[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 43805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18223]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0035]


Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy International 
Airport; Record of Decision

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public of our record of decision for the 
final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Gull Hazard 
Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

DATES: Effective Date: July 26, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may read the final supplemental environmental impact 
statement and the record of decision in our reading room. The reading 
room is located in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street 
and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours 
are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be 
sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before 
coming. The documents are also available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_environmental_new_york.shtml 
and are posted on the Regulations.gov Web site at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2006-0035. To obtain copies 
of the documents, contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Martin Lowney, Wildlife Services, 
APHIS, 1930 Route 9, Castleton, NY 12033-9653; (518) 477-4837.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 3, 2006, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 16547-16548, 
Docket No. APHIS-2006-0035) announcing APHIS' intent to prepare a 
supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) to address wildlife 
hazards to aircraft resulting from changes in wildlife populations and 
land uses in and around the John F. Kennedy International Airport. This 
action is a supplement to the Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John F. 
Kennedy International Airport Final EIS, May 1994.
    The supplemental EIS has been prepared in cooperation with the 
Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park 
Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York City Department 
of Parks and Recreation, the New York City Department of Environmental 
Protection, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
    A notice of availability regarding the draft supplemental EIS was 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Federal 
Register on January 14, 2011 (76 FR 2680, Docket No. ER-FRL-8994-6), 
and a notice of availability regarding the final supplemental EIS was 
published by EPA in the Federal Register on May 11, 2012 (77 FR 27771, 
Docket No. ER-FRL-9002-9). The NEPA implementing regulations in 40 CFR 
1506.10 require a minimum 30-day waiting period between the time a 
final EIS is published and the time an agency makes a decision on an 
action covered by the EIS. APHIS has reviewed the final supplemental 
EIS and comments received during the 30-day waiting period and has 
concluded that it has fully analyzed the issues covered by the draft 
supplemental EIS and those comments and suggestions submitted by 
commenters. Based on our final supplemental EIS, the response to public 
comments, and other pertinent scientific data, APHIS has prepared a 
record of decision.
    The 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 
1b); and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of July 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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