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Notices Federal Register

12812 

Vol. 89, No. 34 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 

1To view the notice, supporting documents, and 

the comment we received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2022–0015 

in the Search field. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0015] 

Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Release of Psyllaephagus euphyllurae 

for Biological Control of Olive Psyllid 

in the Contiguous United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a final 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact relative to 

permitting the release of the insect 

Psyllaephagus euphyllurae for 

biological control of olive psyllid 

(Euphyllura olivina) in the contiguous 

United States. Based on our finding of 

no significant impact, we have 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Robert S. Pfannenstiel, Ph.D., Senior 

Entomologist, Biological Control, Pests, 

Pathogens and Biocontrol Permitting, 

Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2198; email: 

bob.pfannenstiel@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is issuing permits for 

the release of the insect Psyllaephagus 

euphyllurae in the contiguous United 

States for the biological control of olive 

psyllid (Euphyllura olivina). 

The olive psyllid is native to southern 

Europe. It was first detected in North 

America in 2007. By the time this 

psyllid was found on olives in southern 

California, it was widespread in the 

region. This pest feeds exclusively on 

the flower blossoms and growing tissue 

of olives, causing reductions in fruit set, 

with reductions in fruit yield as high as 

60 percent reported in some parts of the 

Mediterranean Basin. 

Permitting the release of P. 

euphyllurae is necessary to reduce the 

severity of damage to olives from 

infestations of olive psyllid. P. 

euphyllurae is a small, stingless 

parasitoid wasp specific only to olive 

psyllid. The adult wasp lays an egg 

inside the olive psyllid. The egg hatches 

and consumes the olive psyllid host. 

The P. euphyllurae then goes into 

prolonged dormancy as a preadult in the 

host mummy’s remains until the 

following spring. The wasp poses no 

risk to humans, livestock, or wildlife. 

On March 31, 2022, we published in 

the Federal Register (87 FR 18764, 

Docket No. 2022–0015) a notice 1 in 

which we announced the availability, 

for public review and comment, of an 

environmental assessment (EA) that 

examined the potential environmental 

impacts associated with the release of P. 

euphyllurae (Hymenoptera:Encyrtidae) 

in the contiguous United States for the 

biological control of olive psyllid 

(Euphyllura olivine, Hemiptera: 

Liviidae). Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before May 

2, 2022. We received one comment on 

the EA by that date. It was in favor of 

the environmental release of P. 

euphyllurae. 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the field 

release of the insect, P. euphyllurae, for 

biological control of olive psyllid in the 

contiguous United States. Our finding, 

which is based on the EA, reflects our 

determination that release of P. 

euphyllurae for the biological control of 

olive psyllid in the contiguous United 

States will not have a significant impact 

on the quality of the human 

environment. Based on this finding, we 

have issued a permit for the release of 

P. euphyllurae for the biological control

of olive psyllid in the contiguous United

States.

The final EA and FONSI may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov website 

(see footnote 1). Copies of the final EA 

and FONSI are also available for public 

inspection at 1620 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. Persons wishing to inspect

copies are requested to call ahead on

(202) 799–7039 to facilitate entry into

the reading room. In addition, copies

may be obtained by calling or writing to

the individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

The final 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) 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR 

part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

February 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03378 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Child Nutrition Programs: Income 

Eligibility Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Department’s annual adjustments to the 

Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used 

in determining eligibility for free and 

reduced price meals, free milk, and 

Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 

benefits for the period from July 1, 2024 

through June 30, 2025. These guidelines 

are used by schools, institutions, and 

facilities participating in the National 

School Lunch Program (and Commodity 

School Program), School Breakfast 

Program, Special Milk Program for 

Children, Child and Adult Care Food 

Program, and Summer Food Service 

Program. Beginning in 2024, they will 

also be used by States and Indian Tribal 

Organizations that administer the 

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for 


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Children Program. The annual 

adjustments are required by section 9 of 

the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended 

to direct benefits to those children most 

in need and are revised annually to 

account for changes in the Consumer 

Price Index. 

DATES: Applicable July 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Penny Burke, Program Monitoring and 

Operational Support Division, Child 

Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition 

Service, United States Department of 

Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Suite 

401, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 303– 

844–0357. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is not a rule as defined by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601–612) and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of that Act. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

no recordkeeping or reporting 

requirements have been included that 

are subject to approval from the Office 

of Management and Budget. 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant and was not reviewed by 

the Office of Management and Budget in 

conformance with Executive Order 

12866. The affected programs are listed 

in the Assistance Listings (https://

sam.gov/) under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, 

No. 10.556, No. 10.558, and No. 10.559 

and are subject to the provisions of 

Executive Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. (See 2 CFR part 

415). 

