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Access roads, parking areas, boat ramps, 

wildlife plantings in the adjacent lands, 

fishing jetties, in-lake facilities, 

underwater fish structures, etc., will be 

installed by the Iowa Department of 

Natural Resources (IDNR) with their 

own funds. The Ringgold County 

Conservation Board (RCCB) will install 

the recreation facilities such as roads, 

campgrounds, cabins, restrooms, picnic 

areas, beach, parking lots, etc. 

Effects of the Recommended Actions 

There are no cultural resources in the 

area of potential effect. Construction of 

recreation facilities (i.e. access roads, 

cabins, boat ramps, etc.) will need 

further cultural resources survey. 

Construction discoveries will be 

handled in accordance with NRCS 

General Manual, Section 420, Part 401. 

Construction of the dam and 

multipurpose pool inundates 24,000 feet 

(8 acres) of low quality ephemeral and 

intermittent warm water stream channel 

habitat. This conversion creates 565 

acres of high quality warm water 

lacustrine habitat. 

No jurisdictional wetlands were 

identified in either the planned 

multipurpose pool, flood pool, or at the 

structure site. 

Ringgold County is within the 

summer range of the Indiana Bat (myotis 

sodalis). However, since less than five 

percent of the project area is in 

woodland, suitable habitat for this 

species does not occur at the project 

site. No other Federal or state listed T&E 

species are known to occur in the 

Gooseberry Lake project area, nor are 

there any areas of suitable habitat for 

those species listed for Ringgold County 

in this project area. 

While 110.1 acres woody wildlife 

habitat with a value of 73.6 Habitat 

Units will be lost to the structure and 

pool, the installation of planned 

measures will produce 248 additional 

acres of woody wildlife habitat worth 

110.8 Habitat Units. This will produce 

a net project gain of 147.9 acres and 37.8 

habitat units. 

Grassland wildlife habitat on 425 

acres with a value of 117.7 Habitat Units 

will be lost due to the project. The 

installation of planned measures will 

produce 650 acres additional acres of 

grassland wildlife habitat worth 299 

Habitat Units. This will produce a net 

project gain of 225 acres and 181.3 

habitat units. 

Installation of the project will convert 

2,365 acres of cropland, hayland, and 

pasture to non-agricultural land uses. 

This includes 725 acres of prime 

farmland. 

Alternative Actions 

The only alternative action to the 

proposed action considered in the 

supplemental plan–EA would be to 

construct Site GB–3 approved in the 

original watershed plan–EIS. That 

alternative action was rejected by the 

Sponsors. The supplemental plan is the 

only alternative that meets the local 

Sponsors objectives and is acceptable to 

local residents. The plan is the National 

Economic Development (NED) plan. 

Consultation and Public Participation 

The Gooseberry Lake Agency has held 

more than 40 meetings beginning in 

2000. All have been conducted in 

accordance with the Iowa Open 

Meetings Law. This means that the 

public has been notified of each meeting 

and allowed to attend and participate in 

each meeting. Typically, 10–25 

members of the public attend these 

regular meetings; two to five request 

time on the agenda to speak. One or 

more members of the NRCS staff were 

at each of those meetings in order to 

answer questions and receive 

comments. 

Ongoing public participation 

identified the need to include detailed 

information on recreation benefits and 

other direct costs related to lost farm 

income. This was done and was 

discussed in the supplemental plan–EA. 

NRCS hosted a week long open house 

at Mount Ayr, Iowa in February 2004. 

Numerous displays and information 

related to the East Fork of the Grand 

Watershed and the proposed 565 acre 

Gooseberry Lake were available during 

the open house. NRCS staff answered 

questions from the over 80 public 

participants. 

Seven Indian tribal contacts and one 

local historical society were notified of 

this intended action in accordance with 

36CFR800. They were consulted about 

their knowledge of historical properties 

in the project area. No response was 

received from the tribes or the local 

historical society. 

The draft supplemental plan was 

provided to local, state, and federal 

agencies and non-governmental 

organizations for a 45 day long 

interagency review beginning in March, 

2004. Any private citizens who 

requested the document were also 

mailed copies and requested to 

comment during the interagency review 

comment period. Seventy-eight copies 

of the supplemental plan–EA were 

distributed to the above agencies and 

private citizens during the interagency 

comment period. The NRCS also posted 

the draft supplemental plan on its Iowa 

Web site, at http://

www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov. News releases 

were issued to state and local media 

announcing its availability on the Web 

site and that hard copies could be 

obtained by contacting the NRCS–Iowa 

state office. Requests for review and 

input into the document were part of 

the news releases. 

Significant comments were received 

from five private citizens, four 

government agencies, and one nongovernmental organization. These 

comments were addressed in the final 

supplemental plan–EA. 

Conclusion 

The Environmental Assessment 

summarized above indicates that this 

Federal action will not cause significant 

impacts on the environment. Therefore, 

based on the above findings, I have 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement for the Supplemental 

Watershed Plan No. 1 East Fork of the 

Grand River Watershed is not required.

Dated: September 28, 2004.

Richard Van Klaveren, 

State Conservationist.

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ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION 

COMMISSION 

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization 

Commission will hold a public meeting 

on October 20, 2004. The purpose of the 

meeting will be to (1) discuss the 

criteria and processes upon which the 

Commission will employ in selecting 

issues for further study and (2) discuss 

the nature of the report the Commission 

will issue.

