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Notices Federal Register

29706 

Vol. 75, No. 102 

Thursday, May 27, 2010 

1To view the environmental assessment, the 

comments we received and our responses to the 

comments, and the finding of no significant impact, 

go to (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2006-0172). 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172] 

Interstate Movement of Garbage from 

Hawaii; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to a 

request to allow the interstate 

movement of garbage from Hawaii to a 

landfill in the State of Washington. The 

environmental assessment documents 

our review and analysis of the 

environmental impacts associated with, 

and alternatives to, the movement of 

palletized or containerized baled 

municipal solid waste to three existing 

ports on the Columbia River via barge 

and the transfer and transportation of 

the waste via truck or rail to the landfill. 

Based on its finding of no significant 

impact, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has determined that 

an environmental impact statement 

need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David B. Lamb, Import Specialist, 

Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1231; (301) 734-0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The importation and interstate 

movement of garbage is regulated by the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) under 7 CFR 330.400 

and 9 CFR 94.5 (referred to below as the 

regulations) in order to protect against 

the introduction into and dissemination 

within the United States of plant and 

animal pests and diseases. 

On January 19, 2010, we published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 2845-2846, 

Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172) a notice1

in which we announced the availability, 

for public review and comment, of an 

environmental assessment documenting 

our review and analysis of the 

environmental impacts associated with, 

and alternatives to, the movement of 

palletized or containerized baled 

municipal solid waste to three existing 

ports on the Columbia River via barge 

and the transfer and transportation of 

the waste via truck or rail to the landfill. 

We solicited comments on the 

environmental assessment for 30 days 

ending on February 18, 2010. We 

received 37 comments by that date. The 

commenters raised several issues, 

including the potential for invasive 

species/pest introductions, impacts on 

air and water quality, impacts on fish 

and wildlife habitat, impacts on existing 

infrastructure (highway, rail, and barge), 

increased traffic at associated ports, and 

the adequacy of the environmental 

assessment’s analysis of cumulative 

effects. 

Our analysis of the comments 

received and our responses to the issues 

raised in the comments are contained in 

a response to comments document that 

may be viewed on the Regulations.gov 

Web page (see footnote 1) or obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

response to comments document, along 

with copies of the environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact, is also available for public 

inspection at USDA, room 1141, South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Persons 

wishing to inspect copies are requested 

to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 

facilitate entry into the reading room. 

The environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact 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) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day 

of May 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12828 Filed 5–26–10: 7:27 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for Energy Audits and Renewable 

Energy Development Assistance Under 

the Rural Energy for America Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Energy for America 

Program, formerly section 9006 under 

the 2002 Farm Bill, is composed of 

several types of grants and guaranteed 

loan programs. These are: Guaranteed 

loans and grants for the development/ 

construction of renewable energy 

systems and for energy efficiency 

improvement projects; grants for 

conducting energy audits; grants for 

conducting renewable energy 

development assistance; and grants for 

conducting renewable energy feasibility 

studies. 

The Agency is implementing the 

Rural Energy for America Program 

(REAP) for Fiscal Year 2010 through the 

publication of three REAP notices: 

• Renewable energy system and 

energy efficiency improvement grants 

and guaranteed loans; 

• Energy audit and renewable energy 

development assistance grants; and 

• Renewable energy feasibility study 

grants. 

This REAP notice announces the 

availability of $2.4 million for fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 to units of State, tribal, 

or local government; instrumentalities 

of a State, tribal, or local government; 

land-grant colleges and universities and 

other institutions of higher education, 

including 1994 Land Grant Colleges 


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