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Dated: July 31, 2006.
Deborah L.R. Austin,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Resource Advisory
Committee, Custer, SD
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to authorities in the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public
Law 92–463) and the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self
determination Act of 2000 (Public Law
106–393), the Black Hills National
Forest’s Custer County Resource
Advisory Committee will meet on
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 in Custer,
South Dakota for a business meeting.
The meeting is open to the public.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
business meeting on August 15 will
begin at 6 p.m. at the Black Hills
National Forest Supervisor’s office at
25041 North Highway 16, Custer, South
Dakota. Agenda topics will include
election of officers and discussion of
potential projects.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Lloyd, Hell Canyon District Ranger
and Designated Federal Officer, at 605–
673–4853.
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Michael D. Lloyd,
District Ranger.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Highwood Generating Station
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of Extension of Public
Comment Period and Additional Public
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Hearing, Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, Highwood Generating
Station, Great Falls, Montana.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
extending the public comment period
for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Highwood
Generating Station (HGS), and, as
requested, is conducting an additional
public hearing. The Draft EIS was
prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
1500–1508) and RUS regulations (7 CFR
1794). This document has been
prepared jointly with the Montana
Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ).
The Draft EIS is to evaluate the
potential environmental impacts of and
alternatives to the Southern Montana
Electric Transmission & Generation
Cooperative, Inc. (SME) application for
a loan guarantee to construct a 250
megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant
near Great Falls, Montana. SME is
proposing to use a coal combustion
technology known as circulating
fluidized bed (CFB). Along with other
proposed pollution controls collectively
known as Best Available Control
Technology (BACT), the HGS would be
among the cleanest-burning coal-fired
power plants currently operating in the
United States. SME also proposes to
construct and operate four, 1.5–MW
wind turbines to generate supplemental
electrical power at the preferred project
location eight miles east of Great Falls.
Receipt of the Draft EIS was
announced by the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency in the Federal
Register on July 3, 2006 (official date
June 30, 2006). Requests for extension of
public comment periods may be
honored per 40 CFR 1506.10. The initial
45-day public comment period was to
end on August 15, 2006. With the 15day extension, the new deadline for
public comments is now August 30,
2006.
In addition to the public hearing held
in Great Falls, Montana on July 27, an
additional hearing will be held in
Havre, Montana. The Havre public
hearing will be held on August 7, 2006
at the Applied Technology Center
Auditorium at MSU Northern, 300 West
11th Street, Havre, MT. An open house
will be held from 5–7 p.m., with the
hearing beginning at 7 p.m. The hearing
will include a presentation summarizing
the findings of the Draft EIS and the
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opportunity for attendees to submit both
oral and written comments. In
accordance with 40 CFR Section 1503.1,
Inviting Comments, the purpose of the
meeting will be to solicit comments
from interested parties on the Draft EIS
for the Highwood Generating Station.
DATES: Written comments on this Draft
EIS will be accepted on or before August
30, 2006.
ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To
send comments or for more information,
contact: Richard Fristik, USDA, Rural
Development, Utilities Programs, 1400
Independence Avenue, Mail Stop 1571,
Room 2237, Washington, DC 20250–
1571, telephone (202) 720–5093, fax
(202) 720–0820, or e-mail:
Richard.Fristik@wdc.usda.gov.
A copy of the Draft EIS can be
obtained or viewed online at https://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/eis.htm.
The files are in a portable document
format (pdf); in order to review or print
the document, users need to obtain a
free copy of Acrobat Reader. The
Acrobat Reader can be obtained from
https://www.adobe.com/prodindex/
acrobat/readstep.html.
Copies of the Draft EIS will be
available for public review during
normal business hours at the following
locations:
Montana State Library System, Attn:
Roberta Gebhardt, P.O. Box 201800,
Helena, MT 59620–1800, (406) 444–
5393.
University of Montana at Missoula, 32
Campus Drive 59801, Mansfield
Library, Missoula, MT 59812, (406)
243–6866.
