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Vol. 86, No. 127 

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 

1The EA, Decision/FONSI, and comments we 

received may be viewed at https://

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–2019–0034 in 

the Search field. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0034] 

Oral Rabies Vaccine Program; 

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 a 2019 EA of an oral 

rabies vaccination (ORV) program in 

Maine, New Hampshire, New York, 

Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, 

Virginia, and West Virginia. This 

supplement analyzes the proposed 

expanded use of ONRAB vaccine-baits 

throughout the ORV distribution zone in 

Pennsylvania in cooperation with the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest 

Service. 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 August 6, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2019–0034 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2019–0034, 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 on this docket may be viewed at 

www.regulations.gov or in our reading 

room, whichis 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. 

This notice and the supplemental 

environmental assessment are also 

posted on the APHIS website 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 Chenell Drive, Suite 2, Concord, NH 

03301; (603) 223–9623. To obtain copies 

of the supplemental environmental 

assessment, contact Ms. Beth Kabert, 

Environmental Coordinator, Wildlife 

Services, APHIS, 59 Chenell Drive, 

Suite 2, Concord, NH 03301; (908) 442– 

6761; email: beth.e.kabert@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 WS 

addresses. Wildlife is the dominant 

reservoir of rabies in the United States. 

Since 2011, WS has been conducting 

field trials to study the immunogenicity 

and safety of an oral rabies vaccine, a 

human adenovirus type 5 rabies 

glycoprotein recombinant vaccine called 

ONRAB. Beginning in 2012, WS 

expanded field trials into portions of 

New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, 

Vermont, and new areas of West 

Virginia, including National Forest 

System lands, in order to further assess 

the immunogenicity of ONRAB in 

raccoons and skunks for raccoon rabies 

virus variant. 

On July 9, 2019 we published in the 

Federal Register (84 FR 32700–32701, 

Docket No. APHIS–2019–0034) 1 a 

notice in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of an environmental 

assessment (EA) analyzing the 

environmental effects of continuing and 

expanding the oral rabies vaccine (ORV) 

program using the ONRAB vaccine in 

Maine, New Hampshire, New York, 

Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, 

Virginia, and West Virginia. After 

soliciting and reviewing comments on 

the EA, we issued a finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) reflecting 

our determination that the expanded 

distribution of the ONRAB wildlife 

rabies vaccine would not have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment. 

Based on the ORV program’s safe and 

successful use of the ONRAB rabies 

vaccine, WS is proposing to further 

expand ONRAB vaccine distribution to 

protect human and animal health. 

ONRAB rabies vaccine has been used 

experimentally in eastern Ohio as part 

of an ongoing field evaluation and has 

successfully reduced the prevalence of 

the raccoon rabies virus variant in the 

State. WS has defined a strategic 5-year 

programmatic goal to eliminate raccoon 

rabies in Ohio. In order to achieve this 

goal, better managing the disease in 

western Pennsylvania is critical. In the 

Pennsylvania ORV distribution zone, 

the program currently uses the 

RABORAL V–RG® rabies wildlife 

vaccine. However, despite historic and 

ongoing rabies management using the 

V–RG® rabies vaccine in Pennsylvania, 

rabies cases have persisted and 

contribute to a perpetual source of 

disease pressure into Ohio. 

Accordingly, APHIS has prepared a 

supplemental EA in which we analyze 

the potential environmental impacts of 

expanding the ONRAB ORV program to 

include the Pennsylvania ORV 

distribution zone in which the V–RG®

vaccine is currently used. 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. 


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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 website 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 supplemental 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 28th day of 

June 2021. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14442 Filed 7–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2021–0015] 

Notice of Request for Revision of an 

Approved Information Collection: 

Foodborne Illness Outbreak 

Investigation Survey for FSIS Public 

Health Partners 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

its intention to revise the approved 

information collection regarding partner 

collaboration in response to illness 

outbreaks associated with FSISregulated food products. The Agency 

has increased the burden estimate by 48 

hours due to an increase in the number 

of respondents and a longer estimated 

response time. The purpose of this 

information collection continues to 

inform FSIS partner outreach efforts to 

effectively investigate and prevent 

foodborne illnesses. The approval for 

this information collection will expire 

on February 28, 2022. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

Federal Register notice. Comments may 

be submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides commenters the ability 

to type short comments directly into the 

comment field on the web page or to 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or Courier-Delivered 

Submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2021–0015. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, call 

(202) 205–0495 to schedule a time to 

visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–3700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, South Building, Washington, DC 

20250–3700; (202) 720–5627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Foodborne Illness Outbreak 

Investigation Survey for FSIS Public 

Health Partners. 

OMB Number: 0583–0175. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

2/28/2022. 

Type of Request: Revision of an 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the 

authority to exercise the functions of the 

Secretary (7 CFR 2.18, 2.53) as specified 

in the Federal Meat Inspection Act 

(FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.), the 

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.) and the Egg 

Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 

U.S.C. 1031, et seq.). These statutes 

mandate that FSIS protect the public by 

verifying that meat, poultry, and egg 

products are safe, wholesome, 

unadulterated, and properly labeled and 

packaged. 

FSIS’ Office of Public Health Science 

(OPHS) provides the scientific 

leadership necessary for the support of 

science-based food safety programs and 

policies implemented to reduce 

foodborne illnesses and deaths 

associated with FSIS-regulated 

products. As part of OPHS, the Applied 

Epidemiology Staff (AES) collaborates 

with public health partners in local, 

state, and federal government agencies 

to detect, respond to, and prevent 

foodborne illnesses, outbreaks, and food 

adulteration events. Effective 

communication between partners 

facilitates rapid investigation and 

control measures. 

To promote successful partnerships, 

FSIS administers a series of surveys 

regarding foodborne illness outbreak 

investigation to its partners, including 

employees of state, territorial, and local 

governments. This will also occur as 

part of the after-action review process. 

The results of these surveys will help 

FSIS prioritize outreach efforts. Surveys 

are conducted as needed, including as 

part of foodborne illness outbreak afteraction reviews. 

Estimate of Burden 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Respondents Number of 

surveys 

Number of 

respondents 

per survey 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Participation 

time per 

survey 

in minutes 

Total 

annual time 

in hours 

FSIS partners ....................................................................... 20 10 200 20 67 


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