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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Madera County Resource Advisory 

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) and under the 

secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 

106–393) the Sierra National Forest’s 

Resource Advisory Committee for 

Madera County will meet on Monday, 

February 16, 2004. The Madera 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

at the Yosemite Bank, Oakhurst, CA. 

The purpose of the meeting is: Review 

RAC process for accepting/reviewing 

proposals, review progress of FY 2002 

accounting, monitoring and evaluation, 

Arrowhead presentation, and review 

Sierra Business Council book.

DATES: The Madera Resource Advisory 

Committee meeting will be held 

Monday, February 16, 2004. The 

meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Madera County RAC 

meeting will be held at the Yosemite 

Bank, 40061 Highway 40, Oakhurst, CA 

93643.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Martin, U.S.D.A., Sierra National 

Forest, Bass Lake Ranger District, 57003 

Road 225, North Fork, CA 93643; (559) 

877–2218 ext. 3100; e-mail: 

dmartin05@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

items to be covered include: (1) Review 

RAC process for accepting/reviewing 

proposals, (2) review progress of FY 

2002 accounting, (3) monitoring and 

evaluation, (4) Arrowhead presentation, 

and (5) review of Sierra Business 

Council book. Public input opportunity 

will be provided and individuals will 

have the opportunity to address the 

Committee at that time.

Dated: January 28, 2004. 

David W. Martin, 

District Ranger.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–

393), the Boise and Payette National 

Forests’ Southwest Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee will conduct a 

business meeting. The meeting is open 

to the public.

DATES: Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 

beginning at 10:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Idaho Counties Risk 

Management Program Building, 3100 

South Vista Avenue, Boise, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randy Swick, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (208) 634–0401 or e-mail 

rswick@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics will include review and approval 

of project proposals, and is an open 

public forum.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

Mark J. Madrid, 

Forest Supervisor, Payette National Forest.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Changes to 

Section IV of the Field Office Technical 

Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service in Indiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in Section IV of the 

FOTG of the NRCS in Indiana for review 

and comment. 

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in 

Indiana to issue ten (10) revised and two 

(2) new conservation practice standards 

in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised 

standards are: Conservation Crop 

Rotation (328), Residue Management, 

Mulch-Till (329B), Residue 

Management, Ridge-Till (329C), Contour 

Buffer Strip (322), Residue Management, 

Seasonal (344), Riparian Forest Buffer 

(391), Recreation Land Grading and 

Shaping (566), Recreation Trail and 

Walkway (568), Nutrient Management 

(590), and Subsurface Drain (606). The 

new standards are: Cross Wind Trap 

Strips (589C) and Interim Standard 

Agrichemical Handling Facility (702). 

These practices may be used in 

conservation systems that treat highly 

erodible land and/or wetlands.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with the 

date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Address all requests and comments to 

Jane E. Hardisty, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), 6013 Lakeside Blvd., 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46278; telephone: 

317–290–3200. Copies of this standard 

will be made available upon written 

request. You may submit your electronic 

requests and comments to 

Darrell.brown@in.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that after enactment of the law, 

revisions made to NRCS state technical 

guides used to carry out highly erodible 

land and wetland provisions of the law, 

shall be made available for public 

review and comment. For the next 30 

days, the NRCS in Indiana will receive 

comments relative to the proposed 

changes. Following that period, a 

determination will be made by the 

NRCS in Indiana regarding disposition 

of those comments and a final 

determination of changes will be made.

Dated: January 21, 2004. 

Jane E. Hardisty, 

State Conservationist, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Indiana Advisory Committee 

(Time Change) 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, that the Indiana Advisory 

Committee to the Commission will 

convene a meeting from 1 p.m. until 5 

p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 

the Julia Carson Center, 300 East Fall 

Creek Parkway, Indianapolis, Indiana 

46205. The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss civil rights issues of interest and 

plan future activities. The original 

notice stated the meeting time from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. this notice is being issued 

to inform the public of this time change. 

Persons desiring additional 

information should contact Hollis 

Hughes, Committee Chairperson at 574–

232–8201 or Constance M. Davis, 

Director of the Midwestern Regional 

Office 312–353–8311, (TDD 312–353–

8362). Hearing-impaired persons who 

will attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at

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least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, January 29, 2004. 

Ivy L. Davis, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Missouri and Oklahoma 

Advisory Committees 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, that a conference call of the 

Missouri and Oklahoma Advisory 

Committees will convene at 1:30 p.m. 

and adjourn at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 

February 25, 2004. The purpose of the 

conference call is to conduct a 

subcommittee planning meeting for a 

regional ‘‘Midwest Civil Rights 

Listening Tour’’ in 2004. 

This conference call is available to the 

public through the following call-in 

number: 1–800–497–7780, access code 

21562657. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls not initiated 

using the supplied call-in number or 

over wireless lines and the Commission 

will not refund any incurred charges. 

Callers will incur no charge for calls 

using the call-in number over land-line 

connections. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and access code. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office, 913–551–

1400 and TDD number 913–551–1414, 

by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 

2004. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC January 23, 2004. 

Ivy L. Davis, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska 

Advisory Committees 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, that a conference call of the 

Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska Advisory 

Committees will convene at 1:30 p.m. 

and adjourn at 3 p.m. on Thursday, 

February 26, 2004. The purpose of the 

conference call is to conduct a 

subcommittee planning meeting for a 

regional ‘‘Midwest Civil Rights 

Listening Tour’’ in 2004. 

This conference call is available to the 

public through the following call-in 

number: 1–800–659–8292, access code 

21536083. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls not initiated 

using the supplied call-in number or 

over wireless lines and the Commission 

will not refund any incurred charges. 

Callers will incur no charge for calls 

using the call-in number over land-line 

connections. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Jo Ann Daniels of 

the Central Regional Office, 913–551–

1400 and TDD number 913–551–1414, 

by 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 

2004. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, January 23, 2004. 

Ivy L. Davis, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce (DOC) 

has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance the following proposal for 

collection of information under 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS). 

Title: License Exception, 

Humanitarian Donations. 

Agency Form Number: None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0694–0033. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Burden: 10 hours. 

Average Time Per Response: 5 hours 

per response. 

Number of Respondents: 2 

respondents. 

Needs and Uses: Section 7(g) of the 

EAA, as amended by the Export 

Administration Amendments Act of 

1985 (Public Law 99–64), exempts from 

foreign policy controls exports of 

donations to meet basic human needs. 

Since the re-write of the Export 

Administration Regulations, an exporter 

is permitted to ship humanitarian goods 

identified in Supplement 2 to Part 740, 

to embargoed destinations using the 

new License Exception procedures. This 

regulation reduces the regulatory 

burden on these exporters by enabling 

them to make humanitarian donations 

with only minimal recordkeeping. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

businesses or other for-profit 

institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, DOC 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–

0266, Department of Commerce, Room 

6025, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms 

for Determination of Eligibility To 

Apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: To give all interested parties an 

opportunity to comment.