13928 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 15, 1995 / Proposed Rules

TABLE IIa.—TOLERANCES EN ROUTE

OR AT DESTINATION FOR U.S. NO. 1

INSTITUTIONAL ONLY

Factor

U.S. No.

1 institutional

(A) For clusters/bunches failing to

meet color requirements ............. 10

(B) For clusters/bunches failing to

meet requirements for minimum

diameter of berries ...................... 10

(C) For offsize clusters/bunches .... 4

(D) For clusters/bunches and berries failing to meet the remaining

requirements for the grade ......... 12

Including in (D):

(a) For permanent defects .......... 8

(b) For serious damage and, including in (b) ............................ 4

(i) For serious damage by permanent defects ........................ 2

(ii) For decay ............................... 1

1Shipping point, as used in these standards, means the point of origin of the shipment

in the producing area or at port of loading for

ship stores or overseas shipment, or, in the

case of shipments from outside the continental

United States, the port of entry into the United

States.

§ 51.913 [Redesignated as § 51.914]

6. In Part 51, Subpart—United States

Standards for Grades of Table Grapes

(European or Vinifera Type), § 51.913 is

redesignated as § 51.914 and a new

§ 51.913 is added to read as follows:

§ 51.913 Clusters.

‘‘Clusters’’ as used in these standards

in reference to the U.S. No. 1

Institutional grade only shall be defined

as two or more berries sharing a

common point of attachment.

Dated: March 9, 1995.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–6367 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Rural Housing and Community

Development Service

Rural Business and Cooperative

Development Service

Rural Utilities Service

Consolidated Farm Service Agency

7 CFR Part 1940

RIN 0575–AB66

Environmental Program

AGENCIES: Rural Housing and

Community Development Service, Rural

Business and Cooperative Development

Service, Rural Utilities Service, and

Consolidated Farm Service Agency,

USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Agencies propose to

revise their Environmental regulation.

This action is necessary to streamline

the environmental review process. The

intended effect of this action is to

provide guidance on sending individual

copies of notices to affected property

owners when utility systems are

involved.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

in duplicate to the office of the Chief,

Regulations Analysis and Control

Branch, Rural Economic and

Community Development, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Room 6348,

South Agriculture Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald O. Lander, Senior

Environmental Protection Specialist,

Environmental Support Branch,

Program Support Staff, Rural Housing

and Community Development Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room

6309, South Agriculture Building, 14th

Street and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0700;

telephone (202) 720–9619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Classification

We are issuing this proposed rule in

conformance with Executive Order

12866, and the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) has determined that

it is a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’.

Intergovernmental Consultation

This rule affects the following Agency

programs as listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA):

10.760—Water and Waste Disposal Systems

for Rural Communities

10.762—Solid Waste Management Grants

10.763—Emergency Community Water

Assistance Grants

10.766—Community Facilities Loans

10.770—Water and Waste Disposal Loans

and Grants (Section 306C)

Executive Order 12372 requires

intergovernmental consultation with

State and local officials. Of the FmHA

programs affected by this rule, the

following are subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372: 10.760,

10.763, 10.766, and 10.770.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

In compliance with the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–602), the

undersigned has determined and

certified by signature of this document

that this rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities since this

rulemaking action does not involve a

new or expanded program. Therefore a

regulatory flexibility analysis was not

prepared.

Civil Justice Reform

This document has been reviewed in

accordance with Executive Order 12778.

It is the determination of the Agencies

that this action does not unduly burden

the Federal Court System in that it

meets all applicable standards provided

in Section 2 of the Executive Order.

Environmental Impact Statement

This document has been reviewed in

accordance with 7 CFR part 1940,

subpart G, ‘‘Environmental Program.’’

The Agencies have determined that this

action does not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment, and

in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub.

L. 91–190, an Environmental Impact

Statement is not required.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The information collection

requirements contained in this

regulation have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the provisions of 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35 and have been assigned

OMB control number 0575–0094 in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).

This proposed rule does not revise or

impose any new information collection

or recordkeeping requirement from

those imposed by OMB.

Background

Section 1940.331 describes the public

notice requirements for actions

undergoing an environmental review by

the Agencies.

In § 1940.331(b)(4) there has been

confusion about identifying the names

and mailing addresses of individual

property owners who may be affected by

a project when large areas of important

land resources may be affected. This

confusion has caused delays and added

expense in the preparation and review

of Class I and Class II environmental

assessments for those projects.

The regulation is proposed to be

revised to allow the State

Environmental Coordinator to select the

methods for notifying affected property

owners, and to provide examples of

some other methods that may be

considered.
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List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1940

Endangered and threatened wildlife,

Environmental protection, Floodplains,

National Wild and Scenic Rivers

System, Natural resources, Recreation,

Water supply.

