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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 20,
2008.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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Emergency Conservation Program
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA)
announces the availability of a Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for potential changes
to the Emergency Conservation Program
(ECP). ECP provides emergency funding
to farmers and ranchers who have
suffered damage to their agricultural
lands as a result of a natural disaster.
The goals of ECP are to restore farmland
(currently, cropland, hayland, and
pastureland) to a normal productive
state after a natural disaster and provide
assistance to producers to carry out
emergency water conservation or
enhancing measures in times of severe
drought. The potential changes
(proposed action) under consideration
include expanding ECP eligibility to
other types of farmland, namely
timberland, farmsteads, roads, and
feedlots. If FSA implements the
changes, FSA would publish a proposed
rule to reflect changes to the policy. The
draft SEIS is available for public
comment. The draft SEIS analyzes the
impacts of the proposed action on the
nation’s environmental resources and
economy. FSA analyzed the no action
alternative (continuation of current
program) to provide an environmental
baseline.
DATES: To ensure that the full range of
issues and alternatives related to the
ECP are addressed, FSA requests
comments. We will consider comments
that we receive by June 26, 2008. We
will consider comments submitted after
this date to the extent possible.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. Send written
comments on the draft SEIS and
requests for copies of the draft SEIS to
ECP SEIS, c/o Geo-Marine Incorporated,
2713 Magruder Blvd., Suite D,
Hampton, VA 23666–1572; or comment
via the Web or request a hardcopy of the
Draft SEIS by logging on to https://
public.geo-marine.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew T. Ponish, National
Environmental Compliance Manager,
USDA FSA CEPD, Stop 0513, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250–0513, (202) 720–6853, or email at: Matthew.Ponish@wdc.usda.gov.
More detailed information on ECP may
be obtained from FSA’s Web site:
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Vermont Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that orientation and planning
meetings of the Rhode Island Advisory
Committee to the Commission will
convene at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday,
June 12, 2008, in the Billings North
Lounge located at 48 University Place at
the University of Vermont in
Burlington, VT. The purpose of these
meetings is to provide an orientation to
new members and plan future activities
of the committee. The committee will
also have a briefing on racial profiling.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the
regional office by July 12, 2008. The
address is Eastern Regional Office, 624
9th St., NW., Washington, DC 20425.
Persons wishing to e-mail their
comments, or who desire additional
information should contact Alfreda
Greene, Secretary, at 202–376–7533 or
by e-mail to: agreene@usccr.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons who will
attend the meetings and require the
services of a sign language interpreter
should contact the Regional Office at
least ten (10) working days before the
scheduled date of the meetings.
Records generated from these
meetings may be inspected and
reproduced at the Eastern Regional
Office, as they become available, both
before and after the meetings. Persons
interested in the work of this advisory
committee are advised to go to the
Commission’s Web site, https://
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern
Regional Office at the above e-mail or
street address.
The meetings will be conducted
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the Commission and
FACA.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Vermont Advisory
Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that orientation and
planning meetings of the Rhode Island Advisory Committee to the
Commission will convene at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2008, in
the Billings North Lounge located at 48 University Place at the
University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. The purpose of these meetings
is to provide an orientation to new members and plan future activities
of the committee. The committee will also have a briefing on racial
profiling.
Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the regional office by July 12, 2008. The
address is Eastern Regional Office, 624 9th St., NW., Washington, DC
20425. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or who desire
additional information should contact Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at
202-376-7533 or by e-mail to: agreene@usccr.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meetings and require
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional
Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the
meetings.
Records generated from these meetings may be inspected and
reproduced at the Eastern Regional Office, as they become available,
both before and after the meetings. Persons interested in the work of
this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site,
https://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern Regional Office at the
above e-mail or street address.
The meetings will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the
rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.
Dated in Washington, DC, May 21, 2008.
Christopher Byrnes,
Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. E8-11783 Filed 5-23-08; 8:45 am]
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