[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8494]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 14, 2009 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 94
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0147]
Change in Disease Status of the Republic of Korea With Regard to
Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Rinderpest; Availability of an Environmental
Assessment
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of an environmental assessment.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that an environmental assessment
has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
relative to a proposed rule that would add the Republic of Korea to the
list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth
disease. The environmental assessment documents our review and analysis
of environmental impacts associated with adding the Republic of Korea
to the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth
disease. We are making this environmental assessment available to the
public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0147 to submit or view comments and
to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0147, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0147.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on the
environmental assessment in our reading room. The reading room is
located in room 1141 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) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Julia Punderson, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation Services, National Center for
Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 734-4356.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In a proposed rule \1\ titled ``Change in Disease Status of the
Republic of Korea With Regard to Foot-and-Mouth Disease and
Rinderpest'' and published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2009
(74 FR 14093-14097, Docket No. APHIS-2008-0147), we proposed to amend
the regulations in 9 CFR part 94 by adding the Republic of Korea to the
list of regions that are considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-
mouth disease.
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\1\ To view the proposed rule and environmental assessment, go
to http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0147.
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APHIS' review and analysis of the potential environmental impacts
associated with adding the Republic of Korea to the list of regions
considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease are documented
in detail in an environmental assessment entitled ``Proposed Rule for
the Status of the Republic of Korea Regarding Foot-and-Mouth Disease
and Rinderpest: Environmental Assessment'' (February 2009). We are
making this environmental assessment available to the public for review
and comment. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
the date listed under the heading DATES at the beginning of this
notice.
The environmental assessment may be viewed on the Regulations.gov
Web site or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to
Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the
reading room). You may request paper copies of the environmental
assessment by calling or writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the title of the environmental
assessment when requesting copies.
The environmental assessment was 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 8th day of April 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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