Department of Agriculture July 7, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We are giving notice of a meeting of the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (USDA Rural Development Utilities Programs) invites comments on this information collection for which USDA Rural Development Utilities Programs intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA, 16 U.S.C. 1600-1614 et seq.), the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (collectively the Agencies) have prepared a Draft Supplement to the 2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines (Draft Supplement). The Final Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines (2004 FSEIS), dated January 2004, examined the environmental effects of a proposal by the Agencies to amend 28 land and resource management plans on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management Districts within the range of the northern spotted owl in western Oregon, western Washington, and northern California. The Draft Supplement is available for public review.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension and revision of currently approved information collections in support of the RegulationsFinancing Commercial Sales of Agricultural Commodities under Title I of Public Law 83-480; Request for Vessel Approval, Form CCC-105 and Request for Vessel Approval, Form CCC-105 (cotton); and Declaration of Sale, Form FAS-359.