[Federal Register: December 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 68020]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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