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promoted by the applicant for the year 

2010, as specified in the 2007 

Cooperator program application. 

The Commodity Branches’ 

recommended funding levels for each 

applicant are converted to percentages 

of the total Cooperator program funds 

available and then multiplied by each 

weight factor to determine the amount 

of funds allocated to each applicant. 

2. Anticipated Announcement Date: 

Announcements of funding decisions 

for the Cooperator program are 

anticipated during October 2011. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: The FAS will notify 

each applicant in writing of the final 

disposition of its application. The FAS 

will send an approval letter and project 

agreement to each approved applicant. 

The approval letter and project 

agreement will specify the terms and 

conditions applicable to the project, 

including the levels of Cooperator 

program funding, and cost-share 

contribution requirements. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: Interested parties should 

review the Cooperator program 

regulations, which are available at the 

following URL address: http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/mos/programs/ 

fmdprogram.asp. Hard copies may be 

obtained by contacting the Program 

Operations Division. 

3. Reporting: The FAS requires 

various reports and evaluations from 

Cooperators. Reporting requirements are 

detailed in the Cooperator program 

regulations in sections 1484.53, 1484.70, 

and 1484.72. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

For additional information and 

assistance, contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

Courier address: Portals Office 

Building, Suite 400, 1250 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024, or 

by phone: (202) 720–4327, or by fax: 

(202) 720–9361, or by e-mail: 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on the 25th of 

March, 2011. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

and Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9214 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; 

Nevada; Environmental Impact 

Statement for Geothermal Leasing on 

the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest (HTNF) will prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) to 

evaluate certain National Forest System 

(NFS) lands for geothermal leasing 

availability. The project area includes 

NFS lands on the HTNF in Douglas, 

Lyon, Mineral, Lander, Nye and White 

Pine County, NV. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by May 

16, 2011. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected in October 

2011 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in March 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Keith Whaley, Project Manager, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 

Bridgeport Ranger District, HC 62 Box 

1000, Bridgeport, CA 93517. Comments 

may also be sent via e-mail to 

comments-intermtn-humboldt-toiyabe 

@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to (760) 932– 

5899. Comments can be hand-delivered 

to: Bridgeport Ranger Station, Highway 

395 South, Bridgeport, CA, Attn. Keith 

Whaley. Comments received in response 

to this Notice of Intent (NOI), including 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record for this project and will be 

available for public inspection and will 

be released, if requested, under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Whaley, Project Manager, 

Bridgeport Ranger District, HC 62 Box 

1000, Bridgeport, CA 93517; Telephone: 

(760) 932–5821; E-mail: 

kwhaley@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 purpose of the proposed action is 

to determine if certain lands within the 

HTNF may be made available for 

geothermal leasing, and if so, to identify 

reasonable and necessary conditions to 

protect surface resources. The need for 

the proposed action is to allow the FS 

to satisfy their respective statutory and 

policy mandates in responding to 

requests for the environmentally 

responsible development of energy 

resources; to address provisions of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Sections 211 

and 222[d][1]); respond to other policy 

directives calling for clean and 

renewable energy; and to meet the 

increasing energy demands of the nation 

while reducing reliance on foreign 

energy imports, reducing greenhouse 

gas emissions, and improving national 

security. 

Proposed Action 

The HTNF would make 

approximately 662,700 acres of NFS 

lands administratively available for 

geothermal leasing. The lands to be 

made available encompass the Nevada 

portion of the Bridgeport Ranger District 

(approximately 659,000 acres), one area 

on the Austin Ranger District 

(approximately 3,200 acres), one area 

(approximately 160 acres) on the 

Tonopah District and one area on the 

Ely Ranger District (approximately 3,574 

acres). Leasing would include 

stipulations from Chapter 2 of the 

Geothermal Leasing Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (BLM, 

October 2008) and other stipulations 

determined to be reasonable and 

necessary to protect surface resources. 

The Decision resulting from this 

analysis would not affect any prior 

decisions on: (1) Geothermal leases in 

effect (2) Regional Forester Consent 

Decisions for specific geothermal leases 

or (3) lands made available under 

previous Forest-Level Availability 

Determination Decisions at the time said 

Decision is made. In addition, this 

analysis does not make any leasing 

determination decisions on any lands 

being analyzed under a separate 

environmental analysis at the time of 

this EIS. 

