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Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, Montana
59901 or call at (406) 758–0408.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. E7–23974 Filed 12–10–07; 8:45 am]
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the action
is to recover merchantable wood fiber
affected by the Brush Creek Fire in a
timely manner to support local
communities and contribute to the longterm yield of forest products.
Fire-killed trees do not typically
maintain their merchantability as wood
products for more than one to three
years, depending on their species and
size. Sapwood staining, checking,
woodborer damage, and decay will
deleteriously reduce timber volume
after that time. Smaller-diameter trees
typically will not be merchantable
within a year. Larger-diameter trees can
retain their merchantability as wood
products for a longer period, but
merchantability will deteriorate as time
goes on. While considering ecological
needs, salvage harvesting an appropriate
amount of fire-affected trees in a timely
manner to ensure their economic
utilization and starting the reforestation
process in the burned area will help
facilitate meeting desired conditions
within the area of the Brush Creek Fire.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project,
Flathead National Forest, Flathead and
Lincoln Counties, MT
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; intent to prepare
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) for a proposal to salvage
merchantable timber affected by the
Brush Creek wildland fire on the Tally
Lake Ranger District of the Flathead
National Forest. This fire burned a total
of approximately 30,000 acres on the
Flathead and Kootenai National Forests
from July to September of 2007.
Approximately 25,000 acres burned on
the Tally Lake Ranger District where
this project is proposed. The Kootenai
National Forest will be preparing a
separate salvage proposal. The city of
Whitefish, Montana is located about
twenty air miles to the east of the
central portion of the project area.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis should be received in
writing on or before January 15, 2008. A
public scoping meeting will be held in
the city of Kalispell, Montana on
January 9, 2008. The draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS)
is expected to be filed with the
Environmental Protection Agency and
made available for public review in
April of 2008. No date has yet been
determined for filing the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS).
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Lisa Timchak, Tally Lake District
Ranger. The mailing address is Tally
Lake Ranger District, 650 Wolfpack
Way, Kalispell, Montana 59901.
Electronic comments may be e-mailed to
comments-northern-flathead-tallylake@fs.fed.use with ‘‘Sheppard Creek
Post-Fire Project’’ in the subject line and
must be submitted in MSWord (*.doc)
or rich text format (*.rtf). Comments
received in response to this request will
be available for public inspection and
will be released in their entirety if
requested pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Donner, Planning Team Leader,
Tally Lake Ranger District, 650
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Proposed Action
The proposed action includes salvage
of trees from approximately 6500 acres,
which represents about 30 percent of
the area that burned in the 2007 Brush
Creek Fire on the Flathead National
Forest. Approximately 17 miles of road
reconstruction are proposed to access
burned trees. This reconstruction on
existing road templates would allow use
of the road during salvage operations
and would later close them after salvage
operations are completed. In addition,
new temporary road construction is
proposed on approximately 9 miles to
access burned trees. No salvage or road
building is proposed within inventoried
roadless lands. Planting conifer
seedlings and ensuring that Best
Management Practices would be
maintained on roads used for the
salvage would also be included in this
project.
More detailed scoping information
and maps can be accessed on the
Flathead National Forest internet site at
https://www.fs.fed.us/rl/flathead/.
Possible Alternatives
Alternative A is the no-action
alternative. Alternative B, the proposed
action described above, was developed
by the interdisciplinary team to respond
to the purpose and need for action and
to comply with the Flathead Forest
Plan. At least one additional action
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alternative will be developed by
modifying the proposed action to
respond to the significant issues
identified during the public
involvement and scoping process.
following: Soils, old growth and mature
tree wildlife habitat, cavity nesting
wildlife habitat, threatened and
endangered species habitat, and
potential bark beetle epidemics.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official is the Forest
Supervisor of the Flathead National
Forest, 650 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell,
Montana 59901. The Forest Supervisor
will make a decision regarding this
proposal considering the comments and
responses, environmental consequences
discussed in the final EIS, and
applicable laws, regulations, and
policies. The decision and rationale for
the decision will be documented in a
Record of Decision.
Comment Requested
The comment period on the draft
environmental 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, 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
environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in
identifying and considering issues and
concerns on the proposed action,
comments on the draft environmental
impact statement should be as specific
as possible. It is also helpful if
comments refer to specific pages or
chapters of the draft statement.
