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APHIS has evaluated the issues raised 

during the comment period and, where 

appropriate, has provided a discussion 

of these issues in our environmental 

assessment (EA). 

After public comments are received 

on a completed petition, APHIS 

evaluates those comments and then 

provides a second opportunity for 

public involvement in our 

decisionmaking process. According to 

our public review process (see footnote 

1), the second opportunity for public 

involvement follows one of two 

approaches, as described below. 

If APHIS decides, based on its review 

of the petition and its evaluation and 

analysis of comments received during 

the 60-day public comment period on 

the petition, that the petition involves a 

GE organism that raises no substantive 

new issues, APHIS will follow 

Approach 1 for public involvement. 

Under Approach 1, APHIS announces in 

the Federal Register the availability of 

APHIS’ preliminary regulatory 

determination along with its EA, 

preliminary finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI), and its plant pest risk 

assessment (PPRA) for a 30-day public 

review period. APHIS will evaluate any 

information received related to the 

petition and its supporting documents 

during the 30-day public review period. 

For this petition, we are using 

Approach 1. 

If APHIS decides, based on its review 

of the petition and its evaluation and 

analysis of comments received during 

the 60-day public comment period on 

the petition, that the petition involves a 

GE organism that raises substantive new 

issues, APHIS will follow Approach 2. 

Under Approach 2, APHIS first solicits 

written comments from the public on a 

draft EA and PPRA for a 30-day 

comment period through the 

publication of a Federal Register notice. 

Then, after reviewing and evaluating the 

comments on the draft EA and PPRA 

and other information, APHIS will 

revise the PPRA as necessary and 

prepare a final EA and, based on the 

final EA, a National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) decision document 

(either a FONSI or a notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement). 

As part of our decisionmaking process 

regarding a GE organism’s regulatory 

status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess 

the plant pest risk of the article. APHIS 

also prepares the appropriate 

environmental documentation—either 

an EA or an environmental impact 

statement—in accordance with NEPA, 

to provide the Agency and the public 

with a review and analysis of any 

potential environmental impacts that 

may result if the petition request is 

approved. 

APHIS has prepared a PPRA and has 

concluded that maize event MON 87427 

is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. In 

section 403 of the Plant Protection Act, 

‘‘plant pest’’ is defined as any living 

stage of any of the following that can 

directly or indirectly injure, cause 

damage to, or cause disease in any plant 

or plant product: A protozoan, a 

nonhuman animal, a parasitic plant, a 

bacterium, a fungus, a virus or viroid, an 

infectious agent or other pathogen, or 

any article similar to or allied with any 

of the foregoing. 

APHIS has prepared an EA in which 

we present two alternatives based on 

our analysis of data submitted by 

Monsanto, a review of other scientific 

data, field tests conducted under APHIS 

oversight, and comments received on 

the petition. APHIS is considering the 

following alternatives: (1) Take no 

action, i.e., APHIS would not change the 

regulatory status of maize event MON 

87427 and it would continue to be a 

regulated article, or (2) make a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

maize event MON 87427. 

The EA was prepared in accordance 

with (1) 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 and other 

pertinent scientific data, APHIS has 

reached a preliminary FONSI with 

regard to the preferred alternative 

identified in the EA. 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Monsanto, 

references provided in the petition, 

peer-reviewed publications, information 

analyzed in the EA, the PPRA, 

comments provided by the public on the 

petition, and discussion of issues in the 

EA, APHIS has determined that maize 

event MON 87427 is unlikely to pose a 

plant pest risk. We have therefore 

reached a preliminary decision to make 

a determination of nonregulated status 

of maize event MON 87427, whereby 

maize event MON 87427 would no 

longer be subject to our regulations 

governing the introduction of certain GE 

organisms. 

We are making available for a 30-day 

review period APHIS’ preliminary 

regulatory determination of maize event 

MON 87427, along with our PPRA, EA, 

and preliminary FONSI for the 

preliminary determination of 

nonregulated status. The EA, 

preliminary FONSI, PPRA, and our 

preliminary determination for maize 

event MON 87427, as well as the 

Monsanto petition and the comments 

received on the petition, are available as 

indicated under ADDRESSES and FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above. 

