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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 13 / Thursday, January 22, 2009 / Notices
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Dated: January 13, 2009.
Robert Post,
Deputy Director, Center for Nutrition Policy
and Promotion.
[FR Doc. E9–1141 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
AGENCY: Natural Resources
Conservation Service and Commodity
Credit Corporation, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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ACTION: Notice of availability of program
funds for the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative.
SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) announces the
availability of an additional $23 million
of technical and financial assistance
funds in fiscal year (FY) 2009 through
the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Initiative to agricultural producers in
eligible states. These states are:
Delaware, Maryland, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West
Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative funds are available
to help producers implement natural
resources conservation practices on
agricultural lands in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed.
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DATES:
January 22, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Woods, Acting Director,
Conservation Planning and Technical
Assistance Division, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, P.O. Box 2890,
Washington, DC 20013; phone (202)
720–8851; fax (202) 720–2998. Submit
electronic requests for additional
information to:
dan.lawson@wdc.usda.gov.
CCC
hereby announces up to $23 million to
provide technical and financial
assistance to producers under the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative in
FY 2009.
Section 1240Q of the Food Security
Act, as added by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(Pub. L. 110–246) (2008 Act),
established the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative and defined the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed to mean all
tributaries, backwaters, and side
channels, including their watersheds,
draining into the Chesapeake Bay. This
area includes portions of the states of
Delaware, Maryland, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West
Virginia. The NRCS administers the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
and carries out program implementation
using funds, facilities, or authorities of
CCC. The Initiative gives special, but
not exclusive, consideration to
producers’ applications in the following
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river basins: Susquehanna River,
Shenandoah River, Potomac River
(including North and South Potomac),
and the Patuxent River.
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Initiative helps agricultural producers
improve water quality and quantity, and
restore, enhance, and preserve soil, air,
and related resources in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed through the
implementation of conservation
practices. These conservation practices
reduce soil erosion and nutrient levels
in ground and surface water, improve,
restore, and enhance wildlife habitat,
and help address air quality and related
natural resource concerns. The Initiative
is carried out through the various
natural resources conservation programs
authorized under subtitle D, Title XII of
the Food Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C.
3830–3839bb–5. The Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative assistance in FY
2009 will be delivered through the
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP). All EQIP requirements
and policies will apply (see 7 CFR Part
1466).
Individuals interested in applying for
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
assistance may contact their local USDA
service center in the eligible Chesapeake
Bay Watershed Initiative states. For a
listing of local service centers, consult:
https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/
app?agency=nrcs.
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 13 / Thursday, January 22, 2009 / Notices
Signed in Washington, DC on January 14,
2009.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation and Chief, Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. E9–1168 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sequoia National Forest; California;
Piute Fire Restoration
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The project area for this
analysis is the approximately 32,890
acre portion of the Piute Fire on
National Forest System lands;
approximately 1,700 acres of the fire
restoration project area fall within the
former Clear CreekProject area. The
USDA Forest Service, Sequoia National
Forest will prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for a proposal to
treat approximately 2,260 acres of fire
killed and damaged trees, both through
removal and treating on site, in the
Piute Fire burned area; some of these
treatment areas are within the former
Clear Creek Project area. The land
allocations within the fire area, as
identified in the Sierra Nevada Forest
Plan SupplementalEIS, are old forest
emphasis, general forest, threat zone,
defense zone, protected activity centers
for spotted owls, spotted owl home
range core areas, and riparian
conservation areas adjacent to
perennial, seasonal, and ephemeral
streams.
There is a need in the Piute Fire area
for: (1) the recovery of the economic
value of timber killed or severely
injured by the fire, in a expeditious
manner, for the purposes of reducing
the cost of reforestation activities and
supplying wood fiber to local sawmills;
(2) the prevention of a future high
intensity, stand-replacing wildfire by
reducing long term fuel loading for the
purpose of facilitating future fire
management techniques (prescribed fire
and wildland fire use); (3) the
recruitment and retention of both short
and long term large down logs and snag
habitat, for the purpose of providing
sufficient burned forest habitat for
dependent species; (4) the re-vegetation
of conifer stands and other plant and
animal habitats that were burned; (5) the
improvement of long term soil
productivity, by repairing roads and
establishing effective ground cover in
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severely burned areas, for the purpose of
minimizing soil erosion and begin to
replace soil organic material; and (6) the
reduction of safety hazards to the public
and forest workers from falling trees.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
February 23, 2009. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected August 2009, and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected February 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Sue Porter, Project Leader, Kern
RiverRanger District, P.O. Box 9,
Kernville, CA 93238, and Attention:
Piute FireRestoration. Comments may
be sent via e-mail smporter@fs.fed.us or
via facsimile to 760–376–3795.
Comments received in response to this
solicitation, including the names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record on this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered; however, anonymous
comments will not provide the
respondent with standing to appeal the
subsequent decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue
Porter, 760–376–3781, extension 650.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
In June and July 2008, the Piute Fire
burned approximately 37,025 acres on
the Sequoia National Forest, Bureau of
Land Management and private lands.
