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Notices Federal Register Vol. 60, No. 240

Thursday, December 14, 1995

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Frequency of Responses: Reporting— findings of no significant impact, the contains documents other than rules or Once every 3 years. and Plant Health Inspection proposed rules that are applicable to the Total Burden Hours: 1,120. Service has determined that public. Notices of hearings and investigations, environmental impact statements need Federal Crop Insurance Corporation committee meetings, agency decisions and not be prepared. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of • Title: 7 CFR Parts 402, 401, 443 and petitions and applications and agency ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental statements of organization and functions are 457—Catastrophic Risk Protection Plan assessments and findings of no examples of documents appearing in this and Related Requirements. significant impact are available for section. Summary: This submission revises public inspection at USDA, room 1141, collections previously cleared to now South Building, 14th Street and incorporate provision or policy changes Independence Avenue, SW., DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE relative to proposed rules at 7 CFR Parts Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 401, 443, and 457 announcing 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Information Collection Submitted to prevented planting coverage changes for except holidays. Persons wishing to the Office of Management and Budget the 1996 crop year. inspect those documents are requested for Review Under the Paperwork Need and Use of the Information: The to call ahead on (202) 690–2817 to Reduction Act data is used to determine program facilitate entry into the reading room. eligibility for crop coverage and December 4, 1995. prevented planting coverage. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. The Department of Agriculture has Description of Respondents: Farms. Matthew H. Royer, Chief Operations submitted the following information Number of Respondents: 1,750,015. Officer, Biological Assessment and collection requirement(s) to OMB for Frequency of Responses: Reporting— Taxonomic Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 review and clearance under the Annually. River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Total Burden Hours: 2,668,750. 20737–1236, (301) 734–8896. For copies Public Law 104–13. Comments Emergency processing of this of the environmental assessment and regarding these information collections submission has been requested by finding of no significant impact, write to are best assured of having their full December 15, 1996. Ms. Deborah Knott at the same address. effect if received within 30 days of this Larry Roberson, Please refer to the title of the notification. Comments should be environmental assessment when Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer. addressed to: Desk Officer for ordering copies. Agriculture, Office of Information and [FR Doc. 95–30427 Filed 12–13–95; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Regulatory Affairs, Office of BILLING CODE 3410±01±M Federal Plant Pest Act as amended (7 Management and Budget (OMB), U.SC. 150aa et seq.) and the Plant Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Quarantine Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. Department Clearance Officer, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 151 et seq.) (the Acts), the U.S. OIRM, Ag Box 7630, Washington, D.C. Service Department of Agriculture (USDA) has 20250–7630. Copies of the [Docket No. 95±062±1] broad authority to regulate the submission(s) may be obtained by importation, interstate movement, and calling (202) 720–6204 or (202) 720– Availability of Environmental release into the environment of 6746. Assessments and Findings of No organisms in order to prevent the Significant Impact Rural Utilities Service dissemination of plant pests into the • Title: Review Rating Summary. AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health United States or interstate. The Animal Summary: RUS Form 300, Review Inspection Service, USDA. and Plant Health Inspection Service Rating Summary, provides ratings of ACTION: Notice. (APHIS) regulates plant pests under borrower facilities so that the Rural regulations promulaged pursuant to the Utilities Service (RUS) can monitor SUMMARY: We are advising the public Acts and contained in 7 CFR part 330 system operations, maintenance, and that 14 environmental assessments and (referred to below as the regulations). planning review. findings of no significant impact have The regulations require, among other Need and Use of the Information: A been prepared by the Animal and Plant things, that a permit be obtained for the periodic operations and maintenance Health Inspection Service relative to the movement of a plant pest into or review, using the RUS Form 300 in issuance of permits to allow the release through the United States or interstate. accordance with RUS Bulletin 161–5 is into the environment of nonindigenous The regulations and Acts also allow the an effective means for RUS to determine biological control agents. The Department to include in the permit whether the borrowers’ systems are environmental assessments provide a conditions to prevent the dissemination being properly operated and basis for our conclusion that the release of plant pests. maintained, thereby protecting the loans into the environment of the biological Under the National Environmental collateral. The review is also used to control agents will not present a risk of Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. rate facilities and can be used for introducing plant pests into the United 4321 et seq.), APHIS typically prepares appraisal of collateral. States or disseminating plant pests an environmental assessment before Description of Respondents: Business within the United States and will not issuing a permit for the release in the or other for-profit. have a significant impact on the quality United States of nonindigenous Number of Respondents: 280. of the human environment. 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In accordance with applicable into the environment of the organisms relevant literature, provide the public regulations, APHIS has received listed below after concluding that their with documentation of APHIS’ review applications for permits for the release release in accordance with conditions and analysis of the environmental into the environment of nonindigenous on the permits will not present a risk of impact and plant pest risk associated biological control agents. In the course the introduction or dissemination of with releasing the biological control of reviewing each permit application, plant pests within the United States and agents into the environment. APHIS assessed the plant pest risk will not have a significant impact on the Environmental assessments and posed by each organism and the impact quality of the human environment. The findings of no significant impact have on the environment of releasing each environmental assessments and findings been prepared by APHIS relative to the organism under the conditions of no significant impact, which are issuance of permits for the release into described in the permit application. based on data submitted by the the environment of the following APHIS has issued permits for the release applicant and on a review of other biological control agents:

