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Vol. 70, No. 145
Friday, July 29, 2005
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
Public Meeting Regarding the
Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic
District
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, and
opportunity for public comments,
regarding the proposed demolition of
properties within the Pensacola Naval
Air Station Historic District.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (ACHP) will hold
a public meeting regarding the Navy’s
intent to demolish several buildings
within the Pensacola Naval Air Station
Historic District. After considering
public input, the ACHP will issue its
formal comments on the proposed
action to the Navy. The Navy will take
into account the ACHP’s comments
prior to making a final decision on the
matter.
DATES: The public meeting will take
place on Monday, August 8, 2005,
starting at 12:30 p.m. CDT (we expect
the meeting to end at 4 p.m. CDT).
Submit written comments on or before
August 8, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the McMillan Room (room
3720), located in building 3700,
Pensacola Junior College (Warrington
Campus), 5555 Hwy 98 West, Pensacola,
Florida.
Address all written comments
concerning this proposed action by the
Navy to Don Klima, Office of Federal
Agency Programs, Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 809,
Washington, DC 20004. You may also
submit written comments via facsimile
at (202) 606–8672 or via electronic mail
at dklima@achp.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don
Klima, (202) 606–8503.
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Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act requires Federal
agencies to consider the effects of their
undertakings on historic properties and
provide the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (‘‘ACHP’’) a
reasonable opportunity to comment
with regard to such undertakings. The
ACHP has issued the regulations that set
forth the process through which Federal
agencies comply with these duties.
Those regulations are codified under 36
CFR part 800 (‘‘Section 106
regulations’’).
Under the Section 106 regulations,
when an undertaking may adversely
affect historic properties, the Federal
agency must consult in an attempt to
reach an agreement to avoid, minimize
or mitigate those adverse effects. Such
an agreement is called a Memorandum
of Agreement (MOA).
On September 15, 2004, Hurricane
Ivan struck the panhandle area of
Florida, causing extensive damage to
Naval Air Station Pensacola and
environs. Sustaining particular damage
was the Pensacola Naval Air Station
Historic District, a National Historic
Landmark.
On March 11, 2005 an MOA was
concluded between the Department of
the Navy, the Florida State Historic
Preservation Officer, and the ACHP for
proposed plans by the Navy to recover
from damages caused by Hurricane Ivan.
The National Trust for Historic
Preservation (NTHP) and the National
Park Service (NPS) also participated in
that consultation. Consultation was very
difficult due to time pressures and the
extensive amount of demolition
proposed by the Navy.
The MOA accepted much of the
proposed demolition of historic
structures, but identified 16 structures
of ‘‘greatest significance’’ to the historic
district. The MOA called for the Navy
to stabilize these structures and prepare
for each a ‘‘preservation analysis report’’
(PAR) that would examine the historic
and architectural value of each
buildings and assess damages and costs
associated with various treatment
options. The consulting parties were to
then be given an opportunity to
comment on the reports, following
which the Navy would then decide how
each of the 16 buildings would be
treated. Following notification of the
Navy’s decision, the consulting parties
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could object to the Navy’s decision, thus
triggering dispute resolution provisions
in the MOA that provide for further
ACHP review and comment.
By June 18, 2005, the 16 PARs had
been provided to the consulting parties.
Extensive comments were provided on
the reports by the Florida SHPO and the
NTHP on July 12th and July 13th,
respectively.
On July 15th, the Navy notified the
consulting parties of its intention to
proceed with demolition of all but 3 of
the 16 identified buildings. Anticipating
likely objection from the consulting
parties, the Navy invoked the dispute
resolution provisions in the MOA.
In response, the ACHP Chairman has
elected to prepare comments for the
Navy pursuant to the MOA and 36 CFR
800.7(c), and convened a panel of ACHP
members to review this matter and
develop ACHP comments. The Navy
must consider these comments in
reaching a final decision on the
treatment of the 16 buildings.
