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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0019]
Notice of Availability of Bovine
Tuberculosis Status Evaluation of
Eight Mexican Regions and Intent To
Classify Those Regions for Bovine
Tuberculosis
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we are proposing to classify eight
Mexican regions for bovine tuberculosis
as follows: The State of Sonora as Level
II; the Yucata´n Peninsula region (States
of Yucata´n and Quintana Roo, and part
of the State of Campeche), the Huasteca
region (parts of the States of Puebla,
Veracruz, and Hidalgo), part of the State
of Chihuahua, and part of the State of
Durango as Level III; and part of the
State of Coahuila, part of the State of
Nuevo Leo´n, and the State of
Tamaulipas as Level IV. These proposed
recognitions are based on an evaluation
SUMMARY:
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we have prepared in connection with
this action, which we are making
available for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 25,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2021–0019 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2021–0019, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at regulations.gov or in
our reading room, which is located in
Room 1620 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal
reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kari Coulson, Import Risk Analyst,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, USDA,
920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, 3rd
floor, Raleigh, NC 27606;
AskRegionalization@usda.gov; (919)
480–9876.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 93, subpart D
(§§ 93.400 through 93.442, referred to
below as part 93 or the subpart), contain
requirements for the importation of
ruminants into the United States to
address the risk of introducing or
disseminating diseases of livestock
within the United States. Part 93
currently contains provisions that
address the risk that imported bovines
(cattle or bison) may introduce or
disseminate bovine tuberculosis within
the United States. Within part 93,
§ 93.437 contains the requirements for
classification of foreign regions for
bovine tuberculosis and § 93.438
contains the process for requesting
regional classification for bovine
tuberculosis.
In accordance with § 93.437(f), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) maintains lists of all
Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, and
Level V regions for bovine tuberculosis
and adds foreign regions classified in
accordance with § 93.438 to these lists.
In accordance with § 93.437(e), regions
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that do not have a program that meets
APHIS requirements for bovine
tuberculosis classification, have a
prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in
their domestic bovine herds equal to or
greater than 0.5 percent, or are
unassessed by APHIS with regard to
bovine tuberculosis are considered to be
Level V.
Paragraph (a) of § 93.438 provides that
a representative of a national
government with authority to make such
a request may request that APHIS
classify a region for bovine tuberculosis.
Within that same section, paragraph (b)
provides that if, after reviewing and
evaluating the request for bovine
tuberculosis classification, APHIS
believes the region can be accurately
classified, APHIS will publish a notice
in the Federal Register with the
proposed classification and make its
evaluation available for public
comment. Following the close of the
comment period, APHIS will review all
comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
request that will be detailed in another
document published in the Federal
Register.
The Government of Mexico has
requested that APHIS evaluate and
classify several Mexican regions for
bovine tuberculosis. APHIS has
evaluated eight of the proposed Mexican
regions to date in response to this
request: The State of Sonora; the
Yucata´n Peninsula region (States of
Yucata´n and Quintana Roo, and part of
the State of Campeche); the Huasteca
region (parts of the States of Puebla,
Veracruz, San Luis Potosı´, and Hidalgo);
part of the State of Chihuahua, part of
the State of Durango; part of the State of
Coahuila; part of the State of Nuevo
Leo´n; and the State of Tamaulipas. We
have detailed the findings and
conclusions in a document titled
‘‘APHIS Evaluation of Eight Mexican
Regions for Bovine Tuberculosis (M.
bovis) Classification’’ (March 2022). The
evaluation concludes that the Sonora
region meets the conditions to be
classified as Level II for bovine
tuberculosis, which supports adding the
Sonora region to the web-based list of
Level II regions for bovine tuberculosis.
The evaluation also concludes that the
Yucata´n Peninsula (States of Yucata´n
and Quintana Roo, and part of the State
of Campeche), Huasteca (including parts
of the States of Puebla, Veracruz, and
Hidalgo, but excluding San Luis Potosı´),
Chihuahua, and Durango regions meet
the conditions to be classified as Level
III for bovine tuberculosis, which
supports adding the Yucata´n Peninsula,
Huasteca (parts of the States of Puebla,
Veracruz, and Hidalgo), Chihuahua, and
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Durango regions to the web-based list of
Level III regions for bovine tuberculosis.
The evaluation further concludes that
the Coahuila, Nuevo Leo´n, and
Tamaulipas regions meet the conditions
to be classified as Level IV for bovine
tuberculosis, which supports adding the
Coahuila, Nuevo Leo´n, and Tamaulipas
regions to the web-based list of Level IV
regions for bovine tuberculosis.