Missoula Public Library, 301 East Main,
Missoula, MT 59802–4799, (406) 721–
2665.
Montana State University Libraries, P.
O. Box 173320, Bozeman, MT 59717–
3320, (406) 994–3119.
Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd Ave
North, Great Falls MT 59401–2593,
(406) 453–0349.
Chouteau County Library, 1518 Main,
Fort Benton, MT 59442.
Branches: Box 1247, Big Sandy, MT
59520; Box 316, Geraldine, MT 59446.
MSU-Northern Library, P. O. Box 7751,
Havre, MT 59501–7751.
Havre-Hill County Library, 402 3rd St.,
Havre, MT 59501–3644.
Stone Child College Library, R. R. 1 Box
1082, Box Elder, MT 59521.
Belt Public Library, 70 Castner St., Belt,
MT 59411–0467.
Wedsworth Memorial Library, 9–1⁄2
Front St., Cascade, MT 59421–0526.
Fort Belknap College Library and Tribal
Archives, P. O. Box 159, Harlem, MT
59526.
Harlem Public Library, 37 First Ave.,
SE, Harlem, MT 59526.
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Choteau-Teton County Library, 17 Main
Ave., North, Choteau, MT 59422.
Copies of the Draft EIS may also be
obtained by contacting either Richard
Fristik at (202) 720–5093 (e-mail:
Richard.Fristik@wdc.usda.gov) or Kathy
Johnson at (406) 444–1760 (e-mail:
katjohnson@mt.gov).
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental
Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: U.S. Caribbean Small-Scale
Fleet Economic Performance Study.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 1,000.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Average Hours per Response: Survey,
one hour.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to
collect socioeconomic data on smallscale fishing fleets operating in the U.S.
Caribbean (e.g., hook and line, net, and
dive fisheries). The survey intends to
collect economic information about
revenues, variable and fixed costs,
capital investment and other auxiliary
and demographic information. The data
gathered will be used to describe
economic performance in small-scale
fisheries and to evaluate the
socioeconomic impacts of future federal
regulatory actions. In addition, the
information will be used to strengthen
and improve fishery management
decision-making, and to satisfy legal
mandates under Executive Order 12866,
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species
Act, and the National Environmental
Policy Act, and other pertinent statues.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
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 David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, fax number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: NMFS Alaska Region Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS) Program.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648–0445.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 23,838.
Number of Respondents: 1,854.
Average Hours per Response: VMS
transmission, 5 seconds; VMS
installation, 6 hours; VMS maintenance,
4 hours annually; one-time VMS checkin report, 12 minutes; notification of
VMS malfunction, 2 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region
requires use of the VMS when fishing
under certain conditions in the
following fisheries: Atka Mackerel,
Pollock, Pacific Cod, Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Management
Area Crab, essential fish habitat (EFH)
and habitat areas of particular concern
(HAPC) in the Aleutian Islands and Gulf
of Alaska. The Vessel Monitoring
System (VMS) transmitter automatically
determines the vessel’s position several
times per hour using a Global
Positioning System satellite. A
communications service provider
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receives the transmission and relays it
to NMFS, Office for Enforcement. The
VMS transmitters are designed to be
tamper-resistant and automatic. In most
cases, the vessel owner is unaware of
exactly when the unit is transmitting
and is unable to alter the signal or the
time of transmission. The VMS unit is
passive and automatic, requiring no
reporting effort of the vessel operator.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
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 David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, fax number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Current Population Survey (CPS)—
Annual Social and Economic
Supplement (ASEC)
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Highwood Generating Station
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period and Additional
Public Hearing, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Highwood
Generating Station, Great Falls, Montana.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
is extending the public comment period for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Highwood Generating Station (HGS), and,
as requested, is conducting an additional public hearing. The Draft EIS
was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the procedural
provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508) and RUS regulations (7 CFR 1794).
This document has been prepared jointly with the Montana Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ).
