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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act System of Records; APHIS
National Animal Identification System
(NAIS); Notice of Indefinite Suspension
of Effective Date
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
Proposed new system of records
notice; notice of indefinite suspension
of effective date.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice suspends
indefinitely the effective date for the
proposed new Privacy Act system of
records entitled ‘‘National Animal
Identification System (NAIS), USDA/
APHIS–16,’’ published at 73 FR 23412
on April 30, 2008.
DATES: This notice of suspension is
hereby effective immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Barbara S. Good, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of the General Counsel, General
Law Division, Room 3311 South
Agriculture Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1415. Ms. Good
may also be reached at 202–720–8045,
or barbara.good@ogc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although
USDA published notice under the
Privacy Act of this proposed new
system with an effective date of June 9,
2008, in an intervening civil action
entitled ‘‘Mary-Louise Zanoni v. United
States Department of Agriculture, Civil
Action No.: 08–939 (EGS),’’ the U.S.
District Court District of Columbia has
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Court’s order of June 4, 2008, to suspend
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Privacy Act system.
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the effective date for a proposed new
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system of records, required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(r), as implemented by OMB
Circular A–130, was sent to the
Chairman, Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs,
United States Senate; the Chairman,
Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, House of
Representatives; and the Administrator,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget.
Dated: June 6, 2008.
Edward T. Schafer,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–13065 Filed 6–9–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
2008-Crop Marketing Assistance Loans
and Loan Deficiency Payments for
Loan Commodities Except Cotton and
Peanuts
Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) will extend
Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) and
Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) for the
2008 crop. The loan commodities
covered by this Federal Register Notice
include: wheat, corn, grain sorghum,
barley, oats, soybeans, rice, sunflower
seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower,
flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame
seed, graded and non-graded wool,
mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, and
small chickpeas. As a result of this
notice, CCC will be able to commence
administration of 2008-crop MAL and
LDP provisions and announce
applicable 2008-crop loan rates,
schedules of premiums and discounts,
and other related rates.
DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Candace Thompson, Director, Price
Support Division, Farm Service Agency,
USDA, STOP 0512, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0512; telephone: (202) 720–7901 or fax:
(202) 690–3307; e-mail:
candy.thompson@wdc.usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication
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(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.)
should contact the USDA Target Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CCC administers the loan program
including MAL and LDP, which
provides short-term financing to allow
farmers to pay their bills soon after
harvest and facilitate orderly marketing
throughout the rest of the year. The loan
program also provides significant
income support when market prices are
below statutory loan rates. Current
regulations for MAL and LDP apply to
the 2002 through 2007 crop years.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–234) (2008
Farm Bill) authorized the continuation
of MAL and LDP, under the regulations
found at 7 CFR parts 1421, 1425, and
1434, for all loan commodities for the
2008 through 2012 crops.
With the pending harvest of 2008crop loan commodities, this notice
announces that CCC will implement
immediately MAL and LDP provisions
for 2008-crop wheat, corn, grain
sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, rice,
sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola,
safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed,
crambe, sesame seed, graded and nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas,
lentils, and small chickpeas based on
the current regulation in:
• 7 CFR Part 1421, Grains and
Similarly Handled Commodities—
Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan
Deficiency Payments for the 2002
through 2007 Crop Years;
• 7 CFR Part 1425, Cooperative
Marketing Associations; and
• 7 CFR Part 1434, Nonrecourse
Marketing Assistance Loan and LDP
Regulations for Honey.
CCC plans to amend the applicable
regulations to reflect changes provided
by the 2008 Farm Bill by August 31,
2008.
In addition, as a result of this notice,
CCC will be able to announce applicable
2008-crop loan rates, schedules of
premiums and discounts, and other
related rates.
