94-10669. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
     
    
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
    
    [Docket No. 92-190-4]
    
    Animal Damage Control Program; Availability of the Final 
    Environmental Impact Statement
    
    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 has prepared a final environmental impact statement 
    for the Animal Damage Control program. The final environmental impact 
    statement addresses the function, methods of operation, locations, and 
    the biological, sociocultural, economic, and physical impacts of 
    reasonable alternatives for the agency's Animal Damage Control program.
    
    ADDRESSES: Copies of the final environmental impact statement are 
    available for review between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
    Friday, except holidays, at the following locations:
    
    APHIS Reading Room, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and 
    Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250;
    Operational Support Staff, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, room 
    819, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782;
    Eastern Regional Office, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, Suite 370, 
    7000 Executive Center Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027;
    Denver Wildlife Research Center, Building 16, Denver Federal Center, 
    Denver, CO 80225;
    Western Regional Office, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, 12345 W. 
    Alameda Parkway, suite 313, Lakewood, CO 80228.
    
        Interested persons may obtain a copy of the final environmental 
    impact statement by writing to Richard L. Wadleigh at the address 
    listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard L. Wadleigh, Environmental 
    Management Staff Officer, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, room 819, 
    Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-
    8281.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        Animal Damage Control (ADC) of the Animal and Plant Health 
    Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 
    cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management of the U.S. Department 
    of the Interior, and the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of 
    Agriculture, has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
    for the ADC program. Copies of this document were filed with the 
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 26, 1994, pursuant to 
    section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
    U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)), and the EPA Notice of Availability appeared in the 
    Federal Register on May 6, 1994.
        On January 14, 1993 (58 FR 4404-4405, Docket No. 92-190-1), we 
    published a notice of intent to make available a supplement to the 
    draft EIS for the ADC program. The draft EIS, made available on June 
    18, 1990 (55 FR 24597-24598, Docket No. 90-099), evaluated 
    environmental impacts associated with wildlife damage control 
    activities. On February 12, 1993, we
    published in the Federal Register (58 FR 8252, Docket No. 92-190-2) a 
    notice advising the public that the supplement to the draft EIS for the 
    ADC program was available for public review and comment. Comments were 
    due on or before March 29, 1993.
        Because of the size and complexity of the supplement to the draft 
    EIS, and in response to a number of requests, on March 29, 1993, we 
    published in the Federal Register (58 FR 16520, Docket No. 92-190-3) a 
    notice advising the public that we were extending the comment period 
    until April 28, 1993.
        By close of business April 28, 1993, we had received 1,493 comments 
    on the draft EIS and its supplement. Based on suggestions and 
    information offered in the comments, we have revised the draft EIS and 
    its supplement, and have produced a final EIS.
        This notice is issued 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 28th day of April 1994.
    Lonnie J. King,
    Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    [FR Doc. 94-10669 Filed 5-5-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/06/1994
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
94-10669
Pages:
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Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: May 6, 1994