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Vol. 73, No. 148 

Thursday, July 31, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0062] 

Availability of Site-Specific 

Environmental Assessment and Pest 

Risk Assessment for the Interstate 

Movement of Garbage From Hawaii to 

Oregon 

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 sitespecific environmental assessment and 

pest risk assessment relative to a request 

to allow the interstate movement of 

garbage from Hawaii to a landfill in the 

State of Oregon. The environmental 

assessment has been prepared to 

determine whether the request is 

consistent with the environmental 

effects and impacts analyzed in our 

March 2008 regional programmatic 

environmental assessment as well as to 

evaluate potential site-specific 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action. The pest risk assessment 

evaluates the risks associated with the 

interstate movement of garbage from 

Hawaii to Oregon. We are making these 

documents available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/main?main=Docket

Detail&d=APHIS–2008–0062 to submit 

or view comments and to view 

supporting and related materials 

available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0062, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2008–0062. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive 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. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Shannon Hamm, Associate Deputy 

Administrator, Policy and Program 

Development, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 20, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 734–4957. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The importation and interstate 

movement of garbage is regulated by the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) under 7 CFR 330.400 

and 9 CFR 94.5 in order to protect 

against the introduction into and 

dissemination within the United States 

of plant and animal pests and diseases. 

On March 13, 2008, we published in 

the Federal Register (73 FR 13525, 

Docket No. APHIS–2007–0070) a notice 

in which we announced the availability, 

for public review and comment, of a 

regional programmatic environmental 

assessment relative to the interstate 

movement of municipal solid waste 

from Hawaii to landfills in the States of 

Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. On 

June 18, 2008 (73 FR 34700–34701, 

Docket No. APHIS–2007–0070), we 

published a follow-up notice in which 

we announced the availability of our 

final regional programmatic 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact. 

In our March 2008 notice, we stated 

that as new requests to move municipal 

solid waste from Hawaii are received, a 

specific environmental analysis will be 

prepared relative to each request to 

determine whether the request is 

consistent with the environmental 

effects and impacts analyzed in our 

regional programmatic environmental 

assessment. We also stated that the 

specific environmental analyses 

prepared for each new request to move 

municipal solid waste will be made 

available for a 30-day public comment 

period, after which APHIS will 

announce its environmental and pest 

risk decision regarding the new 

municipal solid waste movement 

proposal. 

In accordance with the process 

described in our March 2008 notice, we 

have prepared a site-specific 

environmental assessment to ensure that 

the circumstances surrounding a new 

request we have received fit within the 

criteria evaluated in the regional 

programmatic environmental 

assessment as well as to evaluate 

potential site-specific environmental 

impacts of the proposed action. The 

site-specific assessment, titled ‘‘Site 

Specific Environmental Assessment for 

Off Island Transfer Proposal to 

Transport Municipal Solid Waste from 

Hawaii to Columbia Ridge Landfill,’’ is 

accompanied by a pest risk assessment. 

The pest risk assessment, titled ‘‘The 

Risk of Introducing Pests to Gilliam 

County, Oregon via Hawaiian PlasticBaled Municipal Solid Waste’’ (June 

2008), evaluates the plant pest risks 

associated with the interstate movement 

of garbage from Hawaii to the Columbia 

Ridge Solid Waste Landfill in Gilliam 

County, OR. 

We are making these documents 

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 

environmental assessment and pest risk 

assessment may be viewed on the 

Internet on the Regulations.gov Web site 

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). 

You may request paper copies of the 

documents by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

title of the document(s) you wish to 

receive when requesting copies. 


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Following the conclusion of the 

comment period, we will announce our 

environmental and pest risk decision 

regarding the new municipal solid 

waste movement proposal. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781–

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

July 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–17589 Filed 7–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Urban and 

Community Forestry Advisory Council, 

(NUCFAC) will be filling three positions 

that will be expiring at the end of 

December 2008. Interested applicants 

may download a copy of the application 

and position descriptions from the U.S. 

Forest Service’s Urban and Community 

Forestry Web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

ucf/. 

DATES: Nomination applications are to 

be postmarked by September 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Nomination Applications 

should be addressed to: Nancy 

Stremple, Executive Staff to National 

Urban and Community Forestry 

Advisory Council, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Yates Building (1 Central) 

MS–1151, Washington, DC 20250–1151. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Stremple, Executive Staff or 

Robert Prather, Staff Assistant to 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Advisory Council, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Yates 

Building (1 Central) MS–1151, 

Washington, DC 20250–1151, phone 

202–205–1054. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please 

submit hard copy nomination 

applications only. 

Positions to be filled are for: 

• A person that is not an officer or 

employee of any government body 

living in a city with a population of 

more than 50,000 and who has 

experience and has been active in urban 

and community forestry. 

• A person representing academic 

institutions with an expertise in urban 

and community forestry activities. 

• A person representing forest 

products, nursery, or related industries. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Robin L. Thompson, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. E8–17572 Filed 7–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Proposed 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request; List of Gear by Fisheries and 

Fishery Management Council 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 29, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mark R. Millikin, (301) 713–

2341 or Mark.Millikin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Under the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) [16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq.], as amended by the Sustainable 

Fisheries Act (Pub. L. 104–297), the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is 

required to publish a list of all fisheries 

under authority of each Regional 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

and all such fishing gear used in such 

fisheries (see section 305(a) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act). The list has 

been published and appears in 50 CFR 

part 600.725(v). Any person wishing to 

use gear not on the list, or engage in a 

fishery not on the list, must provide the 

appropriate Council or the Secretary, in 

the case of Atlantic highly migratory 

species with a 90-day advance notice. If 

the Secretary takes no action to prohibit 

such a fishery or use of such a gear, the 

person may proceed. 

II. Method of Collection 

The respondent provides written 

notice. No form is used. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0346. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 90 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $300. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–17490 Filed 7–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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