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Notices Federal Register

50022 

Vol. 78, No. 159 

Friday, August 16, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 12, 2013. 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Comments 

regarding (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Departmental Administration 

Title: USDA PIV Request for 

Credential. 

OMB Control Number: 0505–0022. 

Summary of Collection: To obtain 

approval of information that must be 

provided by Federal contractors and 

other applicable individuals (including 

all employees and some affiliates) when 

applying for a USDA credential 

(identification card). The information is 

necessary to comply with the 

requirements outlined in Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 

12, and Federal Information Processing 

Standard (FIPS) 201, Personal Identity 

Verification (PIV) Phase I and II. USDA 

has completed Phase I and to comply 

with PIV II, USDA has implemented an 

automated identity proofing, 

registration, and issuance process 

consistent with the requirements 

outlined in FIPS 201–1. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information will be collected using form 

AD 1197, Request for USDA 

Identification (ID) Badge, to issue a site 

badge to grant individuals short term 

assess to facilities. USDA has chosen to 

use GSA’s USAccess program for 

HSPD–12 credentialing and identity 

management. The automated system 

includes six separate and distinct roles 

to ensure no one single individual can 

issue a credential without further 

validation from another authorized role 

holder. An automated notification 

process provides streamlined 

communication between role holder and 

the applicant, notifying each as to the 

respective steps in the process. If the 

information is not collected, Federal 

and non-Federal employees may not be 

permitted in some facilities and will not 

be allowed access to government 

computer systems. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 12,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 30,000. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19884 Filed 8–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3412–BA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0003] 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication 

Program 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

proposed scope of study. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service plans to prepare an 

environmental impact statement to 

analyze the effects of a program to 

eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle 

from wherever it might occur in the 

United States. This notice identifies 

potential issues and alternatives that 

will be studied in the environmental 

impact statement and requests public 

comments to further delineate the scope 

of the alternatives and environmental 

impacts and issues. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

16, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

regarding the environmental impact 

statement by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0003- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0003, 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-2013-0003 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. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to the Asian 

Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program, 

contact Dr. Robyn Rose, National Asian 

Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program 

Manager, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–2283. For questions related to the 

environmental impact statement, 

contact Dr. Jim Warren, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Environmental 

and Risk Analysis Services, PPD, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 149, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (202) 316–3216. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Asian longhorned beetle 

(Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB) is a 

foreign wood-boring beetle that 

threatens a wide variety of hardwood 

trees in North America. The native 

range of ALB includes China and Korea. 

ALB is believed to have been introduced 

into the United States from wood pallets 

and other wood packing material 

accompanying cargo shipments from 

Asia. ALB was first discovered in the 

United States in August 1996 in the 

Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, 

NY. Since then, ALB has been found in 

limited areas in New York and New 

Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, and most 

recently, in Clermont County, OH. 

Areas where ALB has been found are 

quarantined in accordance with the 

regulations in 7 CFR 301.51–1 through 

301.51–9. These regulations place 

restrictions on the movement of ALB 

host articles from the quarantined areas, 

thus helping to prevent the humanassisted spread of ALB. Within the 

quarantined areas, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

works to eradicate ALB, after which the 

quarantine can be removed. 

To date, ALB has been eradicated 

from Chicago, IL; Hudson, Middlesex, 

and Union Counties, NJ; Islip, NY; and 

the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten 

Island in New York. The infested areas 

in Massachusetts and Ohio are active 

eradication areas, and APHIS is still 

working to determine the extent of those 

infestations. 

Current efforts to eradicate 

infestations in the two locations listed 

above include cutting, chipping or 

burning, and disposing by mulching of 

infested trees and high-risk host trees 

(ALB host trees that are located within 

a half-mile radius of infested trees). 

High-risk host trees that are not cut are 

treated with either trunk injections or 

soil injections at the base of the tree 

using the insecticide imidacloprid. 

Under the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), Federal agencies must examine 

the potential environmental effects of 

proposed Federal actions and 

alternatives. We are planning to prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) to analyze the effects of a program 

to eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle 

from wherever it might occur in the 

United States. The EIS will examine the 

environmental effects of control 

alternatives available to the Agency, 

including a no action alternative. It will 

be used for planning and 

decisionmaking and to inform the 

public about the environmental effects 

of APHIS’ ALB eradication activities. It 

will also provide an overview of APHIS 

activities to which we can tier sitespecific analyses and environmental 

assessments if new ALB infestations are 

discovered in the United States. 

We are requesting public comment to 

help us identify or confirm potential 

alternatives and environmental issues 

that should be examined in the EIS, as 

well as comments that identify other 

issues that should be examined in the 

EIS. 

The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with: (1) NEPA, (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). 

We have identified five alternatives 

for further examination in the EIS: 

Take no action. Under the no action 

alternative, no eradication efforts would 

be undertaken by APHIS. However, 

APHIS would continue to implement 

quarantine restrictions. 

Removal of infested trees. Under this 

alternative, APHIS would implement 

quarantine restrictions and would only 

remove trees infested with ALB. Highrisk host trees would not be removed or 

treated. 

Full host removal. Under this 

alternative, APHIS would implement 

quarantine restrictions, remove infested 

host trees, and remove high-risk host 

trees up to a half mile from infested 

trees. 

Insecticide treatment. Under this 

alternative, APHIS would implement 

quarantine restrictions, remove infested 

host trees, and treat high-risk host trees 

with an insecticide up to a half mile 

from infested trees. 

Integrated approach. Under this 

alternative, APHIS would implement 

quarantine restrictions, remove infested 

trees, and use a combination of removal 

and insecticide treatments of high-risk 

host trees. 

We have identified the following 

potential environmental impacts or 

issues for further examination in the 

EIS: 

• Effects on wildlife, including 

consideration of migratory bird species 

and changes in native wildlife habitat 

and populations. 

Æ Effects on federally listed 

threatened and endangered species. 

• Effects on soil, air, and water 

quality. 

• Effects on forests and trees in 

residential areas. 

• Effects on the wood product 

industry and other economic impacts, 

including impacts on the firewood 

industry and on property values. 

• Effects on human health and safety. 

• Effects on cultural and historic 

resources. 

We welcome comments on the 

proposed action, and on other 

alternatives and environmental impacts 

or issues that should be considered for 

further examination in the EIS. 

All comments on this notice will be 

carefully considered in developing the 

final scope of the EIS. Upon completion 

of the draft EIS, a notice announcing its 

availability and an invitation to 

comment on it will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

August 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19957 Filed 8–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0053] 

Importation of Fresh Oranges and 

Tangerines From Egypt Into the United 

States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to allow the importation of 

oranges and tangerines from Egypt. 

Based on the findings of a pest list and 

commodity import evaluation 

document, which we made available to 

the public for review and comment 

through a previous notice, we have 

concluded that the application of one or 

more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the pest risk associated with the 

importation of oranges and tangerines 


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