[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 57161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15279]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500180111]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Approval of 
Herbicide Active Ingredients for Use on Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Approval of Herbicide Active Ingredients for 
Use on Public Lands. The ROD constitutes the decision of the BLM.

DATES: The Assistant Director for Resources and Planning signed the ROD 
on 7/1/2024.

ADDRESSES: The ROD is available via the internet at https://go.usa.gov/xtk6a.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Flanigan, Project Manager, 
telephone: 208-373-4094; email: [email protected]. Individuals in the 
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services for contacting Mr./Ms. POC's last 
name. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM 
has published a ROD for a final programmatic EIS and approved seven 
additional herbicide active ingredients for use in vegetation 
treatments on BLM-managed public lands.

Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action

    The BLM's purpose and need is to improve the effectiveness of its 
invasive plant management efforts by allowing the use of Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA)-registered active ingredients not currently 
authorized for use on BLM public lands. Approving additional active 
ingredients diversifies the BLM's herbicide treatment options and helps 
meet the purposes that were first identified in the 2007 and 2016 
programmatic EISs related to vegetation treatments, which are to make 
herbicides available for vegetation treatment on public lands and to 
describe the stipulations that apply to their use.

Decision

    The BLM has approved seven additional herbicide active ingredients, 
including aminocyclopyrachlor, clethodim, fluozifop-p-butyl, 
flumioxazin, imazamox, indaziflam, and oryzalin, for use in vegetation 
treatments on public lands. These active ingredients are registered by 
the EPA. In making this decision, the BLM adopted and relied on Human 
Health and Ecological Risk Assessments prepared by the U.S. Forest 
Service.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6)

Sharif Branham,
Assistant Director for Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2024-15279 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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