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APHIS’ Information Collection
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Artificially
Dwarfed Plants.
OMB Number: 0579–0176.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or
interstate movement of plants, plant
products, and other articles to prevent
the introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.
The regulations contained in
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Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products’’
(7 CFR 319.37 through 319.37–14)
prohibit or restrict the importation of
living plants, plant parts, and seeds for
propagation.
Among other things, the regulations
require artificially dwarfed plants
imported into the United States to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the government of
the country of origin. This certificate
must contain declarations that certain
conditions were met in the country of
origin to protect against the infestation
of the plants by longhorned beetles and
other plant pests.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of this information collection
activity for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, through use, as appropriate,
of automated, electronic, mechanical,
and other collection technologies, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
0.2533 hours per response.
Respondents: Plant health officials of
exporting countries.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 30.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 150.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 38 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
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Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
March 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest; Supplement
to the North Sheep Grazing Allotments
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to supplement
an environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare a supplement (Supplement) to
the environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the North Sheep Grazing
Allotment Final EIS. The Supplement
will include additional analyses and
new information concerning
Management Indicator Species (MIS),
capable and suitable grazing lands, and
adaptive management strategies.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received 45 days
after publication of the draft
Supplement. The draft Supplement is
expected at the end of August 2007 and
the final Supplement is expected to be
available January 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Sawtooth National Forest; Attn: North
Sheep Allotments Supplement; 5 North
Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum, Idaho
83340; or via telephone at (208) 727–
5000; or you may hand-deliver your
comments to the Sawtooth National
Recreation Office, located at 5 North
Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum, during
normal business hours from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal holidays. Electronic
comments must be submitted in a
format such as an e-mail message, plain
text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), and
Word (.doc) to: comments-intermtnsawtooth@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Brown, Assistant Forest Planner,
at the address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original Notice of Intent for the North
Sheep EIS was published in the Federal
Register Vol. 68, No. 87, May 6, 2003.
A revised Notice of Intent was
published in the Federal Register Vol.
68, No. 145, July 9, 2003. On September
30, 2004, two Records of Decision were
issued, based on the North Sheep Final
EIS. These decisions were appealed in
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2004. In 2005, the Appeal Deciding
Officer affirmed both decisions.
Purpose and Need for Action
The Supplement will not change the
purpose and need for the North Sheep
Final EIS which was described on page
1–5.
Proposed Action
The Supplement will not change the
proposed action for the North Sheep
Final EIS which was described on pages
1–5 through 1–6.
Responsible Official
There are two Responsible Officials
involved. For decisions regarding the
Baker Creek and North Fork-Boulder
allotments, the Responsible Official is
the District Ranger, Ketchum Ranger
District, P.O. Box 2356 (206 Sun Valley
Road), Ketchum, Idaho 83340. For the
Smiley Creek and Fisher Creek
allotments, the Area Ranger of the
SNRA is the Responsible Official—5
North Fork Canyon Road; Ketchum, ID
83340.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Each Responsible Official will review
the information on the Supplement and
determine if their 2004 Record of
Decision based on the North Sheep
Final EIS should be modified or if the
original decision is to remain in effect
and unchanged.
Scoping Process
Public scoping for the Supplement
will commence with the publication of
this Notice of Intent. Public notices will
be placed in local newspapers. Press
releases will be distributed to the media.
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Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process which guides the
development of the Supplement to the
North Sheep EIS. The comment period
for scoping is 30 days from the date the
EPA publishes this notice of intent in
the Federal Register. A legal notice will
be published in the newspaper of record
and a Notice of Availability will be
published in the Federal Register to
inform the public when supplemental
information is available for review and
comment. The draft Supplement will be
distributed to all parties that received
the 2004 North Sheep Final EIS and
record of decision and to those parties
that filed an appeal of the 2004 North
Sheep RODs.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
A draft Supplement to the EIS will be
prepared for comment. The comment
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period on the draft Supplement 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 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). 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 45-day
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
Supplement. To assist the Forest Service
in identifying and considering issues
and concerns on the proposed action,
comments on the draft Supplement
should be as specific as possible. It is
also helpful if comments refer to
specific pages or chapters of the draft
Supplement. Comments may also
address the adequacy of the draft
Supplement 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: March 6, 2007.
Jane Kollmeyer,
Sawtooth Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Household Water Well System Grant
Program Announcement of Application
Deadlines and Funding
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of funding availability
and solicitation of applications.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: USDA Rural Development
administers rural utilities programs
through the Rural Utilities Service.
USDA Rural Development announces its
fiscal year (FY) 2007 funding and
application window for the Household
Water Well System (HWWS) Grant
Program. The HWWS Grant Program is
authorized under Section 6012 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (The Act), Public Law 107–171.
