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and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0011, 

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. APHIS2010-0011. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket 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: Dr. 

Albert P. Morgan, Section Leader, 

Operational Support Section, Center for 

Veterinary Biologics, Policy, Evaluation, 

and Licensing, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 148, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1231; phone (301) 734-8245, fax (301) 

734-4314. 

For information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment (as well as 

the risk analysis with confidential 

business information removed), contact 

Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager, 

Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy, 

Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, APHIS, 

1920 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010; 

phone (515) 337-6100, fax (515) 337- 

7397. 

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 an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: Per-Os USA Inc. under 

contract with GenVec, Inc. 

Product: Foot-and-mouth disease 

vaccine, live adenovirus vector. 

Field Test Locations: Nebraska, 

Missouri, and Michigan. 

The above-mentioned product 

consists of a live recombinant 

adenovirus vector expressing certain 

foot-and-mouth disease virus proteins. 

The vaccine is for use in cattle at 12 

weeks of age or older, as an aid in the 

prevention of clinical signs of disease 

caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus. 

The 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 issues with adverse 

environmental impacts are raised in 

response to this notice, APHIS intends 

to issue a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) based on the EA 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 

licensing. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151-159. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day 

of September 2010. 

Gregory L. Parham 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22365 Filed 9–7–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–10–0066; NOP–10–07] 

Notice of 2010 National Organic 

Certification Cost-Share Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability. 

Inviting Applications for the National 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This Notice invites all States 

of the United States of America, its 

territories, the District of Columbia, and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

(collectively hereinafter called States) to 

submit an Application for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to 

enter into a cooperative agreement with 

the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) for the allocation of National 

Organic Certification Cost-Share Funds. 

The AMS has allocated $22.0 million for 

this organic certification cost-share 

program commencing in Fiscal Year 

2008, and these funds will be annually 

allocated to States through cooperative 

agreements until exhausted. Funds are 

available under this program to States 

interested in providing cost-share 

assistance to organic producers and 

handlers certified under the National 

Organic Program (NOP). States 

interested in obtaining cost-share funds 

must submit an Application for Federal 

Assistance and enter into a cooperative 

agreement with AMS for allocation of 

funds. 

DATES: Completed applications for 

Federal assistance along with signed 

cooperative agreements must be 

received by September 24, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for Federal 

assistance and cooperative agreements 

shall be submitted to: Betsy Rakola, 

Grants Management Specialist, National 

Organic Program, USDA/AMS/NOP, 

Room 2640-South, Ag Stop 0268, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; 

Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Additional 

information can be found under 

‘‘Organic Cost Share Program’’ on the 

National Organic Program’s homepage 

at http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Betsy Rakola, Grants Management 

Specialist, National Organic Program, 

USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2646-South, 

Ag Stop 0268, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0268; Telephone: (202) 720–3252. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

National Organic Certification CostShare Program is authorized under 7 

U.S.C. 6523, as amended by section 

10301 of the Food, Conservation and 

Energy Act of 2008 (Act). The Act 

authorizes the Department to provide 

certification cost-share assistance to 

producers and handlers of organic 

agricultural products in all States. 

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2008, the AMS 

has allocated $22 million for this 

program to be distributed through 

cooperative agreements to interested 

States, until such funding has been 

exhausted. The Program provides 

financial assistance to organic producers 

and handlers certified to the NOP. The 

NOP is authorized under the Organic 

Foods Production Act of 1990, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.). 

To participate in the program, 

interested States, through their State 

Department of Agriculture, must 

complete an Application for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424) and 

enter into a written cooperative 

agreement with AMS. State Department 

of Agriculture refers to agencies, 

commissions, or departments of State 

government responsible for 

implementing regulation, policy or 

programs on agriculture within their 

State. The program will provide costshare assistance, through participating 

States, to organic producers and 

handlers receiving certification or 

continuation of certification by a USDA 

accredited certifying agent commencing 

October 1, 2010, through September 30, 

2011. Under the Act, cost-share 

assistance payments are limited to 75 

percent of an individual producer’s or 

handler’s certification costs up to a 

maximum of $750.00 per year. 

