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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
alternative 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.
Dated: March 25, 2010.
Mary C. Erickson,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Young Dodge SEIS; Kootenai National
Forest, Lincoln County, MT
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare a Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Young
Dodge project. The Young Dodge project
includes urban interface fuels
treatments, vegetation management,
watershed rehabilitation activities,
wildlife habitat improvement, and
access management changes, including
road decommissioning. The project is
located in the Young Dodge planning
subunit on the Rexford Ranger District,
Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln
County, Montana, and seven miles
northwest of Eureka, Montana. The
Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS
for this project was published in the
Federal Register (70 FR 14315) on
February 22, 2008, and the notice of the
Final EIS (70 FR 38131) on May 1, 2008.
The Record of Decision on this project
was administratively appealed to the
Regional Forester per 36 CFR part 215.
The Regional Forester reversed the
decision on July 24, 2008, citing
insufficient evidence or rationale to
explain why an analysis of potential
effects on the goshawk was not
warranted. A Supplemental EIS is being
prepared to further address potential
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effects of the Young Dodge project on
wildlife species.
ADDRESSES: The line officer responsible
for this analysis is: Glen M. McNitt,
District Ranger, Eureka Ranger Station,
Rexford Ranger District, 949 Highway
93 North, Eureka, MT 59917.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat
Price, Team Leader, Rexford Ranger
District, at (406) 296–2536.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Young Dodge project area is
approximately seven miles northwest of
Eureka, Montana, within all or portions
of T37N R28W and part of T37N R29W,
PMM, Lincoln County, Montana. The
purpose and need for the project is to:
(1) Reduce fuel accumulations, both
inside and outside the Wildland-Urban
Interface, to decrease the likelihood that
fires would become stand-replacing
wildfires; (2) Restore historical
vegetation species and stand structure;
and (3) Restore historical patch sizes.
Other considerations are: (4) Identify the
minimum transportation system
necessary to provide safe, reasonable,
and efficient access for Forest Service
administrative activities and fire
suppression, recreation use and public
access, and private land owners and
utility companies; (5) Manage the
transportation system to reduce effects
to threatened, endangered, sensitive,
and management indicator species
habitat and security; streams, riparian
areas, and wetlands; big game winter
range; and old growth habitat, and to
minimize road maintenance costs; (6)
Evaluate recreation facilities and
opportunities to meet growing and
anticipated demand; and (7) Evaluate
existing and proposed Special Use
Permits.
The Young Dodge Record of Decision
(ROD) was released at the same time as
the Final EIS and the legal notice of
decision was published in the
newspaper of record on May 1, 2008.
The ROD selected Alternative 1 and
authorized the following: (1) Removal of
commercial timber products from 29
units totaling approximately 3,069 acres
in order to reduce fuel accumulations,
both within and outside of the
wildland-urban interface, to decrease
the likelihood that wildfires would
become large stand-replacing wildfires,
and to restore historical vegetation
patterns, stand structure, and patch
sizes on the landscape. Another 1,053
acres may have commercial products
removed in units identified in the
‘‘Prescribed Burn with Mechanical PreTreatment’’ category; (2) Salvage of up to
200 acres of incidental mortality
resulting from prescribed fire, if
necessary. This salvage would be
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expected to take place in or adjacent to
treatment units authorized under this
decision; (3) Use of site-specific
silvicultural prescriptions, logging
systems, fuel treatments, riparian
habitat conservation areas, and
reforestation practices; (4)
Underburning without harvest in 19
units totaling approximately 4,000 acres
in order to achieve fuel reduction
objectives; (5) Road maintenance
activities on portions of 100 miles of
roads in order to reduce impacts to soil
and water resources; decommissioning
of approximately 12 miles of roads to
provide beneficial effects to the
watersheds; placing approximately 27
miles of roads in intermittent stored
service status to restore natural drainage
patterns and reduce maintenance costs;
reconstruct approximately 0.4 miles of
existing roads; and adding about 9 miles
of ‘‘unauthorized’’ roads to the National
Forest Road System; (6) Construction of
a boat ramp, parking area, and restroom
to provide access on the west shore of
Koocanusa Reservoir; (7) Rerouting and
reconstructing approximately one and a
half miles of non-motorized hiking trail
and construct a small parking area; (8)
Renovation of the Robinson Mountain
Lookout to include it in the cabin rental
program; (9) A project-specific Forest
Plan amendment to Management Area
(MA) 12 Wildlife and Fish standard #7
to allow regeneration harvest in big
game movement corridors adjacent to
previous harvest openings and openings
greater than 40 acres; (10) A projectspecific Forest Plan amendment to MA
12 Timber Standard #2 to allow harvest
adjacent to units that do not provide
suitable hiding cover; and (11) A
project-specific Forest Plan amendment
to MA 12 Facilities Standard #3 to allow
open road density to exceed 0.75 mi/mi2
during project implementation and postproject.
