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Immunomodulator, Live Canarypox 

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 May 14, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0017- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0017, 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-2012-0017 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: 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) 

851–3426, 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, APHIS 

conducted a risk analysis 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: Merial, Inc. 

Product: Feline Interleukin-2 

Immunomodulator, Live Canarypox 

Vector. 

Field Test Locations: Georgia, North 

Carolina, New York, Tennessee, Florida, 

and Arizona. 

The product consists of a live 

recombinant canarypox virus vector 

expressing the feline interleukin-2 

cytokine. The vaccine is for 

subcutaneous vaccination of adult cats 

diagnosed with Stage I fibrosarcoma as 

an aid in delaying post-surgical 

recurrence following excision of the 

tumor. 

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 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). 

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 

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 9th day of 

April 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8912 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0013] 

Notice of Establishment of a Veterinary 

Services Stakeholder Registry 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of a new Veterinary Services 

email subscription service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

R.J. Cabrera, Writing, Editing, and 

Regulatory Coordination, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 35, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 851–3478. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) has established a 

Veterinary Services (VS) Stakeholder 

Registry, an email subscription service 

for individuals and organizations 

interested in receiving updates 

regarding APHIS and VS issues. 

Subscribers will be able to choose from 

an array of topics such as VS spotlights 


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and news releases, Federal notices, and 

current VS programs, as well as material 

sorted by diseases, guidance documents 

and manual updates, and updates on 

frameworks for proposed and final 

rules. In addition to choosing topics of 

interest, subscribers may select how 

often they want to receive email 

messages. 

Persons interested in becoming 

subscribers may sign up now for the 

new registry at https:// 

public.govdelivery.com/accounts/ 

USDAAPHIS/subscriber/ 

topics?qsp=USDAAPHIS_1. Questions 

concerning the VS registry may be 

directed to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

April 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8913 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB166 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public hearings in April and May 

of 2012 to allow for public input on 

Amendment 14 to the Atlantic 

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

DATES: Written public comments must 

be received before 5 p.m. EST, Monday, 

June 4, 2012. The hearings will be held 

between April 30 and May 22, 2012. For 

specific dates and times, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held 

(chronologically) in Alexandria, VA; 

Riverhead, NY; Newport News, VA; 

Cape May, NJ; Gloucester, MA; and 

Providence, RI. The Newport News 

hearing will also be available via 

webinar. For specific locations and 

webinar access, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. Written comments 

should be mailed to the Council office 

at the address below and marked 

‘‘AMENDMENT 14.’’ The public hearing 

document can be obtained by contacting 

the Council at the address below or at 

http://www.mafmc.org/fmp/msb.htm. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Amendment 14 deals with incidental 

catch and general management of 

blueback herring, alewife, American 

shad, and hickory shad (river herrings 

and shads or ‘‘RH/S’’) in the MSB FMP. 

The Amendment has three purposes: (A) 

Implement Effective RH/S Catch 

Monitoring; (B) Reduce RH/S Bycatch 

and/or Catch; and (C) Consider if RH/S 

should be added as species directly 

managed by the Council. There are 9 

alternative sets that consider the 

following management measures: 

Alternative Set 1: Additional Vessel 

Reporting Measures; 

Alternative Set 2: Additional Dealer 

Reporting Measures; 

Alternative Set 3: Additional At-Sea 

Observation Optimization Measures; 

Alternative Set 4: Port-side and Other 

Sampling/Monitoring Measures; 

Alternative Set 5: At-Sea Observer 

Coverage Requirements; 

Alternative Set 6: Mortality Caps on 

RH/S catch in the MSB fisheries. 

Alternative Set 7: Large area 

restrictions on the MSB fisheries in 

areas of high RH/S catch; 

Alternative Set 8: Smaller hotspot 

restrictions on the MSB fisheries in 

areas of high RH/S catch; 

Alternative Set 9: Adding RH/S as 

‘‘Stocks in the Fishery’’ in the MSB 

FMP. 

Summaries of the proposed actions 

will be available and presented at the 

hearings. The full Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes 

the proposed actions is available by 

contacting the Council office or at 

http://www.mafmc.org/fmp/msb.htm 

after April 16th. The scheduled public 

hearings follow. If no one is present 

halfway through a hearing or later, the 

hearing may be closed. Some GPS 

navigation units may provide faulty 

directions for these locations so call 

ahead with the number provided if 

unfamiliar with a hearing location. All 

hearings will be digitally recorded and 

saved as transcripts of the hearing. 

April 30, 2012: 5:30–7:30 p.m.; 

Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town; 901 

North Fairfax Street; Alexandria, VA, 

telephone: (703) 683–6000. 

May 15, 2012: 7–9 p.m.; Hyatt Place 

Long Island/East End; 451 East Main 

Street; Riverhead, NY, telephone: (631) 

208–0002. 

May 16, 2012: 6–8 p.m.; Available via 

Internet webinar (https:// 

www1.gotomeeting.com/register/ 

887273248). There will also be a 

listening station at: The Virginia Marine 

Resources Commission; 2600 

Washington Avenue; Newport News, 

VA, telephone: (757) 247–2200. 

May 17, 2012: 7–9 p.m.; Congress Hall 

Hotel; 29 Perry St; Cape May, NJ, 

telephone: (609) 884–8421. 

May 21, 2012: 6–8 p.m.; Annisquam 

River Marine Fisheries Station; 30 

Emerson Ave; Gloucester, MA, 

telephone: (978) 282–0308. 

May 22, 2012: 5:30–7:30 p.m.; 

Radisson Hotel Providence Airport; 

2081 Post Road; Warwick, RI, telephone: 

(401) 739–3000. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5251 at least 

five days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8885 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB165 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council’s Technical Shrimp Review 

Panel. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (SAFMC) will 

hold a meeting of its Technical Shrimp 

Review Panel via Webinar. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will take place May 

2, 2012. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 


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