notice of Availability of Data 

Sheets for Taxa of Plants for Planting 

That Are Quarantine Pests or Hosts of 

Quarantine Pests 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for a notice that 

advised the public that we have 

determined that 41 taxa of plants for 

planting are quarantine pests and 107 

taxa of plants for planting are hosts of 

13 quarantine pests and therefore 

should be added to our lists of taxa of 

plants for planting whose importation is 

not authorized pending pest risk 

analysis. The notice also made available 

to the public for review and comment 

data sheets that detail the scientific 

evidence we evaluated in making the 

determination that the taxa are 

quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine 

pests. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0072- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0072, 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-2011-0072 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) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Arnold Tschanz, Senior Plant 

Pathologist/Senior Risk Manager, Plants 

for Planting Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1236; (301) 734–0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On July 26, 2011, we published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 44572–44573, 

Docket No. APHIS–2011–0072) a notice 

advising the public that we have 

determined that 41 taxa of plants for 

planting are quarantine pests and 107 

taxa of plants for planting are hosts of 

13 quarantine pests and therefore 

should be added to our lists of taxa of 

plants for planting whose importation is 

not authorized pending pest risk 

analysis. The notice also made available 

to the public for review and comment 

data sheets that detail the scientific 

evidence we evaluated in making the 

determination that the taxa are 

quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine 

pests. 

Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before 

September 26, 2011. We are reopening 

the comment period on Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0072 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 

September 27, 2011, and the date of this 

notice. 

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

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

October 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27559 Filed 10–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Madera County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Madera County Resource 

Advisory Committee will be meeting in 

North Fork, California on November 15, 

2011. The purpose of the meeting will 

be to to update the committee on the 

status and monitoring of projects that 

were recommended for funding at the 

March 30, 2011 meeting, as authorized 

under the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2000 (Pub. L.110–343) for expenditure 

of Payments to States Madera County 

Title II funds. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Bass Lake Ranger District, 57003 

Road 225, North Fork, California, 93643. 

Send written comments to Julie Roberts, 

Madera County Resource Advisory 

Committee Coordinator, c/o Sierra 

National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger 

District, at the above address, or 

electronically to jaroberts@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Roberts, Madera County Resource 

Advisory Committee Coordinator, (559) 

877–2218 ext. 3159. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring Payments to States Madera 

County Title II project matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff before or after the meetings. 

Dated: October 18, 2011. 

Dave Martin, 

District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27608 Filed 10–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Sabine Resource Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation. 

SUMMARY: The Sabine-Angelina 

Resource Advisory Committee was 

scheduled to meet October 20, 2011 in 

Hemphill, Texas. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 


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