The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available to the public a draft environmental assessment for a proposal to release the biological control agent Phymastichus coffea against the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in Hawaii. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of these documents should contact Cheryl Young (USDA-APHIS PPQ), 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 8-120, Box 50002, Honolulu, HI 96850 (cheryl.l.young@usda.gov), or view the documents at www.regulations.gov, searching by EA title or docket number (APHIS-2023-0019). Interested persons should request the document, “Field Release of Phymastichus coffea (Hymenoptera:Eulophidae) for the Biological Control of Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), in Hawaii”. Anyone wishing to comment on the draft environmental assessment should submit comments on the website https://www.regulations.gov or send comments to the address shown above by March 16, 2023. For questions concerning the proposed action, contact Bob Pfannenstiel at (301) 851-2198 or at bob.pfannenstiel@usda.gov.
(SA1405273 2/14, 2/15/23)