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Notices Federal Register

33226

Vol. 66, No. 120

Thursday, June 21, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 01–024–1]

Availability of Environmental

Assessment for Field Release of

Genetically Engineered Pink Bollworm

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that an environmental assessment has

been prepared for a proposed confined

release into the environment of pink

bollworm genetically engineered to

express green fluorescence as a marker.

The purpose of the release is to develop

a marked strain of pink bollworm for

performance studies in the pink

bollworm sterile insect program. This

environmental assessment is available

to the public for review and comment.

DATES: We will consider all comments

that we receive by July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please send four copies (an

original and three copies) of your

comments to: Docket No. 01–024–1,

Regulatory Analysis and Development,

PPD, APHIS, Suite 3C03, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238.

Please state that your comment refers

to Docket No. 01–024–1.

You may read a copy of the

environmental assessment and any

comments we receive on this notice of

availability 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. To be sure that

someone is there to help you, please call

(202) 690–2817 before coming.

APHIS documents published in the

Federal Register, and related

information, including the names of

organizations and individuals who have

commented on APHIS dockets, are

available on the Internet at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/

webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Robert I. Rose, Biotechnology

Assessments Section, PPQ, APHIS, 4700

River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD

20737–1236; (301) 734–8723. To obtain

a copy of the environmental assessment,

contact Ms. Kay Peterson at (301) 734–

4885; e-mail:

kay.peterson@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulations in 7 CFR part 340 (referred

to as the regulations) regulate the

introduction (importation, interstate

movement, and release into the

environment) of genetically engineered

organisms and products that are plant

pests or that there is reason to believe

are plant pests (regulated articles). A

permit must be obtained or a

notification acknowledged before a

regulated article may be introduced into

the United States. The regulations set

forth the permit application

requirements and the notification

procedures for the importation,

interstate movement, and release into

the environment of a regulated article.

On January 29, 2001, the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

received a permit application (APHIS

No. 01–029–01r) from APHIS’ Plant

Protection Center in Phoenix, AZ, for a

permit to release the plant pest pink

bollworm (PBW), Pectinophora

gossypiella(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).

The subject PBW has been genetically

engineered to express an enhanced

green fluorescent protein (EGFP)

derived from the jellyfish Aequora

victoria. The PBW expressing EGFP

fluoreses when viewed under an

ultraviolet light source. A piggyBac

transposable element derived from the

plant pest cabbage looper (Trichoplusia

ni) was used to transform the subject

PBW, and expression of the EGFP is

controlled through use of the Drosophila

melanogaster hsp70 and Bombyx mori

actin A3 promoters. The subject

transgenic PBW is considered a

regulated article under the regulations

in 7 CFR part 340 because the recipient

organism is a plant pest and because it

contains gene sequences from a plant

pest. The proposed field test will be

conducted under carefully controlled

and confined conditions.

The transgenic PBW with EGFP as a

marker has been developed for use in

confined on site experimentation and

field performance studies in the PBW

sterile insect program, which is

designed to depress PBW populations.

The transgenic PBW will be reared in

the Phoenix PBW genetic rearing

facility, sterilized with radiation, and

placed in escape-proof screen field

cages near the facility, where they will

undergo a series of fitness and related

tests.

To provide the public with

documentation of APHIS’ review and

analysis of any potential environmental

impacts and plant pest risk associated

with the proposed release of the

transgenicEGFP PBW, an environmental

assessment (EA) has been prepared. The

EA was 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

ImplementingProcedures (7 CFR part

372).

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of

June 2001.

Craig A. Reed,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15604 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Elm Fork Watershed of the Trinity

River Watershed, Cooke County,

Texas, Multiple-Purpose Structure No.

19

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 120 / Thursday, June 21, 2001 / Notices 33227

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice that an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Elm Fork Watershed, Multiple-Purpose

Structure (MPS) No. 19, Cooke County,

Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Salvador Salinas, Assistant State

Conservationist (SP&P), Natural

Resources Conservation Service, 101

South Main, Temple, Texas 76501–

7682, Telephone (254) 742–9800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, John P. Burt, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement is not

needed for this project.

The project will provide municipal

water and recreational activities for the

city of Muenster, Texas and reduce

flooding and improve surface water

quality in and below MPS No. 19. The

environmental assessment addresses the

installation of the Multiple-Purpose

Structure (MPS No. 19) that remains to

be installed.

Installation of the site, including dam,

emergency spillway, and municipal

water pool, will require 359 acres. The

dam and emergency spillway will be

planted to grasses that have wildlife

values. A mitigation plan has been

developed to offset the loss of any

wildlife habitat. The fee title area

needed for the structure will be fenced

to control livestock, therefore greatly

benefiting ground nesting birds. The

structure will affect 185 acres of prime

farmland. Downstream flooding of

wildlife habitat will be reduced. No

endangered plants or animals or their

habitat will be affected. No cultural or

historical properties will be affected.

Multiple-Purpose Structure No. 19

will create 309 acres of aquatic habitat

creating a fisheries resource where none

exists.

Federal assistance will be provided

under authority of Public Law 78–534,

the Flood Control Act of 1944. Total

project costs for Multiple-Purpose

Structure No. 19 is estimated to be

$6,923,687, of which $3,810,525 will be

paid from Public Law 534 funds and

$3,113,162 from local funds.

The notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

Federal, State, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

John P. Burt.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

Dated: June 8, 2001.

Salvador Salinas,

Assistant State Conservationist (SP&P).

[FR Doc. 01–15579 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Changes to

Section IV of the Field Office Technical

Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Indiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Indiana for review

and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Indiana to issue a revised conservation

practice standard in Section IV of the

FOTG. The revised standards are Grade

Stabilization Structure (410), Nutrient

Management (590), Tree/Shrub Pruning

(660) and Wetland Creation (658). These

practices may be used in conservation

systems that treat highly erodible land

and/or wetlands.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and

comments to Jane E. Hardisty, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), 6013

Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana

46278. Copies of this standard will be

made available upon written request.

You may submit your electronic

requests and comments to

darrell.brown@in.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

E. Hardisty, 317–290–3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that after enactment of the law,

revisions made to NRCS state technical

guides used to carry out highly erodible

land and wetland 2 provisions of the

law, shall be made available for public

review and comment. For the next 30

days, the NRCS in Indiana will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period, a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Indiana regarding disposition

of those comments and a final

determination of changes will be made.

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Jane E. Hardisty,

State Conservationist, Indianapolis, Indiana.

[FR Doc. 01–15580 Filed 6–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–870, A–560–814, A–557–811, A–485–

807, and A–791–812]

Notice of Initiation of Antidumping

Duty Investigations: Certain Circular

Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe

From China, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Romania, and South Africa

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Initiation of antidumping duty

investigations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Doyle (China), Steve Bezirganian

(Indonesia), Robert James (Romania),

and Sally Gannon (Malaysia and South

Africa) at (202) 482–0159, (202) 482–

1131, (202) 482–0649, and (202) 482–

0162, respectively; Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Initiation of Investigations

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (URAA). In

addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department’s regulations

are references to the provisions codified

at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

The Petition

On May 24, 2001, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) received a

petition filed in proper form by the

following parties: Allied Tube &

Conduit Corporation, Century Tube

Corporation, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc.,

Laclede Steel, LTV Copperweld,

Maverick Tube Corporation, Northwest

Pipe Company, Sharon Tube Company,