Federal Register: December 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 234)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-30229
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Docket ID: [Docket No. 03-111-1]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Double-Crested Cormorant Management in the United States; Record of Decision
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice advises the public of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's record of decision for the DoubleCrested Cormorant Management in the United States final environmental impact statement.
SUMMARY:
Double-crested cormorant management,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This notice advises the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a record of decision based on the DoubleCrested 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 15001508), (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. 0330229 Filed 12403; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mr. David S. Reinhold, Environmental Coordinator, Operational Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 207371235; (301) 7347921.