Copies of these documents may also be 

obtained from the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After the 30-day review period closes, 

APHIS will review and evaluate any 

information received during the 30-day 

review period. If, after evaluating the 

information received, APHIS determines 

that we have not received substantive 

new information that would warrant 

APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, APHIS will notify 

the public through an announcement on 

our Web site of our final regulatory 

determination. If, however, APHIS 

determines that we have received 

substantive new information that would 

warrant APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, then APHIS will 

notify the public of our intent to 

conduct additional analysis and to 

prepare an amended EA, a new FONSI, 

and/or a revised PPRA, which would be 

made available for public review 

through the publication of a notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

APHIS will also notify the petitioner. 

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 19th day of 

July 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17935 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION 

101st Commission Meeting 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Arctic Research Commission will hold 

its 101st meeting in Unalaska, Alaska, 

on August 26–27, 2013. The business 

sessions, open to the public, will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. 

The Agenda items include: 

(1) Call to order and approval of the 

agenda 

(2) Approval of the minutes from the 

100th meeting 


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1See Department of Commerce Final Remand 

Results of Redetermination, CIT Court No. 05–399 

(January 17, 2012). 

(3) Commissioners and staff reports 

(4) Discussion and presentations 

concerning Arctic research activities 

The focus of the meeting will be 

Arctic research activities in Unalaska, as 

well as reports and updates on other 

programs and research projects affecting 

the Arctic. 

If you plan to attend this meeting, 

please notify us via the contact 

information below. Any person 

planning to attend who requires special 

accessibility features and/or auxiliary 

aids, such as sign language interpreters, 

must inform the Commission of those 

needs in advance of the meeting. 

Contact person for further 

information: John Farrell, Executive 

Director, U.S. Arctic Research 

Commission, 703–525–0111 or TDD 

703–306–0090. 

John Farrell, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17846 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Nevada Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the Nevada 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will convene on Friday, 

August 16, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. and 

adjourn at approximately 3:00 p.m. at 

the Department of Employment, 

Training and Rehabilitation, 2800 East 

St. Louis Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 

89104. The agenda and purpose of the 

meeting is for the Committee to plan its 

project on policing and the 

administration of justice. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Western Regional Office by September 

16, 2013. The mailing address is 

Western Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los 

Angeles St., Suite 2010, Los Angeles, 

CA 90032. Persons wishing to email 

their comments may do so to 

atrevino@usccr.gov. Persons that desire 

additional information should contact 

the Western Regional Office at (213) 

894–3437. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Chicago, IL, July 22, 2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17883 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1906] 

Approval of Subzone Status; EastonBell Sports, Inc.; Rantoul, Illinois 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act 

provides for ‘‘. . . the establishment 

. . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of 

entry of the United States, to expedite 

and encourage foreign commerce, and 

for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to 

qualified corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15 

CFR Part 400) provide for the 

establishment of subzones when 

existing zone facilities cannot serve the 

specific use involved; 

Whereas, the Economic Development 

Council for Central Illinois, grantee of 

Foreign-Trade Zone 114, has made 

application to the Board for the 

establishment of a subzone at the 

facility of Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., 

located in Rantoul, Illinois, (FTZ Docket 

B–32–2013, docketed 4–16–2013); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 23904–23905, 4–23– 

2013) and the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

approves subzone status at the facility of 

Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., located in 

Rantoul, Illinois (Subzone 114F), as 

described in the application and 

Federal Register notice, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

July 2013. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17904 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–831] 

Fresh Garlic From the People’s 

Republic of China: Notice of Court 

Decision Not in Harmony With Final 

Results of Administrative Review and 

Notice of Amended Final Results of 

Administrative Review 

SUMMARY: On June 24, 2013, the United 

States Court of International Trade 

(‘‘CIT’’ or ‘‘Court’’) sustained the 

Department of Commerce’s 

(‘‘Department’’) final results of the third 

remand redetermination 1 relating to the 

ninth administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘PRC’’), pursuant to the CIT’s remand 

order in Taian Ziyang Food Co., Ltd. v. 

United States, Court No. 05–00399, Slip. 

Op. 13–80 (CIT 2013). Consistent with 

the decision of the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

(‘‘CAFC’’) in Timken Co. v. United 

States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 

(‘‘Timken’’), as clarified by Diamond 

Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United 

States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 

(‘‘Diamond Sawblades’’), the 

Department is notifying the public that 

the final CIT judgment in this case is not 

in harmony with the Department’s final 

results and is amending its final results 

of the administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 

from the PRC covering the period of 

review (‘‘POR’’) of November 1, 2002 


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