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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

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rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

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Notices Federal Register

51706 

Vol. 78, No. 162 

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 

1To view the notice, petition, draft EA, the PPRA, 

and the comments we received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0029. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0029] 

Bayer CropScience LP; Determination 

of Nonregulated Status of Soybean 

Genetically Engineered for Herbicide 

Resistance 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our determination that a soybean line 

developed by Bayer CropScience LP 

(Bayer), designated as event FG72, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for resistance to the herbicides 

glyphosate and isoxaflutole, is no longer 

considered a regulated article under our 

regulations governing the introduction 

of certain genetically engineered 

organisms. Our determination is based 

on our evaluation of data submitted by 

Bayer in its petition for a determination 

of nonregulated status, our analysis of 

available scientific data, and comments 

received from the public in response to 

our previous notice announcing the 

availability of the petition for 

nonregulated status and its associated 

environmental assessment and plant 

pest risk assessment. This notice also 

announces the availability of our 

written determination and finding of no 

significant impact. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may read the 

documents referenced in this notice and 

the comments we received in our 

reading room. The reading room 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. Those documents are also 

available on the Internet at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/not_

reg.html under APHIS Petition Number 

09–328–01p and are posted with the 

previous notice and the comments we 

received on the Regulations.gov Web 

site at http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0029. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief, 

Biotechnology Environmental Analysis 

Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis 

Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: cynthia.a.eck@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 7 CFR part 340, 

‘‘Introduction of Organisms and 

Products Altered or Produced Through 

Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant 

Pests or Which There Is Reason to 

Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate, 

among other things, the introduction 

(importation, interstate movement, or 

release into the environment) of 

organisms and products altered or 

produced through genetic engineering 

that are plant pests or that there is 

reason to believe are plant pests. Such 

genetically engineered organisms and 

products are considered ‘‘regulated 

articles.’’ 

The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide 

that any person may submit a petition 

to the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a 

determination that an article should not 

be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6 

describe the form that a petition for a 

determination of nonregulated status 

must take and the information that must 

be included in the petition. 

APHIS received a petition (APHIS 

Petition Number 09–328–01p) from 

Bayer CropScience LP (Bayer), seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

soybean designated as event FG72, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for resistance to the herbicides 

glyphosate and isoxaflutole. The 

petition states that this soybean is 

unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and, 

therefore, should not be a regulated 

article under APHIS’ regulations in 7 

CFR part 340. 

In a notice 1 published in the Federal 

Register on July 13, 2012 (77 FR 41358– 

41359, Docket No. APHIS–2012–0029), 

APHIS announced the availability of the 

Bayer petition, a plant pest risk 

assessment (PPRA), and a draft 

environmental assessment (EA) for 

public comment. APHIS solicited 

comments on the petition, whether the 

subject soybean is likely to pose a plant 

pest risk, the draft EA, and the PPRA for 

60 days ending on September 11, 2012. 

APHIS received 80 comments during 

the comment period. Several of these 

comments included electronic 

attachments consisting of a consolidated 

document of many identical or nearly 

identical letters, for a total of 5,096 

comments. Issues raised during the 

comment period include the potential 

effects of FG72 on human health, 

animals, and nontarget organisms; 

herbicide use changes; and economic 

costs of herbicide-resistant weeds. 

APHIS has addressed the issues raised 

during the comment period and has 

provided responses to comments as an 

attachment to the finding of no 

significant impact. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To provide the public with 

documentation of APHIS’ review and 

analysis of any potential environmental 

impacts associated with the 

determination of nonregulated status of 

Bayer’s soybean event FG72, an EA has 

been prepared. The EA was prepared in 

accordance with: (1) The National 

Environmental Policy Act (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 EA, the response to 

public comments, and other pertinent 

scientific data, APHIS has reached a 

finding of no significant impact with 

regard to the preferred alternative 

identified in the EA. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 21, 2013 / Notices 51707 

Determination 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Bayer, 

references provided in the petition, 

peer-reviewed publications, information 

analyzed in the EA, the PPRA, 

comments provided by the public, and 

information provided in APHIS’ 

response to those public comments, 

APHIS has determined that Bayer’s 

soybean event FG72 is unlikely to pose 

a plant pest risk. We have, therefore, 

determined that Bayer’s soybean event 

FG72 is no longer subject to our 

regulations governing the introduction 

of certain genetically engineered 

organisms. 

Copies of the signed determination 

document, as well as copies of the 

petition, PPRA, EA, finding of no 

significant impact, and response to 

comments are available as indicated in 

the ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT sections of this 

notice. 

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 16th day of 

August 2013. 

Michael Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20380 Filed 8–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Shasta County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Shasta County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Redding, CA. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

(the Act) and operates in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the committee is to 

improve collaborative relationships and 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the title II 

of the Act. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss the monitoring of past projects, 

and to discuss and vote on 

recommendations for the use of funds 

from the Secure Rural Schools second 

one-year extension to the 2008–2011 

RAC authorization. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 18, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the USDA Service Center, 3644 Avtech 

Parkway, Redding, California; in 

conference rooms A and B. Written 

comments may be submitted as 

described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the USDA 

Service Center, 3644 Avtech Parkway, 

Redding, California. Please call ahead to 

facilitate entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary St. John, RAC Assistant, at 530– 

351–3154 or maryst.john@hotmail.com. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. Please make requests in 

advance for sign language interpreting, 

assistive listening devices or other 

reasonable accomodation for access to 

the facility or procedings by contacting 

the person listed For Further 

Information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda is available at http:// 

www.fs.usda.gov/main/stnf/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees. 

Anyone who would like to bring related 

matters to the attention of the committee 

may file written statements with the 

committee staff before or after the 

meeting. The agenda will include time 

for people to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should request in writing by September 

2, 2013 to be scheduled on the agenda. 

Written comments and requests for time 

for oral comments must be sent to 

Donna Harmon, USDA Service Center, 

3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, 

California 96002 or by email to 

dharmon@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

530–226–2486. 

A summary of the meeting will be 

posted at the RAC Web site listed above 

within 21 days of the meeting. 

Dated: August 15, 2013. 

Donna F. Harmon, 

Designated Federal Official, Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20364 Filed 8–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–40–2013] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 59—Lincoln, 

Nebraska; Authorization of Production 

Activity; CNH America, LLC; Subzone 

59B (Agricultural Equipment 

Production); Grand Island, Nebraska 

On April 17, 2013, the LincolnForeign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 

59, submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the Foreign-Trade 

Zones (FTZ) Board on behalf of CNH 

America, LLC, within Subzone 59B, in 

Grand Island, Nebraska. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (78 FR 27953, 05–13– 

2013). The FTZ Board has determined 

that no further review of the activity is 

warranted at this time. The production 

activity described in the notification is 

authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.14. 

Dated: August 15, 2013. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20445 Filed 8–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–839] 

Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From 

the Republic of Korea: Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2012–2013 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

polyester staple fiber (polyester staple 

fiber) from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea) for the period May 1, 2012, 

through April 30, 2013, based on the 

withdrawal of requests for review. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1293. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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