[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12674-12675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3506]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for Gypsy Moth Management in the United 
States: A Cooperative Approach

AGENCIES: Forest Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Revision; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: On April 29, 2004 (69 FR 23492), the Forest Service published 
in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a 
Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Gypsy Moth 
Management in the United States: a Cooperative Approach. The Forest 
Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are revising 
the expected dates for filing the Draft and Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement.

DATES: Comments concerning this revision should be received by May 26, 
2006.
    Individuals, groups, or other agencies who responded to previous 
scoping efforts for this Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 
are not required to respond to this revised NOI. Those comments have 
already been incorporated into the analysis for the revised NOI. The 
draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is expected to be 
filed in September of 2006; the final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement is expected to be filed in August of 2007. Another formal 
opportunity to comment will be provided following completion of the 
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments concerning this revision to Joseph L. 
Cook, Gypsy Moth Supplemental EIS Project Leader, Forest Service, 
Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, 180 Canfield Street, 
Morgantown, WV 26505. Fax number: (304) 285-1508.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph L. Cook, Gypsy Moth 
Supplemental EIS Project Leader, at (304) 285-1523, or e-mail 
[email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Further information about the proposal can 
be found in the original NOI published in the Federal Register, Vol. 
69, No. 83, pp. 23492-23493, on April 29, 2004.

Nature of Decision To Be Made

    The responsible officials will decide whether or not to add the 
insecticide, tebufenozide (trade name Mimic), to their list of 
treatments for control of gypsy moth and whether or not to provide for 
the addition of other insecticides to their list of treatments for 
control of gypsy moth, if the other insecticides are within the range 
of effects and acceptable risks for the existing list of treatments.

Responsible Officials

    The responsible official for the Forest Service is the Deputy Chief 
for State and Private Forestry. The responsible official for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service is the Deputy Administrator for 
Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Use of Comments

    All comments received in response to this revised NOI, including 
the names and addresses when provided, will become a matter of public 
record and will be available for public inspection and copying. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement.

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, S&PF.
 [FR Doc. E6-3506 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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