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The Department of Agriculture has
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Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the collection of
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Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
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the collection of information that such
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Marketing Order Online System
(MOLS) Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW.
Summary of Collection: Under
Section 608(e) of the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), certain
imported fruit, vegetable and specialty
crop commodities must meet the same
quality standards applied to
domestically-produced commodities
when regulated by Federal marketing
orders. Reports are required under
import regulations 7 CFR part 944.350
(fruits); 980.501 (vegetables) and
999.500 (specialty crops). Using the
Marketing Order Online System
(MOLS), importers and receivers can
search, review and submit the required
form FV–6 ‘‘Importer’s Exempt
Commodity Form’’ prior to importation.
AMS has developed a customer
satisfaction survey, form FV–660, to
gather specific information from
respondents currently utilizing the
MOLS.
Need and Use of the Information: The
survey will collect information on a
voluntary basis, and the identities will
be kept confidential. The type of
information being requested on the
survey includes, among other
information, customer expectations of
the overall quality, performance,
attractiveness and features of the online
system, customer experience in
requesting a new certificate, editing a
pending certificate, ease in accessing,
entering data or submitting the
information online and experience or
problems when printing. A cover memo
will accompany the survey explaining
the purpose and providing information
to access the survey through an Internet
link. Results of the survey will allow
AMS to better serve the fruit, vegetable
and specialty crop importing and
handling community.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
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Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Lower Orogrande Project, Clearwater
National Forest, Clearwater County, ID
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service,
will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to disclose the
environmental effects of improvements
on watershed, vegetation, and wildlife
habitat in the Lower Orogrande project
area on the North Fork Ranger District
of the Clearwater National Forest. The
Lower Orogrande project area is located
entirely within the Orogrande Creek
watershed, which contains the
Tamarack Creek, Jazz Creek, and Pine
Creek sub watersheds as part of the
headwaters of the North Fork Clearwater
River Subbasin.
DATES: Comments on this project must
be received, in writing, within 30 days
following the publication of this notice
in the Federal Register. A 45-day public
comment period will follow the release
of the draft environmental impact
statement that is expected in October
2010. The final environmental impact
statement is expected in May 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions concerning the scope of this
project should be sent to Douglas Gober
(dgober@fs.fed.us), District Ranger,
North Fork Ranger District, 12730
Highway 12, Orofino, ID 83844.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Harbaugh (gharbaugh@fs.fed.us),
Project Leader, Lochsa Ranger District.
Phone: (208) 935–4260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lower
Orogrande project area contains
approximately 21,560 acres of National
Forest lands. The legal location is
mostly in portions of Townships 37 and
38 North and Ranges 7 and 8 East, Boise
Meridian, Clearwater County, Idaho.
The proposed actions would occur on
National Forest lands and are all outside
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the boundaries of any inventoried
roadless area or any areas considered for
inclusion to the National Wilderness
System as recommended by the
Clearwater National Forest Plan or by
any past of present legislative
wilderness proposals.
Purpose and Need for Action is to: (1)
Reduce stream sediment (i.e. reduce
road densities and control erosion
sources on roads to be retained,
especially in RHCAs) and remove
barriers to fish passage and other
aquatic organisms to allow for
unrestricted access to historic habitats;
(2) restore white pine and larch
(regeneration harvest), improve stand
vigor (commercial thinning), and start
the trend to improve species diversity
and balance vegetative successional
stages across the landscape to create
stand conditions that are resilient and
allow for rapid recovery after
disturbances; and (3) promote a trend in
the balance of successional stages
toward the historical range and promote
a trend towards increased wildlife
security.
The Proposed Action would address
improvements to the area’s watershed,
vegetation, and wildlife habitat.
Watershed improvements include: (1)
Decommissioning 6 miles of system
roads and 65 miles of non-system roads;
(2) improving and/or reconstructing up
to 5 miles of existing roads to fix erosion
problems; and (3) replacing 40
undersized culverts.
Up to 30 miles of existing roads
would need improvement or
reconstruction, up to 60 miles of
existing roads would need
reconditioning; all for logging access.
No new road construction is anticipated
at this time. Opportunities for
precommercial thinning will be
identified later in the process.
Improvements to wildlife habitat
would include (1) conducting vegetation
treatments to promote better
successional stage balance. This action
would correspond directly to the
proposed commercial thinning and
regeneration harvest activities; (2)
restricting road access (closed to all
vehicles year round) on 14.5 miles of
existing roads to improve elk security.
Proposed access restrictions are a result
of a Road and Trail Analysis being
completed for this project; and (3)
designating additional stands for
management as mature and old growth
forest habitats.
Possible Alternatives the Forest
Service will analyze include a ‘‘no
action’’ alternative in which none of the
proposed activities would be
implemented. Additional alternatives
that meet the project purpose and need
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may be considered in response to issues
raised by the public during scoping.
The Responsible Official is the Forest
Supervisor of the Clearwater National
Forest, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID
83544. The Responsible Official will
decide if the proposed project will be
implemented and will document the
decision and reasons for the decision in
a Record of Decision. That decision will
be subject to Forest Service Appeal
Regulations. The responsibility for
preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been
delegated to Douglas Gober, District
Ranger, North Fork Ranger District,
12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 83844.
The Scoping Process for the EIS is
being intiated with this notice, and
written comments regarding the analysis
should be received within 30 days
following the publication of this notice
in the Federal Register. Additional
scoping will follow the release of the
DEIS, expected in October 2010.
