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Notices Federal Register

2995

Vol. 61, No. 20

Tuesday, January 30, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 95–094–1]

Availability of Environmental

Assessments and Findings of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that two environmental assessments and

findings of no significant impact have

been prepared by the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service relative to the

issuance of permits to allow the field

testing of genetically engineered

organisms. The environmental

assessments provide a basis for our

conclusion that the field testing of the

genetically engineered organisms will

not present a risk of introducing or

disseminating a plant pest and will not

have a significant impact on the quality

of the human environment. Based on its

findings of no significant impact, the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service has determined that

environmental impact statements need

not be prepared.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental

assessments and findings of no

significant impact are available for

public inspection 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 those documents are requested

to call ahead on (202) 690–2817 to

facilitate entry into the reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Arnold Foudin, Deputy Director,

Biotechnology Permits, BBEP, APHIS,

Suite 5B05, 4700 River Road Unit 147,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1237; (301) 734–

7612. For copies of the environmental

assessments and findings of no

significant impact, write to Mr. Clayton

Givens at the same address. Please refer

to the permit numbers listed below

when ordering documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulations in 7 CFR part 340 (referred

to below 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.

In the course of reviewing each permit

application, APHIS assessed the impact

on the environment that releasing the

organisms under the conditions

described in the permit application

would have. APHIS has issued permits

for the field testing of the organisms

listed below after concluding that the

organisms will not present a risk of

plant pest introduction or dissemination

and will not have a significant impact

on the quality of the human

environment. The environmental

assessments and findings of no

significant impact, which are based on

data submitted by the applicants and on

a review of other relevant literature,

provide the public with documentation

of APHIS’ review and analysis of the

environmental impacts associated with

conducting the field tests.

Environmental assessments and

findings of no significant impact have

been prepared by APHIS relative to the

issuance of permits to allow the field

testing of the following genetically

engineered organisms:

Permit No. Permittee Date issued Organisms Field test location

95–205–01 Bejo Seeds, Incorporated 11–09–95 Chicory plants genetically engineered to express male

sterility and tolerance to glufosinate herbicide as a

marker

California.

95–234–01 Agritope, Incorporated 12–11–95 Raspberry plants genetically engineered to express delayed ripeningCalifornia.

The environmental assessments and

findings of no significant impact have

been prepared in accordance with: (1)

The National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 (NEPA)(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; 60 FR 6000–6005, February 1,

1995).

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of

January 1996.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–1668 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

Forest Service

Eastern Washington Cascades

Provincial Interagency Executive

Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington PIEC

Advisory Committee that had been

scheduled for January 18, 1996 in the

River Room at Campbells Resort,
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Chelan, Washington has been

rescheduled to occur on February 29 at

the same location. The meeting will

begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.

This meeting will primarily focus on

land management agency response to

committee advice on Dry Forest Health

issues, and riparian zone management

under the Northwest Forest Plan. All

Eastern Washington Cascades Province

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public. Interested citizens are

welcome to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National

Forest, P.O. Box 811, Wenatchee,

Washington 98807, 509–662–4335.

Dated: January 9, 1996.

Paul Hart,

Designated Federal Official, Wenatchee

National Forest.

[FR Doc. 96–1660 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington

Provincial Advisory Committee will

meet on February 13, 1996, in

Longview, Washington. The meeting

will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until

4:30 p.m. An Advisory Committee

Subcommittee on the Forest Monitoring

Program will meet on February 9, 1996,

in Vancouver, Washington.

The purpose of the Advisory

Committee meeting is to utilize the

Province Health Matrix to advise on

proposed Timber sales for the Cowlitz,

Lewis, Wind River, and White Salmon

Basins. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) 1996 and 1997 Timber Sale

Program, (2) Updates from

Subcommittees on the Social and

Economic Indicators of Basin Health

and Forest Monitoring Program, (3)

Cispus AMA Technical Panel

establishment, (4) Replacements for

vacated seats, (5) Flood damage report,

and (6) Public Open Forum.

The purpose of the Monitoring

Subcommittee meeting is to develop a

proposal on components of the Forest

Monitoring Program. All Southwest

Washington Provincial Advisory

Committee meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend. The ‘‘open forum’’

provides opportunity for the public to

bring issues, concerns, and discussion

topics to the Advisory Committee. The

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled as part of

agenda item (1) for this meeting.

Interested speakers will need to register

prior to the open forum period. The

committee welcomes the public’s

written comments on committee

business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Mark Maggiora, Public Affairs, at

(360) 750–5007, or write Forest

Headquarters Office, Gifford Pinchot

National Forest, 6926 E. Fourth Plain

Blvd., PO Box 8944, Vancouver, WA

98668–8944.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Ted C. Stubblefield,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 96–1636 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

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ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Notice of Formal Determinations and

Corrections

AGENCY: Assassination Records Review

Board.

SUMMARY: The Assassination Records

Review Board (Review Board) met in a

closed meeting on January 5, 1996, and

made formal determinations on the

release of records under the President

John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). By

issuing this notice, the Review Board

complies with the section of the JFK Act

that requires the Review Board to

publish the results of its decisions on a

document-by-document basis in the

Federal Register within 14 days of the

date of the decision. (The date has been

extended by six days due to weather

related shutdowns of the Federal

government.) This notice document also

contains two minor corrections from

previous notices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T.

Jeremy Gunn, General Counsel and

Associate Director for Research and

Analysis, Assassination Records Review

Board, Second Floor, 600 E Street NW,

Washington, DC 20530, (202) 724–0088,

fax (202) 724–0457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice complies with the requirements

of the President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

1992, 44 U.S.C. 2107.9(c)(4)(A) (1992).

On January 5, 1996, the Review Board

made formal determinations on records

it reviewed under the JFK Act.

These determinations are listed

below. The assassination records are

identified by the record identification

number assigned in the President John

F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection database maintained by the

National Archives. For each document,

the number of releases of previously

redacted information is noted as well as

the number of sustained postponements.

Record No. ARRB release

Sustained

postponementsStatus of document Action date

FBI Documents:

124–10017–10252 ....... 3 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

124–10035–10119 ....... 4 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

124–10050–10395 ....... 5 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

124–10170–10115 ....... 4 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

124–10241–10111 ....... 6 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

124–10255–10334 ....... 4 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

CIA Documents:

104–10015–10033 ....... 11 6 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 01/1996

104–10015–10159 ....... 9 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

104–10015–10215 ....... 4 0 Open in Full ............................................................................................ n/a

104–10015–10225 ....... 7 2 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 01/2006

104–10015–10230 ....... 4 4 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 03/1996

104–10015–10243 ....... 12 2 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 01/2006

104–10015–10255 ....... 7 3 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 03/1996

104–10015–10346 ....... 29 5 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 01/2006

104–10015–10372 ....... 6 2 Postponed in Part ................................................................................... 03/1996