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public involvement in our
decisionmaking process. According to
our public review process (see footnote
1), the second opportunity for public
involvement follows one of two
approaches, as described below.
If APHIS decides, based on its review
of the petition and its evaluation and
analysis of comments received during
the 60-day public comment period on
the petition, that the petition involves a
GE organism that raises no substantive
new issues, APHIS will follow
Approach 1 for public involvement.
Under Approach 1, APHIS announces in
the Federal Register the availability of
APHIS’ preliminary regulatory
determination along with its EA,
preliminary finding of no significant
impact (FONSI), and its plant pest risk
assessment (PPRA) for a 30-day public
review period. APHIS will evaluate any
information received related to the
petition and its supporting documents
during the 30-day public review period.
For this petition, we are using Approach
1.
If APHIS decides, based on its review
of the petition and its evaluation and
analysis of comments received during
the 60-day public comment period on
the petition, that the petition involves a
GE organism that raises substantive new
issues, APHIS will follow Approach 2.
Under Approach 2, APHIS first solicits
written comments from the public on a
draft EA and PPRA for a 30-day
comment period through the
publication of a Federal Register notice.
Then, after reviewing and evaluating the
comments on the draft EA and PPRA
and other information, APHIS will
revise the PPRA as necessary and
prepare a final EA and, based on the
final EA, a National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) decision document
(either a FONSI or a notice of intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement).
As part of our decisionmaking process
regarding a GE organism’s regulatory
status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess
the plant pest risk of the article. APHIS
also prepares the appropriate
environmental documentation—either
an EA or an environmental impact
statement—in accordance with NEPA,
to provide the Agency and the public
with a review and analysis of any
potential environmental impacts that
may result if the petition request is
approved.
APHIS has prepared a PPRA and has
concluded that soybean event DAS–
81419–2 is unlikely to pose a plant pest
risk. In section 403 of the Plant
Protection Act, ‘‘plant pest’’ is defined
as any living stage of any of the
following that can directly or indirectly
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injure, cause damage to, or cause
disease in any plant or plant product: A
protozoan, a nonhuman animal, a
parasitic plant, a bacterium, a fungus, a
virus or viroid, an infectious agent or
other pathogen, or any article similar to
or allied with any of the foregoing.
APHIS has prepared an EA in which
we present two alternatives based on
our analysis of data submitted by DAS,
a review of other scientific data, field
tests conducted under APHIS oversight,
and comments received on the petition.
APHIS is considering the following
alternatives: (1) Take no action, i.e.,
APHIS would not change the regulatory
status of soybean event DAS–81419–2
and it would continue to be a regulated
article, or (2) make a determination of
nonregulated status of soybean event
DAS–81419–2.
The EA was prepared in accordance
with (1) 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). Based on our EA and other
pertinent scientific data, APHIS has
reached a preliminary FONSI with
regard to the preferred alternative
identified in the EA.
Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and
laboratory data submitted by DAS,
references provided in the petition,
peer-reviewed publications, information
analyzed in the EA, the PPRA,
comments provided by the public on the
petition, and discussion of issues in the
EA, APHIS has determined that soybean
event DAS–81419–2 is unlikely to pose
a plant pest risk. We have therefore
reached a preliminary decision to make
a determination of nonregulated status
of soybean event DAS–81419–2,
whereby soybean event DAS–81419–2
would no longer be subject to our
regulations governing the introduction
of certain GE organisms.
We are making available for a 30-day
review period APHIS’ preliminary
regulatory determination of soybean
event DAS–81419–2, along with our
PPRA, EA, and preliminary FONSI for
the preliminary determination of
nonregulated status. The EA,
preliminary FONSI, PPRA, and our
preliminary determination for soybean
event DAS–81419–2, as well as the DAS
petition and the comments received on
the petition, are available as indicated
under ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT above. Copies of
these documents may also be obtained
from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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After the 30-day review period closes,
APHIS will review and evaluate any
information received during the 30-day
review period. If, after evaluating the
information received, APHIS determines
that we have not received substantive
new information that would warrant
APHIS altering our preliminary
regulatory determination or FONSI,
substantially changing the proposed
action identified in the EA, or
substantially changing the analysis of
impacts in the EA, APHIS will notify
the public through an announcement on
our Web site of our final regulatory
determination. If, however, APHIS
determines that we have received
substantive new information that would
warrant APHIS altering our preliminary
regulatory determination or FONSI,
substantially changing the proposed
action identified in the EA, or
substantially changing the analysis of
impacts in the EA, then APHIS will
notify the public of our intent to
conduct additional analysis and to
prepare an amended EA, a new FONSI,
and/or a revised PPRA, which would be
made available for public review
through the publication of a notice of
availability in the Federal Register.
APHIS will also notify the petitioner.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of
February 2014.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory
Board
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Black Hills National
Forest Advisory Board (Board) will meet
in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board
is established consistent with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600
et.seq.), the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
1612), and the Federal Public Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (Pub. L.
