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Vol. 76, No. 121 

Thursday, June 23, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0059] 

Notice of Establishment of a New Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Stakeholder 

Registry 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of a new Plant Protection 

and Quarantine email subscription 

service and advises current subscribers 

on how to continue receiving emails on 

topics of interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the PPQ Stakeholder 

Registry, contact Ms. Donna L. West, 

Senior Import Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plant 

Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

stakeholder registry is an email 

subscription service that allows 

individuals to receive information about 

PPQ activities on a variety of plant 

health topics. PPQ has redesigned the 

registry to enable PPQ to more 

effectively communicate urgent 

messages to the public and keep the 

public informed on day-to-day 

activities. Current subscribers will need 

to subscribe to the new PPQ Stakeholder 

Registry in order to continue receiving 

emails on PPQ-related topics. 

Subscribers will be able to choose 

from an array of PPQ topics such as PPQ 

hot issues, Federal notices, irradiation 

programs, foreign pests and diseases, 

plant pest programs, and updates to 

manuals and the Fruits and Vegetables 

Import Requirements database. 

Subscribers may also select how often to 

receive emails, Really Simple 

Syndication (RSS) feeds, or Short 

Message Service (SMS) messages. 

Current and new subscribers may sign 

up now for the new registry at https:// 

public.govdelivery.com/accounts/

USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new or by 

clicking on the red envelope icon 

throughout the plant health pages on the 

APHIS Web site at http://www.aphis.

usda.gov/plant_health/index.shtml. The 

current PPQ stakeholder registry will be 

disabled on July 8, 2011. Questions 

concerning the PPQ stakeholder registry 

may be directed to APHISPPQ

stakeholderregistry@aphis.usda.gov. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

June 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15700 Filed 6–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Salmon-Challis National Forest, ID; 

Forestwide Invasive Plant Treatment 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: Invasive plants have been 

identified as a major threat to the 

biological diversity and ecological 

integrity within and outside the 

Salmon-Challis National Forest. 

Invasive plants create many adverse 

environmental effects, including, but 

not limited to: Displacement of native 

plants; reduction in functionality of 

habitat and forage for wildlife and 

livestock; threats to populations of 

threatened, endangered and sensitive 

species; alteration of physical and 

biological properties of soil, including 

productivity; changes to the intensity 

and frequency of fires; and loss of 

recreational opportunities. 

Within the 3,108,904 acres of the of 

the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

outside of the Frank Church River of No 

Return Wilderness, approximately 

65,000 acres are identified as being 

infested with invasive, non-native, and/ 

or State-listed noxious weeds. These 

invasive plant infestations have a high 

potential to expand on lands within and 

adjacent to the Salmon-Challis National 

Forest, degrading desired plant 

communities and the values provided 

by those communities. Forest lands are 

also threatened by ‘‘potential invaders,’’ 

invasive plants that have not been found 

on the Salmon-Challis National Forest 

but are known to occur in adjacent 

lands, counties, or states. Infestations 

can be prevented, eliminated, or 

controlled through the use of specific 

management practices. A clear and 

comprehensive integrated invasive plant 

management strategy would allow for 

the implementation of timely and 

effective invasive plant management 

and prevention for projects and 

programs on the Salmon-Challis 

National Forest. In the absence of an 

aggressive invasive plant management 

program, the number, density, and 

distribution of invasive plants on the 

Forest will continue to increase. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

August 8, 2011. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected in August, 

2012 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in 

September, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Salmon-Challis National Forest, Attn: 

Invasive Plant Treatment EIS, H/C 63 

Box 1669, Challis, ID 83226. Comments 

may also be sent via e-mail to 

comments-intermtn-salmonchallis@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

(208) 875–4199. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Purvine, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, c/o Challis-YankeeFork RD, H/ 

C 63 Box 1669, Challis, ID 83226 or by 

phone at (208) 879–4162. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The overall purpose of the proposed 

action is to reduce the negative effects 

of invasive plants on the structure and 

function of native plant communities 

and on other natural resource values 

that can otherwise be adversely 

impacted by invasive plants and to 

update analysis of the effects of 

Forestwide integrated invasive plant 

management. The proposal is in 

response to an underlying need to 


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