Additionally, although the
Government of Mexico requested
inclusion of part of the State of San Luis
Potosı´ (Zone A1) in the Huasteca region,
the APHIS evaluation concluded that
Zone A1 does not meet the conditions
to be classified as Level III at this time.
San Luis Potosı´ (Zone A1) is eligible to
export bovine animals to the United
States under a previous agreement.
Pursuant to a final rule published in the
Federal Register on September 17, 2020
(85 FR 57944–57956, Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0044),1 San Luis Potosı´
(Zone A1) will continue to be able to
trade with the United States under the
terms of the status it currently holds
until we reevaluate the zone and act to
classify the zone in accordance with
§ 93.437.
Regions of Mexico not listed above do
not currently hold bovine tuberculosis
status and are not eligible to export
bovine animals to the United States
except to direct slaughter. These regions
either do not have a program that meets
APHIS requirements for bovine
tuberculosis classification or are
unassessed by APHIS with regard to
bovine tuberculosis and would be
considered Level V for bovine
tuberculosis.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 93.438(b), we are announcing the
availability of our evaluation of these
eight Mexican regions for bovine
tuberculosis for public review and
comment.
Information submitted in support of
Mexico’s request is available by
contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our final
determination regarding classification of
these eight Mexican regions with
respect to bovine tuberculosis in a
subsequent notice.
National Environmental Policy Act
On December 27, 2021, we published
in the Federal Register a notice (86 FR
73238–73239, Docket No. APHIS–2020–
0071) announcing that we were
classifying Canada as Level I for
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brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis.
That final notice was accompanied by a
final environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact
(FONSI). The final environmental
assessment and FONSI also evaluated
the possible environmental impacts
associated with classifying the State of
Sonora as Level II; the Yucata´n
Peninsula region (States of Yucata´n and
Quintana Roo, and part of the State of
Campeche), the Huasteca region (parts
of the States of Puebla, Veracruz, and
Hidalgo), part of the State of Chihuahua,
and part of the State of Durango as Level
III; and part of the State of Coahuila,
part of the State of Nuevo Leo´n, and the
State of Tamaulipas as Level IV for
bovine tuberculosis. Accordingly, we
direct the public to go to
www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–
2020–0071 in the Search field to view
those documents, and are not
republishing them for this action.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–
8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C.
9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of
August 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket #: RUS–22–ELECTRIC–0049]
Badger State Solar, LLC: Notice of
Availability of a Final Environmental
Impact Statement
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of availability of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an agency within the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), has prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
to meet its responsibilities under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) as amended, RUS’s
implementing regulations, and other
applicable environmental requirements
related to providing financial assistance
for Badger State Solar, LLC’s proposed
Alternating Current solar project
(Project) in Wisconsin. RUS has
included documentation in the FEIS
demonstrating RUS has completed its
responsibilities under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act and
its implementing regulations,
‘‘Protection of Historic Properties.’’ The
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FEIS addresses the construction,
operation, and maintenance of a 149
megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV)
alternating current solar energy
generating facility on a site in in
Jefferson County, Wisconsin described
previously in the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS). It also
addresses comments received during the
comment period for the DEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the FEIS
will be accepted for 30 days following
the publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency’s environmental
impact statement receipt notice in the
Federal Register. Comments must be
received by October 3, 2022. Notices of
Availability of the FEIS will be
published in local newspapers. After a
30-day comment period on the FEIS,
RUS will prepare a Record of Decision
for its respective action. The
environmental review process is
expected to conclude in Fall 2022.
ADDRESSES: The Final EIS and other
Project-related information is available
at RUS’s and Badger State Solar’s
websites located at: https://
www.rd.usda.gov/resources/
environmental-studies/impactstatements, https://badgerstatesolar.
consultation.ai, and https://www.badger
statesolar.com.
All comments submitted during the
comment period will become part of the
public record. Before including your
address, telephone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. All
comments will be reviewed and in the
Record of Decision. For consideration,
comments must be received by October
3, 2022.
Comments may be submitted at
BadgerStateSolarEIS@usda.gov during
the comment period. Comments
submitted after the comment period
may not be considered by the agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive copies of the FEIS or request
information on the proposed Project, the
FEIS process, and RUS financing,
contact Peter Steinour at
BadgerStateSolarEIS@usda.gov or 202–
692–5346.