108–447). The meeting is open to the
public. The purpose of the meeting is to
provide:
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(1) Orientation on Natural Resources
(2) Update from the Motorized Travel
working group with possible
recommendation for fees for 2015
(3) Recreational Facilities working
group update
(4) Forest Health working group update
(5) Bearlodge Mining Brief (Rare
Element Resource—RER)
(6) Sheridan Lake Valve update
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
All meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Mystic Ranger District, 8221 South
Highway 16, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses, when provided,
are placed in the record and available
for public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received
at the Black Hills National Forest
Supervisor’s Office. Please call ahead to
facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Jacobson, Committee Coordinator,
by phone at 605–673–9216, or by email
at sjjacobson@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday. Please make requests in
advance for sign language interpreting,
assistive listening devices or other
reasonable accomodation for access to
the facility or procedings by contacting
the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information concerning the
Board, including the meeting summary/
minutes, can be found by visiting the
Board’s Web site at: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/
workingtogether/advisorycommittees.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should submit a request
in writing by March 10, 2014 to be
scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who
would like to bring related matters to
the attention of the committee may file
written statements with the committee
staff before or after the meeting. Written
comments and time requests for oral
comments must be sent to Scott
Jacobson, Black Hills National Forest
Supervisor’s Office, 1019 North Fifth
Street, Custer, South Dakota 57730; by
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email to sjjacobson@fs.fed.us, or via
facsimile to 605–673–9208.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices
or other reasonable accommodation for
access to the facility or proceedings by
contacting the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
Dated: February 21, 2014.
Dennis Jaeger,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site;
Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National
Forest, USDA Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of proposed new fee site.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache
National Forest is proposing to charge
fee at The Upper Falls Picnic Site in
Provo Canyon, Utah. The site will
include a $6.00 Standard Amenity fee
that will be charged year-round. Fees
are assessed based on the level of
amenities and services provided, cost of
operations and maintenance, and
market assessment. Funds from fees
would be used for the continued
operation and maintenance and
improvements of this picnic area.
An analysis of the nearby County,
City, and Federal day-use sites with
similar amenities shows that the
proposed fees are reasonable and typical
of similar sites in the area.
DATES: Comments will be accepted until
April 1, 2014. New fees would begin
September 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dave Whittekiend, Forest
Supervisor, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache
National Forest, 857 West south Jordan
Parkway, South Jordan, UT 84095–8594.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Lane, Recreation Fee Program
Manager; Pleasant Grove Ranger
District, 801–796–4891.
Dated: February 24, 2014.
David C. Whittekiend,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service.
Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Housing
Service’s intention to request an
extension for a currently approved
information collection in support of the
program of the Agency’s use of
supervised bank accounts (SBA).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 2, 2014 to be assured
of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Janet Stouder, Deputy Director, MultiFamily Housing Portfolio Management
Division, RHS, STOP 0782, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0782.
Telephone: (202) 690–0760.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR Part 1902–A, Supervised
Bank Accounts.
OMB Number: 0575–0158.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2014.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The Agency extends
financial assistance to applicants that do
not qualify for loans under commercial
rates and terms.
The Agency use SBAs as a mechanism
to (1) ensure correct disbursement and
expenditure of all funds designated for
a project; (2) help a borrower properly
manage its financial affairs; (3) ensure
that the Government’s security is
protected adequately from fraud, waste
and abuse.
SBAs are mandatory for Multi-Family
Housing (MFH) reserve accounts. The
MFH funds must be kept in the SBA for
the full term of a loan. Any funds
withdrawn for disbursement for an
authorized purpose require a
countersignature from an Agency
official.
This regulation prescribes the policies
and responsibilities for the use of SBAs.
In carrying out the mission as a
supervised credit Agency, this
regulation authorizes the use of
supervised accounts for the
disbursement of funds. The use may be
necessitated to disburse Government
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board) will
meet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board is established consistent
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II), the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16
U.S.C. 1600 et.seq.), the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16
U.S.C. 1612), and the Federal Public Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
(Pub. L. 108-447). The meeting is open to the public. The purpose of
the meeting is to provide:
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(1) Orientation on Natural Resources
(2) Update from the Motorized Travel working group with possible
recommendation for fees for 2015
(3) Recreational Facilities working group update
(4) Forest Health working group update
(5) Bearlodge Mining Brief (Rare Element Resource--RER)
(6) Sheridan Lake Valve update
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 1:00
p.m.
All meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of meeting
prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Mystic Ranger District, 8221
South Highway 16, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Written comments may be submitted as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including names and addresses, when
provided, are placed in the record and available for public inspection
and copying. The public may inspect comments received at the Black
Hills National Forest Supervisor's Office. Please call ahead to
facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Jacobson, Committee Coordinator,
by phone at 605-673-9216, or by email at sjjacobson@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through
Friday. Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreting,
assistive listening devices or other reasonable accomodation for access
to the facility or procedings by contacting the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information concerning the Board,
including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the
Board's Web site at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/workingtogether/advisorycommittees. The agenda will include time for
people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals
wishing to make an oral statement should submit a request in writing by
March 10, 2014 to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to
bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file
written statements with the committee staff before or after the
meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be
sent to Scott Jacobson, Black Hills National Forest Supervisor's
Office, 1019 North Fifth Street, Custer, South Dakota 57730; by email
to sjjacobson@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 605-673-9208.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices or other reasonable
accommodation for access to the facility or proceedings by contacting
the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by
case basis.
Dated: February 21, 2014.
Dennis Jaeger,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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