Environmental Review
FSA has determined that this change
would not constitute a major Federal
action that would significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
Therefore, in accordance with the 7 CFR
Part 799, Environmental Quality and
Related Environmental Concerns—
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Compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act,
implementing the regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), no
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement will be
prepared.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 3, 2008.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 08–1334 Filed 6–5–08; 12:00 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
East Deer Lodge Valley Landscape
Restoration Management
Environmental Impact Statement, Deer
Lodge County, MT
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) on a integrated restoration
proposal to restore terrestrial and
aquatic conditions by improving the
health, vigor and resilience of forest
stands of infected, dead and high risk
trees; restoration and maintenance of
grass and shrub communities through
prescribed burning; the restoration of
aspen age classes and diversity;
improving recreation opportunities and
grazing; capturing the economic value of
the dead and dying mountain pine
beetle infested and high risk trees;
understory thinning, followed with
prescribed burning, on small understory
conifer trees; enhancing water quality
and quantity and maintaining and
restoring conditions for native fish
populations. The integrated restoration
EIS will also improve public safety and
infrastructure by reconstructing,
relocating, maintaining and improving
signing, design and linkage of forest
trails, road densities and travel
management. The EIS will address the
obliteration of roads as well as provide
mitigation measures to avoid
introducing and spreading invasive
vegetation. The proposed action will
occur on a project area of approximately
39,000 acres of National Forest System
land. The Forest Service will be using
the Healthy Forest Restoration Act
(HFRA). The East Deer Lodge Valley
Landscape Restoration Project
developed in response to the Healthy
Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003
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(PL 108–148). Title 1 of HFRA contains
provisions to expedite hazardous fuel
reduction and forest restoration projects
on certain National Forest System lands
at risk from wildland fire or are
currently experiencing (or show
imminent risk to) insect and disease
epidemics (HFRA 2003, p. 15). Section
1 02(a)(4) of the HFRA authorizes
expedited vegetation management
projects where conditions such as the
existence of an insect or disease
epidemic ‘‘* * * (poses) a significant
threat to an ecosystem component, or
forest or rangeland resource on the
Federal land or adjacent non-Federal
land.’’ (Ibid. p. 20).
Title 1 of HFRA encourages federal
agencies to involve state and local
governments and citizens when
developing plans and projects for
vegetation treatment on federal and
adjacent non-federal lands (Ibid., p. 7).
A stewardship contract will be let upon
reaching the project decision and
implementation. The Record of Decision
will disclose whether and where the
Forest Supervisor decides to provide
integrated restoration proposals for both
the terrestrial and aquatic environments.
DATES: A public mailing outlining the
project timeline and public involvement
opportunities is planned the summer
and fall of 2008. Individuals who want
to receive this mailing should contact us
within 30 days of the publication of this
NOI. To be most useful, comments
concerning the scope of this project
should be received by July 30, 2008. The
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
is anticipated in the spring or summer
of 2009 followed by a 45-day public
comment period. The Final
Environmental Impact Statement and
Record of Decision should be completed
by the spring of 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to the Pintler Ranger District,
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest,
Attn: Charlene Bucha Gentry, East Deer
Lodge Valley Landscape Restoration
Management EIS, 88 Business Loop,
Philipsburg, MT 59858. The FAX
number is (406) 859–3689. E-Mail
comments can be submitted to the
project leader, dfletcher@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposal and EIS
should be directed to Charlene Bucha
Gentry, District Ranger, Pintler Ranger
District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest, 88 Business Loop, Philipsburg,
MT 59858; telephone (406) 859–3211 or
David Fletcher, Interdisciplinary Team
Leader, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest, Butte Ranger District/SO Annex,
1820 Meadowlark Lane, Butte, MT
59701 telephone (406) 494–0235. E-mail
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comments can be sent to
dfletcher@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The 39,000 acre East
Deer Lodge Valley Landscape
Restoration Management Project is
located in southwest Montana and is
bounded by the Clark Fork River along
Interstate 90 on the west and the
Continental Divide above the Deer
Lodge Valley on the east located within
the Pintler Ranger District of the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest,
Deer Lodge County. In 2006 a
Memorandum of Understanding
established the Forest Stewardship
Partnership between a diverse group of
individuals and the Forest Service to
provide framework for cooperation and
coordination between the Forest Service
and the members of the Forest
Stewardship Partnership to engage in
joint project planning within the project
area.
