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effects of the cultivation and use of
genetically modified crops (GMCs) on
certain refuges in the Southeast Region
to meet wildlife management objectives.
As part of the settlement agreement, we
also agreed to discontinue cultivating
and using the GMCs in the Southeast
Region after the 2012 crop year and to
refrain from such activities until 90 days
after completion of an appropriate
NEPA analysis of such activities. On
July 17, 2014, the Chief of the Service’s
National Wildlife Refuge System issued
a memorandum announcing that the use
of GMCs to meet wildlife management
objectives within the National Wildlife
Refuge System (System) would be
phased out and discontinued by January
2016. Accordingly, we have concluded
that our NEPA process is no longer
necessary and, therefore, are notifying
the public that we are discontinuing
preparation of the PEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
MacKenzie, by email at tom_
mackenzie@fws.gov.
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Introduction
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
On April 30, 2013, we published a
notice in the Federal Register (78 FR
25297) announcing and inviting
comments on our intention to prepare a
PEA on the effects of the cultivation and
use of GMCs on certain refuges in the
Southeast Region. The Southeast Region
is comprised of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and the Caribbean.
GMCs were primarily used on certain
refuges in Alabama, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and North Carolina, to meet
Service goals and objectives to provide
migratory birds, especially waterfowl,
with dependable high-energy food
during the winter months.
In 2011, three national nonprofit
organizations, the Center for Food
Safety, Beyond Pesticides, and Public
Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, sued the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior, the Director
of the Service, and the Service in Center
for Food Safety, et al. v. Salazar, et al.,
Civil Action No. 11–1457 (DC 2011), on
the Service’s decision to allow GMCs to
be cultivated on some 44,000 acres of
refuge land in the Southeast Region. On
November 5, 2012, the Court entered an
Order adopting the negotiated
settlement agreement of the Parties,
which included a prohibition on the use
of GMCs in the Southeast Region unless
and until ninety (90) days after
completion of appropriate NEPA
analysis on such use.
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National Wildlife Refuge System; Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the Use of Genetically
Modified Crops in National Wildlife
Refuge Farming Programs in Region 4
(Southeast Region) of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service;
Discontinuation of Preparation of
NEPA Document
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of discontinuation of
preparation of NEPA Document.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in accordance with the negotiated
settlement of a lawsuit, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
published a notice in the Federal
Register on April 30, 2013, announcing
and inviting comments on our intention
to develop a draft programmatic
environmental assessment (PEA) of the
SUMMARY:
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Background
In our April 30, 2013, Federal
Register notice, we invited public input
on our intent to prepare a PEA and
requested submissions in the form of
information and suggestions on the
issues that should be considered during
the NEPA planning process and in the
PEA. We held five scoping meetings in
Columbia, North Carolina; Decatur,
Alabama; Dyersburg, Tennessee;
Natchez, Mississippi; and Alexandria,
Louisiana. We also created a Web site
on which the public could submit
comments and suggestions.
After the scoping meetings and
receipt of comments via the Web site,
we began drafting the PEA, and were
engaged in doing so when the Chief of
the Service’s National Wildlife Refuge
System issued the July 17, 2014,
memorandum announcing the phasing
out of the use of GMCs to achieve
wildlife management objectives
throughout the National Wildlife Refuge
System by January 2016. Upon issuance
of the memorandum, we determined
that the need to prepare the PEA no
longer existed and abandoned such
preparation.
Authority
This notice is published under the
authority of the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.).
Dated: March 27, 2015.
Michael Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-R-2014-N021; FXRS12610400000S3-145-FF04R02000]
National Wildlife Refuge System; Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the Use of Genetically Modified Crops in National
Wildlife Refuge Farming Programs in Region 4 (Southeast Region) of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Discontinuation of Preparation
of NEPA Document
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of discontinuation of preparation of NEPA Document.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in accordance with the negotiated settlement of a lawsuit, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), published a notice in the Federal
Register on April 30, 2013, announcing and inviting comments on our
intention to develop a draft programmatic environmental assessment
(PEA) of the effects of the cultivation and use of genetically modified
crops (GMCs) on certain refuges in the Southeast Region to meet
wildlife management objectives. As part of the settlement agreement, we
also agreed to discontinue cultivating and using the GMCs in the
Southeast Region after the 2012 crop year and to refrain from such
activities until 90 days after completion of an appropriate NEPA
analysis of such activities. On July 17, 2014, the Chief of the
Service's National Wildlife Refuge System issued a memorandum
announcing that the use of GMCs to meet wildlife management objectives
within the National Wildlife Refuge System (System) would be phased out
and discontinued by January 2016. Accordingly, we have concluded that
our NEPA process is no longer necessary and, therefore, are notifying
the public that we are discontinuing preparation of the PEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom MacKenzie, by email at
tom_mackenzie@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On April 30, 2013, we published a notice in the Federal Register
(78 FR 25297) announcing and inviting comments on our intention to
prepare a PEA on the effects of the cultivation and use of GMCs on
certain refuges in the Southeast Region. The Southeast Region is
comprised of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the
Caribbean. GMCs were primarily used on certain refuges in Alabama,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North
Carolina, to meet Service goals and objectives to provide migratory
birds, especially waterfowl, with dependable high-energy food during
the winter months.
In 2011, three national nonprofit organizations, the Center for
Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides, and Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, sued the Secretary of the Department of the Interior,
the Director of the Service, and the Service in Center for Food Safety,
et al. v. Salazar, et al., Civil Action No. 11-1457 (DC 2011), on the
Service's decision to allow GMCs to be cultivated on some 44,000 acres
of refuge land in the Southeast Region. On November 5, 2012, the Court
entered an Order adopting the negotiated settlement agreement of the
Parties, which included a prohibition on the use of GMCs in the
Southeast Region unless and until ninety (90) days after completion of
appropriate NEPA analysis on such use.
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Background
In our April 30, 2013, Federal Register notice, we invited public
input on our intent to prepare a PEA and requested submissions in the
form of information and suggestions on the issues that should be
considered during the NEPA planning process and in the PEA. We held
five scoping meetings in Columbia, North Carolina; Decatur, Alabama;
Dyersburg, Tennessee; Natchez, Mississippi; and Alexandria, Louisiana.
We also created a Web site on which the public could submit comments
and suggestions.
After the scoping meetings and receipt of comments via the Web
site, we began drafting the PEA, and were engaged in doing so when the
Chief of the Service's National Wildlife Refuge System issued the July
17, 2014, memorandum announcing the phasing out of the use of GMCs to
achieve wildlife management objectives throughout the National Wildlife
Refuge System by January 2016. Upon issuance of the memorandum, we
determined that the need to prepare the PEA no longer existed and
abandoned such preparation.
Authority
This notice is published under the authority of the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et
seq.).
Dated: March 27, 2015.
Michael Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-13842 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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