Comments may also address the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement or the merits of the
atlernatives 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.
Certain Automotive Replacement
Glass Windshields from the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order Pursuant to Court Decision
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Nature of the Decision To Be Made
An environmental analysis for the
Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project will
evaluate site-specific issues, consider
management alternatives, and analyze
the potential effects of the proposed
action and alternatives. The scope of the
project is limited to decisions
concerning activities within the
Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project Area
that meet the Purpose and Need, as well
as desired conditions. An
environmental impact statement will
provide the Responsible Official with
the information needed to decide which
actions, if any, to approve.
This EIS will tier to the Flathead
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan and EIS of January
1986, and its subsequent amendments,
which provide overall guidance for land
management activities on the Flathead
National Forest.
Scoping Process
Public questions and comments
regarding this proposal are an integral
part of this environmental analysis
process. Comments will be used to
identify issues and develop alternatives
to the proposed action. To assist the
Forest Service in identifying and
considering issues and concerns on the
proposed action, comments should be as
specific as possible.
Input provided by interested and/or
affected individuals, organizations, and
government agencies will be used to
identify resource issues that will be
analyzed in the draft EIS. The Forest
Service will identify significant issues
raised during the scoping process, and
use them to formulate alternatives,
prescribe project design features, and/or
analyze environmental effects.
Preliminary Issues
Preliminary issues and concerns
include effects of treatments on the
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Dated: December 4, 2007.
Cathy Barbouletos,
Forest Supervisor, Flathead National Forest.
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International Trade Administration
[A–570–867]
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 2007
SUMMARY: On August 3, 2007, the
United States Court of International
Trade (‘‘CIT’’ or ‘‘Court’’) entered a final
judgment sustaining the Final Results of
Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Fuyao Glass Industry Group
Co., v. United States (‘‘Fourth Remand
Redetermination’’) made by the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) pursuant to the CIT’s
remand of the final determination of the
less–than-fair–value investigation of
certain automotive replacement glass
windshields from the People’s Republic
of China (‘‘PRC’’) in Changchun
Pilkington Safety Glass Co., Ltd., et. al.
v. United States, Consol. Court No. 02–
00312, Slip Op. 07–118 (August 3,
2007). As there is now a final and
conclusive court decision in this case,
the Department is amending the final
determination and antidumping duty
order of this investigation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Stolz or Robert Bolling, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4474 or (202) 482–
3434, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 12, 2002, the Department
published its Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain
Automotive Replacement Glass
Windshields From the People’s Republic
of China, 67 FR 6482 (February 12,
2002) (‘‘Final Determination’’), and
accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum, as amended, 67 FR
11670 (March 15, 2002), covering U.S.
sales of subject merchandise during the
period of investigation (‘‘POI’’), July 1,
2000, through December 31, 2000. In its
Final Determination, the Department
calculated individual rates for two
mandatory respondents, Fuyao Glass
Industry Group Co., Ltd. (‘‘Fuyao’’) and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project, Flathead National Forest,
Flathead and Lincoln Counties, MT
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) for a proposal to salvage merchantable timber affected
by the Brush Creek wildland fire on the Tally Lake Ranger District of
the Flathead National Forest. This fire burned a total of approximately
30,000 acres on the Flathead and Kootenai National Forests from July to
September of 2007. Approximately 25,000 acres burned on the Tally Lake
Ranger District where this project is proposed. The Kootenai National
Forest will be preparing a separate salvage proposal. The city of
Whitefish, Montana is located about twenty air miles to the east of the
central portion of the project area.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis should be received
in writing on or before January 15, 2008. A public scoping meeting will
be held in the city of Kalispell, Montana on January 9, 2008. The draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS) is expected to be filed with the
Environmental Protection Agency and made available for public review in
April of 2008. No date has yet been determined for filing the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS).
