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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY COMPARISON OF IMPACTS ON IMPORTANT RESOURCE CONCERNS—Continued

Effects Alternative No. 1

No action 

Alternative No. 2

Channel improvement (NED) 

Adverse Annual .................................................. $0 ..................................................................... $78,000. 

Net Beneficial ..................................................... $0 ..................................................................... $16,226. 

Environmental Quality Account 

Threatened and Endangered Species ............... No impact ......................................................... No impact. 

Streams, Lakes, and Wetlands .......................... No impact ......................................................... No impact. 

Prime Farmland .................................................. No impact ......................................................... Reduce flooding on 1209 acres. 

Fish and Wildlife Habitats ................................... Adversely impacted .......................................... No impact. 

Water Quality ...................................................... Increase in stream turbidity ............................. Short term decrease in water quality during 

construction and improvement of water 

quality long term. 

Sedimentation ..................................................... No impact ......................................................... No significant long term impact. 

Other Social Effects 

Average Annual Flood damages ........................ Increase in average annual acres flooded 

above existing 1990 acres and in flood 

damages to infrastructure and residences.

Flood protection to agricultural lands by reducing average annual area flooded by 

1,385 acres, reduce flood damages to infrastructure and residences. 

Cultural and Historic Resources ......................... No impact ......................................................... No impact. 

Land Use and Floodplain Management ............. Land use might change as increased flooding 

decreases land productivity.

No change to land use and improvement to 

land management decisions. 

Transportation and Access ................................ Increased flooding of five roads and one 

bridge located downstream.

Transportation access would be maintained 

and improved. 

Regional Economic Development Account (Positive Effects/Negative Effects Annualized) 

Region ................................................................ $0 / $0 ............................................................... $0 / $27,300. 

Nation ................................................................. $0 / $0 ............................................................... $94,226 / $50,700. 

Conclusion 

The purpose of the improvement to 

Segment No. 7 of the Main Ditch is to 

provide flood prevention benefits to the 

agricultural lands, infrastructure, and 

residential area along Segment No. 7. The 

Environmental Assessment summarized 

above indicates that this Federal action will 

not cause significant local, regional, or 

national impacts on the environment. I find 

that neither the proposed action nor any of 

the alternatives is a major Federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. Therefore, based on 

above findings, I have determined that an 

Environmental Impact Statement for Segment 

No. 7 of the Main Ditch, Poinsett Watershed 

is not required.

Dated: October 15, 2004. 

Kalven L. Trice, 

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 04–24546 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on this information 

collection for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 3, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard C. Annan, Acting Director, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5174 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 720–0784, FAX: (202) 

720–4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for extension. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments may be sent to: 

Richard C. Annan, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5068, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX: 

(202) 720–4120. 

Title: Public Television Station Digital 

Transition Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0134. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: As part of the nation’s 

evolution to digital television, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

had ordered all television broadcasters 

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to initiate the broadcast of a digital 

television signal. Public television 

stations rely largely on community 

financial support to operate. In many 

rural areas the cost of the transition to 

digital broadcasting may exceed 

community resources. Since rural 

communities depend on public 

television stations for services ranging 

from educational course content in their 

schools to local news, weather, and 

agricultural reports, any disruption of 

public television broadcasting would be 

detrimental. 

Initiating a digital broadcast requires 

the installation of a new antenna, 

transmitter or translator, and new digital 

program management facilities 

consisting of processing and storage 

systems. Public television stations use a 

combination of transmitters and 

translators to serve the rural public. If 

the public television station is to 

perform program origination functions, 

as most do, digital cameras, editing and 

mastering systems are required. A new 

studio-to-tower site communications 

link may be required to transport the 

digital broadcast signal to each 

transmitter and translator. The 

capability to broadcast some 

programming in a high definition 

television format is inherent in the 

digital television standard, and this can 

require additional facilities at the 

studio. These are the new components 

of the digital transition. 

