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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 69, No. 197

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area 

(SRA) Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: An Opal Creek Scenic 

Recreation Area Advisory Council 

meeting will convene in Stayton, 

Oregon on Wednesday, November 3, 

2004. The meeting is scheduled to begin 

at 6:30 p.m., and will conclude at 

approximately 8:30 p.m. The meeting 

will be held in the South Room of the 

Stayton Community Center located on 

400 West Virginia Street in Stayton, 

Oregon. 

The Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal 

Creek Scenic Recreation Area Act of 

1996 (Opal Creek Act) (Pub. L. 104–208) 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

establish the Opal Creek Scenic 

Recreation Area Advisory Council. The 

Advisory Council is comprised of 

thirteen members representing state, 

county and city governments, and 

representatives of various organizations, 

which include mining industry, 

environmental organizations, inholders 

in Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area, 

economic development, Indian tribes, 

adjacent landowners and recreation 

interests. The council provides advice to 

the Secretary of Agriculture on 

preparation of a comprehensive Opal 

Creek Management Plan for the SRA, 

and consults on a periodic and regular 

basis on the management of the area. 

Tentative agenda items include: Current 

project updates; finalize project ranking 

process, begin identifying new projects, 

discuss District program of work and 

how councils project recommendations 

fit in. 

A direct public comment period is 

tentatively scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. 

Time allotted for individual 

presentations will be limited to 3 

minutes. Written comments are 

encouraged, particularly if the material 

cannot be presented within the time 

limits of the comment period. Written 

comments may be submitted prior to 

November 3rd by sending them to 

Designated Federal Official Paul Matter 

at the address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information regarding this 

meeting, contact Designated Federal 

Official Paul Matter; Willamette 

National Forest, Detroit Ranger District, 

HC 73 Box 320, Mill City, OR 97360; 

(503) 854–3366.

Dated: October 5, 2004. 

Dallas J. Emch, 

Forest Supervisor.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting, Sundance, WY

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 Black Hills National Forests’ 

Crook County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet Monday, October 

18, 2004 in Sundance, Wyoming for a 

business meeting. The meeting is open 

to the public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on October 18, begins 

at 6:30 p.m., at the U.S. Forest Service, 

Bearlodge Ranger District office, 121 

South 21st Street, Sundance, Wyoming. 

Agenda topics will include: Updates on 

previously funded projects and a review 

of new project proposals. A public 

forum will begin at 8:30 p.m. (MT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Kozel, Bearlodge District Ranger 

and Designated Federal Officer, at (307) 

283–1361.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Julie Wheeler 

Acting Bearlodge District Ranger.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a 

Foreign-Trade Zone; Auburn 

(Androscoggin County), ME 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board adopts 

the following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act 

provides for ‘‘* * *. the establishment 

* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of 

entry of the United States, to expedite 

and encourage foreign commerce, and 

for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to 

qualified corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Lewiston-Auburn 

Economic Growth Council, a Maine notfor-profit corporation (the Grantee), has 

made application to the Board (FTZ 

Docket 14–2004, filed 4/5/04), 

requesting the establishment of a 

foreign-trade zone at sites in Auburn 

(Androscoggin County), Maine, within 

the Portland, Maine, Customs port of 

entry; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 19387, 4/13/04); and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that approval of the application is in the 

public interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

grants to the Grantee the privilege of 

establishing a foreign-trade zone, 

designated on the records of the Board 

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 263, at the 

sites described in the application, and 

subject to the Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

October, 2004.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

Donald L. Evans, 

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and 

Executive Officer. 

Attest: 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

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