[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 68020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30229]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 03-111-1]


Double-Crested Cormorant Management in the United States; Record 
of Decision

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service's record of decision for the Double-Crested 
Cormorant Management in the United States final environmental impact 
statement.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the record of decision and the final environmental 
impact statement on which the record of decision is based 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. To be sure someone is 
there to help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    The record of decision may be viewed on the Wildlife Services Web 
site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/pubs.html. The final environmental 
impact statement may also be viewed on the Internet at http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/cormorant/cormorant.html.
    Copies of the record of decision and the final environmental impact 
statement may be obtained from the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David S. Reinhold, Environmental 
Coordinator, Operational Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
87, Riverdale, MD 20737-1235; (301) 734-7921.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice advises the public that the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a 
record of decision based on the Double-Crested Cormorant Management in 
the United States final environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared 
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). APHIS was a cooperating 
agency in the preparation of the EIS. The USFWS published the notice of 
availability for the final EIS in the Federal Register on August 11, 
2003 (68 FR 47603) and published its Record of Decision on October 8, 
2003 (68 FR 58022). APHIS has independently reviewed the EIS and has 
concluded its comments and suggestions have been satisfied. APHIS has 
now prepared a record of decision on the adopted EIS and is making it 
available to the public. This record of decision has been 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 1), and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing 
Procedures (7 CFR part 372).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of December 2003.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-30229 Filed 12-4-03; 8:45 am]
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