Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2001 / Notices 34143

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please

refer to the docket number, date, and

complete title of this notice when

requesting copies. A copy of the draft

environmental assessment (as well as

the risk analysis with confidential

business information removed) and any

comments that we receive on this

docket are available for public

inspection in our reading room. The

reading room is located in room 1141 of

the 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) 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.

Albert P. Morgan, Chief Staff Officer,

Operational Support Section, Center for

Veterinary Biologics, Licensing and

Policy Development, VS, APHIS, USDA,

4700 River Road, Unit 148, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1231; telephone (301) 734–

8245; fax (301) 734–4314.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151

et seq.), a veterinary biological product

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent,

and efficacious before a veterinary

biological product license may be

issued. A field test is generally

necessary to satisfy prelicensing

requirements for veterinary biological

products. Prior to conducting a field test

on an unlicensed product, an applicant

must obtain approval from the Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’

authorization to ship the product for

field testing.

To determine whether to authorize

shipment and grant approval for the

field testing of the unlicensed product

referenced in this notice, APHIS

conducted a risk analysis to assess the

potential effects of this product on the

safety of animals, public health, and the

environment.

Based on the risk analysis, APHIS has

prepared a draft environmental

assessment (EA) concerning the field

testing of the combined unlicensed and

licensed veterinary biological product:

Requester: Biomune Company.

Product: Avian EncephalomyelitisFowl Pox-Laryngotracheitis Vaccine,

Live Virus, Fowl Pox Vector.

Field test locations: Georgia,

Kentucky, Nebraska, Texas, and

Virginia.

The above-mentioned product is a

modified live avian encephalomyelitis

vaccine in combination with a live,

attenuated fowl pox virus that has been

genetically modified to express fowl

laryngotracheitis antigens. The vaccine

is for use in chickens as an aid in the

prevention of avian encephalomyelitis,

fowl pox, and laryngotracheitis.

The draft 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 provision

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).

Unless substantial environmental

issues are raised in response to this

notice, APHIS intends to issue a final

EA and finding of no significant impact

(FONSI) and authorize shipment of the

above product for the initiation of field

tests following the close of the comment

period for this notice.

Because the issues raised by field

testing and by issuance of a license are

identical, APHIS has concluded that the

EA that is generated for field testing

would also be applicable to the

proposed licensing action. Provided that

the field test data support the

conclusions of the original EA and the

issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not

intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI

to support the issuance of the product

license, and would determine that an

environmental impact statement need

not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue

a veterinary biological product license

for this vaccine following completion of

the field test provided no adverse

impacts on the human environment are

identified and provided the product

meets all other requirements for

licensure.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151–159.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

June 2001.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–093–8]

Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods

and Rules; Reopening and Extension

of Comment Period

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are reopening and

extending the comment period for a

notice seeking public comments on the

draft Scrapie Eradication Uniform

Methods and Rules. This action will

allow interested persons additional time

to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: We invite you to comment on the

draft Scrapie Eradication Uniform

Methods and Rules. We will consider all

comments on Docket 97–093–7 that we

receive by August 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please send four copies of

your comment (an original and three

copies) to: Docket No. 97–093–7,

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. 97–093–7.

You may read any comments that we

receive on Docket No. 97–093–7 in our

reading room. The reading room 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) 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.

You may request a copy of the draft

Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods

and Rules by writing to the person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The document is also available

on the Internet at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/scrapie, and we

may post revised versions to this

website for additional comment in the

future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Diane Sutton, National Scrapie Program

Coordinator, National Animal Health

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Programs Staff, VS, APHIS, 4700 River

Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1231; (301) 734–6954.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scrapie is

a degenerative and eventually fatal

disease affecting the central nervous

systems of sheep and goats. To control

the spread of scrapie within the United

States, the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, administers

regulations at 9 CFR part 79 that restrict

the interstate movement of certain sheep

and goats. APHIS also has regulations at

9 CFR part 54 that describe a voluntary

scrapie control program.

On April 20, 2001, we published a

notice in the Federal Register (66 FR

20231, Docket No. 97–093–7) soliciting

comments on the draft Scrapie

Eradication Uniform Methods and

Rules(UM&R). The UM&R is a set of

proposed cooperative procedures and

standards to aid in the control and

eradication of scrapie. The legal

requirements for interstate movement of

sheep and goats due to scrapie are

contained in title 9 of the Code of

Federal Regulations. The

ScrapieEradication UM&R provides

guidance to the States regarding the

minimum standards necessary for a

State to participate in the national

eradication program.

Comments on the UM&R were

required to be received on or before June

19, 2001. We are reopening and

extending the comment period on

Docket No. 97–093–7. This action will

allow interested persons additional time

to prepare and submit comments.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111–113, 114, 114a,

115, 117, 120, 121, 123–126, and 134a–134h;

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

June 2001.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Child and Adult Care Food Program:

National Average Payment Rates, Day

Care Home Food Service Payment

Rates, and Administrative

Reimbursement Rates for Sponsoring

Organizations of Day Care Homes for

the Period July 1, 2001–June 30, 2002.

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

annual adjustments to: the national

average payment rates for meals and

supplements served in child care

centers, outside-school-hours care

centers, at-risk afterschool care centers,

and adult day care centers; the food

service payment rates for meals and

supplements served in day care homes;

and the administrative reimbursement

rates for sponsoring organizations of day

care homes, to reflect changes in the

Consumer Price Index. Further

adjustments are made to these rates to

reflect the higher costs of providing

meals in the States of Alaska and

Hawaii. The adjustments contained in

this notice are made on an annual basis

each July, as required by the statutes

and regulations governing the Child and

Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa Rothstein, Section Chief, Child

and Adult Care and Summer Programs

Section, Policy and Program

Development Branch, Child Nutrition

Division, Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302,

(703) 305–2620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Definitions

The terms used in this notice shall

have the meanings ascribed to them in

the regulations governing the CACFP (7

CFR part 226).

Background

Pursuant to sections 4, 11 and 17 of

the Richard B. Russell National School

Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1753,

1759a and 1766), section 4 of the Child

Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) (42 U.S.C.

1773) and sections 226.4, 226.12 and

226.13 of the regulations governing the

CACFP (7 CFR Part 226), notice is

hereby given of the new payment rates

for institutions participating in CACFP.

These rates shall be in effect during the

period July 1, 2001 through June 30,

2002.

As provided for under the NSLA and

the CNA, all rates in the CACFP must

be revised annually on July 1 to reflect

changes in the Consumer Price Index

(CPI) for the most recent 12-month

period. In accordance with this

mandate, the Department last published

the adjusted national average payment

rates for centers, the food service

payment rates for day care homes, and

the administrative reimbursement rates

for sponsors of day care homes on June

27, 2000, at 65 FR 39589 (for the period

July 1, 2000–June 30, 2001).

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