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Vol. 78, No. 108 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 

1To view the notice, the comments we received, 

the EA, and the followup finding of no significant 

impact, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0052. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0046] 

Oral Rabies Vaccine Trial; Availability 

of a Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared a 

supplemental environmental assessment 

(EA) relative to an oral rabies 

vaccination field trial in New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia. The supplemental 

EA analyzes expanding the field trial for 

an experimental oral rabies vaccine for 

wildlife to additional areas in New 

York. The proposed field trial is 

necessary to evaluate whether the 

wildlife rabies vaccine will produce 

sufficient levels of population immunity 

against raccoon rabies. We are making 

the supplemental EA available to the 

public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 5, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0046-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0046, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

The supplemental environmental 

assessment and any comments we 

receive may be viewed at http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2013-0046 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. 

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 supplemental environmental 

assessment, contact Ms. Beth Kabert, 

Staff Wildlife Biologist, 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 

in 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. 

Currently, APHIS conducts an oral 

rabies vaccination (ORV) program to 

control the spread of rabies. The ORV 

program has utilized a vaccinia-rabies 

glycoprotein (V–RG) vaccine. APHIS– 

WS’ use of the V–RG vaccine has 

resulted in several notable 

accomplishments, including the 

elimination of canine rabies from 

sources in Mexico, the successful 

control of gray fox rabies virus variant 

in western Texas, and the prevention of 

any appreciable spread of raccoon rabies 

in the eastern United States. While the 

prevention of any appreciable spread of 

raccoon rabies in the eastern United 

States represents a major 

accomplishment in rabies management, 

the V–RG vaccine has not been effective 

in eliminating raccoon rabies from highrisk spread corridors. This fact 

prompted APHIS–WS to evaluate rabies 

vaccines capable of producing higher 

levels of population immunity against 

raccoon rabies to better control the 

spread of this disease. 

In 2011, APHIS–WS initiated a field 

trial to study the immunogenicity and 

safety of a promising new wildlife rabies 

vaccine, human adenovirus type 5 

rabies glycoprotein recombinant vaccine 

in portions of West Virginia, including 

U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest 

Service National Forest System lands. 

The vaccine used in this field trial is an 

experimental oral rabies vaccine called 

ONRAB (produced by Artemis 

Technologies Inc., Guelph, Ontario, 

Canada). 

To further assess the immunogenicity 

of ONRAB in raccoons and skunks for 

raccoon rabies virus variant, APHIS–WS 

determined the need to expand the field 

trial into portions of New Hampshire, 

New York, Ohio, Vermont, as well as 

West Virginia, including National Forest 

System lands. On July 9, 2012, we 

published in the Federal Register (77 

FR 40322–40323, Docket No. APHIS– 

2012–0052) 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 proposed 

field trial to test the safety and efficacy 

of the ONRAB vaccine in New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia. We announced the 

availability of our final EA and finding 

of no significant impact in a notice 

published in the Federal Register (see 

footnote 1) on August 16, 2012 (77 FR 

49409–49410, Docket No. APHIS–2012– 

0052). The field trial began in August 

2012, taking place within approximately 

10,483 square miles in portions of New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia, including portions of 

National Forest System lands, excluding 

Wilderness Areas. The field trial is a 

collaborative effort among APHIS–WS; 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention; the vaccine manufacturer; 

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the appropriate agriculture, health, and 

wildlife agencies for the States of New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia; the Ontario Ministry 

of Natural Resources; and the Quebec 

Ministry of Natural Resources and 

Wildlife. 

Given promising immunogenicity 

levels documented during the field trial 

of the ONRAB vaccine and the need for 

further field testing, APHIS is 

considering expanding the current field 

trial for the ONRAB vaccine to 

additional counties in New York. APHIS 

has prepared a supplemental EA in 

which we analyze expanding the area of 

the field trial zone in New York to 

include Erie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, 

Niagara, St. Lawrence, and Wyoming 

Counties. This would add 

approximately 14 square miles to the 

field trial, increasing the field trial from 

approximately 10,483 square miles to 

approximately 10,697 square miles. The 

supplemental EA analyzes a number of 

environmental issues or concerns with 

the ONRAB vaccine and activities 

associated with the field trial, such as 

capture and handling animals for 

monitoring and surveillance purposes 

with regard to the proposed action. 

We are making the supplemental EA 

available to the public for review and 

comment. We will consider all 

comments that we receive on or before 

the date listed under the heading DATES

at the beginning of this notice. 

The supplemental EA may be viewed 

on the Regulations.gov Web site or in 

our reading room (see ADDRESSES above 

for instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

In addition, paper copies may be 

obtained by calling or writing to the 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The EA has 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 3rd day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0032] 

National Poultry Improvement Plan; 

General Conference Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a 

meeting of the General Conference 

Committee of the National Poultry 

Improvement Plan. 

DATES: The General Conference 

Committee meeting will be held on June 

20, 2013, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hotel Indigo Athens, 500 College 

Avenue, Athens, GA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Denise L. Brinson, Acting Senior 

Coordinator, National Poultry 

Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, 1506 

Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 

30094; (770) 922–3496. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

General Conference Committee (the 

Committee) of the National Poultry 

Improvement Plan (NPIP), representing 

cooperating State agencies and poultry 

industry members, serves an essential 

function by acting as a liaison between 

the poultry industry and the Department 

in matters pertaining to poultry health. 

The Committee meets to discuss 

significant poultry health issues and 

makes recommendations to improve the 

NPIP program. 

Topics for discussion at the upcoming 

meeting include: 

1. Salmonella update. 

2. Salmonella tests for consideration. 

3. Pooling of avian influenza samples. 

4. Cooperative agreements and funds 

for testing. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. However, due to time 

constraints, the public will not be 

allowed to participate in the discussions 

during the meeting. Written statements 

on meeting topics may be filed with the 

Committee before or after the meeting 

by sending them to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Written statements may also 

be filed at the meeting. Please refer to 

Docket No. APHIS–2013–0032 when 

submitting your statements. 

If you require special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, please call or write 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

This notice of meeting is given 

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers Used for Publication of 

Legal Notices by the Intermountain 

Region; Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that will be used by the 

ranger districts, forests and regional 

office of the Intermountain Region to 

publish legal notices required under 36 

CFR 215, 219, and 218. The intended 

effect of this action is to inform 

interested members of the public which 

newspapers the Forest Service will use 

to publish notices of proposed actions 

and notices of decision. This will 

provide the public with constructive 

notice of Forest Service proposals and 

decisions, provide information on the 

procedures to comment, object or 

appeal, and establish the date that the 

Forest Service will use to determine if 

comments or appeals were timely. 

DATES: Publication of legal notices in 

the listed newspapers will begin on or 

after June 2013. The list of newspapers 

will remain in effect until October 2013, 

when another notice will be published 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris 

Rutledge, Regional Appeals 

Coordinator, Intermountain Region, 324 

25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401, and 

phone (801) 625–5146. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

administrative procedures at 36 CFR 

215, 219, and 218 require the Forest 

Service to publish notices in a 

newspaper of general circulation. The 

content of the notices is specified in 36 

CFR 215, 219 and 218. In general, the 

notices will identify: The decision or 

project, by title or subject matter; the 

name and title of the official making the 

decision; how to obtain additional 

information; and where and how to file 

comments or appeals. The date the 

notice is published will be used to 

establish the official date for the 

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