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Lisa Timchak, Tally Lake District
Ranger. The mailing address is Tally Lake Ranger District, 650 Wolfpack
Way, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Electronic comments may be e-mailed to
comments-northern-flathead-tally-lake@fs.fed.use with ``Sheppard Creek
Post-Fire Project'' in the subject line and must be submitted in MSWord
(*.doc) or rich text format (*.rtf). Comments received in response to
this request will be available for public inspection and will be
released in their entirety if requested pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Donner, Planning Team Leader,
Tally Lake Ranger District, 650 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, Montana 59901
or call at (406) 758-0408.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the action is to recover merchantable wood
fiber affected by the Brush Creek Fire in a timely manner to support
local communities and contribute to the long-term yield of forest
products.
Fire-killed trees do not typically maintain their merchantability
as wood products for more than one to three years, depending on their
species and size. Sapwood staining, checking, woodborer damage, and
decay will deleteriously reduce timber volume after that time. Smaller-
diameter trees typically will not be merchantable within a year.
Larger-diameter trees can retain their merchantability as wood products
for a longer period, but merchantability will deteriorate as time goes
on. While considering ecological needs, salvage harvesting an
appropriate amount of fire-affected trees in a timely manner to ensure
their economic utilization and starting the reforestation process in
the burned area will help facilitate meeting desired conditions within
the area of the Brush Creek Fire.
Proposed Action
The proposed action includes salvage of trees from approximately
6500 acres, which represents about 30 percent of the area that burned
in the 2007 Brush Creek Fire on the Flathead National Forest.
Approximately 17 miles of road reconstruction are proposed to access
burned trees. This reconstruction on existing road templates would
allow use of the road during salvage operations and would later close
them after salvage operations are completed. In addition, new temporary
road construction is proposed on approximately 9 miles to access burned
trees. No salvage or road building is proposed within inventoried
roadless lands. Planting conifer seedlings and ensuring that Best
Management Practices would be maintained on roads used for the salvage
would also be included in this project.
More detailed scoping information and maps can be accessed on the
Flathead National Forest internet site at https://www.fs.fed.us/rl/
flathead/.
Possible Alternatives
Alternative A is the no-action alternative. Alternative B, the
proposed action described above, was developed by the interdisciplinary
team to respond to the purpose and need for action and to comply with
the Flathead Forest Plan. At least one additional action
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alternative will be developed by modifying the proposed action to
respond to the significant issues identified during the public
involvement and scoping process.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official is the Forest Supervisor of the Flathead
National Forest, 650 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, Montana 59901. The Forest
Supervisor will make a decision regarding this proposal considering the
comments and responses, environmental consequences discussed in the
final EIS, and applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The decision
and rationale for the decision will be documented in a Record of
Decision.
Nature of the Decision To Be Made
An environmental analysis for the Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project
will evaluate site-specific issues, consider management alternatives,
and analyze the potential effects of the proposed action and
alternatives. The scope of the project is limited to decisions
concerning activities within the Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project Area
that meet the Purpose and Need, as well as desired conditions. An
environmental impact statement will provide the Responsible Official
with the information needed to decide which actions, if any, to
approve.
This EIS will tier to the Flathead National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan and EIS of January 1986, and its subsequent
amendments, which provide overall guidance for land management
activities on the Flathead National Forest.
Scoping Process
Public questions and comments regarding this proposal are an
integral part of this environmental analysis process. Comments will be
used to identify issues and develop alternatives to the proposed
action. To assist the Forest Service in identifying and considering
issues and concerns on the proposed action, comments should be as
specific as possible.
Input provided by interested and/or affected individuals,
organizations, and government agencies will be used to identify
resource issues that will be analyzed in the draft EIS. The Forest
Service will identify significant issues raised during the scoping
process, and use them to formulate alternatives, prescribe project
design features, and/or analyze environmental effects.
Preliminary Issues
Preliminary issues and concerns include effects of treatments on
the following: Soils, old growth and mature tree wildlife habitat,
cavity nesting wildlife habitat, threatened and endangered species
habitat, and potential bark beetle epidemics.
Comment Requested
The comment period on the draft environmental 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, 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 environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in identifying and considering issues
and concerns on the proposed action, comments on the draft
environmental impact statement should be as specific as possible. It is
also helpful if comments refer to specific pages or chapters of the
draft statement. Comments may also address the adequacy of the draft
environmental impact statement or the merits of the atlernatives
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.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
Cathy Barbouletos,
Forest Supervisor, Flathead National Forest.
[FR Doc. 07-6012 Filed 12-10-07; 8:45 am]
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