To receive cost-share assistance, 

organic producers and handlers must 

submit an application to the 

representative Agency of the State in 

which their farm/operation is located. 

This application must include: (1) Proof 

of NOP certification issued or continued 

within the cost-share qualifying period, 

October 1, 2010, through September 30, 

2011, and; (2) an itemized invoice 

demonstrating costs incurred for NOP 

certification. Costs incurred for noncertification activities, such as, 

membership associations or farm/ 

operation inputs are not eligible for 

assistance through this program. 

However, for producers in the states 

of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 

Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and 

Wyoming cost-share funding is available 

to these states, through their State 

Department of Agriculture, under the 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

(AMA) Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program authorized under Section 1524 

of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1501–1524). As 

provided in a notice of Funds 

Availability published in the Federal 

Register completed applications for the 

AMA Federal assistance program, along 

with signed cooperative agreements 

must be received by close of business, 

September 24, 2010. Information on the 

AMA program can be found under 

‘‘Organic Cost Share Program’’ on the 

NOP’s homepage at http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/nop. 

How to Submit Applications: To 

receive fund allocations to provide costshare assistance, a State Department of 

Agriculture must complete an 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424), and enter into a 

written cooperative agreement with 

AMS. AMS encourages interested States 

to submit the Application for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424), 

electronically via Grants.gov, the 

Federal grants Web site, http:// 

www.grants.gov. Applications submitted 

electronically via Grants.gov must be 

filed by September 24, 2010. A 

hardcopy of Standard Form 424 bearing 

an original signature is not required 

when applying through http:// 

www.grants.gov. However, the 

cooperative agreement must have the 

original signature of the official who has 

authority to apply for Federal 

assistance. The signed cooperative 

agreement must be sent by express mail 

or courier service and received at the 

above address by September 24, 2010. 

States considering submitting electronic 

application forms should become 

familiar with the Grants.gov Web site 

and begin the application process well 

in advance of the application deadline. 

For information on how to apply 

electronically, please consult http:// 

www.grants.gov/GetRegistered. 

State Agencies submitting hard copy 

applications should submit a signed 

copy of Standard Form 424 and a signed 

copy of the cooperative agreement the 

application package to AMS at the 

address listed above. The Standard 

Form 424 and the cooperative 

agreement must have the original 

signature of the official who has 

authority to apply for Federal 

assistance. Hard copy applications 

should be sent only via express mail or 

courier service and must be received at 

the above address by September 24, 

2010. 

The National Organic Certification 

Cost-share Program is listed in the 

‘‘Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance’’ under number 10.163 and 

subject agencies must adhere to Title VI 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which 

bars discrimination in all Federallyassisted programs. Additional 

information on the National Organic 

Certification Cost-share Program can be 

found under ‘‘Organic Cost Share 

Program’’ on the NOP’s homepage at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6523. 

Dated: September 1, 2010. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22243 Filed 9–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–10–0065; NOP–10–06] 

Notice of Agricultural Management 

Assistance Organic Certification 

Cost-Share Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability. 

Inviting Applications for the 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This Notice invites the 

following eligible States: Connecticut, 

Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, Nevada, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, 

Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, 

to submit an Application for Federal 

Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to 

enter into a Cooperative Agreement with 

the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) for the Allocation of Organic 

Certification Cost-Share Funds. The 

AMS has allocated $1.495 million for 

this organic certification cost-share 

program in Fiscal Year 2010. Funds are 

available under this program to 16 

designated States to provide cost-share 

assistance to organic crop and livestock 

producers certified under the National 

Organic Program (NOP). Eligible States 

interested in obtaining cost-share funds 

for their organic producers will have to 

submit an Application for Federal 


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