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conduit for fire to travel from the
ground surface into the tree canopy and
put the later, older trees at greater risk
of loss to fire. Removing these ladder
fuels greatly reduces the likelihood that
wildfire will get into the canopy. The
harvest and sale of cut trees provides
wood products to society and offsets the
cost of the proposed treatments.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is to thin trees
and shrubs and reduce existing fuels.
Thinning prescriptions would be based
on the following guidelines:
• On approximately 600 acres in 15
stands of mixed conifer and hardwood
forest, aged 100 to 150 years, implement
a low thinning. Enough trees would be
removed to reduce the number of stems
per acre to a stocking level that
maintains a greater competitive
advantage for the larger older trees and
to remove fuel ladders. The largest and
oldest trees would be retained, with the
resulting stand averaging 60% tree
canopy cover.
• On approximately 1,000 acres in 23
stands of mixed conifer and hardwood
forest, aged 80 to 100 years old,
implement a low thinning. Enough trees
would be removed to reduce the number
of stems per acre to a stocking level that
maintains or increases growth rates and
to remove fuel ladders. The largest and
healthiest trees would be retained with
the resulting stand averaging 50% tree
canopy cover.
A service contract would thin trees
and grind up shrubs in planted stands.
Thinning and release treatments would
be accomplished through hand failing
and mastication on approximately 100
acres in four planted conifer stands aged
20–40 years. Enough trees and shrubs
would be removed to reduce the number
of stems per acre to a stocking level that
maintains stand growth rate and
removes shrubs that act as a fuel ladder.
The resulting stand would have an
average of 100 trees per acre.
Responsible Official
J. Sharon Heywood, Forest
Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National
Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding,
CA 96002. (530) 226–2500.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The Forest Supervisor will decide
whether to implement the proposed
action, implement an alternative action
that meets the purpose and need or take
no action. The decision may include a
non-significant forest plan amendment
that permits treatment of stands older
than 80 years.
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Scoping Process
Notice of the proposed action will be
published in the newspaper of record,
the Redding Record Searchlight. It will
also be published in the Trinity Journal.
Scoping letters will be mailed to
interested and affected publics
coincident with publication of the NOI
in the Federal Register and information
on the proposed action will be posted
on the Forest Web site at https://
www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity/projects.
In addition, this proposal will be
presented to and reviewed by the
Trinity County Firesake council. This
notice of intent initiates the scoping
process, which guides the development
of the environmental impact statement.
Comments submitted during this
scoping process should be in writing
and should be specific to the proposed
action. The comments should describe
as clearly and completely as possible
any issues the commenter has with the
proposal. The results of scoping will
include:
(a) Identifying potential issues.
(b) Identifying issues to be analyzed
in depth.
(c) Eliminating non-significant issues
or those previously covered by a
relevant previous environmental
analysis.
(d) Exploring additional alternatives.
(e) Identifying potential
environmental effects of the proposed
action and alternatives.
Preliminary Issues
No preliminary issues have been
identified. Issues will be identified
through scoping. 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
environment 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 it is
important to give reviewers notice of
several court rulings related to public
participation in the environmental
review process.
(1) Reviewers of draft environmental
impact 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)].
(2) Environmental objections that
could be raised by the draft
environmental impact statement stage
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but 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 45 day comment period so
that substantive comments and
objections and received in time for
meaningful consideration and response
in the final environmental impact
statement.
Comments on the draft environmental
impact statement should be as specific
as possible, for example, refer to specific
pages and/or chapters. 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 refer to the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations 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: December 5, 2005.
J. Sharon Heywood,
Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National
Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory
Board Public Meeting Dates
Announced
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meetings.
SUMMARY: The Black Hills National
Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has
announced its meeting dates for 2006.
These meetings are open to the public,
and public comment is accepted at any
time in writing and during the last 15
minutes of each meeting for spoken
comments. Persons wishing to speak are
given three minutes to address the
Board.
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Meeting dates are the third
Wednesday of each month unless
otherwise indicated:
January 4 (Previously announced)
February 15
March 22 (Moved to fourth Wednesday
due to Biomass Conference in Denver
the previous week)
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16 (Summer Field Trip—TBA)
September 20
October 18
November 15
December 20
January 3, 2007 (Tentative)
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be begin at 1
p.m. and end no later than 5 p.m. at the
West River Ag Center, 1905 Plaza
Boulevard, Rapid City, SD 57731.
Agenda: The Board will consider a
variety of issues related to national
forest management. Agendas will be
announced in advance in the news
media but principally concern
implementing phase two of the forest
land and resource management plan.
The Board will consider such topics as
integrated vegetation management (wild
and prescribed fire, fuels reduction,
controlling insect epidemics, invasive
species), travel management (off
highway vehicles, the new OHV rule,
and related topics), and forest
fragmentation, among others.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Carroll, Committee Management
Officer, Black Hills National Forest,
25041 North Highway 16, Custer, SD
57730, (605) 673–9200.
Dated: December 5, 2005.
