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Service, Wildlife Services. The Forest
Service recognizes APHIS–WS’s
authority and expertise for conducting
predator damage management activities
on National Forest System (NFS)
wildernesses. Forest Service employees
shall, when coordinating with APHIS–
WS on proposed predator damage
management activities in wilderness,
ensure that these activities support the
Forest Service’s objectives (para. 1) and
policies (para. 2) for predator damage
management in wilderness areas.
a. Predator Damage Management
Plans. The Forest Service shall
participate with the APHIS–WS in
preparation of their predator damage
management work plans for wilderness
areas. Predator damage management
work plans shall be reviewed and
updated annually.
b. Preparation of National
Environmental Policy Act Documents.
The Forest Service shall cooperate with
the APHIS–WS in the preparation of
environmental analyses for predator
damage management activities as
required by the NEPA, Title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations, section 1501.6, and
the Memorandum of Understanding
between the APHIS–WS and the Forest
Service, dated June 4, 2004 (FSM
1543.13). As a cooperating agency, the
Forest Service shall:
(1) Make agency expertise regarding
wildlife, wilderness, range, and other
staff areas available to the APHIS–WS
during the NEPA process. As a
minimum, Forest Service participation
during the NEPA process shall involve
agency experts knowledgeable in
wilderness, wildlife, and range
management.
(2) Assist in identifying issues;
conducting and evaluating public
scoping; developing alternatives; and
disclosing environmental, economic,
and social effects.
(3) Work with the APHIS–WS to
ensure decision documents address
Forest Service concerns when proposed
actions would have an adverse effect
upon the wilderness resource and/or the
continued viability of native species.
(4) Seek expertise from State fish and
wildlife agencies as appropriate.
c. Conflict Resolution. When a Forest
Service representative determines that a
proposed management activity may
have an adverse affect on wilderness
resources or the continued viability of a
native species, the Forest Service
representative shall work with their
APHIS–WS counterpart to resolve the
Forest Service’s concern. If the dispute
cannot be resolved, the issue shall be
elevated to the next organizational level
within each agency.
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5. Coordination with State
Governments and Private Individuals.
The Forest Service recognizes that State
agencies have authority and expertise to
conduct predator damage management
on NFS lands, including wilderness,
and that State agencies and private
individual may perform predator
damage management on NFS lands
when conducted in accordance with
applicable State and Federal laws,
regulations, and policies. The Forest
Service shall coordinate and cooperate
with States and private individuals
when predator damage management is
conducted under State authority to
ensure that wilderness resources on
NFS lands are protected.
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Chapter 2650—Animal Damage
Management
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2651.6—Wildlife and Fish Damage
Management in Wilderness and
Research
Natural Areas
For additional direction of wildlife
and fish management in wilderness and
research natural areas, see FSM 2151,
FSM 2323, and FSM 4063.
Wildlife damage management,
including predator damage management
(FSM 2323.33c), is permitted in
wilderness when consistent with
direction in FSM 2323 and when
needed to address one or more of the
following issues:
1. Protect public health and safety.
2. Protect Federally listed threatened
or endangered species.
3. Achieve management goals and
objectives for wildlife populations as
identified for wilderness in forest or
wilderness plans, or through other
collaborative processes, such as
Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategies, memorandums of
understanding with State fish and
wildlife agencies, and so forth.
4. Prevent serious loss of domestic
livestock.
Management of non-indigenous
species is also permitted when
consistent with the applicable Forest
land management plan to reduce
conflicts with indigenous species.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Sandy River, Kennebec River
Watershed, Madison, ME
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Finding
of No Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) has
adopted the Environmental Assessment
(EA), prepared by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in April,
2006, for the Sandy River Project,
Madison, Maine (FERC Project No.
11433–016). Upon an independent
review of the EA document, NRCS
found that the removal of the Sandy
River Project dam would not result in a
significant impact on the quality of the
human environment, particularly when
focusing on the significant adverse
effects that NEPA is intended to help
decision makers avoid and mitigate
against. Therefore, NRCS has prepared a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), as amended, and gives notice
that an environmental impact statement
is not being prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Single copies of the EA and FONSI
documents, may be obtained by
contacting Mr. Kevin White, District
Conservationist, USDA–NRCS, 12 High
Street, Suite 3, Skowhegan, ME 04976–
1998, (207) 474–8324. For additional
information related to this notice,
contact Joyce Swartzendruber, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 967 Illinois
Avenue, Suite 3, Bangor, ME 04401–
2700; telephone (207) 990–9100, Ext. 3.
Comments on the EA and FONSI must
be received no later than 30 days after
this notice is published.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
sponsoring local organization, Madison
Electric Works, concurs with this
determination and agrees with carrying
forward the proposed project. The
objective of the sponsoring local
organization is to remove a
hydroelectric dam to provide passage
for migrating anadromous fish,
including Atlantic Salmon and Atlantic
Shad.
The FONSI has been forwarded to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Agency and
to various Federal, State and local
agencies and interested parties.
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No administrative action on
implementation of the proposed action
will be taken until 30 days after the date
of this publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: May 31, 2006.
Joyce A. Swartzendruber,
State Conservationist.
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DOC has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency:
U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2007 Census of Governments
Local Government Directory Survey.
Form Number(s): G–30.
Agency Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 9,000 hours.
