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Resource Management Plans (Forest
Plans). It would result in an addendum
to the Kootenai National Forest, Forest
Plan, Appendix 8.
Copies of the environmental
documents and 2004 ROD are available
on the Kootenai National Forest internet
Web site at: https://www.fs.fed.us/rl/
kootenai/projects/planning/documents/
forest_plan/amendments/index.shtml.
Documents may also be requested by
contacting Kirsten Kaiser, Team Leader,
at 406–283–7659.
Preliminary Issues and Alternatives
Issues raised during the comment
period on the DEIS centered around
three main topics: (1) grizzly bear and
best available science, specifically the
science that was used in the
environmental analysis and by the IGBC
including the biological defensibility of
the 55 percent Core, 33 percent OMRD
and 26 percent TMRD standards; (2)
reductions in motorized public access;
and (3) impacts to employment and
income.
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Early Notice of Environmental Review
The Forest Supervisors are giving
notice that the Idaho Panhandle,
Kootenai, and Lolo National Forests are
supplementing an existing
environmental analysis for this
proposed action so that interested or
affected people can participate in the
analysis and contribute to the final
decision. The Forest Service is seeking
comments from individuals,
organizations, tribal governments, and
Federal, State, and local agencies that
are interested or may be affected by the
proposed action. The draft SETS is
intended to provide additional
evaluation of current information on
grizzly bears, and provide that
information to the public. The public is
invited to help identify issues and
concerns related to the preferred
alternative and the supplemental
analysis documented in the draft SEIS.
Estimated Dates for Filing
The draft SEIS is expected to be filed
with the EPA and to be available for
public review in July 2008. The
comment period on the draft SEIS will
be 45 days from the date the EPA
publishes the Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The draft SEIS will
be distributed to all parties that received
the 2002 FEIS and Record of Decision as
well as to those who expressed interest.
The final SEIS is scheduled to be
completed by April 2009. In the final
SEIS, the Forest Service is required to
respond to comments received during
the comment period that pertain to the
environmental consequences discussed
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in the draft SEIS and applicable laws,
regulations, and policies considered in
making a decision regarding the
proposal.
The Reviewer’s Obligation To Comment
The Forest Service believes it is
important to give reviewers notice at
this early stage 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 [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 90day comment period so that 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 preferred alternative
and the supplemental analysis,
comments on the draft SEIS should be
as specific as possible. It is also helpful
if comments refer to specific pages or
sections of the draft SEIS. 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: May 1, 2008.
Paul Bradford,
Kootenai National Forest Supervisor
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Timi Nickerson Kenealy,
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Foreign–Trade Zones Board
[Docket 29–2008]
Foreign–Trade Zone 234 - Gregg
County, Texas, Application for
Expansion
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by Gregg County, Texas, grantee
of Foreign–Trade Zone 234, requesting
authority to expand its zone to include
a site in Kilgore, Texas, adjacent to the
Shreveport–Bossier Customs and Border
Protection port of entry. The application
was submitted pursuant to the
provisions of the Foreign–Trade Zones
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
Part 400). It was formally filed on May
5, 2008.
FTZ 234 was approved on November
4, 1998 (Board Order 1003, 63 FR 63671,
11/16/98). On December 15, 2006, a
minor boundary modification was
approved to include an additional site
in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. The
zone project currently consists of two
sites: Site 1: (239 acres) located at the
Gregg County Airport; and, Site 2: (60
acres) located at 1320 East Harrison
Road, Longview.
The applicant is now requesting
authority to expand the general-
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BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Meeting
Date and Time: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Place: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Conference Room, 1201
Connecticut Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Closed Meeting: The members of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG) will meet in closed session to review and discuss a
number of issues relating to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary
international broadcasting. They will address internal procedural,
budgetary, and personnel issues, as well as sensitive foreign policy
issues relating to potential options in the U.S. international
broadcasting field. This meeting is closed because if open it likely
would either disclose matters that would be properly classified to
be kept secret in the interest of foreign policy under the
appropriate executive order (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)) or would disclose
information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action.
(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)) In addition, part of the discussion will
relate solely to the internal personnel and organizational issues of
the BBG or the International Broadcasting Bureau. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)
(2) and (6))
Contact Person for More Information: Persons interested in
obtaining more information should contact Timi Nickerson Kenealy at
(202) 203-4545.
Dated: May 6, 2008.
Timi Nickerson Kenealy,
Acting Legal Counsel.
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