Purpose and Need: The purpose and
need for the East Deer Lodge Valley
Landscape Restoration Management
Project is to: (1) Restore terrestial and
aquatic conditions and processes in the
project area, including goals, objectives,
management prescriptions, and
standards and guidelines set forth in the
Forest Plan; (2) respond to needs and
opportunities identified in the East Deer
Lodge Valley Landscape Assessment of
2008; (3) capture the economic value of
dead and dying mountain pine beetle
infested and high risk trees; and (4)
implement the Regional Integrated
Restoration and Protection Strategy to
help move the project area towards
greater diversity, resiliency, and
complexity; (5) incorporate Title 1 of
HFRA which contains provisions to
expediate hazardous fuel reduction and
forest restoration projects on certain
National Forest System lands that are at
risk from wildland fire or are currently
experiencing (or show imminent risk to)
insect and desease epidemics (HFRA
2003, p. 15).
Proposed Action: The proposed action
of the East Deer Lodge Valley Landscape
Restoration Management Project is to:
(1) Improve the health, vigor and
resilience of up to approximately 2,200
acres of forest stands of infected, dead
and high risk trees; (2) treat
approximately 13,900 acres of mixed
conifer trees by a) cutting followed by
prescribed burning to restore and
maintain grass and shrub communities
and b) reducing hazardous fuels that are
at risk from wildfire; (3) prescribe
thinning on approximately 600 acres of
smaller understory trees situated under
mature mixed conifer forests followed
with prescribed burning. The majority
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
2008-Crop Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments
for Loan Commodities Except Cotton and Peanuts
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will extend Marketing
Assistance Loans (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) for the 2008
crop. The loan commodities covered by this Federal Register Notice
include: wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, rice,
sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed,
crambe, sesame seed, graded and non-graded wool, mohair, honey, dry
peas, lentils, and small chickpeas. As a result of this notice, CCC
will be able to commence administration of 2008-crop MAL and LDP
provisions and announce applicable 2008-crop loan rates, schedules of
premiums and discounts, and other related rates.
DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candace Thompson, Director, Price
Support Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, STOP 0512, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0512; telephone: (202)
720-7901 or fax: (202) 690-3307; e-mail: candy.thompson@wdc.usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CCC administers the loan program including MAL and LDP, which
provides short-term financing to allow farmers to pay their bills soon
after harvest and facilitate orderly marketing throughout the rest of
the year. The loan program also provides significant income support
when market prices are below statutory loan rates. Current regulations
for MAL and LDP apply to the 2002 through 2007 crop years.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-234)
(2008 Farm Bill) authorized the continuation of MAL and LDP, under the
regulations found at 7 CFR parts 1421, 1425, and 1434, for all loan
commodities for the 2008 through 2012 crops.
With the pending harvest of 2008-crop loan commodities, this notice
announces that CCC will implement immediately MAL and LDP provisions
for 2008-crop wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, rice,
sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed,
crambe, sesame seed, graded and non-graded wool, mohair, honey, dry
peas, lentils, and small chickpeas based on the current regulation in:
7 CFR Part 1421, Grains and Similarly Handled
Commodities--Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments
for the 2002 through 2007 Crop Years;
7 CFR Part 1425, Cooperative Marketing Associations; and
7 CFR Part 1434, Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan and
LDP Regulations for Honey.
CCC plans to amend the applicable regulations to reflect changes
provided by the 2008 Farm Bill by August 31, 2008.
In addition, as a result of this notice, CCC will be able to
announce applicable 2008-crop loan rates, schedules of premiums and
discounts, and other related rates.
Environmental Review
FSA has determined that this change would not constitute a major
Federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human
environment. Therefore, in accordance with the 7 CFR Part 799,
Environmental Quality and Related Environmental Concerns--
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Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, implementing the
regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), no environmental assessment or environmental impact statement
will be prepared.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 3, 2008.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 08-1334 Filed 6-5-08; 12:00 pm]
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