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of the private property, the Applicant is 

proposing to extend Tranquility Road by 

adding approximately 250 feet of road 

length. The extensions would have a 

minimum 24-foot wide running surface. 

The road access associated with this 

alternative would merge into the current 

entrance to the Ski Area at the junction 

with Highway 160. Utility corridors to 

the east and the north of the 

approximately 2,350-foot access road 

would include buried electrical 

transmission lines, television and 

communication cables, fiber-optic lines, 

and other utilities. An additional 1,000-

foot long, 20-foot wide utility corridor 

from Highway 160 to the northwest 

section of the private property is also 

proposed. Public access across the 

private property on FSR 391 would 

remain unchanged from the current 

USFS management conditions. 

Snow Shed—East Village Access 

Alternative: The Snow Shed—East 

Village Access Alternative would 

authorize the construction and use of an 

access road and three utility corridors 

that begin on Highway 160, at a point 

approximately 0.33 mile east of the 

current entrance to the Ski Area and 

approximately 0.25 mile west of the 

Snow Shed. Utility corridors alongside 

the approximately 1,500-foot access 

road would include buried electrical 

transmission lines, television and 

communication cables, fiber-optic lines, 

and other utilities. Public access across 

private lands on FSR 391 would remain 

unchanged from the current 

management conditions. 

Dual Access Road Alternative: This 

alternative provides two access roads to 

the private property and utility 

corridors associated with those roads. 

This alternative would be a combination 

of Alternative 2 (Proposed Action) and 

the first 750 feet of Alternative 3 (from 

Highway 160 to the northwestern 

boundary of the private property). 

Public access across private lands on 

FSR 391 would remain unchanged from 

the current management conditions. 

After the end of the public comment 

period, the USFS will consider and 

respond to the comments received, 

revise the Draft EIS as appropriate, and 

issue the Final EIS. The USFS will 

consider the analysis in the Final EIS, 

along with other information, in making 

a decision on the request for authorized 

use of the access road(s) and corridor(s). 

Comments Requested 

The Notice of Availability published 

by the Environmental Protection Agency 

on October 8, 2004 initiated the public 

comment process that guides the 

development of the Final EIS. The USFS 

invites written comments and 

suggestions on the proposed action and 

alternatives, including any issues to 

consider, as well as any concerns 

relevant to the analysis. Pursuant to 30 

CFR 215.13(b), only those individuals or 

organizations who submitted 

substantive comments during the 

comment period may file an appeal. 

Comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be considered part of the public record 

on this Proposed Action and will be 

available for public inspection. If you 

wish to withhold your name or street 

address from public review or from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), you must state 

this prominently at the beginning of 

your written comment. Such requests 

will be honored to the extent allowed by 

law, but persons requesting such 

confidentiality should be aware that 

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be 

granted in only very limited 

circumstances, such as to protect trade 

secrets. The USFS will inform the 

requester of the agency’s decision 

regarding the request for confidentiality, 

and where the request is denied, the 

agency will return the submission and 

notify the requester that the comments 

may be resubmitted with or without 

name and address within a specified 

number of days. All submissions from 

organizations and business, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, those who submit 

anonymous comments will not have 

standing to appeal the subsequent 

decision pursuant to 36 CFR part 215. 

Comments and USFS responses will be 

addressed in the Final EIS.

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Peter L. Clark, 

Forest Supervisor.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Intergovernmental Advisory 

Committee Meeting, Northwest Forest 

Plan

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental 

Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest 

Forest Plan (NWFP), will meet on 

November 3, 2004, in the Broadway/

Weidler Conference Rooms at the 

DoubleTree at Lloyd Center Hotel, 1000 

NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon (503–

249–3110). The meeting will begin at 9 

a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 

p.m. The purpose of the meeting, in 

general, is to continue committee 

discussions related to Northwest Forest 

Plan implementation. Meeting agenda 

items include, but are not limited to the 

10-year monitoring report process, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

Conservation Security Program, Pacific 

Northwest Aquatic Monitoring 

Partnerships, update on Bureau of Land 

Management Resource Management 

Plan Revisions, and several short 

written or oral reports related to ongoing 

implementation improvement activities. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

fully accessible for people with 

disabilities. A 15-minute time slot is 

reserved for public comments at 9:15 

a.m. Interpreters are available upon 

request at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting. Written comments may be 

submitted for the meeting record. 

Interested persons are encouraged to 

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may 

be directed to Kath Collier, Management 

Analyst, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333 

SW First Avenue, P.O. Box 3623, 

Portland, OR 97208 (telephone: 503–

808–2165).

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Anne Badgley, 

Designated Federal Official.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Wrangell-Petersburg Resource 

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Wrangell-Petersburg Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet 

from 1 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. (or until the 

conclusion of public testimony) on 

Friday, November 5, and from 8 a.m. 

until 2 p.m., Saturday, November 6, 

2004, in Petersburg, Alaska. The 

purpose of this meeting is to review, 

discuss and potentially recommend for 

funding proposals received pursuant to 

Title II, Public Law 106–393, H.R. 2389, 

the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2000, also called the ‘‘Payments to