The fire burned with varying intensity
across a variety of plant
communities(chaparral, oak woodland,
Jeffrey pine, mixed conifer, pinyonjuniper, and desert shrub).
Approximately 60% of the forested
areas of the fire were burned such that
75–100% of the trees were killed and
the duff and litter that protected the soil
was completely consumed. In these
areas, the fire resulted in the destruction
of wildlife habitat for sensitive species
and the loss of old forest characteristics.
Near the end of the fire, two localized,
heavy rainstorm events occurred within
the Piute Fire area. These events
resulted in high rates of soil erosion in
the fire area, sedimentation of streams,
and debris flows that extended into the
Kern River from Erskine Creek and
ClearCreek and into the Walker Basin
from Thompson Creek.
The fire killed tens of thousands of
trees that, if left untreated, will
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contribute to extremely high fuel
loading over time. As these dead trees
fall and fuel accumulates, future fires
will be even more severe. Treating the
dead and dying tree component of the
landscape is the first step in restoring
forest health, reducing long term fuel
loading, and restoring the historic fire
regime, thereby reducing the impacts of
fires on the future forest and
contributing to the restoration of old
forest habitats. Without treatment to
begin to restore the fire area, significant
additional impacts to soil, water quality,
heritage resources, and wildlife habitat
are likely over the short and long term.
This environmental impact statement
(EIS) will address: treating the dead and
dying tree component of the landscape,
reforesting burned conifer areas, and
repairing roads to reduce sediment
delivery to streams. The process of
completing these treatments would
reduce soil erosion by immediately
increasing effective ground cover (limbs,
twigs, and small boles) and maintain
soil productivity for tree growth.
Proposed Action
The proposed action would remove
dead and dying trees, using groundbased logging methods, to recover the
economic value of timber on about 510
acres and treated on site to reduce
future fuel loading on an additional
1,750 acres. Trees posing a safety hazard
to the public and forest workers would
be removed along roads. Roads would
be reconstructed and repaired to
facilitate access to treatment areas and
to improve watershed condition. Slash
would be treated to provide ground
cover and reduce short term fuel
loading. Conifer seedlings would be
planted to begin reforestation of the fire
area. Protection would be applied to
sensitive plant and wildlife species and
heritage resources.
The proposed action is consistent
with the 1988 Sequoia National Forest
Land and Resource Management Plan,
as amended by the Sierra Nevada Forest
PlanAmendment Record of Decision,
and the 1990 Mediated Settlement
Agreement.
Possible Alternatives
Other alternatives will be developed
based on significant issues identified
during the scoping process for the
environmental impact statement. All
alternatives will need to respond to the
specific condition of providing benefits
equal to or better than the current
condition. Alternatives being
considered at this time include: (1) No
Action, and (2) the Proposed Action.
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[FR Doc No: E9-1168]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service and Commodity Credit
Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of program funds for the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces the
availability of an additional $23 million of technical and financial
assistance funds in fiscal year (FY) 2009 through the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Initiative to agricultural producers in eligible states.
These states are: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and West Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative funds are
available to help producers implement natural resources conservation
practices on agricultural lands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
DATES: January 22, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Woods, Acting Director,
Conservation Planning and Technical Assistance Division, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013;
phone (202) 720-8851; fax (202) 720-2998. Submit electronic requests
for additional information to: dan.lawson@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CCC hereby announces up to $23 million to
provide technical and financial assistance to producers under the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative in FY 2009.
Section 1240Q of the Food Security Act, as added by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246) (2008 Act),
established the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and defined the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed to mean all tributaries, backwaters, and side
channels, including their watersheds, draining into the Chesapeake Bay.
This area includes portions of the states of Delaware, Maryland, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The NRCS administers
the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative and carries out program
implementation using funds, facilities, or authorities of CCC. The
Initiative gives special, but not exclusive, consideration to
producers' applications in the following river basins: Susquehanna
River, Shenandoah River, Potomac River (including North and South
Potomac), and the Patuxent River.
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative helps agricultural
producers improve water quality and quantity, and restore, enhance, and
preserve soil, air, and related resources in the Chesapeake Bay
watershed through the implementation of conservation practices. These
conservation practices reduce soil erosion and nutrient levels in
ground and surface water, improve, restore, and enhance wildlife
habitat, and help address air quality and related natural resource
concerns. The Initiative is carried out through the various natural
resources conservation programs authorized under subtitle D, Title XII
of the Food Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. 3830-3839bb-5. The
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative assistance in FY 2009 will be
delivered through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
All EQIP requirements and policies will apply (see 7 CFR Part 1466).
Individuals interested in applying for Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Initiative assistance may contact their local USDA service center in
the eligible Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative states. For a listing
of local service centers, consult: https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/
locator/app?agency=nrcs.
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Signed in Washington, DC on January 14, 2009.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation and Chief, Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. E9-1168 Filed 1-21-09; 8:45 am]
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