57670 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 186 / Monday, September 27, 2004 / Notices 

The NOSB met for the first time in 

Washington, DC, in March 1992, and 

currently has six committees working 

on various aspects of the organic 

program. The committees are: 

Compliance, Accreditation, and 

Certification; Crops; Livestock; 

Materials; Handling; and Policy 

Development. 

In August of 1994, the NOSB 

provided its initial recommendations for 

the National Organic Program (NOP) to 

the Secretary of Agriculture. Since that 

time, the NOSB has submitted 53 

addenda to its recommendations and 

reviewed more than 264 substances for 

inclusion on the National List of 

Allowed and Prohibited Substances. 

The last meeting of the NOSB was held 

on April 28–30, 2004, in Chicago, 

Illinois.

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) published its final National 

Organic Program regulation in the 

Federal Register on December 21, 2000 

(65 FR 80548). The rule became 

effective April 21, 2001. 

The principal purposes of the meeting 

are to hear discussions between NOP 

and NOSB regarding the status of 

previous NOSB materials 

recommendations; NOSB 

recommendations concerning 

compatibility, commercial availability, 

and minor non-compliances; a NOP/

NOSB framework for collaboration; an 

action plan for a NOSB Executive 

Director; and the process for reviewing 

materials. The NOSB will receive an 

update on the statement of work for 

TAP contractors, discuss issues 

concerning a letter of understanding 

with the Organic Materials Review 

Institute, and participate in working 

sessions that consider committee drafts 

designed to provide feedback to the 

NOP on directives regarding inerts, 

fishmeal as a feed supplement, 

antibiotics, and NOP scope. The Board 

will receive public input on materials 

issues, standards for pet food and 

aquatic animals, and hear a presentation 

on integrated organic program research 

grants from the USDA Cooperative State 

Research Education and Extension 

Service (CSREES). 

The Materials Committee will present, 

for NOSB consideration, an action plan 

to establish standard operating 

procedures for facilitating the sunset 

review of materials and discuss issues 

involving OFPA provisions for materials 

and interpretations of those provisions 

and the National List. The Materials 

Committee will also discuss revising the 

Federal Register notice for petitioning 

substances and consider issues in 

refining the process for materials 

review. The Handling Committee will 

provide an update on materials 

approved as food contact substances 

and present, for NOSB consideration, 

action plans to address issues 

concerning organic yeast and pet food 

standards. The Livestock Committee 

will present, for discussion, the 

formation of a task force on wild caught 

and aquaculture standards. The Policy 

Development Committee will present a 

draft committee recommendation for 

scheduling NOSB meetings and provide 

an update on board policy manual 

revisions. Finally, the Crops Committee 

will discuss issues concerning the use of 

extraction methods, including the use of 

potassium carbonate and hydrolyzed 

extracts, and submit, for consideration, 

its recommendation on the Compost Tea 

Task Force report. 

Materials to be reviewed at the 

meeting by the NOSB are as follows: for 

Crop Production: Soy Protein Isolate. 

For further information, see http://

www.ams.usda.gov/nop. Copies of the 

NOSB meeting agenda can be requested 

from Ms. Katherine Benham by 

telephone at (202) 205–7806; or by 

accessing the NOP Web site at http://

www.ams.usda.gov/nop.

The meeting is open to the public. 

The NOSB has scheduled time for 

public input on Tuesday, October 12, 

2004, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and Thursday, 

October 14, 2004, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Individuals and organizations wishing 

to make an oral presentation at the 

meeting may forward their request by 

mail, facsimile, or e-mail to Ms. 

Katherine Benham at addresses listed in 

ADDRESSES above. While persons 

wishing to make a presentation may 

sign up at the door, advance registration 

will ensure that a person has the 

opportunity to speak during the allotted 

time period and will help the NOSB to 

better manage the meeting and to 

accomplish its agenda. Individuals or 

organizations will be given 

approximately 5 minutes to present 

their views. All persons making an oral 

presentation are requested to provide 

their comments in writing. Written 

submissions may contain information 

other than that presented at the oral 

presentation. 

Written comments may also be 

submitted at the meeting. Persons 

submitting written comments at the 

meeting are asked to provide 30 copies. 

Interested persons may visit the 

NOSB portion of the NOP Web site 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop to view 

available documents prior to the 

meeting. Approximately 6 weeks 

following the meeting interested 

persons will be able to visit the NOSB 

portion of the NOP Web site to view 

documents from the meeting.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

A.J. Yates, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Williamson River Delta 

Restoration Project

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Williamson River Delta 

Restoration Project and requesting 

public comment. A public meeting will 

be held at the Chiloquin High School 

Library on October 6, 2004, at 7 p.m. to 

discuss the project. 

SUMMARY: The NRCS is seeking public 

comment on the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for a wetland 

restoration project on the Williamson 

River Delta. The full DEIS can be found 

at the following Web site: ftp://ftpfc.sc.egov.usda.gov/OR/Klamath/

williamsonriverdeis.pdf and at the 

following locations: 

• NRCS Office, 2316 S. 6th St., Suite 

C, Klamath Falls, OR 97601. 

• Klamath County Commissioners, 

305 Main St., 2nd Floor, Klamath Falls, 

OR 97601. 

• Klamath Tribes Natural Resources 

Department, 501 Chiloquin Blvd., 

Chiloquin, OR 97624. 

• Chiloquin Public Library, 140 First 

St., Klamath Falls, OR 97624. 

• Klamath Falls Public Library, 126 S. 

Third St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601. 

• The Nature Conservancy, 226 Pine 

St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

45-day period beginning September 17, 

2004, through November 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and 

comments to Kevin Conroy, Basin Team 

Leader, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service (NRCS), 2316 S. Sixth St., Suite 

C, Klamath Falls, OR 97601; (541) 882–

9044 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Conroy, (541) 883–6924.

Dated: September 9, 2004. 

Bob Graham, 

State Conservationist, Portland, OR.

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