Date of find- ing of no Organism Title of environmental assessment significant impact

Cirrospilus quadristriatus (Subba Rao and ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Wasp (Cirrospilus quadristriatus (Subba Rao and 7/25/94. Ramamani). Ramamani)) for Biological Control of Citrus Leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton)'' (July 1994). nitens (Girault) ...... ``Field Release of the Nonindigenous Wasp, Anaphes nitens (Girault) (: 8/24/94. Mymaridae), for Biological Control of the Snout Beetle, Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)'' (August 1994). Eretmocerus sp. M94002 ...... ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Species M94002 (Eretmocerus sp. M94002) for 9/9/94. Biological Control of Silverleaf Whitefly'' (September 1994). inaron Walker ...... ``Field Releases of a Nonindigenous Species (Encarsia inaron Walker) for Biological 9/16/94. Control of '' (September 1994). Aphytis Species ...... ``Field Releases of Nonindigenous Aphytis Species for Biological Control of Armored 9/16/94. Scale '' (September 1994). Tetranychus lintearius Dufour ...... ``Field release of the Nonindigenous Gorse Spider Mite, Tetranychus lintearius 10/25/94. Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae), for Biological Control of Gorse, Ulex europaeus L. (Leguminosae)'' (October 1994). Montandaniola moraguesi Puton ...... ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Species, Montandaniola moraguesi Puton 2/10/95. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) for Biological Control of Cuban laurel thrips'' (February 1995). Encarsia Species ...... ``Field Releases of Certain Encarsia Species (Hymenoptera: ) for Biologi- 2/17/95. cal Control of Armored Scale Insects and Whitefly'' (February 1995). Eretmocerus ...... ``Field Releases of Nonindigenous Parasitic Wasps in the Eretmocerus 3/4/95. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) for Biological Control of Whitefly Pests (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)'' (April 1995). Pseudoscymnus Species ...... ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Lady Beetle, Pseudoscymnus sp. (Coleoptera: 3/4/95. Coccinellidae), for Biological Control of Hemlock Wolly Adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Homoptera: Adelgidae)'' (April 1995). Wollastoniella rotunda ...... ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Minute Pirate Bug, Wollastoniella rotunda 3/4/95. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) for Biological Control of Melon Thrips, Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)'' (April 1995). grandis ...... ``Field Release of a Nonindigenous Parasitic Wasp, Catolaccus grandis 3/31/95. (Hymenoptera: ), for Biological Control of '' (March 1995). bullata ...... ``Field Release of Nonindigenous , Carposina bullata (: 5/8/95. ) and Mompha trithalama (Lepidoptera: Momphidae), for Biological Control of the Weeds and Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae) in Hawaii'' (May 1995). Pseudacteon ...... ``Field Release of Nonindigenous Parasitic Scuttle Flies in the genus Pseudacteon 5/16/95. (Diptera: Phoridae) for Biological Control of Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, and Black Imported Fire Ant, S. richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)'' (May 1995).

The environmental assessments and Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of Agriculture Research Service findings of no significant impact have December 1995. been prepared in accordance with : (1) Terry L. Medley, Government Owned Inventions NEPA, (2) Regulations of the Council on Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Available for Licensing Environmental Quality for Health Inspection Service. AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, Implementing the procedural provisions [FR Doc. 95–30460 Filed 12–13–95; 8:45 am] USDA. of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) BILLING CODE 3410±34±P USDA regulations implementing NEPA ACTION: Notice of Government owned inventions available for licensing. (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 372). are owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Agriculture, and are available for