Number of Respondents: 36,000.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests Office of Management
and Budget approval of the Local
Government Directory Survey form G–
30. This form will be used to update the
universal list of public sector entities for
the 2007 Census of Governments. Each
of the 36,000 special district
governments designated for the census
will be sent an appropriate form.
Respondents will be asked to verify or
correct the name and mailing address of
the government, answer the questions
on the form, and return the form. The
2007 Census of Governments Local
Government Directory Survey consists
of two basic content areas: government
organization and government
employment. For government
organization we will ask for authorizing
legislation, composition of governing
body, services provided, Web address,
and corrections to the name and address
of the government. For government
employment we will ask for full-time
employees, part-time employees, and
annual payroll.
A census of governments is taken at
5-year intervals as required by law
under Title 13, United States Code. This
form will be used for the following
purposes: (1) To produce the official
count of state and local government
units in the United States; (2) to obtain
descriptive information on the basic
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characteristics of governments; (3) to
identify and delete inactive units; (4) to
identify file duplicates and units that
were dependent on other governments;
and (5) to update and verify the mailing
addresses of governments.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
governments.
Frequency: Every 5 years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
section 161.
OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,
(202) 395–5103.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk
Officer either by fax (202–395–7245) or
e-mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).
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a mail canvass, supplemented by data
from Federal administrative records, to
measure the economic activity of more
than 1,230,000 establishments in these
sectors of the economy as classified in
the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The
Utilities sector comprises
establishments primarily engaged in the
provision of utility services through a
permanent infrastructure. The
Transportation sector comprises
establishments primarily engaged in
transporting people and goods. The
Warehousing sector comprises
establishments primarily engaged in the
warehousing and storage of goods. The
Finance and Insurance sector comprises
two types of establishments: Those
engaged in financial transactions, that
is, transactions involving the creation,
liquidation, or change in ownership of
financial assets, or in facilitating
financial transactions; and those
engaged in the intermediating as the
consequence of pooling risks and
facilitating such intermediation. The
Real Estate subsector comprises
establishments primarily engaged in
leasing real estate to others, as well as
real estate managers, agents, and
Dated: June 1, 2006.
brokers. The Rental and Leasing
Madeleine Clayton,
subsector comprises establishments
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
primarily engaged in acquiring, owning,
Information Officer.
and making available a wide variety of
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tangible goods such as machinery,
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equipment, computers, and consumer
goods to businesses or individuals, in
return for a periodic rental or lease
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
payment. The economic census will
Submission for OMB Review;
produce basic statistics by kind of
Comment Request
business on number of establishments,
revenue, payroll, and employment. It
DOC has submitted to the Office of
also will yield a variety of subject
Management and Budget (OMB) for
statistics, including revenue by product
clearance the following proposal for
line, and other industry-specific
collection of information under the
measures, such as insurance benefits
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
paid to policyholders, exported services,
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
purchased transportation, and exported
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2007 Economic Census Covering energy. Basic statistics will be
summarized for the United States,
Utilities; Transportation and
states, metropolitan areas and, in some
Warehousing; Finance and Insurance;
cases, for counties and places having
and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
2,500 inhabitants or more. Tabulations
Sectors.
Form Number(s): The 36 report forms of subject statistics also will present
data for the United States and, in some
covered by this request are too
cases, for states.
numerous to list here.
The economic census is the primary
Agency Approval Number: None.
source of facts about the structure and
Type of Request: New collection.
functioning of the Nation’s economy
Burden: 951,328 hours.
and features unique industry and
Number of Respondents: 787,577.
geographic detail. Economic census
Avg. Hours Per Response: One and
statistics serve as part of the framework
one half hours.
for the national accounts and provide
Needs and Uses: The 2007 Economic
essential information for government,
Census covering the Utilities;
business, and the general public. The
Transportation and Warehousing;
Federal Government uses information
Finance and Insurance; and Real Estate
from the economic census as an
and Rental and Leasing sectors will use
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[FR Doc No: E6-8842]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Sandy River, Kennebec River Watershed, Madison, ME
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Finding of No Significant Impact.
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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has adopted
the Environmental Assessment (EA), prepared by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in April, 2006, for the Sandy River
Project, Madison, Maine (FERC Project No. 11433-016). Upon an
independent review of the EA document, NRCS found that the removal of
the Sandy River Project dam would not result in a significant impact on
the quality of the human environment, particularly when focusing on the
significant adverse effects that NEPA is intended to help decision
makers avoid and mitigate against. Therefore, NRCS has prepared a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, and gives notice
that an environmental impact statement is not being prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Single copies of the EA and FONSI
documents, may be obtained by contacting Mr. Kevin White, District
Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, 12 High Street, Suite 3, Skowhegan, ME
04976-1998, (207) 474-8324. For additional information related to this
notice, contact Joyce Swartzendruber, State Conservationist, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite 3, Bangor,
ME 04401-2700; telephone (207) 990-9100, Ext. 3. Comments on the EA and
FONSI must be received no later than 30 days after this notice is
published.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sponsoring local organization, Madison
Electric Works, concurs with this determination and agrees with
carrying forward the proposed project. The objective of the sponsoring
local organization is to remove a hydroelectric dam to provide passage
for migrating anadromous fish, including Atlantic Salmon and Atlantic
Shad.
The FONSI has been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Agency and to various Federal, State and local agencies and interested
parties.
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No administrative action on implementation of the proposed action
will be taken until 30 days after the date of this publication in the
Federal Register.
Dated: May 31, 2006.
Joyce A. Swartzendruber,
State Conservationist.
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