Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana; Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan To Comply With a District of Montana Court Order (Temporary Roads), 55055-55056 [2013-21806]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest, Montana; Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan To Comply With a
District of Montana Court Order
(Temporary Roads)
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
ACTION:
The Beaverhead-Deerlodge
National Forest will prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) to the 2009
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Land and Resource Management Plan
(Forest Plan) environmental analysis in
response to a May 24, 2013 Order from
the U.S. District Court for the District of
Montana. The Court directed the Forest
Service to ‘‘. . . supplement its EIS for
the Forest Plan to explain or support, if
possible, its decision to exclude
temporary roads from the road density
objectives . . . .’’ The supplement will
address the Forest Plan Goal for Wildlife
Security and density of roads and trails
open to motorized use displayed in
Tables 13 and 14 on pages 45–47 of the
Forest Plan.
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SUMMARY:
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Purpose and Need for Action
The Forest Plan provides management
direction for activities on the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
for the next 10 to 15 years, including
direction on eight revision topics
(vegetation, wildlife, aquatic resources,
recreation and travel management, fire
management, livestock grazing, timber
and recommended wilderness). In 2012,
Native Ecosystems Council and Alliance
for the Wild Rockies filed a complaint
in U.S. District Court for the District of
Montana (case 9:12–cv–00027–DLC)
alleging the Forest Plan failed to ensure
elk viability because the Forest Service
did not disclose and consider the best
available science in its analysis of road
density. In a May 24, 2013 Order, the
U.S. District Court for the District of
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Montana found the Forest Service ‘‘. . .
complied with the general requirements
of the 1982 viability regulation for elk
and adequately disclosed the science
upon which it relied to determine
appropriate road density levels for areas
with different management goals. . . .
However, the Forest Service did not
explain or support its decision to
exclude temporary roads from the road
density objectives.’’ Therefore, there is a
need to evaluate the effects of temporary
roads to comply with the court’s order.
Proposed Action
We are uncertain if there is a need to
change management direction in the
Forest Plan. A determination will be
made based upon the analysis of the
effects of temporary road construction
and use. The Draft SEIS may or may not
propose an amendment to the Forest
Plan.
We expect to have a Draft SEIS
available for public review and
comment in February, 2014. The
comment period for the Draft SEIS will
be 90 days from the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the notice of availability in
the Federal Register. We believe, 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.
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Scoping is not required for
supplements to environmental impact
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4)).
Review and comments will be solicited
once the Draft SEIS is filed with EPA.
The Draft SEIS is expected in February,
2014.
ADDRESSES: The line officer responsible
for the decision is the BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest Supervisor,
420 Barrett Street, Dillon, MT 59725.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan
Bowey at 406–842–5432 or email
jbowey@fs.fed.us. 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:
DATES:
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NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also,
environmental objections that could
have been raised at the draft
environmental impact statement stage
but 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 Circ. 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
analysis participate by the close of the
90-day comment period so substantive
comments and objections are made
available to the Forest Service at a time
when it can meaningfully consider and
respond to them in the Final SEIS.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Based on the SEIS, the Forest
Supervisor will determine whether or
not additional management direction
will be incorporated into the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Land and Resource Management Plan.
Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 251 of the
Trade Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2341 et seq.), the Economic
Development Administration (EDA) has
received petitions for certification of
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
SUMMARY:
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Timothy Garcia,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[8/22/2013 through 9/3/2013]
Date accepted for
investigation
Firm name
Firm address
Omaha Printing Company ....................
4700 F St., Omaha, NE 68117 .............
8/22/2013
Military Truck Parts, Inc ........................
37910 HWY. 191, Many, LA 71449 .....
8/30/2013
Nedza International
Greenbriar).
4240 Colham Ferry Road, Watkinsville,
GA 30677.
8/30/2013
Inc.
(dba
The
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Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
71030, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: September 3, 2013.
