Final Finding of No Significant Impact for African Swine Fever Response in the Event of Outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available to the public a final programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for agency response activities for African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic swine in the United States and U.S. Territories.
ASF is a contagious and deadly viral swine disease affecting domestic and feral swine of all ages. ASF does not affect human health and cannot be transmitted from swine to humans. However, the disease can cause economic devastation to the swine industry and great socioeconomic impacts to consumers in affected...
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