Copies of the FEIS will be available
for review at the Jefferson Public Library
in Jefferson, WI, the Cambridge
Community Library in Cambridge, WI
and the Lake Mills Library in Lake
Mills, WI. Library locations will be
published in the local papers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Badger
State Solar is a project of the solar
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development company, Ranger Power.
Many of Wisconsin’s fossil-fueled
power plants are scheduled to cease
power generation over the next several
years. Six of the 12 coal-fired power
plants in Wisconsin have been retired or
are scheduled to go offline. The
Applicant’s purpose and need for the
proposed Project is to develop a utilityscale solar facility in Jefferson County,
Wisconsin, to replace load demand on
local utilities, including Dairyland
Power, resulting from coal-fired power
plant closures or scheduled
decommissioning.
Badger State Solar has indicated the
intention to request Federal financing
from USDA RUS for development of the
Project. While RUS is authorized under
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(REA) to finance electric generation
infrastructure in rural areas, it is the
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. (MISO), not RUS, who is
responsible for electric grid planning.
Supporting renewable energy projects
meets both RUS’s goal to support
infrastructure development in rural
communities and USDA’s support of the
President’s Climate Action Plan, issued
in June 2013, which encourages
voluntary actions to increase energy
independence.
Badger State Solar proposes to
construct, install, operate, and maintain
a 149 MW PV alternating current solar
energy generating facility on a site in the
Townships of Jefferson and Oakland, in
Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The
proposed Project involves
approximately 1,200 acres located on
the north and south sides of U.S.
Highway 18, approximately 2-miles
west of the City of Jefferson and west of
State Highway 89. Site land cover is
predominantly agricultural crops and
pasture, with some forest and wetland.
Bader State Solar estimates the total
project cost will be approximately
$225,000,000. Project construction
would begin in October 2022.
Construction would be complete, and
the project would be expected to come
online by Fall 2023.
Construction involves the installation
on leased lands of 487,848 single-axis
tracking PV panels. The PV panels
would be mounted on a steel racking
frame. Supporting facilities include an
electrical substation. The lease
agreement allows for an operating
period of 40 years. A power purchase
agreement (PPA) has been executed
with Dairyland Power Cooperative for
the entire output of the Project. The
proposed site is near the point of
interconnection to the grid at the
American Transmission Company
Jefferson substation near the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0019]
Notice of Availability of Bovine Tuberculosis Status Evaluation
of Eight Mexican Regions and Intent To Classify Those Regions for
Bovine Tuberculosis
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we are proposing to classify
eight Mexican regions for bovine tuberculosis as follows: The State of
Sonora as Level II; the Yucat[aacute]n Peninsula region (States of
Yucat[aacute]n and Quintana Roo, and part of the State of Campeche),
the Huasteca region (parts of the States of Puebla, Veracruz, and
Hidalgo), part of the State of Chihuahua, and part of the State of
Durango as Level III; and part of the State of Coahuila, part of the
State of Nuevo Le[oacute]n, and the State of Tamaulipas as Level IV.
These proposed recognitions are based on an evaluation
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we have prepared in connection with this action, which we are making
available for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2021-0019 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2021-0019, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located
in Room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kari Coulson, Import Risk Analyst,
Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS,
USDA, 920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, 3rd floor, Raleigh, NC 27606;
[email protected]; (919) 480-9876.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 93, subpart D
(Sec. Sec. 93.400 through 93.442, referred to below as part 93 or the
subpart), contain requirements for the importation of ruminants into
the United States to address the risk of introducing or disseminating
diseases of livestock within the United States. Part 93 currently
contains provisions that address the risk that imported bovines (cattle
or bison) may introduce or disseminate bovine tuberculosis within the
United States. Within part 93, Sec. 93.437 contains the requirements
for classification of foreign regions for bovine tuberculosis and Sec.
93.438 contains the process for requesting regional classification for
bovine tuberculosis.
In accordance with Sec. 93.437(f), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains lists of all Level I, Level II,
Level III, Level IV, and Level V regions for bovine tuberculosis and
adds foreign regions classified in accordance with Sec. 93.438 to
these lists. In accordance with Sec. 93.437(e), regions that do not
have a program that meets APHIS requirements for bovine tuberculosis
classification, have a prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in their
domestic bovine herds equal to or greater than 0.5 percent, or are
unassessed by APHIS with regard to bovine tuberculosis are considered
to be Level V.
