WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Field Release of Aceria salsolae (Acari: Eriophyidae), a Mite for Biological Control of Russian Thistle (Salsola tragus), in the Contiguous United States.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 15 by Kelly Moore, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Summary: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact relative to permitting the release of the blister mite, Aceria salsolae(Acari: Eriophyi...