Possible Alternatives 

The No-Action Alternative: The USFS 

would not make an availability 

determination on these lands identified 

under this analysis. Processing of 

geothermal lease applications and 

nominations would continue, however, 

they would be evaluated on a case-bycase basis under separate NEPA 

analyses. 

The No Leasing Alternative: The No 

Leasing Alternative would not allow 

leasing of geothermal resources on the 

subject NFS lands. Under this 

alternative, lands within the project area 

analyzed would not be available for 

leasing. 


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Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The Bureau of Land Management 

Nevada State office, located at 1340 

Financial Blvd, Reno, NV 89502, is a 

cooperating agency for this NEPA 

analysis. 

Responsible Official 

Jeanne M. Higgins, Forest Supervisor, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 

1200 Franklin Way, Sparks, Nevada 

89431. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Based on the environmental analysis 

and disclosure in the EIS, the Forest 

Supervisor will decide whether or not to 

make available for geothermal leasing 

the lands analyzed in this EIS. 

Preliminary Issues 

Preliminary issues identified based on 

our experience with similar projects 

includes, but is not limited to, cultural 

resources, wildlife, vegetation, air, 

water, Native American concerns, 

visuals, land use, hazardous materials, 

inventoried roadless areas, social, and 

economic conditions. Other issues may 

be identified during the scoping period. 

Scoping Process 

This NOI initiates the scoping 

process, which guides the development 

of the environmental impact statement. 

The scoping period for this EIS will run 

30 days from the published date of this 

NOI. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

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. 

Dated: 17, 2011. 

Jeanne M. Higgins, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9160 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lynn Canal/Icy Straits Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lynn Canal/Icy Straits 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Juneau, Alaska, April 25, 2011. The 

purpose of this meeting is to orient the 

new appointees as to the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2008, provide 

operational guidelines, discuss and 

adopt specific bylaws for the RAC, and 

elect a RAC Chairperson. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

25, 2011 from 8:30–3:30. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Juneau Ranger District/Admiralty 

National Monument Office, 8510 

Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau, Alaska. 

Send written comments to Lynn Canal/ 

Icy Straits Resource Advisory 

Committee, c/o Admiralty National 

Monument Ranger, 8510 Mendenhall 

Loop Road, Juneau, Alaska 99801, or 

electronically to Debra Robinson, RAC 

Coordinator at drobinson03@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra Robinson, RAC Coordinator 

Juneau Ranger District/Admiralty 

National Monument, Tongass National 

Forest, (907) 789–0209. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, public input 

opportunity will be provided and 

individuals will have the opportunity to 

address the Committee at that time. 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Chad Vanormer, 

Admiralty National Monument Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9043 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Glenn/Colusa Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Glenn/Colusa Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Willows, California. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L 110–343) (the 

Act) and operates in compliance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

The purpose of the committee is to 

improve collaborative relationships and 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with title II of 

the Act. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review and discuss existing projects, 

and review new proposals for additional 

projects. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

16, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Mendocino National Forest, Grindstone 

Ranger District Office, Black Butte and 

Snow Mountain Conference Rooms, 

located at 825 N. Humboldt, Willows, 

CA 95988. Written comments may be 

submitted as described under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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 

Grindstone Ranger District, Stonyford 

Work Center, 5171 Stonyford-Elk Creek 

Rd., Stonyford, CA 95979. Please call 

ahead to 530–963–3128 to facilitate 

entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie L. Pearson, Visitor Information 

Assistant, and Glenn/Colusa R.A.C. 

Coordinator, Grindstone Ranger District, 

530–963–3128, LLPearson@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 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

Requests for reasonable accomodation 

for access to the facility or procedings 

may be made by contacting the person 

listed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 1. 

Introductions, 2. Approval of Minutes, 

3. RAC Admin. Updates, 4. Public 

Comment, 5. New Project Proposals, 6. 

Presenters, 7. Project Reviews FY 08/09/ 

10, 8. Schedule Monitoring Field Trip, 

9. General Discussion, 10. Meeting 

Schedule, 11. Adjourn. Anyone who 

would like to bring related matters to 

the attention of the committee may file 

written statements with the committee 

staff before or after the meeting. The 

agenda will include time for people to 

make oral statements of three minutes or 

less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by May 3, 2011 to be scheduled on the 

agenda. Written comments and requests 

for time for oral comments must be sent 


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