Accordingly, the Agencies propose to

amend chapter XVIII, title 7, Code of

Federal Regulations as follows.

PART 1940—GENERAL

1. The authority citation for part 1940

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1989; 42 U.S.C. 1480;

5 U.S.C. 301; 7 CFR 2.23 and 2.70.

Subpart G—Environmental Program

2. Section 1940.331 is amended by

revising paragraph (b)(4) to read as

follows:

1940.331 Public involvement.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(4) The public notice procedures for

actions that will affect floodplains,

wetlands, important farmland, prime

rangelands, or prime forest lands are

contained in exhibit C of this subpart.

These procedures apply to actions that

require either an EIS, Class II

assessment or Class I assessment.

However, whenever an action normally

classified as a categorical exclusion

requires a Class I assessment because of

a potential impact to one of these

important land resources, no public

notice procedures apply in the course of

completing the Class I assessment.

When applicable to an action, as

specified in exhibit C of this subpart,

these public notice procedures can

apply at two distinct stages. The first

stage, a preliminary notice, is followed

by a 30 day public review period, and

applies to actions that may impact any

of the five important land resources.

The second stage, a final notice, is

followed by a fifteen-day public review

period, and applies only to actions that

will impact floodplains or wetlands. For

Class II actions, this final notice

procedure must be combined with any

applicable finding of no significant

environmental impact, which is

described in paragraph (b)(3) of this

section. Individual copies of the

preliminary and final notices will be

sent to the same parties that are required

to be sent a notice of a finding of no

significant impact, as specified in

paragraph (b)(3) of this section, with the

following exceptions:

(i) Whenever property owners affected

by proposed mitigation measures, such

as proposed hook-up restrictions on

portions of water or sewer lines that will

traverse floodplains, are advised of

these proposed mitigation measures in a

preliminary notice, these property

owners need not be sent copies of the

final notice as long as the mitigation

measures in the final notice are

unchanged from the preliminary notice

and no property owners raised

objections or concerns over the

proposed mitigation measures.

(ii) With respect to utility systems,

notification of affected property owners

will normally be achieved by

distributing an individual copy of the

public notice. However, when the SEC

determines that this method would

result in an excessive burden on the

applicant, notification may be achieved

by another method or a combination of

methods tailored to the specific needs of

the particular case. For example, in lieu

of being individually identified, affected

property owners may be notified by a

mass mailing to all of the taxpayers in

each of the taxing areas through which

the system will pass. On the other hand,

if the system traverses coterminous

taxing areas, with the smaller area not

completely describing the service area

of the utility system, affected property

owners might be notified by a mass

mailing to the small taxing area plus

identifying the remaining affected

property owners to receive an

individual copy. The objective is to

notify all property owners affected by

the action and offer them an

opportunity to comment on the action.

If affected property owners are not

individually notified, the SEC shall

document as part of the environmental

review file, why individual notification

is not being used and what other

methods will be used to achieve the

stated objective.

* * * * *

Dated: February 27, 1995.

Michael V. Dunn,

Acting Under Secretary for Rural Economic

and Community Development.

[FR Doc. 95–6366 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–U

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 92

[Docket No. 95–014–1]

Horses From the United Arab

Emirates; Change in Disease Status

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend

the regulations concerning the

importation of horses to remove the

United Arab Emirates from the list of

countries in which African horse

sickness exists. We believe that the

United Arab Emirates is free of African

horse sickness, and that restrictions on

the importation of horses from the

United Arab Emirates to prevent the

spread of African horse sickness into the

United States are no longer necessary.

This action would relieve unnecessary

restrictions on the importation of horses

from the United Arab Emirates.

DATES: Consideration will be given only

to comments received on or before

March 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and

three copies of your comments to

Docket No. 95–014–1, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service, Policy and

Program Development, Regulatory

Analysis and Development, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1228. Please state that your comments

refer to Docket No. 95–014–1.

Comments received may be inspected 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. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Cougill, Staff Veterinarian, Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service,

Veterinary Services, National Center for

Import and Export, Import/Export

Products, 4700 River Road Unit 40,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The regulations in 9 CFR part 92

(referred to below as the regulations)

state the provisions for the importation

into the United States of specified

animals to prevent the introduction of

various animal diseases, including

African horse sickness (AHS). AHS, a

fatal equine viral disease, is not known

to exist in the United States. Section

92.308(a)(2) of the regulations lists

countries that the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

considers affected with AHS, and sets

forth specific requirements for horses

which are imported from those

countries. APHIS requires horses

intended for importation from any of the

countries listed, including horses that

have stopped in or transited those

countries, to enter the United States

only at the port of New York and be

quarantined at the New York Animal

Import Center in Newburgh, NY, for at

least 60 days.