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technical requirements for veterinary 

products (both drugs and biologics). 

Regulatory authorities and industry 

experts from Australia and New Zealand 

participate in an observer capacity. The 

World Federation of the Animal Health 

Industry (COMISA, the Confederation 

Mondiale de L’Industrie de la Sante 

Animale) provides the secretarial and 

administrative support for VICH 

activities. 

The United States Government is 

represented in VICH by the Food and 

Drug Administration (FDA) and the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS). The FDA provides 

expertise on veterinary drugs, while 

APHIS fills a corresponding role for 

veterinary biological products. As VICH 

members, APHIS and FDA participate in 

efforts to enhance harmonization and 

have expressed their commitment to 

seeking scientifically based, harmonized 

technical requirements for the 

development of veterinary drugs and 

biological products. One of the goals of 

harmonization is to identify and reduce 

the differences in technical 

requirements for veterinary drugs and 

biologics among regulatory agencies in 

different countries. 

The draft guideline 

‘‘Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary 

Medicinal Products: Electronic 

Standards for Transfer of Data’’ (VICH 

Topic GL35) has been made available by 

the VICH Steering Committee for 

comments by interested parties. The 

guideline is intended to provide 

standards to construct a single 

electronic message to transmit the 

contents of adverse event reports 

concerning the use of veterinary 

medicinal products to all regions. 

Because the draft guideline applies to 

some veterinary biological products 

regulated by APHIS under the VirusSerum-Toxin Act—particularly with 

regard to electronic messages to transmit 

adverse event reports—we are 

requesting comments on its provisions 

so that we may include any relevant 

public input on the draft in the 

Agency’s comments to the VICH 

Steering Committee. 

The draft guideline reflects current 

APHIS thinking on the use of electronic 

messages to transmit adverse event 

reports concerning the use of veterinary 

medicinal products between marketing 

authorization holders (licensees/ 

permittees) and regulatory authorities in 

the three regions. In accordance with 

the VICH process, once a final draft of 

each document has been approved, the 

guideline will be recommended for 

adoption by the regulatory bodies of the 

European Union, Japan, and the United 

States. As with all VICH documents, 

each final guideline will not create or 

confer any rights for or on any person 

and will not operate to bind APHIS or 

the public. Further, the VICH guidelines 

specifically provide for the use of 

alternative approaches if those 

approaches satisfy applicable regulatory 

requirements. 

Ultimately, APHIS intends to consider 

the VICH Steering Committee’s final 

guideline for use by U.S. veterinary 

biologics licensees, permittees, and 

applicants. In addition, we may 

consider using the final guideline as the 

basis for proposed amendments to the 

regulations in 9 CFR chapter I, 

subchapter E (Viruses, Serums, Toxins, 

and Analogous Products; Organisms and 

Vectors). Because we anticipate that 

applicable provisions of the final 

versions of ‘‘Pharmacovigilance of 

Veterinary Medicinal Products: 

Electronic Standards for Transfer of 

Data’’ may be introduced into APHIS’ 

veterinary biologics regulatory program 

in the future, we encourage your 

comments on the draft guideline. 

The draft guideline may be viewed 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 

draft guideline by calling or writing to 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151 et seq. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

October 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26748 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Southern Maryland Electric 

Cooperative: Notice of Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) has issued a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

associated with the Holland Cliff to 

Hewitt Road 230 kV Transmission 

proposal in Calvert and St. Mary’s 

Counties, Maryland. The EA was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) and in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) 

regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508) and RUS’s NEPA 

implementing regulations (7 CFR part 

1794, Environmental Policies and 

Procedures). The purpose of the EA was 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of and alternatives to a 

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative 

(SMECO) application for a RUS loan for 

the proposal. The proposal includes 

construction of a 30-mile 230 kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line, a new 230/69 kV 

switching station, and a 230/69 kV 

switching station expansion. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the 

FONSI or EA, or for further information, 

contact: Ms. Lauren McGee, 

Environmental Scientist, USDA, Rural 

Utilities Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, Room 2239–S, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone: 

(202) 720–1482, fax: (202) 690–0649, or 

e-mail: lauren.mcgee@wdc.usda.gov. A 

copy of the FONSI and EA can be 

viewed online at: http://www.usda.gov/ 

rus/water/ees/ea.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SMECO 

proposes to construct a 230 kV 

transmission line between the existing 

Holland Cliff Switching Station in 

Calvert County to the existing Hewitt 

Road Switching Station in St. Mary’s 

County, Maryland. The proposal has 

five segments and includes: (1) The 

installation of approximately 20 miles of 

new 230 kV single pole, double-circuit 

transmission line from the Holland Cliff 

switching station to a new switching 

station located in Southern Calvert; (2) 

the installation of the new Sollers Wharf 

230/69 kV switching station; (3) the 

installation of approximately 8 miles of 

new 230 kV single pole, double-circuit 

transmission line from the new 

Southern Calvert switching station to 

the existing Hewitt Road switching 

station; (4) the installation of 

approximately 2 miles of 230 kV 

underground transmission cable circuit 

across the lower Patuxent River; and (5) 

the expansion of the existing 230 kV 

ring bus at the Hewitt Road switching 

station to accommodate the new 230 kV 

transmission line from Southern 

Calvert. Throughout the right-of-way, 

the existing 69 kV poles would be 

removed, and new 230 kV poles would 

be installed. The existing 69 kV and 

new 230 kV lines would be installed on 

the new poles. This configuration would 

allow for the use of the existing 69 kV 

transmission line right-of-way and 

preclude the need for additional 

easement acquisition. The preferred site 


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of the new Sollers Wharf switching 

station is located near the intersection of 

Sollers Wharf Road and Pardoe Road, 

west of Maryland Highways 2 and 4 

near the Calvert Cliffs tap. 

