Reestablishment of the Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence Award Board of Evaluators, 21992 [05-8480]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Main Boulder Fuels Reduction Project,
Big Timber Ranger District, Gallatin
National Forest, Park and Sweet Grass
Counties, MT
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Reestablishment of the Edward R.
Madigan United States Agricultural
Export Excellence Award Board of
Evaluators
AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
Notice to reestablish board of
evaluators.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Secretary of Agriculture intends to
reestablish the Edward R. Madigan
United States Agricultural Export
Excellence Award Board of Evaluators.
The Secretary of Agriculture has
determined that the Board is necessary
and in the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marketing Operations Staff, Foreign
Agricultural Service, USDA, Room
4932, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–10442,
telephone: (202) 720–4327, fax: (202)
720–9361, E-mail:
mosdamin@fas.usda.gov.
The
purpose of the Edward R. Madigan
United States Agricultural Export
Excellence Award Board of Evaluators is
to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on
the selection of recipients for the
Edward R. Madigan United States
Agricultural Export Excellence Award.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 15, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service is
releasing a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
to further address the environmental
effects that the Main Boulder Fuels
Reduction Project would have on the
northern goshawk. This is a hazardous
fuels reduction project consisting of
approximately 2500 acres of overstory
and understory canopy thinning,
prescribed burning, and aspen
stimulation.
The Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is
expected May of 2005 and the
Supplemental Final Environmental
Impact Statement and Record of
Decision are expected August of 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written correspondence
should be sent to Bill Avey, District
Ranger, Big Timber Ranger District, P.O.
Box 1130, Big Timber, MT 59011–1130.
Copies of the Main Boulder Fuels
Reduction SEIS will be available at the
Big Timber Ranger District Office, 225
Big Timber Loop Road, Big Timber, MT
and the Bozeman Ranger District Office,
3710 Fallon Street, Bozeman, MT.
Electronic copies will also available on
the Internet at https://www.fs.fed.us/r1/
gallatin in the Projects and Plans area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Avey, District Ranger or Brent Foster, ID
Team Leader, Big Timber Ranger
District at (406) 932–5155 or Barbara
Ping, Co-ID Team Leader, Bozeman
Ranger District at (406) 522–2558 (see
ADDRESSES above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need of the project
is to provide for public and firefighter
safety by minimizing the probability
and effects of future fire starts in the
wildland/urban interface of the Main
Boulder River Corridor, to extend the
potential time available for evacuation
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in the event of a wildfire by reducing
the fire hazard along the Main Boulder
Road, and to reduce fuel loadings by
breaking up the vertical and horizontal
fuel composition in the corridor,
wherever possible.
Proposed Action
Stand density reduction, utilizing
ground based harvest equipment, would
occur on approximately 1060 acres on
slopes up to 35%. Approximately 1040
acres on slopes >35% would be treated
with other specialized methods or handtreatments. A minimum of 15 to 20% of
each unit would be left untreated to
provide diversity across the landscape.
In addition to reducing surface fuel
loading by commercial thinning and
salvage, small diameter fuel reduction,
understory and/or pile burning would
occur. Conifers would be slashed and
prescribed burning would occur on
approximately 400 acres of meadowtype habitats. Aspen clones would have
conifers removed within a 100 foot
radius to encourage aspen regeneration.
A maximum of 7.4 miles of temporary
road may be constructed to access the
areas proposed for mechanical fuels
treatment. No permanent roads would
be constructed.
Alternatives
Alternatives that were considered in
detailed study include the No Action
Alternative and the Proposed Action
Alternative. Seven other alternatives
were considered, but did not merit
detailed analysis or further
consideration in the process.
Responsible Official
Rebecca Heath, Forest Supervisor,
Gallatin National Forest, P.O. Box 130,
10 East Babcock, Bozeman, MT 59011.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The scope of actions in the decision
are limited to stand density reduction
and the reduction of downed fuel
loadings on National Forest Land
including the thinning of large diameter
conifers, removal of insect or disease
damaged/killed conifers, cutting of
small diameter conifers, slashing of
conifers encroaching into meadow or
aspen stands, prescribed burning of
meadow areas, underburning of some
treated stands, piling and removal or
burning of downed woody materials
resulting from treatment actions.
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 81 / Thursday, April 28, 2005 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Reestablishment of the Edward R. Madigan United States
Agricultural Export Excellence Award Board of Evaluators
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice to reestablish board of evaluators.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture
intends to reestablish the Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural
Export Excellence Award Board of Evaluators. The Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that the Board is necessary and in the
public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marketing Operations Staff, Foreign
Agricultural Service, USDA, Room 4932, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-10442, telephone: (202) 720-4327, fax: (202) 720-
9361, E-mail: mosdamin@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Edward R. Madigan United
States Agricultural Export Excellence Award Board of Evaluators is to
advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the selection of recipients for
the Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence
Award.
Dated: April 15, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 05-8480 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]
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