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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 140

                                              Friday, July 22, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 372

[Docket No. 93-165-2]
RIN 0579-AA33

 

National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for our 
proposed rule that would establish procedures that set forth the 
principles and practices the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
will follow to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, the Council on Environmental Quality regulations, and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture regulations implementing the National 
Environmental Policy Act. This extension will provide interested 
persons with additional time to prepare comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 93-
165-1 that are received on or before August 2, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, USDA, room 804, 
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 93-165-1. Comments 
received may be inspected 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. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert E. Pizel, Branch Chief, 
Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental Protection, APHIS, USDA, 
room 827, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 
(301) 436-8565.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 3, 1994, we published in the Federal Register (59 FR 28814-
28821, Docket No. 93-165-1) a proposed rule to establish procedures 
that set forth the principles and practices the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service will follow to comply with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality 
regulations, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before July 18, 1994. In response to a request to extend the period 
during which comments will be accepted, we are extending the comment 
period on Docket No. 93-165-1 for an additional 15 days. This action 
will allow the requestor and all other interested persons additional 
time to prepare and submit comments.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR 1500-1508; 7 CFR 1b, 
2.17, 2.51, 371.2, 371.2(m), 371.13(d), and 371.14(b).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of July 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-17823 Filed 7-21-94; 8:45 am]
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