Craig Bobzien,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 05–23895 Filed 12–9–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Georgia Transmission Corporation;
Notice of Finding of No Significant
Impact
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of finding of no
significant impact.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has
made a finding of no significant impact
with respect to a request from Georgia
Transmission Corporation for financing
assistance from RUS to finance the
construction of a 230/25 kV Substation,
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a 230 kV switching station, and a 230
kV transmission line in Gwinnett
County, Georgia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Strength, Environmental
Protection Specialist, USDA, Rural
Development, Utilities Programs,
Engineering and Environmental Staff,
USDA, Rural Development, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571,
Washington, DC 20250–1571,
Telephone: (202) 720–0468 or e-mail:
stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov.
Georgia
Transmission Corporation proposes to
construct a 230 kilovolt transmission
line between the Jim Moore Substation
(located on Auburn Road (SR324), 3.2
miles north of Dacula, Georgia, and 14.3
miles northwest of Auburn, Georgia) to
the Old Freeman Mill Road Switching
Station (located 2 miles northeast of
Dacula, Georgia and 0.2 miles south of
State Highway 29 (Winder Highway) on
Old Freemans Mill Road. The
transmission line connects the Old
Freeman Mill switching station in-line
with the existing Lawrenceville-Winder
Primary 230 kilovolt Transmission Line
to the proposed Jim Moore Road 230/25
kilovolt transmission substation.
Concrete or steel poles ranging in
height from 85 to 115 feet would
support the conductors and would
require a right-of-way of 25 to 100 feet.
The approximate length of the
transmission line is 4.4 miles. It is
anticipated that the transmission line
and substations would be in service by
the summer of 2006.
Alternatives considered by RUS and
Georgia Transmission Corporation
include: (a) No action, (b) alternative
transmission improvements, and (c)
alternative transmission line corridors.
An environmental report, which
describes the project further and
discusses anticipated environmental
impacts thereof has been prepared by
Georgia Transmission Corporation.
Copies of the Finding of No
Significant Impact are available from
RUS at the address provided herein or
from Ms. Susan Ingall of Georgia
Transmission Corporation, 2100 East
Exchange Place, Tucker, Georgia 30085–
2088 telephone (770) 270–7425. Ms.
Ingall’s e-mail address is
susan.ingall@gatrans.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 5, 2005.
James R. Newby,
Assistant Administrator, Electric Program,
Rural Utilities Service.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Vermont Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights that a briefing by
conference call of the Vermont Advisory
Committees will convene at 10:30 a.m.
and adjourn at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday,
December 7, 2005. The purpose of the
conference call is to update members
with news from headquarters on
Commission’s activities and plan a
forum to be conducted spring 2006.
This conference call is available to the
public through the following call-in
number: 1–800–597–0731, access code:
46290994. Any interested member of the
public may call this number and listen
to the meeting. Callers can expect to
incur charges for calls not initiated
using the supplied call-in number or
over wireless lines, and the Commission
will not refund any incurred charges.
Callers will incur no charge for calls
using the call-in number over land-line
connections. Persons with hearing
impairments may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and
providing the Service with the
conference call number and access code.
To ensure that the Commission
secures an appropriate number of lines
for the public, persons are asked to
register by contacting Barbara de La
Viez of the Eastern Regional Office at
202–376–7533 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 6, 2005. The meeting will be
conducted pursuant to the provisions of
the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
Dated at Washington, DC, December 6,
2005.
Ivy L. Davis,
Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 59–2005]
Foreign-Trade Zone 68—El Paso,
Texas; Application for Expansion
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the City of El Paso, Texas,
grantee of FTZ 68, requesting authority
to expand its zone in El Paso, Texas,
within the El Paso Customs port of
entry. The application was submitted
pursuant to the provisions of the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board Public Meeting Dates
Announced
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has
announced its meeting dates for 2006. These meetings are open to the
public, and public comment is accepted at any time in writing and
during the last 15 minutes of each meeting for spoken comments. Persons
wishing to speak are given three minutes to address the Board.
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Meeting dates are the third Wednesday of each month unless
otherwise indicated:
January 4 (Previously announced)
February 15
March 22 (Moved to fourth Wednesday due to Biomass Conference in Denver
the previous week)
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16 (Summer Field Trip--TBA)
September 20
October 18
November 15
December 20
January 3, 2007 (Tentative)
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be begin at 1 p.m. and end no later than 5
p.m. at the West River Ag Center, 1905 Plaza Boulevard, Rapid City, SD
57731.
Agenda: The Board will consider a variety of issues related to
national forest management. Agendas will be announced in advance in the
news media but principally concern implementing phase two of the forest
land and resource management plan. The Board will consider such topics
as integrated vegetation management (wild and prescribed fire, fuels
reduction, controlling insect epidemics, invasive species), travel
management (off highway vehicles, the new OHV rule, and related
topics), and forest fragmentation, among others.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Carroll, Committee Management
Officer, Black Hills National Forest, 25041 North Highway 16, Custer,
SD 57730, (605) 673-9200.
Dated: December 5, 2005.
Craig Bobzien,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 05-23895 Filed 12-9-05; 8:45 am]
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