[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5577-5578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2017-0003]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment (Draft PEA) for Mosquito Control Activities Funded by HHS/
CDC To Combat Zika Virus Transmission in the United States

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of Availability; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is issuing this 
notice to request public comment on a draft Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment (Draft PEA) for mosquito control activities funded by HHS/
CDC to Combat Zika Virus transmission in the United States. HHS/CDC 
prepared the draft PEA in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) implementing regulations (40 CFR 
parts 1500-1508) and the HHS General Administration Manual (GAM) Part 
30 Environmental Procedures, dated February 25, 2000.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
xxxx by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Clint A. Liveoak, Deputy Director, Division of 
Issues Management, Analysis, and Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D13, Atlanta, GA 
30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to http://regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    The draft PEA is available at HHS/CDC's Zika Web site, https://www.cdc.gov/zika and at the docket (www.regulations.gov). A copy of the 
draft PEA can also be requested from Clint A. Liveoak, Deputy Director, 
Division of Issues Management, Analysis, and Coordination, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-D13, 
Atlanta, GA 30329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), has prepared a draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment 
(Draft PEA) to assess the potential impacts associated with supporting 
mosquito control activities funded by HHS/CDC to combat Zika Virus 
transmission in the United States. The Draft PEA analyzes the effect of 
the Enhanced Support for Integrated Mosquito Management (Proposed 
Alternative) and the No Action Alternative. The draft PEA evaluates the 
potential impacts to the environment

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from the proposed activities and outlines the steps that would be taken 
to mitigate any adverse impacts and ensure that the public is informed 
prior to any actions in a specific location.
    HHS/CDC will review all comments received to the docket and issue a 
final Programmatic Environmental Assessment that will be announced in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 12, 2017.
Lauren Hoffmann,
Acting Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-01027 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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