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Vol. 86, No. 120 

Friday, June 25, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–21–0001; SC21–996–1] 

Request for Peanut Standards Board 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) 

requires the Secretary of Agriculture 

(Secretary) to establish a Peanut 

Standards Board (Board) for the purpose 

of advising the Secretary on quality and 

handling standards for domestically 

produced and imported peanuts. The 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

is seeking nominations for individuals 

to be considered for selection as Board 

members for a term of office ending June 

30, 2024. Meetings are held virtually or 

in a hybrid style with participants 

having a choice whether to attend in 

person or virtually. 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received on or before August 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Steven W. Kauffman of the Southeast 

Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order 

and Agreement Division, Specialty 

Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1124 1st 

Street South, Winter Haven, FL 33880; 

Telephone: (863) 324–3375; Fax: (863) 

291–8614; Email: Steven.Kauffman@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1308 of the 2002 Farm Bill requires the 

Secretary establish and consult with the 

Board for the purpose of advising the 

Secretary regarding the establishment of 

quality and handling standards for all 

domestic and imported peanuts 

marketed in the United States. 

The 2002 Farm Bill, as amended by 

§ 12502 of the Agriculture Improvement 

Act of 2018, provides the Board’s 

makeup will include three producers 

and three peanut industry 

representatives from States specified in 

each of the following producing regions: 

Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, and 

Florida); Southwest (Texas, Oklahoma, 

and New Mexico); and Virginia/Carolina 

(Virginia, North Carolina, and South 

Carolina). The Board consists of 18 

members with representation equally 

divided between peanut producers and 

industry representatives. Each term of 

office is for a period of three years. The 

terms of office are staggered in order to 

replace one third of the Board each year. 

The term ‘‘peanut industry 

representatives’’ includes, but is not 

limited to, representatives of shellers, 

manufacturers, buying points, marketing 

associations and marketing 

cooperatives. The 2002 Farm Bill 

exempted the appointment of the Board 

from the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

USDA invites individuals, 

organizations, and groups affiliated with 

the categories listed above to nominate 

individuals for membership on the 

Board. All qualified nominees are 

forwarded for consideration as the Farm 

Bill does not provide for any voting. 

Appointees sought by this action will 

fill two positions in the Southeast 

region, two positions in the Southwest 

region, and two positions in the 

Virginia/Carolina region. 

Nominees should complete an 

Advisory Committee or Research and 

Promotion Background Information 

form (AD–755) and submit it to Steven 

W. Kauffman at the address provided in 

the ADDRESSES section above. Copies of 

this form may be obtained at the 

internet site http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

about-ams/facas-advisory-councils/ 

peanut-board, or from the Southeast 

Marketing Field Office. USDA seeks a 

diverse group of members representing 

the peanut industry. 

Equal opportunity practices will be 

followed in all appointments to the 

Board in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure the 

recommendations of the Board have 

considered the needs of the diverse 

groups within the peanut industry, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated abilities to represent 

minorities, women, persons with 

disabilities, and limited resource 

agriculture producers. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7958. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13584 Filed 6–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–21–0018] 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Members of the USDA Grain Inspection 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice to solicit nominees. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking 

nominations for individuals to serve on 

the USDA Grain Inspection Advisory 

Committee (Advisory Committee). The 

Advisory Committee meets no less than 

once annually to advise AMS on the 

programs and services it delivers under 

the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA). 

Meetings are held virtually or in a 

hybrid style with participants having a 

choice whether to attend in person or 

virtually. Recommendations by the 

Advisory Committee help AMS better 

meet the needs of its customers who 

operate in a dynamic and changing 

marketplace. 

DATES: AMS will consider nominations 

received by August 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations for the 

Advisory Committee by completing 

Form AD–755 and sending it by email 

to: Kendra.C.Kline@usda.gov. 

Form AD–755 may be obtained via 

USDA’s website: https://

www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/facasadvisory-councils/giac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kendra Kline, Telephone: (202) 690– 

2410 or email: Kendra.C.Kline@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by section 21 of the USGSA (7 

U.S.C. 87j), as amended, the Secretary of 

Agriculture (Secretary) established the 

Advisory Committee on September 29, 

1981, to provide advice to the AMS 

Administrator on implementation of the 

USGSA. As specified in the USGSA, no 


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33634 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 120 / Friday, June 25, 2021 / Notices 

1The notice, programmatic EA, public comments, 

and FONSI can be viewed at www.regulations.gov. 

