Horse Protection; Public Meeting, 3507-3508 [05-1312]

Download as PDF 3507 Notices Federal Register Vol. 70, No. 15 Tuesday, January 25, 2005 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request January 19, 2005. The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 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The purpose of the FMNP is to provide resources to women, infants, and children who are nutritionally at risk, in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared foods (such as fruits and vegetables) from farmers’ markets, and roadside stands at the option of the State; to expand the awareness and use of farmers’ markets; and, to increase sales at such markets. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will collect information from each state that receives a grant under the FMNP program in conjunction with the preparation of annual financial and recipient reports. Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information from the state agency administering the FMNP to develop an annual financial report on the number and type of recipients served by both Federal and non-Federal benefits under the program. The information is necessary for reporting to Congress in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for program planning purposes. Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; Individuals or household; Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 8,582. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually. Total Burden Hours: 13,237. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 05–1314 Filed 1–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. 05–001–1] Horse Protection; Public Meeting Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Animal Care program will host a meeting to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and provide a forum for listening to concerns from horse industry members and other interested persons about the Horse Protection Program. This notice provides the meeting’s agenda, location, and date. DATES: The meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 7, 2005. Registration information is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Tuck, Management Analyst, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–5819. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Animal Care, is announcing a meeting to discuss the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act. This meeting is designed to provide a forum for discussion on current initiatives by Animal Care. During the meeting, industry members and other interested parties will be given the opportunity to provide information and comments to Animal Care about the Horse Protection Program. At the time of registration, participants may sign up to speak and will be allotted a set amount of time. The meeting will, with possible minor modifications, follow the agenda below: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.—Registration 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.—Welcome and Overview 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.—Horse Protection Program Update 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.—Listening Session E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 3508 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 25, 2005 / Notices 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.—Remarks and Closing Please note that this meeting is being held to provide for the exchange of information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and is not an opportunity to submit formal comments on proposed rules or other regulatory initiatives. Written comments will be accepted and should be mailed to: USDA, APHIS, Animal Care, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737. Registration We request that you preregister for the meeting by calling (301) 734–7833 or emailing Animal Care at ACE@aphis.usda.gov. Please provide your name, number of attendees, telephone number, and e-mail address or other contact address and indicate whether or not you wish to speak at the meeting. This information is needed so we may inform registrants in a timely manner in the event of any changes to the meeting schedule. Please preregister for the meeting by March 1, 2005. Onsite registration will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the date of the meeting. Parking and Security Procedures Please note that a fee of $2.25 is required to enter the parking lot at the USDA Center at Riverside. The machine accepts $1 bills or quarters. Picture identification is required to be admitted to the building. Upon entering the building, visitors should inform security personnel that they are attending the Horse Protection meeting. Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of January 2005. Elizabeth E. Gaston, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 05–1312 Filed 1–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Commercial Pack Stock Use Authorizations for the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses; Inyo and Sierra National Forests; Inyo, Fresno, Madera, and Mono Counties, CA Forest Service, USDA. Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Commercial Pack Stock Use VerDate jul<14>2003 13:14 Jan 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 Authorizations for the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses Project in the Federal Register on June 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 114, pages 33346– 33348). A revised notice of intent is being issued for several reasons. A Trail Management Plan for the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses, previously under analysis in a separate environmental document, has been combined into this project. The Dinkey Lakes portion of the Trail Management Plan will be conducted in a future analysis. To incorporate the Trail Management Plan, the Purpose and Need and Proposed Action for the project have been revised only to reflect the combination of the two proposals into one. This is described in more detail below. In addition, the decision to be made reflects a change that this proposal will only amend the Ansel Adams and John Muir portions of the 2001 Wilderness Management Plan. No commercial pack stock use will be authorized under this proposal. Finally, the name of the project has been changed to better describe the proposed action and is now ‘‘Trail and Commercial Pack Stock Management in the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses.’’ DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis and revised notice of intent should be received within 30 days following the publication of this notice in Federal Register. Comments previously submitted for the scoping of the proposed action as described in the June 15, 2004, Federal Register are part of the project record and will be considered in the Draft EIS. There is no need for these comments, or comments made to the Trail Management Plan to be resubmitted as the proposed actions have not changed, just combined into one proposal. A draft environmental impact statement is expected to be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and available for public review in April 2005. At that time the EPA will publish a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The comment period on the draft EIS will be 45 days from the date the EPA published the Notice of Availability. The final EIS is scheduled to be completed in December 2005. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Forest Supervisor, Attention: Wilderness Planning, Inyo National Forest, 351 Pacu Lane, Suite 200, Bishop, CA 93514. Comments may be sent electronically to commentspacificsouthwest-inyo@fs.fed.us. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Hennessy, Wilderness Specialist, Inyo National Forest, 351 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Pacu Lane, Suite 200, Bishop, CA 93514, (760) 873–2448. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To better reflect the purpose and need for the project, the name of the project has been changed to ‘‘Trail and Commercial Pack Stock Management in the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses.’’ Publication of the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements will be under this name. Comments previously submitted for the scoping of the proposed action for this project as described in the June 15, 2004, Federal Register are part of the project record and will be considered in the Draft EIS. Comments previously submitted for the Trail Management Plan Environmental Assessment Proposed Action are also a part of the record and will be considered in the Draft EIS. There is not a need for these comments to be resubmitted. Nature of Decision to Be Made: The decision to be made is whether or not to continue commercial pack stock operations in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses and, if so, to determine the amount, type, and locations where these activities would occur. The decision will also establish a Trail Management Plan for both wildernesses which determines the trails that will be maintained on the Forests’ inventories and how they will be managed. This Trail Management Plan was originally under analysis in a separate proposal, but due to public comments and the apparent connected nature of the two proposals, the trail plan and commercial pack stock proposals were combined into a single analysis. The incorporation of the Trail Plan into the overall Wilderness planning effort will better disclose the cumulative effects of commercial pack stock use in the two wildernesses. Purpose and Need for Action: These actions are needed for several reasons. While the Wilderness Act does contain provisions for commercial activities in wilderness areas, these activities are permitted ‘‘to the extent necessary for activities which are proper for realizing the recreational or other wilderness purposes of the areas.’’ There is a need, therefore, to clearly articulate the extent necessary, including the locations and the amount and type of use, that commercial pack stock is necessary in the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wildernesses. There is a need for limits on commercial pack stock operations in order to maintain desired resource and experiential conditions identified in the 2001 Wilderness Plan and Record of Decision. There is also a need for a trail management plan that establishes a E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3507-3508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1312]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 05-001-1]