The SEIS is intended to provide
additional documentation of the effects
of the Young Dodge project on goshawk
to the public.
A Draft SEIS is expected to be
available for public review and
comment in April 2010; and a Final
SEIS in June 2010. The comment period
for the Draft SEIS will be 45 days from
the date the EPA publishes the notice of
availability in the Federal Register.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such a way that they are useful to the
Agency’s preparation of the EIS.
Therefore, comments should be
provided prior to the close of the
comment period and should clearly
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
contentions. The submission of timely
and specific comments can affect a
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reviewer’s ability to participate in
subsequent administrative review or
judicial review.
Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record for this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered; however, anonymous
comments will not provide the
respondent with standing to participate
in subsequent administrative review or
judicial review.
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.
Responsible Official
The Forest Supervisor of the Kootenai
National Forest, 31374 U.S. Highway 2,
Libby, MT 59923, is the Responsible
Official for this project. The Record of
Decision will identify the land
management activities to be
implemented in the project area
including urban interface fuels
treatments, vegetation management,
watershed rehabilitation activities,
wildlife habitat improvement, access
management changes, including road
decommissioning, monitoring, and
whether or not a Forest Plan
amendment is necessary. The Forest
Supervisor will make a decision on this
project after considering comments and
responses, environmental consequences
discussed in the Final SEIS, and
applicable laws, regulations and
policies. The decision and supporting
reasons will be documented in a Record
of Decision.
Dated: March 24, 2010.
Paul Bradford,
Forest Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest.
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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 a planning meeting of the
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Commission will convene by conference
call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at
approximately 3 p.m. on Thursday,
April 22, 2010. The purpose of this
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meeting is to continue planning civil
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through the following toll-free call-in
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the Central Regional Office and TTY/
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street address.
The meeting will be conducted
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and regulations of the Commission and
FACA.
Dated in Washington, DC, March 29, 2010.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs
Coordination Unit.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security,
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initiated this administrative proceeding
against Aqua-Loop Cooling Towers, Co.
(‘‘Aqua-Loop’’) pursuant to section 766.3
of the Export Administration
Regulations (the ‘‘Regulations’’),1 and
section 13(c) of the Export
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to Export Items From the United States
to Iran Without the Required Licenses
Beginning at least in or about June
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or about April 2005, Aqua-Loop
conspired or acted in concert with
others, known and unknown, to violate
the Regulations or to bring about an act
that constitutes a violation of the
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to the Regulations from the United
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Emirates (‘‘U.A.E.’’), without the
required U.S. Government
authorization. Pursuant to section 746.7
of the Regulations, no person may
engage in the exportation of an item
subject to both the Regulations and the
Iranian Transactions Regulations
(‘‘ITR’’),3 without authorization from the
U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office
of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’).
Pursuant to section 560.204 of the ITR,
an export to a third country intended for
transshipment to Iran is a transaction
subject to the ITR.
In furtherance of the conspiracy, the
conspirators, including Aqua-Loop,
participated in a scheme to have Aqua1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2009). The violations occurred in 2004 and
2005. The Regulations governing the violation at
issue are found in the 2004 and 2005 versions of
the Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2004–2005)). The 2009 Regulations establish
the procedures that apply to this matter.
2 50 U.S.C. app. § 240 1–2420 (2000). Since
August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the
President, through Executive Order 13222 of August
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has been extended by successive Presidential
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2009 (74 FR 41.325 (Aug. 14, 2009)), has continued
the Regulations in effect under the International
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et seq.) (IEEPA’’).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Young Dodge SEIS; Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will prepare a Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Young Dodge project. The Young Dodge
project includes urban interface fuels treatments, vegetation
management, watershed rehabilitation activities, wildlife habitat
improvement, and access management changes, including road
decommissioning. The project is located in the Young Dodge planning
subunit on the Rexford Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest,
Lincoln County, Montana, and seven miles northwest of Eureka, Montana.
The Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS for this project was
published in the Federal Register (70 FR 14315) on February 22, 2008,
and the notice of the Final EIS (70 FR 38131) on May 1, 2008. The
Record of Decision on this project was administratively appealed to the
Regional Forester per 36 CFR part 215. The Regional Forester reversed
the decision on July 24, 2008, citing insufficient evidence or
rationale to explain why an analysis of potential effects on the
goshawk was not warranted. A Supplemental EIS is being prepared to
further address potential effects of the Young Dodge project on
wildlife species.
ADDRESSES: The line officer responsible for this analysis is: Glen M.
