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Vol. 78, No. 157 

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Council for Native American Farming 

and Ranching 

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Relations, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

forthcoming meeting of The Council for 

Native American Farming and Ranching 

(CNAFR) a public advisory committee of 

the Office of Tribal Relations (OTR). 

Notice of the meetings are provided in 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). This 

will be the fourth meeting of the CNAFR 

and will consist of, but not limited to: 

Hearing public comments; update of 

USDA programs and activities; and 

discussion of committee priorities. This 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 9th, 2013 and September 

10th, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 

meeting will be open to the public on 

both days. Note that a period for public 

comment will be held on September 

9th, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 

September 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. The 

public comment period and CNAFR 

meeting will take place within the 

L’Enfant Plaza Hotel’s Ballroom A. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

may be submitted to: John Lowery, 

Designated Federal Officer, Tribal 

Relations Manager, Office of Tribal 

Relations (OTR), 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW., Whitten Bldg., 500–A, 

Washington, DC 20250; by Fax: (202) 

720–1058; or by email: 

John.Lowery@osec.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions should be directed to John 

Lowery, Tribal Relations Manager, OTR, 

1400 Independence Ave. SW., Whitten 

Bldg., 500A, Washington, DC 20250; by 

Fax: (202) 720–1058 or email: 

John.Lowery@osec.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), 

USDA established an advisory council 

for Native American farmers and 

ranchers. The CNAFR is a discretionary 

advisory committee established under 

the authority of the Secretary of 

Agriculture, in furtherance of the 

settlement agreement in Keepseagle v. 

Vilsack that was granted final approval 

by the District Court for the District of 

Columbia on April 28, 2011. 

The CNAFR will operate under the 

provisions of the FACA and report to 

the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

purpose of the CNAFR is (1) to advise 

the Secretary of Agriculture on issues 

related to the participation of Native 

American farmers and ranchers in 

USDA farm loan programs; (2) to 

transmit recommendations concerning 

any changes to FSA regulations or 

internal guidance or other measures that 

would eliminate barriers to program 

participation for Native American 

farmers and ranchers; (3) to examine 

methods of maximizing the number of 

new farming and ranching opportunities 

created through the farm loan program 

through enhanced extension and 

financial literacy services; (4) to 

examine methods of encouraging 

intergovernmental cooperation to 

mitigate the effects of land tenure and 

probate issues on the delivery of USDA 

farm loan programs; (5) to evaluate other 

methods of creating new farming or 

ranching opportunities for Native 

American producers; and (6) to address 

other related issues as deemed 

appropriate. 

The Secretary of Agriculture selected 

a diverse group of members representing 

a broad spectrum of persons interested 

in providing solutions to the challenges 

of the aforementioned purposes. Equal 

opportunity practices were considered 

in all appointments to the CNAFR in 

accordance with USDA policies. The 

Secretary selected the members in May 

2012. Interested persons may present 

views, orally or in writing, on issues 

relating to agenda topics before the 

CNAFR. 

Written submissions may be 

submitted to the contact person on or 

before September 3rd, 2013. Oral 

presentations from the public will be 

heard between approximately 3:30 p.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. on September 9th and from 

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on September 

10th, 2013. Those individuals interested 

in making formal oral presentations 

should notify the contact person and 

submit a brief statement of the general 

nature of the issue they wish to present 

and the names and addresses of 

proposed participants by September 

3rd, 2013. All oral presentations will be 

given three (3) to five (5) minutes 

depending on the number of 

participants. 

OTR will also make all agenda topics 

available to the public via the OTR Web 

site: http://www.usda.gov/tribalrelations 

no later than 10 business days before the 

meeting and at the meeting. In addition, 

the minutes from the meeting will be 

posted on the OTR Web site. OTR 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

at the CNAFR meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact John Lowery, at least 10 

business days in advance of the 

meeting. 

Dated: August 8, 2013. 

Leslie Wheelock, 

Director, Office of Tribal Relations. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0046] 

Oral Rabies Vaccine Trial; Availability 

of a Supplement to an Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

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 a 

supplement to an environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact relative to an oral rabies 

vaccination field trial in New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 


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1To view the notice, the EA and the comments 

we received on it, and the FONSI, go to http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012

-0052. The comments, and APHIS’ responses to the 

comments, are presented in an appendix to the EA. 

