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Vol. 78, No. 233 

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. African 

Development Foundation (USDAF) will 

hold its quarterly meeting of the Board 

of Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 2 p.m. 

and will last until 3:30 p.m. of the same 

day. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

via teleconference. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rabayah Akhter, 202–233–8811. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 U.S.C. 

290h). 

Dated: November 26, 2013. 

Doris Mason Martin, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28986 Filed 12–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0064] 

Concurrence With OIE Risk 

Designations for Bovine Spongiform 

Encephalopathy 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our preliminary concurrence with the 

World Organization for Animal Health’s 

(OIE) bovine spongiform 

encephalopathy (BSE) risk designations 

for 14 regions. The OIE recognizes these 

regions as being of either negligible risk 

for BSE or of controlled risk for BSE. We 

are taking this action based on our 

review of information supporting the 

OIE’s risk designations for these regions. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 3, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0064- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0064, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0064 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation 

Services, National Center for Import and 

Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–3300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

As amended by a final rule published 

in today’s Federal Register (see ‘‘Bovine 

Spongiform Encephalopathy; 

Importation of Bovines and Bovine 

Products,’’ Docket No. APHIS–2008– 

0010), the regulations in 9 CFR part 92 

subpart B, ‘‘Importation of Animals and 

Animal Products; Procedures for 

Requesting BSE Risk Status 

Classification With Regard To Bovines’’ 

(referred to below as the regulations), set 

forth the process by which the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) classifies regions for bovine 

spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk. 

Section 92.5 of the regulations provides 

that all countries of the world are 

considered by APHIS to be in one of 

three BSE risk categories: Negligible 

risk, controlled risk, or undetermined 

risk. These risk categories are defined in 

§ 92.1. Any region that is not classified 

by APHIS as presenting either negligible 

risk or controlled risk for BSE is 

considered to present an undetermined 

risk. The list of those regions classified 

by APHIS as having either negligible 

risk or controlled risk can be accessed 

on the APHIS Web site at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/

animals/animal_disease_status.shtml. 

The list can also be obtained by writing 

to APHIS at National Import Export 

Services, 4700 River Road Unit 38, 

Riverdale, MD 20737. 

Under the regulations, APHIS may 

classify a region for BSE in one of two 

ways. One way is for countries that have 

not received a risk classification from 

the World Organization for Animal 

Health (OIE) to request classification by 

APHIS. The other way is for APHIS to 

concur with the classification given to a 

country by the OIE. 

If the OIE has classified a country as 

either BSE negligible risk or BSE 

controlled risk, APHIS will seek 

information to support concurrence 

with the OIE classification. This 

information may be publicly available 

information, or APHIS may request that 

countries supply the same information 

given to the OIE. APHIS will announce 

in the Federal Register, subject to 

public comment, its intent to concur 

with an OIE classification. 

In accordance with this process, we 

are giving notice in this document that 

APHIS intends to concur with the OIE 

risk classifications of the following 

countries: 

• Regions of negligible risk for BSE: 

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, 

Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, 

Singapore, Slovenia. 

• Regions of controlled risk for BSE: 

Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Nicaragua, 

Taiwan. 

The OIE recommendations regarding 

each of the above countries can be 

viewed at http://www.oie.int/animalhealth-in-the-world/official-diseasestatus/bse/list-of-bse-risk-status/. 

The conclusions of the OIE scientific 

commission for these countries can be 

viewed at: 

Austria: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/ 

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2012.pdf (page 46). 


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Belgium: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2012.pdf (page 47). 

Brazil: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2012.pdf (page 48). 

Bulgaria: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2013.pdf (page 68). 

Colombia: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2012.pdf (page 50). 

Costa Rica: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2013.pdf (page 69). 

Croatia: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/ 

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2012.pdf (page 51). 

Israel: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2013.pdf (page 71). 

Italy: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2013.pdf (page 72). 

Japan: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

Feb2013.pdf (page 73). 

Netherlands: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2013.pdf (page 75). 

Nicaragua: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2012.pdf (page 52). 

Singapore: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_fev2007.pdf (page 30). 

Slovenia: http://www.oie.int/

fileadmin/Home/eng/Internationa_

Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_

SCAD_Feb2013.pdf (page 76). 

