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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Six Rivers National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 1330 Bayshore Way, 

Eureka.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phebe Brown, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Mendocino National Forest, 825 

N. Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA 

95988, (503) 934–1137; E-MAIL 

pybrown@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

items to be covered include: (1) 

Regional Exosystem Office (REO) 

update; (2) Provincial Interagency 

Executive Committee (PIEC) feedback to 

the PAC regarding their 

recommendations on watershed 

analyses and Healthy Forest Restoration 

Act projects; (3) Report on the Province 

2004 Implementation Monitoring 

activity held in September; (4) Continue 

panel discussion concerning options for 

silvicultural treatments on federal lands; 

(5) Presentation on the NWFP 10-year 

monitoring program; (6) Presentation on 

Bureau of Land Management/

Department of Fish and Game research 

on impacts of fall, winter and spring 

prescribed burning on avian and 

terrestrial species; and (7) Public 

comment. The meeting is open to the 

public. Public input opportunity will be 

provided and individuals will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

that time.

Dated: November 9, 2004. 

Phebe Y. Brown, 

Committee Staff Coordinator.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting

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 Boise and Payette National 

Forests’ Southwest Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee will conduct a 

business meeting, which is open to the 

public.

DATES: Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 

beginning at 10:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Idaho Counties Risk 

Management Program Building, 3100 

South Vista Avenue, Boise, Idaho.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics will include review and approval 

of project proposals, and is an open 

public forum.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Gochnour, Designated Federal 

Officer, at 208–392–6681 or e-mail 

dgouchnour@fs.fed.us.

Dated: November 12, 2004. 

Bruce A. Waite, 

Acting Forest Supervisor, Boise National 

Forest.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service 

Household Water Well System 

Program; Notice of Finding of No 

Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no 

significant impact. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has 

made a finding of no significant impact 

(FONSI) for a new grant program that 

will implement the Household Water 

Well System Program (HWWSP) lending 

program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark S. Plank, Senior Environmental 

Scientist, RUS, Water and 

Environmental Programs, Engineering 

and Environmental Staff, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone: 

(202) 720–1649 or email: 

mark.plank@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) was 

signed into law as Public Law 107–171. 

Section 6012 of the Farm Bill amended 

Section 306E of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (CONACT) 

by adding a grant program to establish 

a lending program. The program will 

provide grants to private nonprofit 

organizations for the purpose of 

providing loans to eligible individuals 

for the construction, refurbishing, and 

servicing of individual household water 

well systems in rural areas that are or 

will be owned by the eligible 

individuals. The program is called the 

Household Water Well System Program 

(HWWSP). This program was authorized 

to appropriate up to $10,000,000 for 

Fiscal Years (FY) 2003 through 2007. 

There was no funding appropriated in 

FY 2003. However, the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub. L. 108–

199), includes $1,000,000 for the 

program. 

The USDA, Rural Utilities Service 

issued proposed regulations to 

implement the HWWSP (69 FR 59836, 

October 6, 2004). The final rule outlines 

the procedures for providing grants to 

eligible applicants to establish a 

revolving loan fund and to pay 

reasonable administrative expenses. The 

revolving loan fund will be used to 

make loans to eligible applicants for the 

construction, refurbishing, and servicing 

of individual household water well 

systems in rural areas that are or will be 

owned by the eligible individuals. The 

CONACT defines an ‘‘eligible 

individual’’ as a person who is a 

member of a household in which all 

members have a combined income that 

is 100 percent or less of the median nonmetropolitan household income for the 

State or territory in which the person 

resides. The combined household 

income must be for the most recent 12-

month period for which the information 

is available, according to the most 

recent decennial census of the United 

States. The maximum statutory limit per 

loan per household water well system is 

$8,000. 

Due to similar project activities and a 

limited area of potential effect of most 

HWWSP loan approval actions, RUS 

prepared and published, on September 

30, 2004 (69 FR 58389), a Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (PEA) to 

evaluate two Federal actions related to 

the HWWSP: 

(1) Grants awarded by RUS to eligible 

grant recipients; and (2) Loans made by 

the grant recipient to eligible loan 

recipients using the direct or indirect 

proceeds of a HWWSP grant awarded 

under this program. 

The PEA was available for a 30-day 

review and comment period; only one 

comment was received. The comment 

related to loan recipients and potential 

construction (as defined in the HWWSP) 

in special flood hazard areas identified 

as Zone A or V by the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency Flood 

Insurance Rate Maps. The commenter 

was concerned whether loan proceeds 

could be used in conjunction with the 

construction of new homes and, if so, 

that the construction should be 

evaluated in accordance with Executive 

Order 11988, Floodplain Management 

and other applicable requirements. The 

HWWSP’s authorizing legislative is 

clear that eligible individuals are 

limited by definition to the following: 7 

CFR 1776.3, ‘‘Construction means 

building or assembling a water well 

system or portion thereof that is not a 

water well system or portion thereof 

being constructed in connection with a

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new building (emphasis added).’’ In 

addition, 7 CFR 1776.14(d), states that 

‘‘The water well system being funded 

from the proceeds of the HWWS loan 

may not be associated with the 

construction of a new dwelling.’’ RUS 

feels that language in the HWWSP is 

adequate to preclude the construction of 

new houses in special flood hazard 

areas. 