Background 

Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1), 

13A(h)(2), and 17(c)(4) of the Richard B. 

Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

U.S.C. 1758(b)(1), 42 U.S.C. 1762(h)(2), 

and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)), and sections 

3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the 

Department annually issues the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines for free and 

reduced price meals for the National 

School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), 

the Commodity School Program (7 CFR 

part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 

CFR part 220), Summer Food Service 

Program (7 CFR part 225), Child and 

Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 

226), free milk in the Special Milk 

Program for Children (7 CFR part 215), 

and program benefits in the Summer 

EBT Program (7 CFR part 292). These 

eligibility guidelines are based on the 

Federal income poverty guidelines and 

are stated by household size. The 

guidelines are used to determine 

eligibility for free and reduced price 

meals, free milk, and Summer EBT 

benefits in accordance with applicable 

program rules. 

Definition of Income 

In accordance with the Department’s 

policy as provided in the Food and 

Nutrition Service publication Eligibility 

Manual for School Meals, ‘‘income,’’ as 

the term is used in this notice, means 

income before any deductions such as 

income taxes, Social Security taxes, 

insurance premiums, charitable 

contributions, and bonds. It includes the 

following: (1) monetary compensation 

for services, including wages, salary, 

commissions or fees; (2) net income 

from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net 

income from farm self-employment; (4) 

Social Security; (5) dividends or interest 

on savings or bonds or income from 

estates or trusts; (6) net rental income; 

(7) public assistance or welfare 

payments; (8) unemployment 

compensation; (9) government civilian 

employee or military retirement, or 

pensions or veterans payments; (10) 

private pensions or annuities; (11) 

alimony or child support payments; (12) 

regular contributions from persons not 

living in the household; (13) net 

royalties; and (14) other cash income. 

Other cash income would include cash 

amounts received or withdrawn from 

any source including savings, 

investments, trust accounts and other 

resources that would be available to pay 

the price of a child’s meal. 

‘‘Income’’, as the term is used in this 

notice, does not include any income or 

benefits received under any Federal 

programs that are excluded from 

consideration as income by any 

statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the 

value of meals, milk, or EBT benefits to 

children shall not be considered as 

income to their households for other 

benefit programs in accordance with the 

prohibitions in section 12(e) of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act and section 11(b) of the 

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1760(e) and 1780(b)). 

The Income Eligibility Guidelines 

The following are the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines to be effective 

from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. 

The Department’s guidelines for free 

meals and milk and reduced price meals 

were obtained by multiplying the year 

2024 Federal income poverty guidelines 

by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by 

rounding the result upward to the next 

whole dollar. 

This notice displays only the annual 

Federal poverty guidelines issued by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services because the monthly and 

weekly Federal poverty guidelines are 

not used to determine the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details 

the free and reduced price eligibility 

criteria for monthly income, income 

received twice monthly (24 payments 

per year), income received every two 

weeks (26 payments per year) and 

weekly income. 

Income calculations are made based 

on the following formulas: monthly 

income is calculated by dividing the 

annual income by 12; twice monthly 

income is computed by dividing annual 

income by 24; income received every 

two weeks is calculated by dividing 

annual income by 26; and weekly 

income is computed by dividing annual 

income by 52. All numbers are rounded 

upward to the next whole dollar. The 

numbers reflected in this notice for a 

family of four in the 48 contiguous 

States, the District of Columbia, Guam 

and the Territories represent an increase 

of 4.0 percent over last year’s level for 

a family of the same size. 

Authority: Section 9(b)(1) of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)). 

INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

[Effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025] 

Household size 

Federal 

poverty 

guidelines 

Reduced price meals—185% Free meals—130% 

Annual 

Annual Monthly Twice per 

month 

Every two 

weeks Weekly Annual Monthly Twice per month 

Every two 

weeks Weekly 

48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam, and Territories 

1 ............................................ 15,060 27,861 2,322 1,161 1,072 536 19,578 1,632 816 753 377 

2 ............................................ 20,440 37,814 3,152 1,576 1,455 728 26,572 2,215 1,108 1,022 511 

3 ............................................ 25,820 47,767 3,981 1,991 1,838 919 33,566 2,798 1,399 1,291 646 


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INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES—Continued 

[Effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025] 

Household size 

Federal 

poverty 

guidelines 

Reduced price meals—185% Free meals—130% 

Annual 

Annual Monthly Twice per 

month 

Every two 

weeks Weekly Annual Monthly Twice per month 

Every two 

weeks Weekly 

4 ............................................ 31,200 57,720 4,810 2,405 2,220 1,110 40,560 3,380 1,690 1,560 780 