Preliminary Issues identified that
could be affected by proposed activities
include: Air quality, economic
feasibility, fish habitat, heritage
resources, old growth habitat, soil
productivity, spread of noxious weeds,
threatened/endangered/sensitive and
management indicator species of
wildlife and plants, tribal treaty rights,
water quality, and wildlife habitat.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review: A draft
environmental impact statement will be
prepared for comment. The comment
period on the draft environmental
impact statement will be 45 days from
the date the Clearwater National Forest
publishes a legal notice in the Lewiston
Morning Tribune (Lewiston, Idaho), the
Forest’s paper of record. A notice of
availability will also be published 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.
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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 45day 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
alternatives 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.
Comments received, including the
names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the
public record on this proposal and will
be available for public inspection.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21)
Dated: January 4, 2010.
Rick Brazell,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2010–109 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0037]
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Milk and Milk Products
Office for Food Safety, USDA.
Notice of public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Office for Food Safety,
and the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), are sponsoring a
public meeting on January 13, 2010. The
objective of the public meeting is to
provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft
United States positions that will be
discussed at the 9th Session of the
Codex Committee on Milk and Milk
Products (CCMMP) of the Codex
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[FR Doc No: 2010-109]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Lower Orogrande Project, Clearwater National Forest, Clearwater
County, ID
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of improvements
on watershed, vegetation, and wildlife habitat in the Lower Orogrande
project area on the North Fork Ranger District of the Clearwater
National Forest. The Lower Orogrande project area is located entirely
within the Orogrande Creek watershed, which contains the Tamarack
Creek, Jazz Creek, and Pine Creek sub watersheds as part of the
headwaters of the North Fork Clearwater River Subbasin.
DATES: Comments on this project must be received, in writing, within 30
days following the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
A 45-day public comment period will follow the release of the draft
environmental impact statement that is expected in October 2010. The
final environmental impact statement is expected in May 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions concerning the scope of
this project should be sent to Douglas Gober (dgober@fs.fed.us),
District Ranger, North Fork Ranger District, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino,
ID 83844.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Harbaugh (gharbaugh@fs.fed.us),
Project Leader, Lochsa Ranger District. Phone: (208) 935-4260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lower Orogrande project area contains
approximately 21,560 acres of National Forest lands. The legal location
is mostly in portions of Townships 37 and 38 North and Ranges 7 and 8
East, Boise Meridian, Clearwater County, Idaho. The proposed actions
would occur on National Forest lands and are all outside
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the boundaries of any inventoried roadless area or any areas considered
for inclusion to the National Wilderness System as recommended by the
Clearwater National Forest Plan or by any past of present legislative
wilderness proposals.
Purpose and Need for Action is to: (1) Reduce stream sediment (i.e.
reduce road densities and control erosion sources on roads to be
retained, especially in RHCAs) and remove barriers to fish passage and
other aquatic organisms to allow for unrestricted access to historic
habitats; (2) restore white pine and larch (regeneration harvest),
improve stand vigor (commercial thinning), and start the trend to
improve species diversity and balance vegetative successional stages
across the landscape to create stand conditions that are resilient and
allow for rapid recovery after disturbances; and (3) promote a trend in
the balance of successional stages toward the historical range and
promote a trend towards increased wildlife security.
The Proposed Action would address improvements to the area's
watershed, vegetation, and wildlife habitat. Watershed improvements
include: (1) Decommissioning 6 miles of system roads and 65 miles of
non-system roads; (2) improving and/or reconstructing up to 5 miles of
existing roads to fix erosion problems; and (3) replacing 40 undersized
culverts.
Up to 30 miles of existing roads would need improvement or
reconstruction, up to 60 miles of existing roads would need
reconditioning; all for logging access. No new road construction is
anticipated at this time. Opportunities for precommercial thinning will
be identified later in the process.
Improvements to wildlife habitat would include (1) conducting
vegetation treatments to promote better successional stage balance.
This action would correspond directly to the proposed commercial
thinning and regeneration harvest activities; (2) restricting road
access (closed to all vehicles year round) on 14.5 miles of existing
roads to improve elk security. Proposed access restrictions are a
result of a Road and Trail Analysis being completed for this project;
and (3) designating additional stands for management as mature and old
growth forest habitats.
Possible Alternatives the Forest Service will analyze include a
``no action'' alternative in which none of the proposed activities
would be implemented. Additional alternatives that meet the project
purpose and need may be considered in response to issues raised by the
public during scoping.
The Responsible Official is the Forest Supervisor of the Clearwater
National Forest, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 83544. The Responsible
Official will decide if the proposed project will be implemented and
will document the decision and reasons for the decision in a Record of
Decision. That decision will be subject to Forest Service Appeal
Regulations. The responsibility for preparing the DEIS and FEIS has
been delegated to Douglas Gober, District Ranger, North Fork Ranger
District, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 83844.
The Scoping Process for the EIS is being intiated with this notice,
and written comments regarding the analysis should be received within
30 days following the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Additional scoping will follow the release of the DEIS,
expected in October 2010.
Preliminary Issues identified that could be affected by proposed
activities include: Air quality, economic feasibility, fish habitat,
heritage resources, old growth habitat, soil productivity, spread of
noxious weeds, threatened/endangered/sensitive and management indicator
species of wildlife and plants, tribal treaty rights, water quality,
and wildlife habitat.
Early Notice of Importance of Public Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review: A draft environmental impact statement will be
prepared for comment. The comment period on the draft environmental
impact statement will be 45 days from the date the Clearwater National
Forest publishes a legal notice in the Lewiston Morning Tribune
(Lewiston, Idaho), the Forest's paper of record. A notice of
availability will also be published 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 alternatives
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.
Comments received, including the names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the public record on this proposal
and will be available for public inspection.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook
1909.15, Section 21)
Dated: January 4, 2010.
Rick Brazell,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2010-109 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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