The Draft EIS is to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of
and alternatives to the Southern Montana Electric Transmission &
Generation Cooperative, Inc. (SME) application for a loan guarantee to
construct a 250 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant near Great Falls,
Montana. SME is proposing to use a coal combustion technology known as
circulating fluidized bed (CFB). Along with other proposed pollution
controls collectively known as Best Available Control Technology
(BACT), the HGS would be among the cleanest-burning coal-fired power
plants currently operating in the United States. SME also proposes to
construct and operate four, 1.5-MW wind turbines to generate
supplemental electrical power at the preferred project location eight
miles east of Great Falls.
Receipt of the Draft EIS was announced by the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency in the Federal Register on July 3, 2006 (official
date June 30, 2006). Requests for extension of public comment periods
may be honored per 40 CFR 1506.10. The initial 45-day public comment
period was to end on August 15, 2006. With the 15-day extension, the
new deadline for public comments is now August 30, 2006.
In addition to the public hearing held in Great Falls, Montana on
July 27, an additional hearing will be held in Havre, Montana. The
Havre public hearing will be held on August 7, 2006 at the Applied
Technology Center Auditorium at MSU Northern, 300 West 11th Street,
Havre, MT. An open house will be held from 5-7 p.m., with the hearing
beginning at 7 p.m. The hearing will include a presentation summarizing
the findings of the Draft EIS and the opportunity for attendees to
submit both oral and written comments. In accordance with 40 CFR
Section 1503.1, Inviting Comments, the purpose of the meeting will be
to solicit comments from interested parties on the Draft EIS for the
Highwood Generating Station.
DATES: Written comments on this Draft EIS will be accepted on or before
August 30, 2006.
ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To send comments or for more
information, contact: Richard Fristik, USDA, Rural Development,
Utilities Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue, Mail Stop 1571, Room
2237, Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 720-5093, fax (202)
720-0820, or e-mail: Richard.Fristik@wdc.usda.gov.
A copy of the Draft EIS can be obtained or viewed online at https://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/eis.htm. The files are in a portable
document format (pdf); in order to review or print the document, users
need to obtain a free copy of Acrobat Reader. The Acrobat Reader can be
obtained from https://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.
Copies of the Draft EIS will be available for public review during
normal business hours at the following locations:
Montana State Library System, Attn: Roberta Gebhardt, P.O. Box 201800,
Helena, MT 59620-1800, (406) 444-5393.
University of Montana at Missoula, 32 Campus Drive 59801, Mansfield
Library, Missoula, MT 59812, (406) 243-6866.
Missoula Public Library, 301 East Main, Missoula, MT 59802-4799, (406)
721-2665.
Montana State University Libraries, P. O. Box 173320, Bozeman, MT
59717-3320, (406) 994-3119.
Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd Ave North, Great Falls MT 59401-
2593, (406) 453-0349.
Chouteau County Library, 1518 Main, Fort Benton, MT 59442.
Branches: Box 1247, Big Sandy, MT 59520; Box 316, Geraldine, MT 59446.
MSU-Northern Library, P. O. Box 7751, Havre, MT 59501-7751.
Havre-Hill County Library, 402 3rd St., Havre, MT 59501-3644.
Stone Child College Library, R. R. 1 Box 1082, Box Elder, MT 59521.
Belt Public Library, 70 Castner St., Belt, MT 59411-0467.
Wedsworth Memorial Library, 9-\1/2\ Front St., Cascade, MT 59421-0526.
Fort Belknap College Library and Tribal Archives, P. O. Box 159,
Harlem, MT 59526.
Harlem Public Library, 37 First Ave., SE, Harlem, MT 59526.
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Choteau-Teton County Library, 17 Main Ave., North, Choteau, MT 59422.
Copies of the Draft EIS may also be obtained by contacting either
Richard Fristik at (202) 720-5093 (e-mail:
Richard.Fristik@wdc.usda.gov) or Kathy Johnson at (406) 444-1760 (e-
mail: katjohnson@mt.gov).
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff.
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