Approximately 6 to 10 acres of the 40- 

acre site would be disturbed during 

construction. The remainder of the site 

would serve as a buffer. Construction of 

the proposal is anticipated for 

completion in 2015. 

A Notice of Intent to prepare an EA 

and hold a scoping meeting was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 27, 2008, in the Enterprise (St. 

Mary’s County) on August 29, 2008, and 

in the Calvert Recorder on August 29, 

2008. A public meeting was held on 

September 11, 2008, in SMECO’s 

Calvert Regional Office located at 901 

Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, 

Maryland. A scoping summary report 

can be found at the RUS website listed 

in this Notice. The notice of availability 

of the EA for public review was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 3, 2010, and in the 

Enterprise and Calvert Recorder on 

September 3 and 9, 2010. The EA was 

available for public and agency review 

on the RUS Web site listed in this 

Notice; at SMECO’s Calvert Regional 

Office located at 901 Dares Beach Road, 

Prince Frederick, Maryland, and at 

SMECO’s St. Mary’s Regional Office 

located at 23365 Hollywood Road, 

Leonardtown, Maryland. The 30-day 

comment period ended on October 3, 

2010. No comments were received. 

SMECO hired Black and Veatch to 

prepare an EA for RUS that described 

the proposal and assessed its potential 

environmental impacts. RUS conducted 

an independent evaluation of the EA 

and concurred with its scope and 

content. In accordance with RUS’s 

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

at 7 CFR 1794.41, RUS accepted the 

document as its official EA. 

Based on its EA, RUS has concluded 

that the proposal would have no 

significant impacts to water quality, 

wetlands, the 100-year floodplain, land 

use, aesthetics, transportation, or human 

health and safety. The proposal will 

have no adverse effects on historic 

properties listed or eligible for listing on 

the National Register of Historic Places. 

RUS has also concluded that the 

proposal is not likely to affect federally 

listed threatened and endangered 

species or designated critical habitat. 

The proposal would not 

disproportionately affect minority and 

low-income populations. 

No other potential significant impacts 

resulting from the proposal have been 

identified. Therefore, RUS has 

determined that this FONSI fulfills its 

obligations under NEPA for its action 

related to the proposal. RUS is satisfied 

that the environmental impacts of the 

proposal have been adequately 

addressed. If RUS takes a federal action 

on the proposal, it will not result in 

significant impacts to the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, an 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

not be prepared for the proposal. 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

James R. Newby, 

Chief of Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26747 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Plumas County Resource Advisory 

Committee (RAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Plumas County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 

meeting on November 12, 2011 in 

Quincy, CA. The purpose of the meeting 

is to review a timeline for Cycle 11 

funding and view presentations about 

completed Plumas County RAC projects. 

The funding is made available under 

Title II provisions of the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The meeting will 

take place from 9:30–12 at the Mineral 

Building—Plumas/Sierra County 

Fairgrounds, 208 Fairgrounds Road, 

Quincy, CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (or 

for special needs): Lee Anne Schramel 

Taylor, Forest Coordinator, USDA, 

Plumas National Forest, P.O. Box 

11500/159 Lawrence Street, Quincy, CA 

95971; (530) 283–7850; or by E-MAIL 

eataylor@fs.fed.us. Other RAC 

information may be obtained at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/srs. 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

Alice B. Carlton, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26559 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest 

Resource Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 

National Forest Resource Advisory 

Committee will conduct a meeting in 

Salt Lake City, Utah. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

is to continue the review of project 

submittals. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 21, 2010, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Salt Lake County Government 

Center, Room N2003, 2001 South State 

Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Written 

comments should be sent to Loyal Clark, 

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 

88 West 100 North, Provo, Utah 84601. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to lfclark@fs.fed.us, via facsimile to 

801–342–5144. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the UintaWasatch-Cache National Forest, 88 West 

100 North, Provo, Utah 84601. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Loyal Clark, RAC Coordinator, USDA, 

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 

88 West 100 North, Provo, Utah 84601; 

801–342–5117; lfclark@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) Approve administrative costs for the 

RAC, (2) review and amend approve 

project submission process, and (3) 

review project submissions. Persons 

who wish to bring related matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff before or after the meeting. 

Dated: October 6, 2010. 

Cheryl Probert, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25821 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Sitka Resource Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Sitka Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet in Sitka, Alaska, 

November 1, 2010. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss potential projects 

under the Secure Rural Schools and 


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