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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. More 

information will be posted on the Mt. 

Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Web 

site at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/

projects/rac.shtml. 

Comments may be sent via e-mail to 

pforbes@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

(360) 436–1309. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at the Darrington 

Ranger District office at 1405 Emens 

Avenue, Darrington, Washington, 

during regular office hours (Monday 

through Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.). 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Renee Bodine, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8647 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative: 

Notice of Intent To Hold Public 

Scoping Meetings and Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to hold public 

scoping meetings and prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA). 

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) intends to hold public scoping 

meetings and prepare an Environmental 

Assessment with Scoping (EA) to meet 

its responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 7 

CFR part 1794 in connection with 

potential impacts related to a proposed 

project by Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative (Basin Electric). The 

proposed Big Bend to Witten 

Transmission Line Project (proposed 

action) consists of an approximately 70- 

mile long 230-kV single-circuit 

transmission line, a new Western Area 

Power Administration (Western) 

substation called Lower Brule 

Substation, an addition to the existing 

Witten Substation, and approximately 

two miles of 230-kV double-circuit 

transmission line between Big Bend 

Dam and the new Lower Brule 

Substation. It is anticipated that some 

communication facility additions or 

enhancements may be necessary for the 

project including radio towers and 

buildings at Lower Brule Substation, 

Witten Substation, and one or two 

intermediate sites. Basin Electric is 

requesting RUS financial assistance for 

the proposed action. 

DATES: RUS will conduct public scoping 

meetings in an open house format to 

provide information and solicit 

comments for the preparation of the EA. 

The scoping meetings will be held on 

the following dates: The American 

Legion Post 179, 109 North 5th Avenue, 

Reliance, SD, on Tuesday April 26, 

2011, 4–7 p.m.; The Holiday Inn 

Express and Suites, 1360 East Highway 

44, Winner, SD, on Wednesday April 

27, 2011, 4–7 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: To send comments or 

request additional information, contact: 

Mr. Richard Fristik, Senior 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

USDA, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571. 

Telephone: (202) 720–5093 or e-mail: 

richard.fristik@wdc.usda.gov. 

A Macro Corridor and Alternative 

Evaluation Study has been prepared for 

the proposed project. The document is 

available for public review prior to and 

during the public scoping meetings. The 

report is available at the RUS address 

provided in this notice and on the 

agency’s Web site at: http:// 

www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ea.htm, 

the offices of Basin Electric and the 

following repositories: 

Kennebec Public Library, 203 S Main, 

Kennebec, SD 57544 

Tripp County Library—Grossenburg 

Memorial, 442 Monroe Street, 

Winner, SD 57580 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

network transmission system in South 

Dakota is not able to accommodate 

projected load growth by 2014. The 

major impact is the addition of the 

pumping station loads associated with 

the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. 

Seven pumping stations are proposed to 

be located in South Dakota. The two 

pumping stations to be connected to the 

Witten Substation and Gregory 

Substation would have a large impact 

on the network transmission system. 

These substations are located in a 

relatively remote area from a network 

transmission perspective and therefore 

do not have a strong redundant 

transmission connection. The existing 

Western 115-kV line between the 

Mission Substation and the Fort Randall 

Substation is not able to reliably 

accommodate the ultimate pump station 

build-out load level. An outage of the 

Fort Randall to Gregory 115-kV line 

would result in operating voltage 

criteria violations in the areas of 

Mission and Gregory, SD. The addition 

of the Big Bend to Witten 230-kV 

transmission line would provide an 

increase in the load serving capacity 

such that the delivery needs of the 

projected network load can be met in a 

reliable manner. 

The proposed action consists of an 

approximately 70-mile long 230-kV 

single circuit transmission line, a new 

Western Substation called Lower Brule 

Substation, an addition to the existing 

Witten Substation, and approximately 

two miles of 230-kV double-circuit 

transmission line between Big Bend 

Dam and the new Lower Brule 

Substation. Lower Brule Substation 

would be a new facility, to be built by 

Western, near Big Bend Dam on the 

Missouri River. Western would also 

construct, own, and operate 

approximately two miles of double 

circuit transmission line between Big 

Bend Dam and the new Lower Brule 

Substation. The Witten Substation is 

owned by Rosebud Electric Cooperative 

and is near the town of Witten, SD. 

Basin Electric would build and own the 

addition to the Witten Substation. It is 

anticipated that some communication 

facility additions or enhancements may 

be necessary for the project including 

radio towers and buildings at Lower 

Brule Substation, Witten Substation, 

and one or two intermediate sites. 

Basin Electric is seeking financing 

from RUS for its ownership of the 

proposed project. Before making a 

decision to provide financing, RUS is 

required to conduct an environmental 

review under NEPA in accordance with 

RUS’s Environmental Policies and 

Procedures (7 CFR Part 1794). Western 

has agreed to be a cooperating agency in 

preparation of the EA. Government 

agencies, private organizations, and the 

public are invited to participate in the 

planning and analysis of the proposed 

action. Representatives from RUS, 

Western and Basin Electric will be 

available at the scoping meetings to 

discuss the environmental review 

process, describe the proposed action, 

discuss the scope of environmental 

issues to be considered, answer 

questions, and accept comments. 

