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roads would be constructed and
decommissioned after use; 17 miles of
existing roads would be closed; 15 miles
of existing roads would be permanently
decommissioned; and 117 miles of
existing roads would be reconstructed to
sustain project use and reduce water
quality impacts.
Lead Agency
The USDA Forest Service is the lead
agency for this proposal.
Responsible Official
Plumas National Forest Supervisor
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James M. Pena is the responsible
official. Plumas National Forest, PO Box
11500, Quincy, CA 95971.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
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Forest Supervisor James M. Pena will
decide whether to implement the
Empire Project as proposed and
described above, implement the project
based on an alternative to this proposal
that is formulated to resolve identified
conflicts, or not implement this project
at this time.
Scoping Process
Public questions and comments
regarding this proposal are an integral
part of this environmental analysis
process. Comments will be used to
identify issues and develop alternatives
to the proposed action. To assist the
Forest Service in identifying and
considering issues and concerns on the
proposed action, comments should be as
specific as possible.
A copy of the Proposed Action and/
or summary of the Proposed Action will
be mailed to adjacent landowners, as
well as those people and organizations
that have indicated a specific interest in
the Empire project, individuals who
attended the two open houses held prior
to the development of a landscape
assessment for the watersheds
surrounding the project, people who
sent in previous comments, to Native
American entities, and federal, state,
and local agencies. The public will be
notified of any meetings regarding this
proposal by mailings and press releases
sent to the local newspaper and media.
There are no meetings planned at this
time.
Permits or Licenses Required
An Air Pollution Permit and a Smoke
Management Plan are required by local
agencies.
Comment
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement under NEPA, which
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will guide development of the EIS. Our
desire is to receive substantive
comments on the merits of the Proposed
Action, as well as comments that
address errors, misinformation, or
information that has been omitted.
Substantive comments are defined as
comments within the scope of the
proposal, that have a direct relationship
to the proposal, and that include
supporting reasons for the Responsible
Official’s consideration.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
A draft environmental impact
statement will be prepared for comment.
The comment period on the draft
environmental impact statement will be
45 days from the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the notice of availability in
the Federal Register.
The Forest Service believes, at this
early stage, it is important to give
reviewers notice of several court rulings
related to public participation in the
environmental review process. First,
reviewers of draft environmental
statements must structure their
participation in the environmental
review of the proposal so that it is
meaningful and alerts an agency to the
reviewer’s position and contentions.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp v.
NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also,
environmental objections that could be
raised at the draft environmental impact
statement stage but that are not raised
until after completion of the final
environmental impact statement may be
waived or dismissed by the courts. City
of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016,
1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin
Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp.
1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of
these court rulings, it is very important
that those interested in this proposed
action participate by the close of the 45day comment period so that substantive
comments and objections are made
available to the Forest Service at a time
when it can meaningfully consider them
and respond to them in the final
environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in
identifying and considering issues and
concerns on the proposed action,
comments on the draft environmental
impact statement should be as specific
as possible. It is also helpful if
comments refer to specific pages or
chapters of the draft statement.
Comments may also address the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement or the merits of the
alternatives formulated and discussed in
the statement. Reviewers may wish to
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refer to the Council on Environmental
Quality Regualtions for implementing
the procedural provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act at 40
CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.
Comments received, including the
names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the
public record on this proposal and will
be available for public inspection.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21)
Dated: February 3, 2005.
Terri Simon-Jackson,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393), the Boise and Payette National
Forests’ Southwest Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee will conduct a
business meeting, which is open to the
public.
DATES: Wednesday, February 16, 2005,
beginning at 10:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Idaho Counties Risk
Management Program Building, 3100
South Vista Avenue, Boise, Idaho.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda
topics will include review and approval
of project proposals, and is an open
public forum.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doug Gochnour, Designated Federal
Officer, at 208–392–6681 or e-mail
dgochnour@fs.fed.us.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Richard M. Christensen,
Engineering, Lands, and Minerals Officer,
Boise National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service: North Carolina
Electric Membership Corporation;
Notice of Finding of No Significant
Impact
AGENCY:
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Notice of Finding of No
Significant Impact.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has
made a Finding Of No Significant
Impact with respect to a request from
North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation for financing assistance
from RUS to finance the construction of
a 336 megawatt (MW), simple-cycle
combustion turbine electric generating
facility in Anson County North
Carolina, and a 280 MW simple-cycle
combustion turbine electric generation
facility in Richmond County, North
Carolina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lawrence Wolfe, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone
(202) 720–5093, e-mail
larry.wolfe@usda.gov.
North
Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation proposes to construct and
operate two simple-cycle combustion
turbine electric generation projects. A
336 MW facility is proposed at a site
located approximately 4 miles east of
Lilesville, just to the north of Blewett
Falls Road (SR 1745) and south of
McCoy Creek in Anson County, North
Carolina. Approximately 20 acres of the
178 acre site will be needed for the
generation facility. The other project
consists of a 280 MW facility proposed
at a site approximately 2.54 miles
southwest of Hamlet west of Airport
Road and south of Marks Creek in
Richmond County, North Carolina.
Approximately 20 acres of the 258 acre
site will be needed for the generation
facility. This facility will also require
the construction of 7.8 miles of 230 kV
transmission line between the
Rockingham Substation and the
Richmond Substation. The transmission
line will be constructed and operated by
Progress Energy. North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation is expected to
finance the cost of the project through
an RUS guarantee. Specific information
on the facilities to be constructed and
their locations are provided in the
environmental assessment.
Copies of the Finding of No
Significant Impact are available from
RUS at the address provided herein or
from June Small, North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation, P.O. Box
27306, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611–
7306. Ms. Small may be contacted by
telephone at (919) 872–0800 or e-mail at
june.small@ncemcs.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: February 4, 2005.
