[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 37928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14963]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: A Cooperative
Approach
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are extending the
expected publication dates for the draft and final supplemental
environmental impact statement (SEIS) for Gypsy Moth Management in the
United States: A Cooperative Approach.
DATES: The draft SEIS is expected to be published in July 2008 and the
final SEIS is expected to be published in July 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William K. Oldland, Gypsy Moth SEIS
Project Entomologist, Forest Service, Northeastern Area, State and
Private Forestry, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505. Telephone
number: (304) 285-1585, e-mail: woldland@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 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 29, 2004 (69 FR 23492), the Forest
Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published in
the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Supplement
to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Gypsy Moth
Management in the United States: A Cooperative Approach. The expected
date for publication of the draft (SEIS) was March 2005 and February
2006 for the final SEIS. On February 7, 2007 (72 FR 5675), the agencies
published a revised NOI in the Federal Register extending the expected
dates for publishing the draft and final SEIS to July 2007 and July
2008 respectively. Through this revised NOI, the agencies are again
extending the expected publication dates for the draft and final SEIS.
The SEIS will document an analysis of the 2004 proposal to add the
insecticide, tebufenozide (trade name Mimic), to the agencies' list of
treatments for the control of gypsy moth. The 2004 proposal also
includes developing a process for adding other insecticides that may
become available in the future to their list of treatments for control
of gypsy moth, if the proposed insecticides are within the range of
effects and acceptable risks for the existing list of treatments. The
analysis for this proposal builds on the analysis and documentation for
the January 16, 1996, Record of Decision for the Gypsy Moth Management
in the United States: A Cooperative Approach Final Environmental Impact
Statement, which was published in the Federal Register on February 15,
1996 (61 FR 5976). The agencies will prepare a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the November 1995 Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Gypsy Moth Management in the
United States: A Cooperative Approach, which was published in the
Federal Register on December 1, 1995 (60 FR 61698).
Dared: June 25, 2008.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. E8-14963 Filed 7-1-08; 8:45 am]
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