Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Field Testing Salmonella Typhimurium Vaccine

Resumen

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for the shipment for field testing of an unlicensed bacterial vaccine for use in chickens. A risk analysis, which forms the basis for the environmental assessment, has led us to conclude that shipment of this veterinary vaccine for field testing will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Based on our finding of no significant impact, we have determined that an environmental impact statement need not be prepared. With this notice, we state our intention to authorize shipment of this vaccine for field testing 14 days after the date of this notice, unless new substantial issues bearing on the effects of the action contemplated here are brought to our attention. We also state our intention to issue a veterinary biological product license for this vaccine, provided the field trial data support the conclusions of the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact and the product meets all other requirements for licensure.