James R. Newby,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–475–818]
Notice of Final Results of the Seventh
Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Pasta from Italy and Determination to
Revoke in Part
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 6, 2004, the
Department of Commerce published the
preliminary results and partial
rescission of the seventh administrative
review and revocation of the
antidumping duty order in part, for the
antidumping duty order on certain pasta
from Italy. The review covers eight
manufacturers/exporters of the subject
merchandise: (1) Barilla Alimentare,
S.p.A. (Barilla), (2) Corticella Molini e
Pastifici S.p.A. (Corticella) and its
affiliate Pasta Combattenti S.p.A.
(Combattenti) (collectively, Corticella/
Combattenti), (3) Pastificio Guido
Ferrara S.r.l. (Ferrara), (4) Industria
Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A. (Indalco)
and its affiliate Fusco S.r.l. (Fusco)
(collectively Indalco), (5) Pasta Lensi
S.r.l. (Lensi), (6) PAM S.p.A. (PAM), (7)
Pastificio Riscossa F. Illi Mastromauro,
S.r.l. (Riscossa), and (8) Pastificio
Carmine Russo S.p.A./Pastificio Di Nola
S.p.A. (Russo). The period of review
(POR) is July 1, 2002, through June 30,
2003.
As a result of our analysis of the
comments received, these final results
differ from the preliminary results. For
our final results, we have found that
during the POR, Barilla, Corticella/
Combattenti, Indalco, PAM, Riscossa,
and Russo sold subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV). We have
also found that Ferrara and Lensi did
not make sales of the subject
merchandise at less than NV (i.e., they
have ‘‘zero’’ or de minimis dumping
margins). We have also determined to
revoke the antidumping duty order with
respect to subject merchandise
produced and also exported by Ferrara
and Lensi because each company sold
the subject merchandise at not less than
NV for a period of at least three
consecutive years. See 19 CFR
351.222(b)(2) and the ‘‘Revocation’’
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section of this notice. The final results
are listed in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 9, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Young, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 6, 2004, the Department
published the preliminary results of the
seventh administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain pasta
from Italy. See Notice of Preliminary
Results, Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Revocation of the
Antidumping Duty Order in Part: For
the Seventh Administrative Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Pasta from Italy, 69 FR 47880 (August
6, 2004) (Preliminary Results). Although
the Department initiated the review of
fifteen companies, we rescinded the
reviews of N. Puglisi & F. Industria
Pasta Alimentari S.p.A. (Puglisi), La
Molisana Industrie Alimentari S.p.a. (La
Molisana), Molino e Pastificio
Tomasello S.r.l. (Tomasello), Pastificio
Antonio Pallante S.r.l. (Pallante) and
Industrie Alimentari Molisane S.r.l.
(IAM) (collectively Pallante/IAM),
Pastificio Fratelli Pagani S.p.A. (Pagani),
Rummo S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio
(Rummo), and Pastificio Lucio Garofalo
S.p.A. (Garofalo). See the ‘‘Background’’
and ‘‘Partial Rescission’’ section of the
Preliminary Results, 69 FR at 47880,
47881. The review covers the remaining
eight manufacturers/exporters: Barilla,
Corticella/Combattenti, Ferrara, Indalco,
Lensi, PAM, Riscossa, and Russo.
We invited parties to comment on our
Preliminary Results. Petitioners1 filed
case briefs on September 7, 2004,
regarding Barilla, Indalco, and Riscossa.
Barilla, Indalco, PAM, Russo, Riscossa,
and Lensi each filed case briefs on
September 7, 2004. On September 13,
2004, petitioners submitted rebuttal
briefs concerning Barilla and Indalco,
and Barilla, Riscossa, and Indalco
submitted rebuttal briefs. On October 6,
2004, a public hearing was held at the
Department of Commerce with respect
to Barilla. On November 4, 2004, the
Department published the notice of
extension of final results of the
antidumping administrative review of
pasta from Italy, extending the date for
1 Petitioners are New World Pasta Company,
Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Borden Foods
Corporation and American Italian Pasta Company.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service: North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
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ACTION: Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
has made a Finding Of No Significant Impact with respect to a request
from North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation for financing
assistance from RUS to finance the construction of a 336 megawatt (MW),
simple-cycle combustion turbine electric generating facility in Anson
County North Carolina, and a 280 MW simple-cycle combustion turbine
electric generation facility in Richmond County, North Carolina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Wolfe, Engineering and
Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 720-5093, e-mail
larry.wolfe@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation proposes to construct and operate two simple-cycle
combustion turbine electric generation projects. A 336 MW facility is
proposed at a site located approximately 4 miles east of Lilesville,
just to the north of Blewett Falls Road (SR 1745) and south of McCoy
Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Approximately 20 acres of the
178 acre site will be needed for the generation facility. The other
project consists of a 280 MW facility proposed at a site approximately
2.54 miles southwest of Hamlet west of Airport Road and south of Marks
Creek in Richmond County, North Carolina. Approximately 20 acres of the
258 acre site will be needed for the generation facility. This facility
will also require the construction of 7.8 miles of 230 kV transmission
line between the Rockingham Substation and the Richmond Substation. The
transmission line will be constructed and operated by Progress Energy.
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation is expected to finance
the cost of the project through an RUS guarantee. Specific information
on the facilities to be constructed and their locations are provided in
the environmental assessment.
Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from
RUS at the address provided herein or from June Small, North Carolina
Electric Membership Corporation, P.O. Box 27306, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27611-7306. Ms. Small may be contacted by telephone at (919)
872-0800 or e-mail at june.small@ncemcs.com.
Dated: February 4, 2005.
James R. Newby,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program.
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