Taiwan: http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/ 

Home/eng/Internationa_Standard_

Setting/docs/pdf/SCAD/A_SCAD_

fev2007.pdf (page 24—under Chinese 

Taipei). 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our final 

determination regarding the BSE 

classification of these countries in the 

Federal Register, along with a 

discussion of and response to pertinent 

issues raised by commenters. If APHIS 

recognizes a country as either negligible 

risk or controlled risk for BSE, the 

Agency will include that country in a 

list of regions of negligible risk or 

controlled risk for BSE, as applicable, 

that is available to the public on the 

Agency’s Web site at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/

animals/animal_disease_status.shtml. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317; 

21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 

CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

November 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28338 Filed 12–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

White River National Forest; Summit 

County, CO; 2013 Arapahoe Basin 

Improvements EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (ABasin) has submitted a proposal to the 

White River National Forest (WRNF) to 

pursue approval of proposed projects 

included in its 2012 Master 

Development Plan (MDP). The WRNF 

has accepted this proposal, and is 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose 

the potential environmental effects of 

implementing the projects. The 

Proposed Action is designed to: Provide 

The Beavers with snow safety 

operations and ski patrol services 

consistent with statements made in the 

2002 WRNF Forest Plan FEIS; 

accommodate existing and future 

demand for high Alpine and open bowl 

skiing while protecting and enhancing 

the distinctive skiing experience that ABasin provides; improve access to 

Montezuma Bowl; upgrade or remove 

existing lifts, as needed; improve water 

storage capacity for existing 

snowmaking operations; and, enhance 

four-season recreational opportunities. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

January 21, 2014. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected to be available for public 

review in the spring of 2014 and the 

final environmental impact statement is 

expected in the winter of 2014/15. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Scott Fitzwilliams, Forest Supervisor, 

c/Joe Foreman, White River National 

Forest, PO Box 620, Silverthorne, CO 

80498; FAX (970) 468–7735 or by email 

to: wrnf_scoping_comments@fs.fed.us 

(please include A-Basin 2013 

Improvements EIS in the subject line). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information related to the 

proposed project can be obtained from: 

Joe Foreman, Winter Sports Permit 

Administrator, Dillon Ranger District, 

680 Blue River Pkwy, PO Box 620, 

Silverthorne, CO 80498. Mr. Foreman 

can be reached by phone at (970) 262– 

3443 or by email at jgforeman@fs.fed.us. 

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: Dating 

back to 1982, six avalanche fatalities 

have occurred in the backcountry 

immediately adjacent to A-Basin’s 

operational boundary—five in the Steep 

Gullies and one in Beaver Bowl. 

Currently, The Beavers can be accessed 

legally through backcountry access 

points located along the western extent 

of A-Basin’s operational boundary. 

From these points, skiers may exit the 

controlled/patrolled portions of ABasin’s operational boundary to access 

adjacent backcountry terrain in The 

Beavers, the Steep Gullies and the Rock 

Pile. In particular, these areas receive 

heavy backcountry use by the public 

once the snowpack is sufficient. The 

Proposed Action proposes to 

incorporate The Beavers into A-Basin’s 

operational boundary to improve the 

safety of recreating in that area. 

Documentation of the popularity of 

The Beavers can be traced back to the 

2002 WRNF Forest Plan FEIS, which 

provides detailed information on 

‘‘Future Expansion’’ areas at existing ski 

areas across Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, and 

Summit counties. Related to A-Basin’s 

SUP area, and specifically related to 

planned projects discussed in this 

proposal, the 2002 Forest Plan FEIS 

states: 

The Beavers are popular with backcountry 

skiers and snowboarders who access the site 

from Arapahoe Basin ski area. Steep northfacing chutes above treeline with numerous 

rock outcrops characterize the terrain. Most 

skiers hike or hitchhike uphill to return to 

their vehicles. Avalanche risk to the public 

is potentially high. The risk could be 

partially mitigated if the Beavers site was 

developed for skiing as part of the ski area. 

Bringing The Beavers into A-Basin’s 

operational boundary would provide the 

area with snow safety operations and ski 

patrol services consistent with 

statements made in the 2002 WRNF 

Forest Plan FEIS. 

In addition to safety, A-Basin’s market 

is unique in that it is strongly skewed 


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