Horse Protection; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service's Animal Care program will host a meeting to present 
current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and 
provide a forum for listening to concerns from horse industry members 
and other interested persons about the Horse Protection Program. This 
notice provides the meeting's agenda, location, and date.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 7, 2005. 
Registration information is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the USDA Center at Riverside, 
4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Tuck, Management Analyst, 
PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-
5819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), Animal Care, is announcing a meeting to discuss the 
enforcement of the Horse Protection Act. This meeting is designed to 
provide a forum for discussion on current initiatives by Animal Care. 
During the meeting, industry members and other interested parties will 
be given the opportunity to provide information and comments to Animal 
Care about the Horse Protection Program. At the time of registration, 
participants may sign up to speak and will be allotted a set amount of 
time.
    The meeting will, with possible minor modifications, follow the 
agenda below:

1 p.m. to 2 p.m.--Registration
2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.--Welcome and Overview
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.--Horse Protection Program Update
2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.--Listening Session

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4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.--Remarks and Closing

    Please note that this meeting is being held to provide for the 
exchange of information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act 
and is not an opportunity to submit formal comments on proposed rules 
or other regulatory initiatives. Written comments will be accepted and 
should be mailed to: USDA, APHIS, Animal Care, 4700 River Road Unit 84, 
Riverdale, MD 20737.

Registration

    We request that you preregister for the meeting by calling (301) 
734-7833 or e-mailing Animal Care at ACE@aphis.usda.gov. Please provide 
your name, number of attendees, telephone number, and e-mail address or 
other contact address and indicate whether or not you wish to speak at 
the meeting. This information is needed so we may inform registrants in 
a timely manner in the event of any changes to the meeting schedule. 
Please preregister for the meeting by March 1, 2005. On-site 
registration will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the date of the 
meeting.

Parking and Security Procedures

    Please note that a fee of $2.25 is required to enter the parking 
lot at the USDA Center at Riverside. The machine accepts $1 bills or 
quarters. Picture identification is required to be admitted to the 
building. Upon entering the building, visitors should inform security 
personnel that they are attending the Horse Protection meeting.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of January 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-1312 Filed 1-24-05; 8:45 am]
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