McNitt, District Ranger, Eureka Ranger Station, Rexford Ranger
District, 949 Highway 93 North, Eureka, MT 59917.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Price, Team Leader, Rexford Ranger
District, at (406) 296-2536.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Young Dodge project area is
approximately seven miles northwest of Eureka, Montana, within all or
portions of T37N R28W and part of T37N R29W, PMM, Lincoln County,
Montana. The purpose and need for the project is to: (1) Reduce fuel
accumulations, both inside and outside the Wildland-Urban Interface, to
decrease the likelihood that fires would become stand-replacing
wildfires; (2) Restore historical vegetation species and stand
structure; and (3) Restore historical patch sizes. Other considerations
are: (4) Identify the minimum transportation system necessary to
provide safe, reasonable, and efficient access for Forest Service
administrative activities and fire suppression, recreation use and
public access, and private land owners and utility companies; (5)
Manage the transportation system to reduce effects to threatened,
endangered, sensitive, and management indicator species habitat and
security; streams, riparian areas, and wetlands; big game winter range;
and old growth habitat, and to minimize road maintenance costs; (6)
Evaluate recreation facilities and opportunities to meet growing and
anticipated demand; and (7) Evaluate existing and proposed Special Use
Permits.
The Young Dodge Record of Decision (ROD) was released at the same
time as the Final EIS and the legal notice of decision was published in
the newspaper of record on May 1, 2008. The ROD selected Alternative 1
and authorized the following: (1) Removal of commercial timber products
from 29 units totaling approximately 3,069 acres in order to reduce
fuel accumulations, both within and outside of the wildland-urban
interface, to decrease the likelihood that wildfires would become large
stand-replacing wildfires, and to restore historical vegetation
patterns, stand structure, and patch sizes on the landscape. Another
1,053 acres may have commercial products removed in units identified in
the ``Prescribed Burn with Mechanical Pre-Treatment'' category; (2)
Salvage of up to 200 acres of incidental mortality resulting from
prescribed fire, if necessary. This salvage would be expected to take
place in or adjacent to treatment units authorized under this decision;
(3) Use of site-specific silvicultural prescriptions, logging systems,
fuel treatments, riparian habitat conservation areas, and reforestation
practices; (4) Underburning without harvest in 19 units totaling
approximately 4,000 acres in order to achieve fuel reduction
objectives; (5) Road maintenance activities on portions of 100 miles of
roads in order to reduce impacts to soil and water resources;
decommissioning of approximately 12 miles of roads to provide
beneficial effects to the watersheds; placing approximately 27 miles of
roads in intermittent stored service status to restore natural drainage
patterns and reduce maintenance costs; reconstruct approximately 0.4
miles of existing roads; and adding about 9 miles of ``unauthorized''
roads to the National Forest Road System; (6) Construction of a boat
ramp, parking area, and restroom to provide access on the west shore of
Koocanusa Reservoir; (7) Rerouting and reconstructing approximately one
and a half miles of non-motorized hiking trail and construct a small
parking area; (8) Renovation of the Robinson Mountain Lookout to
include it in the cabin rental program; (9) A project-specific Forest
Plan amendment to Management Area (MA) 12 Wildlife and Fish standard
7 to allow regeneration harvest in big game movement corridors
adjacent to previous harvest openings and openings greater than 40
acres; (10) A project-specific Forest Plan amendment to MA 12 Timber
Standard 2 to allow harvest adjacent to units that do not
provide suitable hiding cover; and (11) A project-specific Forest Plan
amendment to MA 12 Facilities Standard 3 to allow open road
density to exceed 0.75 mi/mi\2\ during project implementation and post-
project.
The SEIS is intended to provide additional documentation of the
effects of the Young Dodge project on goshawk to the public.
A Draft SEIS is expected to be available for public review and
comment in April 2010; and a Final SEIS in June 2010. The comment
period for the Draft SEIS will be 45 days from the date the EPA
publishes the notice of availability in the Federal Register.
It is important that reviewers provide their comments at such times
and in such a way that they are useful to the Agency's preparation of
the EIS. Therefore, comments should be provided prior to the close of
the comment period and should clearly articulate the reviewer's
concerns and contentions. The submission of timely and specific
comments can affect a
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reviewer's ability to participate in subsequent administrative review
or judicial review.
Comments received in response to this solicitation, including names
and addresses of those who comment, will be part of the public record
for this proposed action. Comments submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered; however, anonymous comments will not provide
the respondent with standing to participate in subsequent
administrative review or judicial review.
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.
Responsible Official
The Forest Supervisor of the Kootenai National Forest, 31374 U.S.
Highway 2, Libby, MT 59923, is the Responsible Official for this
project. The Record of Decision will identify the land management
activities to be implemented in the project area including urban
interface fuels treatments, vegetation management, watershed
rehabilitation activities, wildlife habitat improvement, access
management changes, including road decommissioning, monitoring, and
whether or not a Forest Plan amendment is necessary. The Forest
Supervisor will make a decision on this project after considering
comments and responses, environmental consequences discussed in the
Final SEIS, and applicable laws, regulations and policies. The decision
and supporting reasons will be documented in a Record of Decision.
Dated: March 24, 2010.
Paul Bradford,
Forest Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2010-7486 Filed 4-1-10; 8:45 am]
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