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                                                    VOL. 59, NO. 70

                                            Tuesday, April 12, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-013-1]

 

Availability of Environmental Assessment, Finding of No 
Significant Impact, and Record of Decision for the Asian Gypsy Moth 
Eradication Project

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) has adopted and is making available an 
environmental assessment prepared by the North Carolina Department of 
Agriculture, with substantial assistance from APHIS, for the Asian 
gypsy moth eradication project in North Carolina. We are also making 
available APHIS' own finding of no significant impact and record of 
decision for the Asian gypsy moth eradication project in North 
Carolina. The environmental assessment provides a basis for the 
conclusion that the methods employed to eradicate the plant pest will 
not have a significant impact on the environment.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental assessment and APHIS' finding of 
no significant impact and record of decision are available for public 
inspection at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. In addition, copies of the 
environmental assessment and APHIS' finding of no significant impact 
and record of decision may be obtained upon request from:
    (1) Charles L. Divan, Project Leader--Asian Gypsy Moth, 
Environmental Protection Officer, EAD, BBEP, APHIS, USDA, room 828, 
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-
8565;
    (2) Director, Southeastern Regional Office, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 3503 
25th Avenue, Building 1, Gulfport, MS 39501, (601) 863-1813; or
    (3) William Dickerson, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, 
Plant Pest Division, P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733-6930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry McGovern, Operations 
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection and 
Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, room 643, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest 
Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with 7 U.S.C. 147a, 148, and 450, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the States and certain 
other organizations and individuals to control and eradicate plant 
pests.
    The Asian gypsy moth, which is present in the State of North 
Carolina, is a destructive pest of plants, especially trees.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the 
North Carolina Department of Agriculture (NCDA), has initiated a 
project to eradicate the Asian gypsy moth in North Carolina.
    NCDA, with substantial assistance from USDA's Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has prepared an environmental 
assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of this eradication project on 
the environment. Based on the EA and APHIS' own analysis, the Agency 
has determined that the eradication project in the State of North 
Carolina will not have a significant impact on the environment. APHIS 
has reviewed and adopted the EA that was prepared by NCDA with 
substantial assistance from APHIS. The EA for this cooperative Asian 
gypsy moth eradication project is supported by and tiered to the Gypsy 
Moth Suppression and Eradication Projects, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) as Supplemented, 1985.
    The environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, and 
record of decision have been prepared in accordance with: (1) The 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (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 Guidelines Implementing NEPA (44 FR 50381-50384, August 28, 1979, 
and 44 FR 51272-51274, August 31, 1979).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of April 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-8726 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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