Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 20, 2004 / Notices 61635

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Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.

[FR Doc. 04–23420 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: North Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee, Kamiah, Idaho, 

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Public Law 92–463) and under the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public 

Law 106–393) the Nez Perce and 

Clearwater National Forests’ North 

Central Idaho Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet Friday, November 

5, 2004 in Moscow, Idaho for a business 

meeting. The meeting is open to the 

public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on November 5, at the 

Ameri-Host Inn, 185 Warbonnet Drive, 

Moscow, ID, begins at 10 a.m. (PST). 

Agenda topics will include discussion 

of potential projects. A public forum 

will begin at 2:30 p.m. (PST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ihor 

Mereszczak, Staff Officer and 

Designated Federal Officer, at (208) 

935–2513.

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Ihor Mereszczak, 

Acting Forest Supervisor.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service 

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, 

Inc. and Brazos Electric Power 

Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Intent To 

Hold a Public Scoping Meeting and 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to hold a public 

scoping meeting and prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS), an agency delivering the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Rural 

Development Utilities Programs, intends 

to hold a public scoping meeting and 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement in connection with potential 

impacts related to a project being 

proposed by Western Farmers Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., (WFEC), of Anadarko, 

Oklahoma, and Brazos Electric Power 

Cooperative, Inc., (Brazos) of Waco, 

Texas. The proposal consists of the 

construction and operation of a 750 

megawatt coal-fired electric generation 

facility at the existing Hugo Generating 

Station near Hugo, Oklahoma.

DATES: RUS will conduct a public 

scoping meeting in an open-house 

format on November 1, 2004, from 7 

p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Kiamichi 

Technical Center, 107 South 15th Street, 

Hugo, Oklahoma.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis Rankin, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, RUS, Engineering 

and Environmental Staff, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone: 

(202) 720–1953 or e-mail: 

dennis.rankin@usda.gov, or Gerald 

Butcher, Senior Environmental 

Specialist, Western Farmers Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., P.O. Box 429, 

Anadarko, OK 73005–0429, telephone: 

(405) 559–4341, or email: 

g_butcher@wfec.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WFEC and 

Brazos propose to construct and operate 

a 750 MW coal-fired electric generation 

facility at the existing Hugo Generating 

Station near Hugo, Oklahoma. 

Construction of the project will require 

the construction of new electric 

transmission lines. Studies are currently 

underway to determine potential 

connection points and transmission line 

corridors. As soon as the connection 

points and transmission line corridors 

are identified RUS will hold additional 

public meetings. The schedule 

developed by WFEC and Brazos would 

place the facility in commercial 

operation by 2010. Alternatives to be 

considered by RUS include no action, 

purchased power, renewable energy 

sources, distributed generation, and 

alternative transmission line routes. 

Comments regarding the proposed 

project may be submitted (orally or in 

writing) at the public scoping meeting 

or in writing within 30 days after the 

November 1, 2004 meeting to RUS at the 

address provided in this notice. 

RUS will use input provided by 

government agencies, private 

organizations, and the public in the 

preparation of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft EIS 

will be available for review and 

comment for 45 days. A Final EIS will 

then be prepared that considers all 

comments received. The Final EIS will 

be available for review and comment for 

30 days. Following the 30-day comment 

period, RUS will prepare a Record of 

Decision (ROD). Notices announcing the 

availability of the Draft and Final EIS 

and the ROD will be published in the 

Federal Register and in local 

newspapers. Any final action by RUS 

related to the proposed project will be 

subject to, and contingent upon, 

compliance with all relevant Federal, 

State. and local environmental laws and 

regulations and completion of the 

environmental review requirements as 

prescribed in Title 7 CFR Part 1794, 

Environmental Policies and Procedures.

Dated: October 5, 2004. 

Glendon D. Deal, 

Director, Engineering and Environmental 

Staff, Water and Environmental Programs.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 34–2004] 

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—

Conroe (Montgomery County), Texas 

Extension of Comment Period 

The comment period for the 

application to establish a generalpurpose foreign-trade zone in Conroe 

(Montgomery County), Texas, submitted 

by the City of Conroe, Texas (69 FR 

51060, 8/17/04), is being extended to 

November 19, 2004 to allow interested 

parties additional time in which to 

comment. Rebuttal comments may be 

submitted until December 6, 2004. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building-Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions via U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCBSuite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

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