Michael DeVillo,
Eligibility Examiner.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1913]
Approval for Manufacturing
(Production) Authority; Foreign-Trade
Zone 141; Firth Rixson, Inc. d/b/a Firth
Rixson Monroe (Aircraft Turbine
Components); Rochester, New York
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, Monroe County, New York,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 141, has
requested manufacturing (production)
authority on behalf of Firth Rixson, Inc.
d/b/a Firth Rixson Monroe (Firth
Rixson), within FTZ 141 in Rochester,
New York (FTZ Docket 30–2011, filed
4–29–2011);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (76 FR 25300–25301, 5–4–
2011; 77 FR 43572–43573, 7–25–2012;
78 FR 2658, 1–14–2013; 78 FR 9033, 2–
7–2013) and the application has been
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Product(s)
The firm manufactures commercial
printed products.
The firm is a manufacturer of specialty
vehicles such as military transport
and civilian first responder utility vehicles.
The firm manufactures hi-fire functional
stoneware.
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations would be satisfied,
and that the proposal would be in the
public interest if approval were subject
to restriction;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application for manufacturing
(production) authority under zone
procedures within FTZ 141 on behalf of
Firth Rixson, as described in the
application and Federal Register notice,
is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.13, and further subject to a
restriction requiring that Firth Rixson
admit all foreign-status titanium
products to the zone under privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana; Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan To Comply With a District of
Montana Court Order (Temporary Roads)
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest will prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 2009
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan
(Forest Plan) environmental analysis in response to a May 24, 2013
Order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The
Court directed the Forest Service to ``. . . supplement its EIS for the
Forest Plan to explain or support, if possible, its decision to exclude
temporary roads from the road density objectives . . . .'' The
supplement will address the Forest Plan Goal for Wildlife Security and
density of roads and trails open to motorized use displayed in Tables
13 and 14 on pages 45-47 of the Forest Plan.
DATES: Scoping is not required for supplements to environmental impact
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4)). Review and comments will be solicited
once the Draft SEIS is filed with EPA. The Draft SEIS is expected in
February, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The line officer responsible for the decision is the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Supervisor, 420 Barrett Street,
Dillon, MT 59725.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Bowey at 406-842-5432 or email
jbowey@fs.fed.us. 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
The Forest Plan provides management direction for activities on the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest for the next 10 to 15 years,
including direction on eight revision topics (vegetation, wildlife,
aquatic resources, recreation and travel management, fire management,
livestock grazing, timber and recommended wilderness). In 2012, Native
Ecosystems Council and Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a complaint
in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (case 9:12-cv-00027-
DLC) alleging the Forest Plan failed to ensure elk viability because
the Forest Service did not disclose and consider the best available
science in its analysis of road density. In a May 24, 2013 Order, the
U.S. District Court for the District of Montana found the Forest
Service ``. . . complied with the general requirements of the 1982
viability regulation for elk and adequately disclosed the science upon
which it relied to determine appropriate road density levels for areas
with different management goals. . . . However, the Forest Service did
not explain or support its decision to exclude temporary roads from the
road density objectives.'' Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the
effects of temporary roads to comply with the court's order.
Proposed Action
We are uncertain if there is a need to change management direction
in the Forest Plan. A determination will be made based upon the
analysis of the effects of temporary road construction and use. The
Draft SEIS may or may not propose an amendment to the Forest Plan.
We expect to have a Draft SEIS available for public review and
comment in February, 2014. The comment period for the Draft SEIS will
be 90 days from the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
the notice of availability in the Federal Register. We believe, 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.
[[Page 55056]]
NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, environmental objections that
could have been raised at the draft environmental impact statement
stage but 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 Circ. 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 analysis participate by the close of the 90-
day comment period so substantive comments and objections are made
available to the Forest Service at a time when it can meaningfully
consider and respond to them in the Final SEIS.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Based on the SEIS, the Forest Supervisor will determine whether or
not additional management direction will be incorporated into the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan.
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Timothy Garcia,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2013-21806 Filed 9-6-13; 8:45 am]
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