Comments regarding the proposed 

action may be submitted (orally or in 

writing) at the public scoping meetings 

or in writing by May 27, 2011, at the 

Rural Utilities Service address provided 

in this notice. From information 

provided in the Macro Corridor and 

Alternatives Evaluation Study Report, 

from government agencies, private 

organizations, and the public, Basin 

Electric Power Cooperative will prepare 

an environmental analysis to be 

submitted to RUS for review. RUS will 

review the environmental analysis and 

determine the significance of the 


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1New World Pasta Company, American Italian 

Pasta Company, and Dakota Growers Pasta 

Company (collectively, petitioners). 

impacts of the proposal. If accepted, the 

document will be adopted as the 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

proposal. RUS’s EA would be available 

for review and comment for 45 days. 

Should RUS determine, based on the EA 

for the proposal, that impacts associated 

with the construction and operation of 

the proposal would not have a 

significant environmental impact, it will 

prepare a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI). Public notification of a 

FONSI would be published in the 

Federal Register and in newspapers 

with circulation in the proposal area. 

If at any point in the preparation of an 

EA, RUS determines that the proposed 

action will have a significant effect on 

the quality of the human environment, 

the preparation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement will be required. Any 

final action by RUS related to the 

proposed action will be subject to, and 

contingent upon, compliance with all 

relevant Federal, State, and local 

environmental laws and regulations and 

completion of the environmental review 

requirements as prescribed in RUS’s 

Environmental Policies and Procedures. 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Mark S. Plank, 

Director, Engineering and Environmental, 

Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8719 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–403–801, C–403–802] 

Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon 

From Norway: Extension of Time 

Limits for Preliminary and Final 

Results of Full Third Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Sunset Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Johnson for (CVD) at 202–482– 

4793 and Eric Greynolds for (AD) at 

202–482–6071, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

Background 

On January 3, 2011, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the third sunset reviews of the 

antidumping (AD) and countervailing 

duty (CVD) orders on fresh and chilled 

Atlantic salmon from Norway, pursuant 

to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). See 

Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Review, 76 FR 89 (January 3, 2011). 

Within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i), the Department 

received a notice of intent to participate, 

in both the AD and CVD sunset reviews, 

on behalf of Phoenix Salmon U.S., Inc. 

(Phoenix Salmon), a domestic interested 

party. Phoenix Salmon claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act, as a producer of 

subject merchandise. 

The Department received timely 

substantive responses from Phoenix 

Salmon and the following respondent 

interested parties: the Government of 

Norway, Norwegian Seafood Federation 

(NSF), and the Aquaculture Division of 

the Norwegian Seafood Association 

(ADNSA). The domestic and respondent 

interested parties also submitted to the 

Department timely rebuttal comments. 

On April 6, 2011, after analyzing the 

submissions from the interested parties 

and finding that NSF and ADNSA have 

standing as foreign interested parties 

and that the substantive responses 

submitted by all of the interested parties 

are adequate, the Department 

determined to conduct full sunset 

reviews of the AD and CVD orders on 

fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from 

Norway. See Memorandum to Gary 

Taverman, Acting Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, from 

Melissa Skinner, Director, Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

Office 3, regarding ‘‘Adequacy 

Determination: Third Sunset Reviews of 

the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Orders on Fresh and Chilled 

Atlantic Salmon From Norway,’’ (April 

6, 2011). 

Extension of Time Limits 

In accordance with section 

751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department 

may extend the period of time for 

making its determination by not more 

than 90 days, if it determines that the 

review is extraordinarily complicated. 

We determine that the AD and CVD 

sunset reviews are extraordinarily 

complicated, pursuant to section 

751(c)(5)(C) of the Act, because of a 

large number of complex issues in each 

review that the Department must 

analyze. 

The preliminary results of the full 

sunset reviews of the AD and CVD 

orders on fresh and chilled Atlantic 

salmon from Norway are scheduled for 

April 23, 2011, and the final results of 

these reviews are scheduled for August 

31, 2011. The Department is extending 

the deadlines for both the preliminary 

and final results of the full sunset 

reviews. 

As a result, the Department intends to 

issue the preliminary results of the full 

sunset reviews of the AD and CVD 

orders on fresh and chilled Atlantic 

salmon from Norway on July 22, 2011, 

and the final results of the reviews on 

November 29, 2011. These dates are 90 

days from the original scheduled dates 

of the preliminary and final results of 

these full sunset reviews. 

This notice is issued in accordance 

with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and (C)(v) of 

the Act. 

Dated: April 6, 2011. 

Gary Taverman, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8735 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–489–805] 

Certain Pasta From Turkey: Extension 

of Time Limit for the Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; (202) 482–3692. 

Background 

On July 24, 1996, the Department 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on certain pasta 

from Turkey. See Notice of 

Antidumping Duty Order and Amended 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Certain Pasta From 

Turkey, 61 FR 38545 (July 24, 1996). On 

July 1, 2010, we published in the 

Federal Register the notice of 

‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative 

Review’’ of this order for the period July 

1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. See 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 38074 

(July 1, 2010). On July 30, 2010, we 

received a request from petitioners 1 to 


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