5 ............................................ 36,580 67,673 5,640 2,820 2,603 1,302 47,554 3,963 1,982 1,829 915 

6 ............................................ 41,960 77,626 6,469 3,235 2,986 1,493 54,548 4,546 2,273 2,098 1,049 

7 ............................................ 47,340 87,579 7,299 3,650 3,369 1,685 61,542 5,129 2,565 2,367 1,184 

8 ............................................ 52,720 97,532 8,128 4,064 3,752 1,876 68,536 5,712 2,856 2,636 1,318 

For each add’l family member, add ............................. 5,380 9,953 830 415 383 192 6,994 583 292 269 135 

Alaska 

1 ............................................ 18,810 2,900 1,450 1,339 670 24,453 2,038 1,019 941 471 

2 ............................................ 25,540 47,249 3,938 1,969 1,818 909 33,202 2,767 1,384 1,277 639 

3 ............................................ 32,270 59,700 4,975 2,488 2,297 1,149 41,951 3,496 1,748 1,614 807 

4 ............................................ 39,000 72,150 6,013 3,007 2,775 1,388 50,700 4,225 2,113 1,950 975 

5 ............................................ 45,730 84,601 7,051 3,526 3,254 1,627 59,449 4,955 2,478 2,287 1,144 

6 ............................................ 52,460 97,051 8,088 4,044 3,733 1,867 68,198 5,684 2,842 2,623 1,312 

7 ............................................ 59,190 109,502 9,126 4,563 4,212 2,106 76,947 6,413 3,207 2,960 1,480 

8 ............................................ 65,920 121,952 10,163 5,082 4,691 2,346 3,571 3,296 1,648 

For each add’l family member, add ............................. 6,730 12,451 1,038 519 479 240 8,749 730 365 337 169 

Hawaii 

1 ............................................ 17,310 32,024 2,669 1,335 1,232 616 22,503 1,876 938 866 433 

2 ............................................ 23,500 43,475 3,623 1,812 1,673 837 30,550 2,546 1,273 1,175 588 

3 ............................................ 29,690 54,927 4,578 2,289 2,113 1,057 38,597 3,217 1,609 1,485 743 

4 ............................................ 35,880 66,378 5,532 2,766 2,553 1,277 46,644 3,887 1,944 1,794 897 

5 ............................................ 42,070 77,830 6,486 3,243 2,994 1,497 54,691 4,558 2,279 2,104 1,052 

6 ............................................ 48,260 89,281 7,441 3,721 3,434 1,717 62,738 5,229 2,615 2,413 1,207 

7 ............................................ 54,450 100,733 8,395 4,198 3,875 1,938 70,785 5,899 2,950 2,723 1,362 

8 ............................................ 60,640 112,184 9,349 4,675 4,315 2,158 78,832 6,570 3,285 3,032 1,516 

For each add’l family member, add ............................. 6,190 11,452 955 478 441 221 8,047 671 336 310 155 

Cynthia Long, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03355 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest 

National Scenic Trail Advisory Council 

will hold public meetings according to 

the details shown below. The Council is 

authorized under the National Trails 

System Act (the Act) and operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of 

the Council is to advise and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Agriculture, through the Chief of the 

Forest Service, on matters relating to the 

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail 

(PNT) as described in the Act. 

DATES: A virtual meeting will be held 

March 5, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., 

Pacific Standard Time (PST). 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide virtual oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. PST on February 27, 2024. Written 

public comments will be accepted up to 

11:59 p.m. PST on February 27, 2024. 

Comments submitted after this date will 

be provided to the Forest Service, but 

the Council may not have adequate time 

to consider those comments prior to the 

meeting. 

All council meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

virtually. The public may join virtually 

via the Zoom app or the internet using 

the link posted on the PNT Advisory 

Council Meetings web page: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/detail/pnt/workingtogether/advisory-committees/?cid=

fseprd505622. Council information and 

meeting details can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/detail/pnt/workingtogether/advisory-committees/?cid=

fseprd505622 or by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

jeffrey.kitchens@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to Jeff Kitchens, 63095 

Deschutes Market Road, Bend, Oregon 

97701. The Forest Service strongly 

prefers comments be submitted 

electronically. 

Oral Comments: Persons or 

organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. PST, February 27, 2024, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to jeffrey.kitchens@

usda.gov or via mail (i.e., postmarked) 

to Jeff Kitchens, 63095 Deschutes 

Market Road, Bend, Oregon 97701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Kitchens, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by email at jeffrey.kitchens@

usda.gov or phone at (458) 899–6185. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Approve meeting minutes; 

2. Discuss implementation of the 

comprehensive plan for the PNT; and 

3. Discuss and identify future PNT 

Advisory Council activity. 


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