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[Federal Register: April 12, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 70
Tuesday, April 12, 1994
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-013-1]
Availability of Environmental Assessment, Finding of No
Significant Impact, and Record of Decision for the Asian Gypsy Moth
Eradication Project
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has adopted and is making available an
environmental assessment prepared by the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture, with substantial assistance from APHIS, for the Asian
gypsy moth eradication project in North Carolina. We are also making
available APHIS' own finding of no significant impact and record of
decision for the Asian gypsy moth eradication project in North
Carolina. The environmental assessment provides a basis for the
conclusion that the methods employed to eradicate the plant pest will
not have a significant impact on the environment.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental assessment and APHIS' finding of
no significant impact and record of decision 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. In addition, copies of the
environmental assessment and APHIS' finding of no significant impact
and record of decision may be obtained upon request from:
(1) Charles L. Divan, Project Leader--Asian Gypsy Moth,
Environmental Protection Officer, EAD, BBEP, APHIS, USDA, room 828,
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-
8565;
(2) Director, Southeastern Regional Office, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 3503
25th Avenue, Building 1, Gulfport, MS 39501, (601) 863-1813; or
(3) William Dickerson, North Carolina Department of Agriculture,
Plant Pest Division, P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733-6930.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry McGovern, Operations
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection and
Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, room 643, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest
Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 147a, 148, and 450, the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the States and certain
other organizations and individuals to control and eradicate plant
pests.
The Asian gypsy moth, which is present in the State of North
Carolina, is a destructive pest of plants, especially trees.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the
North Carolina Department of Agriculture (NCDA), has initiated a
project to eradicate the Asian gypsy moth in North Carolina.
NCDA, with substantial assistance from USDA's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has prepared an environmental
assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of this eradication project on
the environment. Based on the EA and APHIS' own analysis, the Agency
has determined that the eradication project in the State of North
Carolina will not have a significant impact on the environment. APHIS
has reviewed and adopted the EA that was prepared by NCDA with
substantial assistance from APHIS. The EA for this cooperative Asian
gypsy moth eradication project is supported by and tiered to the Gypsy
Moth Suppression and Eradication Projects, Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) as Supplemented, 1985.
The environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, and
record of decision 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 Guidelines Implementing NEPA (44 FR 50381-50384, August 28, 1979,
and 44 FR 51272-51274, August 31, 1979).
Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of April 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-8726 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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