DATES: October 20, 2004, 10 a.m. until 

1 p.m., unless earlier adjourned. All 

interested members of the public may 

attend. Registration is not required.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, 

Conference Center Rooms A & B, 601 

New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & 

General Counsel, Antitrust 

Modernization Commission: telephone: 

(202) 326–2487; e-mail: info@amc.gov.

Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Antitrust Modernization Commission 

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was established to ‘‘examine whether 

the need exists to modernize the 

antitrust laws and to identify and study 

related issues.’’ Antitrust Modernization 

Commission Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–

273, § 11053, 116 Stat. 1856. 

The AMC has called this meeting 

pursuant to its authorizing statute and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Antitrust Modernization Commission 

Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–273, § 11058(f), 

116 Stat. 1758, 1857; Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2); 

41 CFR 102–3.150 (2003).

Dated: September 27, 2004.

By direction of Deborah A. Garza, Chair of 

the Antitrust Modernization Commission.

Approved by Designated Federal Officer: 

Andrew J. Heimert, 

Executive Director & General Counsel, 

Antitrust Modernization Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 092904D]

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in 

the Western Pacific; Western Pacific 

Pelagic Fisheries; Public Hearing on 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Islands Regional 

Office of NMFS, in coordination with 

the Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, will hold a public 

hearing in Honolulu, HI, to receive 

comments on a draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS) for 

management measures being considered 

for the domestic pelagic fisheries in the 

Pacific Ocean. The DEIS describes and 

assesses the likely environmental 

impacts of a range of alternatives for two 

fishery management actions. The first 

action is aimed at cost-effectively 

reducing the potentially harmful effects 

of fishing by Hawaii-based longline 

vessels on seabirds. The second is 

aimed at establishing an effective 

management framework for pelagic 

squid fisheries in the Pacific, including 

fishing activities within the exclusive 

economic zone of the U.S. and on the 

high seas. The first action would be 

taken through the Fishery Management 

Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the 

Western Pacific Region (FMP), under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. The second action would be taken 

both through the FMP and under the 

authority of the High Seas Fishing 

Compliance Act.

DATES: Public hearings will be held as 

follows: Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 

from 5 to 7 p.m., on Hawaii Island in 

Hilo, HI; Thursday, October 7, 2004, 

from 6 to 8 p.m., on Oahu Island in 

Honolulu, HI; and Friday, October 8, 

2004, on Kauai Island in Lihue, HI. All 

times are Hawaii Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be 

held at the following locations: On 

Hawaii Island at the University of 

Hawaii at Hilo, Campus Center, Room 

301, 200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI; On 

Oahu Island at the office of the Western 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, 

Honolulu, HI; On Kauai Island, at 

Kamakahelei Middle School, Room E–

101, 4431 Nuhou St., Lihue, HI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Graham, NMFS, 808–973–2937.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS 

was made available to the public on 

August 27, 2004, as described in a 

Notice of Availability published in the 

Federal Register by the Environmental 

Protection Agency on that date. The 

public comment period for the DEIS 

ends October 12, 2004.

To obtain a copy of the DEIS or for 

additional information, contact NMFS 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

The DEIS is also available on the 

Internet at http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/pir/

.

Special Accommodations

This hearing is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Tom 

Graham, 808–973–2937 (voice) or 808–

973–2941 (fax), by October 6, 2004.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 

U.S.C. 5501 et seq.

Dated: September 30, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Title: Trademark Processing 

(proposed addition of seven new TEAS 

Forms). 

Form Number(s): PTO Forms 2194, 

2195, 2196, 2197, 2200, 2201, and 2202. 

These forms will be added to those that 

are currently approved for this 

collection: PTO Form 4.8, 4.9, 4.16, 

1478, 1478(a), 1553, 1581, 1583, 1963, 

2000, and PTO/TM/4.16 and 1583. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0009. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 154,483 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 762,701 

responses. 

Avg. Hours Per Response:

Approximately 3 to 12 minutes, 

depending on the form. The USPTO 

estimates that it takes approximately 3 

minutes (0.05 hours) to complete the 

requests for deletion of the § 1(b) basis 

from an intent to use application, the 

change of owner’s address form, and the 

express abandonment of the application 

and submit them electronically through 

the Trademark Electronic Application 

System (TEAS). The USPTO estimates 

that it takes approximately 5 minutes 

(0.08 hours) to complete the petitions to 

revive and the revocation and 

appointment of attorneys, and 12 

minutes (0.20 hours) to complete the 

withdrawals as the attorney of record 

and submit them electronically through 

TEAS. The USPTO estimates that it 

takes 6 minutes (0.10 hours) to complete 

the revocation and appointment of 

attorney, and 12 minutes (0.20 hours) to 

complete the petitions to revive and 

mail them to the USPTO. This includes 

the time to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the petitions, 

requests, and other associated forms, 

and submit them to the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: The USPTO is 

developing seven forms that will allow 

applicants to submit certain petitions, 

requests, revocations, and change of 

address forms electronically through 

TEAS. When the USPTO deploys these 

forms, applicants will be able to petition 

the USPTO to revive an abandoned 

application; to appoint or revoke a 

power of attorney; to request that the 

USPTO delete a § 1(b) filing basis from 

an intent to use application; to request 

permission to withdraw as the attorney 

of record; and to request the withdrawal 

of an application. Applicants and