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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172]
Interstate Movement of Garbage from
Hawaii; Availability of an
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that an environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact have
been prepared by the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service relative to a
request to allow the interstate
movement of garbage from Hawaii to a
landfill in the State of Washington. The
environmental assessment documents
our review and analysis of the
environmental impacts associated with,
and alternatives to, the movement of
palletized or containerized baled
municipal solid waste to three existing
ports on the Columbia River via barge
and the transfer and transportation of
the waste via truck or rail to the landfill.
Based on its finding of no significant
impact, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has determined that
an environmental impact statement
need not be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David B. Lamb, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 207371231; (301) 734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The importation and interstate
movement of garbage is regulated by the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) under 7 CFR 330.400
and 9 CFR 94.5 (referred to below as the
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regulations) in order to protect against
the introduction into and dissemination
within the United States of plant and
animal pests and diseases.
On January 19, 2010, we published in
the Federal Register (75 FR 2845-2846,
Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172) a notice1
in which we announced the availability,
for public review and comment, of an
environmental assessment documenting
our review and analysis of the
environmental impacts associated with,
and alternatives to, the movement of
palletized or containerized baled
municipal solid waste to three existing
ports on the Columbia River via barge
and the transfer and transportation of
the waste via truck or rail to the landfill.
We solicited comments on the
environmental assessment for 30 days
ending on February 18, 2010. We
received 37 comments by that date. The
commenters raised several issues,
including the potential for invasive
species/pest introductions, impacts on
air and water quality, impacts on fish
and wildlife habitat, impacts on existing
infrastructure (highway, rail, and barge),
increased traffic at associated ports, and
the adequacy of the environmental
assessment’s analysis of cumulative
effects.
Our analysis of the comments
received and our responses to the issues
raised in the comments are contained in
a response to comments document that
may be viewed on the Regulations.gov
Web page (see footnote 1) or obtained
from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The
response to comments document, along
with copies of the environmental
assessment and finding of no significant
impact, is also 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. Persons
wishing to inspect copies are requested
to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to
facilitate entry into the reading room.
The environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact have
been prepared in accordance with: (1)
The National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
1 To view the environmental assessment, the
comments we received and our responses to the
comments, and the finding of no significant impact,
go to (https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2006-0172).
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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’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day
of May 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172]
Interstate Movement of Garbage from Hawaii; Availability of an
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that an environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a request to allow the
interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii to a landfill in the State
of Washington. The environmental assessment documents our review and
analysis of the environmental impacts associated with, and alternatives
to, the movement of palletized or containerized baled municipal solid
waste to three existing ports on the Columbia River via barge and the
transfer and transportation of the waste via truck or rail to the
landfill. Based on its finding of no significant impact, the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that an environmental
impact statement need not be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David B. Lamb, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The importation and interstate movement of garbage is regulated by
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under 7 CFR
330.400 and 9 CFR 94.5 (referred to below as the regulations) in order
to protect against the introduction into and dissemination within the
United States of plant and animal pests and diseases.
On January 19, 2010, we published in the Federal Register (75 FR
2845-2846, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0172) a notice\1\ in which we
announced the availability, for public review and comment, of an
environmental assessment documenting our review and analysis of the
environmental impacts associated with, and alternatives to, the
movement of palletized or containerized baled municipal solid waste to
three existing ports on the Columbia River via barge and the transfer
and transportation of the waste via truck or rail to the landfill.
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\1\ To view the environmental assessment, the comments we
received and our responses to the comments, and the finding of no
significant impact, go to (https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0172).
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We solicited comments on the environmental assessment for 30 days
ending on February 18, 2010. We received 37 comments by that date. The
commenters raised several issues, including the potential for invasive
species/pest introductions, impacts on air and water quality, impacts
on fish and wildlife habitat, impacts on existing infrastructure
(highway, rail, and barge), increased traffic at associated ports, and
the adequacy of the environmental assessment's analysis of cumulative
effects.
Our analysis of the comments received and our responses to the
issues raised in the comments are contained in a response to comments
document that may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web page (see
footnote 1) or obtained from the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. The response to comments document, along with
copies of the environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact, is also 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. Persons wishing to inspect copies are requested to call ahead
on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the reading room.
The environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
have 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 provisions 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).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20\th\ day of May 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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