RUS has determined that the PEA was 

prepared and reviewed in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6941 et 

seq.); the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for Implementing 

the Procedural Provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (40 

CFR part 1500); and 7 CFR 1794, RUS’

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

and that the HWWSP will not have a 

significant impact on the human 

environment and for which an 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

not be prepared. 

The mitigation measures identified in 

the PEA will be incorporated in 

executed grant agreements. The 

mitigation measures are as follows: 

1. Floodplains 

The grant recipient will complete 

FEMA Form 81–93, Standard Flood 

Hazard Determination Form for all 

loans. If a household is located in a 

special flood hazard area (Code A and 

V), the revolving loan fund recipient 

must have flood insurance and the 

grantee shall obtain flood insurance 

certifications as part of the revolving 

loan fund closing process. 

2. Water Quality Issues 

HWWSP funded projects will be built 

by contractors that are appropriately 

licensed to do the work in the State 

where the project is located. Water 

withdrawal permits will be obtained as 

required by the appropriate State or 

local regulatory agency. 

3. Coastal Resources 

The grant recipient will obtain written 

approval from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service before approving any 

proposed loans located in Coastal 

Barrier Resources System units.

Gary J. Morgan, 

Assistant Administrator, Water and 

Environmental Programs, Rural Utilities 

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 041103305–4305–01] 

National Defense Stockpile Market 

Impact Committee Request for Public 

Comments on the Potential Market 

Impact of Proposed Stockpile 

Disposals in FY 2005 and FY 2006

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to advise the public that the National 

Defense Stockpile Market Impact 

Committee (co-chaired by the 

Departments of Commerce and State) is 

seeking public comments on the 

potential market impact of proposed 

changes in the disposal levels of excess 

materials under the Fiscal Year 2005 

Annual Materials Plan and proposed 

disposal levels under the Fiscal Year 

2006 Annual Materials Plan. Comments 

received in response to this notice will 

be taken into consideration by the 

National Defense Stockpile Market 

Impact Committee when it meets to 

discuss recommendations to the 

National Defense Stockpile Manager 

regarding the disposition of materials in 

the National Defense Stockpile.

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to William J. Denk, Co-chair, 

Stockpile Market Impact Committee, 

Office of Strategic Industries and 

Economic Security, Room 3876, Bureau 

of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; fax: (202) 482–

5650; e-mail: wdenk@bis.doc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact either Eddy Aparicio, Office of 

Strategic Industries and Economic 

Security, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

telephone: (202) 482–8234; e-mail: 

eaparici@bis.doc.gov; or E. James Steele, 

Co-chair, Stockpile Market Impact 

Committee, Office of Bilateral Trade 

Affairs, Bureau of Economic and 

Business Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, fax: (202) 647–8758; e-mail: 

steeleej2@state.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the Strategic and Critical 

Materials Stock Piling Act of 1979, as 

amended, (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), the 

Department of Defense (‘‘DOD’’), as 

National Defense Stockpile Manager, 

maintains a stockpile of strategic and 

critical materials to supply the military, 

industrial, and essential civilian needs 

of the United States for national 

defense. Section 3314 of the Fiscal Year 

(‘‘FY’’) 1993 National Defense 

Authorization Act (‘‘NDAA’’) (50 U.S.C. 

98h–1) formally established a Market 

Impact Committee (‘‘the Committee’’) to 

‘‘advise the National Defense Stockpile 

Manager on the projected domestic and 

foreign economic effects of all 

acquisitions and disposals of materials 

from the stockpile * * *.’’ The 

Committee must also balance market 

impact concerns with the statutory 

requirement to protect the Government 

against avoidable loss. 

The Committee is comprised of 

representatives from the Departments of 

Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense, 

Energy, Interior, Treasury, and 

Homeland Security, and is co-chaired 

by the Departments of Commerce and 

State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the 

Committee to ‘‘consult from time to time 

with representatives of producers, 

processors and consumers of the types 

of materials stored in the stockpile.’’

In Attachment 1, the Defense National 

Stockpile Center (DNSC) lists the 

current quantities in the stockpile 

inventory, the previously approved FY 

2005 AMP quantities for five materials, 

and the proposed revisions to the FY 

2005 AMP for five materials. In 

Attachment 2, the proposed quantities 

for the FY 2006 AMP are enumerated. 

The Committee is seeking public 

comments on the potential market 

impact of the sale of these materials. 

The quantities listed in Attachments 1 

and 2 are not disposal or sale target 

quantities. They are only a statement of 

the proposed maximum disposal 

quantity of each listed material that may 

be sold in a particular fiscal year by the 

DNSC. The quantity of each material 

that will actually be offered for sale will 

depend on the market for the material 

at the time of the offering as well as on 

the quantity of each material approved 

for disposal by Congress. 

The Committee requests that 

interested parties provide written 

comments, supporting data and 

documentation, and any other relevant 

information on the potential market 

impact of the sale of these commodities. 

Although comments in response to this 

Notice must be received by December 

17, 2004 to ensure full consideration by 

the Committee, interested parties are 

encouraged to submit comments and 

supporting information at any time 

thereafter to keep the Committee 

informed as to the market impact of the 

sale of these commodities. Public 

comments are an important element of 

the Committee’s market impact review 

process.