The public meeting announced in this
notice is designed to provide the public
with an opportunity to provide its input
regarding the ACHP’s final comment on
the matter.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Don Klima,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. 05–058–1]
Notice of Public Meeting on the
Proposed Design and Development of
an ePermits System
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is holding a public
meeting to introduce, and obtain
feedback on, one portion of our
proposed ePermits system. This meeting
will focus on applications and permits
for transiting and importing plants and
plant products, including propagative
material, fruits and vegetables, logs and
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lumber, and material listed in the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, August 24, 2005, from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the USDA Center at Riverside,
4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Gwendolyn Burnett, Regulatory Permit
Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
phone (301) 734–8758, or e-mail:
Gwendolyn.L.Burnett@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’s (APHIS) Plant Protection and
Quarantine program (PPQ) issues
permits to persons who wish to import
regulated plants and plant products into
the United States or to transit regulated
plants and plant products through the
United States. Persons wishing to
import plants and plant products or
transit them through the United States
must apply for a permit by submitting
PPQ Form 585 (Application for Permit
to Import Timber or Timber Products),
Form 586 (Application for Permit to
Transit Plants and/or Plant Products
through the United States), Form 587
(Application for Permit to Import Plants
or Plant Products), Form 588
(Application for Permit to Import
Prohibited Plants or Plant Products for
Experimental Purposes), or Form 621
(Application for Protected Plant Permit
to Engage in the Business of Importing,
Exporting, or Reexporting Terrestrial
Plants), as appropriate. PPQ issued more
than 3,500 permits in 2004.
The APHIS ePermits system is a Webbased user interface that supports the
electronic filing, processing, and
tracking of applications for APHIS
permits, including plant and plant
product, plant pest, animal and animal
product, and biotechnology permits.
The system is scheduled to become
available on a limited basis in the fall
of 2005, with a series of expansions to
follow. When fully implemented, the
system will allow applicants to apply
for, track the status of, and receive
permits using the Internet.
In order to provide an opportunity for
applicants for various plant-related
permits to review and comment on the
software that has been developed for the
ePermits system, APHIS is organizing a
public meeting to demonstrate the
capabilities of the online interface and
the permit application data entry
process. We will also provide
information on short- and long-term
plans for the ePermits system and how
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to register as an ePermits user. This
meeting will focus on applications and
permits for transiting and importing
plants and plant products, including
propagative material, fruits and
vegetables, logs and lumber, and
material listed in the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The
public meeting will be held in
Riverdale, MD, on August 24, 2005,
beginning at 9 a.m., and is scheduled to
end at 4:30 p.m.
Registration
Due to space considerations,
attendance at the public meeting will be
limited to 50 people. We encourage
preregistration. You may preregister by
visiting https://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/
permits/stakeholders/workshop2/
index.html or by contacting the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by August 19, 2005. Onsite
registration for any remaining spaces
will be held on the day of the meeting
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Parking and Security Procedures
Please note that a fee of $2.25 is
required to enter the parking lot at the
USDA Center at Riverside. The machine
accepts $1 bills or quarters.
Picture identification is required to be
admitted into the building. Upon
entering the building, visitors should
inform security personnel that they are
attending the ePermits meeting.
Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of
July 2005.
Elizabeth Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. 04–081–2]
Notice of Availability of a Document
Concerning the Identification of EU
Administrative Units
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we are finalizing, with minor
changes, a draft document that had been
prepared by the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to identify the
smallest administrative jurisdictions
within 11 Member States of the
European Union that we would consider
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‘‘regions’’ in the event of future animal
disease outbreaks. The draft document
referred to these jurisdictions as
‘‘administrative units’’ and also
reevaluated the administrative units
already identified for Italy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Regionalization Evaluation Services
Staff, National Center for Import and
Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231;
(301) 734–4356.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 21, 2005, the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
published in the Federal Register a
notice (70 FR 20733–20734, Docket No.
04–081–1) in which we announced the
availability of, and requested comments
on, a draft document entitled ‘‘APHIS
Considerations on the Identification of
Administrative Units for Certain
Member States of the European Union.’’
