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Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. Reserve Gypsy Moth Management the United States: in a cooperative approach Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Volume of IV I Summary USDA United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Animal and Plant Health ^jgy Inspection Service Newtown Square, PA NA-MB-01-12 August 2012 United States Department of Agriculture Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: a cooperative approach Type ofStatement: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Area covered by statement: The 50 United States and District ofColumbia Lead agency: Forest Service, U.S. Department ofAgriculture Responsible official: James R. Hubbard, Deputy Chieffor State and Private Forestry Sidney R. Yates Federal Building 201 14th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20250 For more information: Noel F. Schneeberger, Forest Health Program Leader Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Campus Boulevard, Suite 200 1 1 Newtown Square, PA 19073 610-557-4121 [email protected] Joint lead agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department ofAgriculture Responsible official: Rebecca A. Bech, Deputy Administrator for Plant Protection and Quarantine 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 302-E Washington, DC 20250 For more information: Julie S. Spaulding, Gypsy Moth Program Coordinator Emergency and Domestic Programs 4700 River Road. Unit 137 MD Riverdale, 20737 301-851-2184 [email protected] . Abstract: The USDA Forest Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are proposing an addition — to the gypsy moth management program that was described in the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement Gypsy — Moth Management in the United States: a cooperative approach and chosen in the 1996 Record ofDecision. The agencies are proposing these new treatment options: adding the insecticide tebufenozide, or adding the insecticide tebufenozide and other new treatment(s) that may become available in the future to manage gypsy moths, provided that the other treatment(s) pose(s) no greater risk to human health and nontarget organisms than are disclosed in this Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the currently approved treatments and tebufenozide. The addition oftebufenozide or other new treatment(s) to the list ofapproved treatment options does not change any program or administrative requirements identified in the 1995 EIS. Those requirements include any consultations required and the need to conduct site-specific environmental analyses in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and agency regulations. The complete Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement consists offour volumes: Volume Summary I Volume II Chapter 1. Purpose ofand Need forAction Chapter 2. Alternatives Including the Preferred Alternative Chapter 3. Affected Environment Chapter 4. Environmental Consequences Chapter 5. Preparers and Contributors Chapter 6. Mailing List Chapter 7. Glossary Chapter 8. References Appendix A. Gypsy Moth Treatments and Application Technology Appendix B. Gypsy Moth Management Program Appendix C. Scoping and Public Involvement Appendix D. Plant List Appendix E. Biology, listory, and Control Efforts for the Gypsy Moth I Volume III Appendix F. Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (B.t.k. ) Risk Assessment Appendix G. Gypehek (Nucleopolyhedrovirus) Risk Assessment Appendix H. Disparlure Risk Assessment Appendix Difiubcnzuron RiskAssessment I. Volume IV Appendix J. Tebufenozide Risk Assessment Appendix K. DDVP (Dichlorvos) Risk Assessment Appendix L. Gypsy Moth Risk Assessment Appendix M. Risk Comparison All volumes can be viewed and downloaded at http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/detail.cfm?id=5251 The record ofdecision is a separate document published and available 30 days or longer after the notice of availability for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is published in the Federal Register (40 CFR Part 1506.10). Volume I Photo Credits Figure I. Caterpillar(UGA1929085) USDA Forest Service Archives, www.forestryimages.org; pupa (UGA2652066) USDAAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Archives; www.forestryimages.org; moths (UGA2652079) USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Archives, www.forestryimages.org; egg mass (UGA3948096) William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, www.forestryirnages.org Figure 2. USDAAgricultural Research Service, www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/suburb/story2/microscope.htm ) Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: a cooperative approach Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Volume I Summary Contents Gypsy Moth in the United States 2 Proposed Action, Purpose, and Need 3 Programmatic Nature ofthe Proposed Action 3 4 Alternatives Considered 3 — Alternative 1—NoAction 3 Alternative 2 Add Tebufenozide — Alternative 3 Add Tebufenozide, and Add Other New Treatments Through the Application ofthe Protocol (Preferred Alternative) 3 5 Issues Identified 4 6 Risk Assessments and Risk Characterization 5 Overview 5 Hazard Quotients 6 7 Effects ofthe Gypsy Moth 7 Risk to Human Health 7 Risk to Nontarget Organisms 7 8 Effects ofTreatments 8 Currently Approved Treatments 8 Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (B.t.k . (Alternatives 1. 2, 3) 8 Risk to Human Health 8 Risk to Nontarget Organisms 8 3 Diflubenzuron (Alternatives 1, 2, 3) .8 Risk to I luman Ilealtli .8 Risk to Nontarget Organisms .9 Disparlure (as Used in Mating Disruption and Mass Trapping) (Alternatives 1, 2, 3) .9 Risk to 1luman 1lealth .9 Risk to Nontarget Organisms .9 Dichlorvos (as Used in Mass Trapping) (Alternatives 1, 2, 3) 10 Risk to 1 luman Ilealtli 10 Risk toNontarget Organisms 10 Gypchek (Alternatives 1, 2, 3) 10 Risk to I luman Ilealtli 10 Risk to Nontarget Organisms 10 Sterile Inseet Technique (Alternatives 1, 2, 3) 10 Risk to I luman Ilealtli 10 Risk to Nontarget Organisms 10 New Treatment ofTebufenozide (Alternatives 2 and 3) 10 Risk to luman Health 10 I Risk to Nontarget Organisms New Treatments That May Be Available in the Future UnderAlternative 3 9 MitiuatingAdverse Effects Figures Figure T he gypsy moth life cycle has four stages 2 1 . Figure 2. Gypsy moth hairs can cause irritation 7 Tables fable 1 . Comparative I lazard Quotients (1 IQs) for the effects ofgypsy moths and treatments on human health and nontarget organisms 12 Table 2. Effectsoftreatmentsapproved and proposed for use, by alternatives and identified issues 1