Paragraph (a) of Sec. 93.438 provides that a representative of a
national government with authority to make such a request may request
that APHIS classify a region for bovine tuberculosis. Within that same
section, paragraph (b) provides that if, after reviewing and evaluating
the request for bovine tuberculosis classification, APHIS believes the
region can be accurately classified, APHIS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register with the proposed classification and make its
evaluation available for public comment. Following the close of the
comment period, APHIS will review all comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the request that will be detailed in
another document published in the Federal Register.
The Government of Mexico has requested that APHIS evaluate and
classify several Mexican regions for bovine tuberculosis. APHIS has
evaluated eight of the proposed Mexican regions to date in response to
this request: The State of Sonora; the Yucat[aacute]n Peninsula region
(States of Yucat[aacute]n and Quintana Roo, and part of the State of
Campeche); the Huasteca region (parts of the States of Puebla,
Veracruz, San Luis Potos[iacute], and Hidalgo); part of the State of
Chihuahua, part of the State of Durango; part of the State of Coahuila;
part of the State of Nuevo Le[oacute]n; and the State of Tamaulipas. We
have detailed the findings and conclusions in a document titled ``APHIS
Evaluation of Eight Mexican Regions for Bovine Tuberculosis (M. bovis)
Classification'' (March 2022). The evaluation concludes that the Sonora
region meets the conditions to be classified as Level II for bovine
tuberculosis, which supports adding the Sonora region to the web-based
list of Level II regions for bovine tuberculosis. The evaluation also
concludes that the Yucat[aacute]n Peninsula (States of Yucat[aacute]n
and Quintana Roo, and part of the State of Campeche), Huasteca
(including parts of the States of Puebla, Veracruz, and Hidalgo, but
excluding San Luis Potos[iacute]), Chihuahua, and Durango regions meet
the conditions to be classified as Level III for bovine tuberculosis,
which supports adding the Yucat[aacute]n Peninsula, Huasteca (parts of
the States of Puebla, Veracruz, and Hidalgo), Chihuahua, and Durango
regions to the web-based list of Level III regions for bovine
tuberculosis. The evaluation further concludes that the Coahuila, Nuevo
Le[oacute]n, and Tamaulipas regions meet the conditions to be
classified as Level IV for bovine tuberculosis, which supports adding
the Coahuila, Nuevo Le[oacute]n, and Tamaulipas regions to the web-
based list of Level IV regions for bovine tuberculosis.
Additionally, although the Government of Mexico requested inclusion
of part of the State of San Luis Potos[iacute] (Zone A1) in the
Huasteca region, the APHIS evaluation concluded that Zone A1 does not
meet the conditions to be classified as Level III at this time. San
Luis Potos[iacute] (Zone A1) is eligible to export bovine animals to
the United States under a previous agreement. Pursuant to a final rule
published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2020 (85 FR 57944-
57956, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0044),\1\ San Luis Potos[iacute] (Zone A1)
will continue to be able to trade with the United States under the
terms of the status it currently holds until we reevaluate the zone and
act to classify the zone in accordance with Sec. 93.437.
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Regions of Mexico not listed above do not currently hold bovine
tuberculosis status and are not eligible to export bovine animals to
the United States except to direct slaughter. These regions either do
not have a program that meets APHIS requirements for bovine
tuberculosis classification or are unassessed by APHIS with regard to
bovine tuberculosis and would be considered Level V for bovine
tuberculosis.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 93.438(b), we are announcing
the availability of our evaluation of these eight Mexican regions for
bovine tuberculosis for public review and comment.
Information submitted in support of Mexico's request is available
by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our final
determination regarding classification of these eight Mexican regions
with respect to bovine tuberculosis in a subsequent notice.
National Environmental Policy Act
On December 27, 2021, we published in the Federal Register a notice
(86 FR 73238-73239, Docket No. APHIS-2020-0071) announcing that we were
classifying Canada as Level I for
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brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis. That final notice was accompanied
by a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact (FONSI). The final environmental assessment and FONSI also
evaluated the possible environmental impacts associated with
classifying the State of Sonora as Level II; the Yucat[aacute]n
Peninsula region (States of Yucat[aacute]n and Quintana Roo, and part
of the State of Campeche), the Huasteca region (parts of the States of
Puebla, Veracruz, and Hidalgo), part of the State of Chihuahua, and
part of the State of Durango as Level III; and part of the State of
Coahuila, part of the State of Nuevo Le[oacute]n, and the State of
Tamaulipas as Level IV for bovine tuberculosis. Accordingly, we direct
the public to go to www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS-2020-0071 in
the Search field to view those documents, and are not republishing them
for this action.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of August 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18409 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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