2To view the June 2013 notice, the comment we 

received on it, and the supplement to the EA, go 

to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=APHIS-2013-0046. 

and West Virginia. Based on its finding 

of no significant impact, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Chipman, Rabies Program 

Coordinator, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 

59 Chennell Drive, Suite 7, Concord, NH 

03301; (603) 223–9623. To obtain copies 

of the supplement to the environmental 

assessment or finding of no significant 

impact, contact Ms. Beth Kabert, 

Environmental Coordinator, Wildlife 

Services, 140–C Locust Grove Road, 

Pittstown, NJ 08867; (908) 735–5654, fax 

(908) 735–0821, email: 

beth.e.kabert@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Wildlife Services (WS) program 

of the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) cooperates 

with Federal agencies, State and local 

governments, and private individuals to 

research and implement the best 

methods of managing conflicts between 

wildlife and human health and safety, 

agriculture, property, and natural 

resources. Wildlife-borne diseases that 

can affect domestic animals and humans 

are among the types of conflicts that 

APHIS–WS addresses. Wildlife is the 

dominant reservoir of rabies in the 

United States. 

On August 16, 2012, APHIS–WS 

published in the Federal Register (77 

FR 49409–49410, Docket No. APHIS– 

2012–0052) a notice 1 announcing the 

availability of an environmental 

assessment (EA) and finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) pertaining to 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the implementation of a 

field trial to test the safety and efficacy 

of an experimental oral rabies vaccine 

for wildlife in New Hampshire, New 

York, Ohio, Vermont, and West 

Virginia. Based on the FONSI, we 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

On June 5, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 33798–33799, 

Docket No. APHIS–2013–0046) a 

notice 2 in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of a supplement to the earlier 

EA. Our objectives in issuing the 

supplement to the EA were as follows: 

• To examine the potential 

environmental impacts of expanding the 

geographic range of the field trial zone 

in New York; 

• To examine the potential 

environmental impacts of the field trial 

in relation to new information that has 

become available from public 

comments, research findings, and data 

gathering since the issuance of the 2012 

FONSI; 

• To clearly communicate to the 

public our analysis of the individual 

and cumulative impacts of the field trial 

since 2012; and 

• To document our analysis of our 

field-trial activities in New Hampshire, 

New York, Ohio, Vermont, and West 

Virginia since the 2012 FONSI was 

issued to ensure that program activities 

remain within the impact parameters 

analyzed in the original EA. 

We solicited comments on the 

supplement to the EA for 30 days 

ending July 5, 2013. We received one 

comment by that date. It was from a 

private citizen who had already 

submitted five comments on the original 

EA. The comment contained no new 

information. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of the availability of an updated 

FONSI regarding the potential 

environmental impact associated with 

our oral rabies vaccine field trial. The 

finding, which is based on the EA and 

the supplement to the EA, reflects our 

determination that the distribution of 

this experimental wildlife rabies 

vaccine will not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. 

The supplement to the EA and the 

updated FONSI may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see footnote 

2) 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. 

This notice and the supplemental 

environmental assessment are also 

posted on the APHIS Web site at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_

nepa_environmental_documents.shtml. 

In addition, copies may be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The supplement to the EA and FONSI 

have 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). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

August 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0056] 

Wildlife Services Policy on Wildlife 

Damage Management in Urban Areas 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services 

(APHIS–WS) program is making a 

policy decision on how to define ‘‘urban 

rodent control,’’ as referred to in the Act 

of December 22, 1987. This action is 

necessary to make it clearer when 

APHIS–WS may or may not conduct 

activities and enter into agreements in 

order to control nuisance rodent species 

or those rodent species that are 

reservoirs for zoonotic diseases. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William H. Clay, Deputy Administrator, 

Wildlife Services, APHIS, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20250; 202–799–7095. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Wildlife is a publicly owned natural 

resource in the United States, and State 

and Federal wildlife agencies have an 

affirmative duty and responsibility to 

administer, protect, manage and 

conserve fish and wildlife. The mission 

of the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services 

(APHIS–WS) program is to provide 

Federal leadership in managing 

problems caused by wildlife. This 

includes determining and implementing 

both research of and methods for 

controlling animal species that are 

injurious to agriculture, horticulture, 

forestry, animal husbandry, endangered 

and threatened species, other natural 


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