This draft document identified the
smallest administrative jurisdictions
within 11 Member States of the
European Union (EU) that we would
consider ‘‘regions’’ in the event of future
animal disease outbreaks. In the draft
document we referred to those regions
as ‘‘administrative units’’ (AUs). These
Member States are: Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom. We
also reevaluated the AUs already
identified for Italy.
Comments on the draft document
were required to be received on or
before June 20, 2005. We received one
comment by that date, from the
European Communities (EC). The EC
was generally supportive of the draft
document, however they requested
confirmation that APHIS intends to
implement regionalization of Member
States of the EU to the AU level for
other animal diseases in addition to
classical swine fever. As stated in the
notice, the concept of regionalization to
the AU level is not disease-specific and
would apply for all animal diseases.
The EC also requested that APHIS
identify AUs in the 10 new EU Member
States which APHIS would consider the
smallest possible administrative
jurisdiction with effective control over
animal movement and control of animal
disease in those Member States. APHIS
plans to identify AUs for the 10 new EU
Member States as those countries are
evaluated. In November 2004, APHIS’
Veterinary Services (VS) conducted site
visits to Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and
Lithuania, and site visits to Slovenia
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[FR Doc No: 05-15092]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-058-1]
Notice of Public Meeting on the Proposed Design and Development
of an ePermits System
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is holding a public meeting to introduce, and obtain
feedback on, one portion of our proposed ePermits system. This meeting
will focus on applications and permits for transiting and importing
plants and plant products, including propagative material, fruits and
vegetables, logs and
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lumber, and material listed in the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2005, from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the USDA Center at
Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gwendolyn Burnett, Regulatory
Permit Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737; phone (301) 734-8758, or e-mail:
Gwendolyn.L.Burnett@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service's (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program (PPQ) issues
permits to persons who wish to import regulated plants and plant
products into the United States or to transit regulated plants and
plant products through the United States. Persons wishing to import
plants and plant products or transit them through the United States
must apply for a permit by submitting PPQ Form 585 (Application for
Permit to Import Timber or Timber Products), Form 586 (Application for
Permit to Transit Plants and/or Plant Products through the United
States), Form 587 (Application for Permit to Import Plants or Plant
Products), Form 588 (Application for Permit to Import Prohibited Plants
or Plant Products for Experimental Purposes), or Form 621 (Application
for Protected Plant Permit to Engage in the Business of Importing,
Exporting, or Reexporting Terrestrial Plants), as appropriate. PPQ
issued more than 3,500 permits in 2004.
The APHIS ePermits system is a Web-based user interface that
supports the electronic filing, processing, and tracking of
applications for APHIS permits, including plant and plant product,
plant pest, animal and animal product, and biotechnology permits. The
system is scheduled to become available on a limited basis in the fall
of 2005, with a series of expansions to follow. When fully implemented,
the system will allow applicants to apply for, track the status of, and
receive permits using the Internet.
In order to provide an opportunity for applicants for various
plant-related permits to review and comment on the software that has
been developed for the ePermits system, APHIS is organizing a public
meeting to demonstrate the capabilities of the online interface and the
permit application data entry process. We will also provide information
on short- and long-term plans for the ePermits system and how to
register as an ePermits user. This meeting will focus on applications
and permits for transiting and importing plants and plant products,
including propagative material, fruits and vegetables, logs and lumber,
and material listed in the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The public meeting will be
held in Riverdale, MD, on August 24, 2005, beginning at 9 a.m., and is
scheduled to end at 4:30 p.m.
Registration
Due to space considerations, attendance at the public meeting will
be limited to 50 people. We encourage preregistration. You may
preregister by visiting https://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/
stakeholders/workshop2/ or by contacting the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by August 19, 2005. Onsite
registration for any remaining spaces will be held on the day of the
meeting from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Parking and Security Procedures
Please note that a fee of $2.25 is required to enter the parking
lot at the USDA Center at Riverside. The machine accepts $1 bills or
quarters.
Picture identification is required to be admitted into the
building. Upon entering the building, visitors should inform security
personnel that they are attending the ePermits meeting.
Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of July 2005.
Elizabeth Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15092 Filed 7-28-05; 8:45 am]
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