The Act authorizes USDA Rural
Development to make grants to qualified
private non-profit organizations to
establish lending programs for
household water wells. For FY 2007, the
HWWS grant funding available is
$990,000. The non-profit organizations
will use the grants to make loans to
individual homeowners to construct or
upgrade a household water well system
for an existing home. The organizations
must contribute an amount equal to at
least 10 percent of the grant request to
capitalize the loan fund. Applications
may be submitted in paper or electronic
format. The HWWS Grant Program
regulations are contained in 7 CFR part
1776.
DATES: The deadline for completed
applications for a HWWS grant is May
31, 2007. Applications in either paper or
electronic format must be postmarked or
time-stamped electronically on or before
the deadline. Late applications will be
ineligible for grant consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic grant
applications through https://
www.grants.gov (Grants.gov), following
the instructions on that Web site.
Submit completed paper applications to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
USDA Rural Development Utilities
Programs, Mail Stop #1570, Room 2233–
S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1570.
Applications should be marked
‘‘Attention: Water and Environmental
Programs.’’
Application guides and materials for
the HWWS Grant Program may be
obtained electronically through https://
www.usda.gov/rus/water/well.htm. Call
(202) 720–9589 to request paper copies
of application guides and materials from
the Water and Environmental Programs
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest; Supplement to the North Sheep Grazing
Allotments Final Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to supplement an environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will prepare a supplement (Supplement) to
the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the North Sheep Grazing
Allotment Final EIS. The Supplement will include additional analyses
and new information concerning Management Indicator Species (MIS),
capable and suitable grazing lands, and adaptive management strategies.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received
45 days after publication of the draft Supplement. The draft Supplement
is expected at the end of August 2007 and the final Supplement is
expected to be available January 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Sawtooth National Forest; Attn:
North Sheep Allotments Supplement; 5 North Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum,
Idaho 83340; or via telephone at (208) 727-5000; or you may hand-
deliver your comments to the Sawtooth National Recreation Office,
located at 5 North Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum, during normal business
hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal holidays. Electronic comments must be submitted in a format
such as an e-mail message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf),
and Word (.doc) to: comments-intermtn-sawtooth@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Brown, Assistant Forest Planner,
at the address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original Notice of Intent for the North
Sheep EIS was published in the Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 87, May 6,
2003. A revised Notice of Intent was published in the Federal Register
Vol. 68, No. 145, July 9, 2003. On September 30, 2004, two Records of
Decision were issued, based on the North Sheep Final EIS. These
decisions were appealed in
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2004. In 2005, the Appeal Deciding Officer affirmed both decisions.
Purpose and Need for Action
The Supplement will not change the purpose and need for the North
Sheep Final EIS which was described on page 1-5.
Proposed Action
The Supplement will not change the proposed action for the North
Sheep Final EIS which was described on pages 1-5 through 1-6.
Responsible Official
There are two Responsible Officials involved. For decisions
regarding the Baker Creek and North Fork-Boulder allotments, the
Responsible Official is the District Ranger, Ketchum Ranger District,
P.O. Box 2356 (206 Sun Valley Road), Ketchum, Idaho 83340. For the
Smiley Creek and Fisher Creek allotments, the Area Ranger of the SNRA
is the Responsible Official--5 North Fork Canyon Road; Ketchum, ID
83340.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Each Responsible Official will review the information on the
Supplement and determine if their 2004 Record of Decision based on the
North Sheep Final EIS should be modified or if the original decision is
to remain in effect and unchanged.
Scoping Process
Public scoping for the Supplement will commence with the
publication of this Notice of Intent. Public notices will be placed in
local newspapers. Press releases will be distributed to the media.
Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process which guides
the development of the Supplement to the North Sheep EIS. The comment
period for scoping is 30 days from the date the EPA publishes this
notice of intent in the Federal Register. A legal notice will be
published in the newspaper of record and a Notice of Availability will
be published in the Federal Register to inform the public when
supplemental information is available for review and comment. The draft
Supplement will be distributed to all parties that received the 2004
North Sheep Final EIS and record of decision and to those parties that
filed an appeal of the 2004 North Sheep RODs.
Early Notice of Importance of Public Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
A draft Supplement to the EIS will be prepared for comment. The
comment period on the draft Supplement 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 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). 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 45-day 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 Supplement.
To assist the Forest Service in identifying and considering issues and
concerns on the proposed action, comments on the draft Supplement
should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if comments refer
to specific pages or chapters of the draft Supplement. Comments may
also address the adequacy of the draft Supplement 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: March 6, 2007.
Jane Kollmeyer,
Sawtooth Forest Supervisor.
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