In designing the national competition 

for the distribution of these grant funds, 

priority is given to public television 

stations serving the areas that would be 

most unable to fund the digital 

transition without a grant. The largest 

sources of funding for public television 

stations are public membership and 

business contributions. In rural areas, 

lower population density reduces the 

field of membership, and rural areas 

have fewer businesses per capita than 

urban and suburban areas. Therefore, 

rurality is a primary predictor of the 

need for grant funding for a public 

television station’s digital transition. In 

addition, some rural areas have per 

capita income levels that are lower than 

the national average, and public 

television stations covering these areas 

in particular are likely to have difficulty 

funding the digital transition. As a 

result, the consideration of the per 

capita income of a public television 

station’s coverage area is a secondary 

predictor of the need for grant funding. 

Finally, some public television stations 

may face special difficulty 

accomplishing the transition, and a 

third scoring factor for station hardship 

will account for conditions that make 

these public television stations less 

likely to accomplish the digital 

transition without a grant. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 21 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.12. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,168 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853. FAX: (202) 

720–4120 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: October 29, 2004. 

Curtis M. Anderson, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 04–24604 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, November 16, 

2004, at 7 p.m. local time.

PLACE: North West Georgia Trade and 

Convention Center, Lecture Hall 

Theater, 2211 Dug Gap Battle Road, 

Dalton, Georgia, (Telephone No. 1–800–

824–7469).

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CSB) is convening 

a community meeting in connection 

with its investigation of a toxic gas 

release that occurred on April 12, 2004, 

at the MFG Chemical Inc. facility 

located in Dalton, Georgia. 

At the meeting CSB staff will present 

their preliminary investigative findings 

to the Board, including a summary of 

the incident. There will also be a panel 

discussion consisting of five emergency 

response organizations. After the staff 

presentations the Board will allow time 

for public comment. 

All staff presentations are preliminary 

and are intended solely to allow the 

Board to consider in a public forum the 

issues and factors involved in the 

incident. Factual analyses, conclusions, 

or findings contained in the staff 

presentations should not be considered 

final. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. Please notify CSB if a translator 

or interpreter is needed, at least five (5) 

business days prior to the meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Daniel Horowitz, (202) 261–7600.

Dated: November 1, 2004. 

Christopher W. Warner, 

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–24701 Filed 11–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 49–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 15—Kansas City, 

MO, Application for Subzone, Pfizer, 

Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products) 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board), by the Greater Kansas City 

Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 

15, requesting special-purpose subzone 

status for the manufacturing facilities of 

Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), in the Lee’s Summit, 

Missouri, area, within the Kansas City 

Missouri Customs port of entry. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on October 29, 2004. 

Pfizer’s plant (104 acres) is located at 

One Pfizer Way, Lee’s Summit, Jackson 

County, Missouri. The facility 

(approximately 235 employees) is used 

for the manufacture, processing, 

warehousing and distribution of 

pharmaceuticals, as well as for research 

and development activities. Pfizer will 

use zone procedures at the Lee’s 

Summit plant to manufacture 

Revolution (TM), (HTSUS 

3004.90.9103), a topical parasiticide for 

dogs and cats. The activity related to the 

manufacture of Revolution (TM) 

involves the use of the foreign-sourced 

chemicals butylated hydroxytoluene 

(HTSUS 2907.19.8000), hydroxylamine 

(HTSUS 2928.00.5000), and selamectin 

(HTSUS 2932.29.5050), two of which 

are processed at Pfizer’s Groton, 

Connecticut facility, prior to shipment 

to the Lee’s Summit facility. A subzone 

application is currently pending with 

the FTZ Board for Pfizer’s Groton 

facility (Docket 45–2004). Foreignsourced chemicals will account for most 

of the material value of the finished 

product. 

Zone procedures used at Lee’s 

Summit would exempt Pfizer from 

Customs duty payments on foreign