Enter APHIS–2018–0101 in the Search field. 

2See footnote 1. 

member may serve successively for 

more than 2 terms. 

The Advisory Committee consists of 

15 members, appointed by the 

Secretary, who represent the interests of 

grain producers, processors, handlers, 

merchandisers, consumers, exporters, 

and scientists with expertise in research 

related to the policies in section 2 of the 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 74). While members of 

the Advisory Committee serve without 

compensation, USDA reimburses them 

for travel expenses, including per diem 

in lieu of subsistence, for travel away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business in performance of Advisory 

Committee service (see 5 U.S.C. 5703). 

A list of current Advisory Committee 

members and other relevant information 

are available on the USDA website at: 

https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/ 

facas-advisory-councils/giac. 

The grain industry that utilizes 

Official Inspection and Weighing 

services for barley, canola, corn, 

flaxseed, oats, rye, soybeans, sorghum, 

sunflower seed, triticale, wheat, and 

mixed grain is diverse. AMS is seeking 

nominations for the Advisory 

Committee that will reflect the diversity 

of the grain industry, including, but not 

limited to, grain producers, processors, 

handlers, merchandisers, consumers, 

exporters, and scientists. Therefore, 

when making recommendations for 

appointments, the industry must 

consider the diversity of the population 

served and the knowledge, skills, and 

abilities of the members to serve a 

diverse population. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, gender, national origin, 

age, mental or physical disability, 

marital status, or sexual orientation. To 

ensure that recommendations of the 

Advisory Committee take into account 

the needs of the diverse groups served 

by the USDA, membership shall 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities. 

Final selection of Advisory 

Committee members is made by the 

Secretary. 

Dated: June 16, 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13504 Filed 6–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0101] 

Importation of Plants in Approved 

Growing Media Into the United States; 

Availability of a Final 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 a final environmental assessment 

and finding of no significant impact 

have been prepared by the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service for the 

importation of plants in approved 

growing media. The environmental 

assessment documents our review and 

analysis of the environmental impacts 

associated with, and alternatives to, the 

importation of plants in approved 

growing media. Based on its finding of 

no significant impact, we have 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lydia E. Colo ́n, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Plant Health 

Programs, Plant Protection and 

Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1237; 

Lydia.E.Colon@usda.gov; (301) 851– 

2302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The requirements for importing plants 

in growing media (PIGM) consist of 

overlapping phytosanitary risk 

mitigation measures that together 

comprise a ‘‘systems approach.’’ The 

systems approach is designed to protect 

imported PIGM against pests and 

diseases during all stages of 

international trade from the greenhouse 

to final product delivery. The goal of the 

systems approach is to minimize the 

likelihood that any quarantine pest 

species enter the United States on the 

commodity proposed for import. 

The pest mitigation measures the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) proposes for most 

PIGM import requests are markedly 

similar from one request to the next, and 

for this reason we determined that a 

single programmatic environmental 

assessment (EA) would reduce the need 

for repetitive documentation of 

comparable risks for the majority of 

PIGM import requests we receive. 

On April 10, 2019, we published in 

the Federal Register (84 FR 14340, 

Docket No. APHIS–2018–0101) for 

public comment a notice of availability 1

of a draft programmatic EA for the 

importation of plants in approved 

growing media, which considers the 

potential environmental effects of a 

standardized set of pest risk mitigations 

for routine market requests to import 

plants in approved growing media. 

Comments on the notice were required 

to be received on or before May 10, 

2019, but we reopened the comment 

period for an additional 45 days to June 

24, 2019, to ensure that all interested 

persons had an opportunity to 

comment. 

During the public comment period 

APHIS received six comments. They 

were from producer organizations and 

private citizens. After reviewing the 

comments, we revised the EA to address 

issues raised by commenters, but also 

determined that none of the comments 

received necessitated changes to either 

the approach or the conclusions of the 

draft EA. The final programmatic EA 

addresses the issues raised in the public 

comments. 

Accordingly, we are advising the 

public that we have adopted the draft 

EA as a final programmatic EA entitled 

‘‘Importation of Plants in Approved 

Growing Media (PIGM) into the United 

States’’ (January 2020) and have 

prepared a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the 

conclusions of the EA. 

The final EA and FONSI may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov website 2

or in our reading room, which is located 

in room 1620 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. You may request paper 

copies of the final EA and FONSI by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the title of the 

final EA when requesting copies. 

The final EA and FONSI 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 


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