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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

Fire suppression and past harvest 

throughout the Kahler project area have 

caused a shift in stand density, 

structure, and species composition away 

from the range of variability historically 

associated with dry forests. In turn, this 

shift has altered the availability and 

distribution of habitat for terrestrial 

wildlife species, including Forest Plan 

Management Indicator Species and 

Region 6 Sensitive Wildlife Species. 

There is a shortage of old forest single 

stratum (OFSS) forest structure, which 

is characterized by a single overstory 

layer, with medium to large trees of 

early successional tree species such as 

ponderosa pine or western larch. 

Currently, only 6% of the forested land 

within the project area is classified as 

OFSS, whereas historically 40–60% of 

the forest would have been in this 

condition. 

• Restore, maintain, and promote 

single stratum old forest structure, 

moving the area toward its historical 

range of structure, density, and species 

composition. 

• Maintain and promote old trees 

(> 150 years old) throughout the project 

area. 

• Provide a supply of commercial 

forest products to support and maintain 

local infrastructure. 

• Reduce insect and disease risk, 

where currently outside the historical 

range, to dry upland forest stands and 

associated wildlife. 

• Reestablish the character of a 

frequent fire regime to the landscape to 

aid in maintaining open stand 

conditions and fire-tolerant species, 

improve big game forage, and reduce 

conifer encroachment. 

• Reduce encroachment of western 

juniper into areas where it did not 

historically occur to improve big game 

forage, the quality of grassland and 

steppe-shrubland habitat for wildlife, 

the diversity and productivity of 

riparian plant communities, and water 

availability for native vegetation. 

• Provide, develop, and enhance 

effective and well-distributed habitats 

throughout the Forest for all existing 

native and desired nonnative vertebrate 

wildlife species, particularly those 

associated with late and old structural 

stages in dry upland forest stands (e.g. 

white-headed and Lewis’ woodpecker). 

• Provide for a high level of potential 

habitat effectiveness at the landscape 

scale to meet the needs of big game in 

the winter range management area. 

• Address habitat issues in big game 

winter range areas including the 

existing extent and distribution of cover, 

the quantity and quality of forage, and 

disturbance associated with roads and 

trails open to full-sized vehicles and 

OHVs. 

Proposed Action 

The Kahler project proposes to use 

variable density thinning with skips and 

gaps to reduce tree density, shift species 

composition, and promote old forest 

structure across approximately 11,000 

acres within the project area. There will 

be an option to remove select young 

(<150 years old) grand fir and Douglasfir trees that are 21 inches or greater in 

diameter and interacting with the crown 

of a desirable leave tree. Tree species 

preference will be for ponderosa pine 

and western larch. Diseased trees and 

those with severe mistletoe infestations 

will be targeted for removal where they 

are outside historical ranges. Trees may 

be removed using ground-based, 

skyline, or helicopter methods. 

Minimum snag and downed wood 

standards will be maintained. Thinning 

of western juniper (7 inches to 21 inches 

in diameter) may occur within 

commercial harvest units in order to 

reduce and/or eliminate its 

encroachment into upland forest stands 

and Class 4 riparian areas where it did 

not historically occur in order to 

maintain or improve the quality of 

upland forest habitat, the diversity and 

productivity of riparian plant 

communities, and water availability for 

native vegetation. The Proposed Action 

includes five amendments to the 

Umatilla Land and Resource 

Management Plan. 

Possible Alternatives 

The Forest Service developed 3 

alternatives in response to issues raised 

by the public: 

• No Action 

• Proposed Action 

• Alternative to the Propsed Action 

Responsible Official 

Kevin Martin, Forest Supervisor of the 

Umatilla National Forest will be the 

responsible official for making the 

decision and providing direction for the 

analysis. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether or not to authorize the 

proposal. 

Preliminary Issues 

The Forest Service has identified four 

issues from previous scoping: 

• Issue 1: Thinning, juniper removal, 

prescribe fire and use of the road system 

have the potential to impact the quality, 

quantity and distribution (across the 

landscape and adjacent to open roads) 

of big game habitat within the analysis 

area. As a result, population levels and 

herd distribution may be impacted. 

• Issue 2: Thinning would impact the 

quantity and distribution of dense 

multi-strata ponderosa pine and mixed 

conifer stands at the stand and larger 

landscape scale in the dry upland forest 

Potential Vegetation Group (Powell et 

al, 2007). Thinning may reduce the 

habitat for dense, multi-strata associated 

species of wildlife such as pileated 

woodpecker and other wildlife that 

utilize dense mixed conifer and 

ponderosa pine stands. 

• Issue 3: Use of temporary roads and 

re-opening of existing closed roads has 

potential to increase sedimentation. 

• Issue 4: Mechanical treatments in 

Class 4 RHCA’s could increase 

sedimentation. 

Addresses 

John Evans, Project Manager, 72510 

Coyote Road, Pendleton, OR 97801. 

Ann Niesen, District Ranger, Heppner 

Ranger District, P.O. Box 7, Heppner, 

OR 97836. 

Dated: July 18, 2014. 

Kevin Martin, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Nevada Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a planning meeting the 

Nevada Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the Commission will be 

held on Thursday, August 21, 2014, at 

the Clark County Library, 1401 E. 

Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119. 

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 

1:00 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 

4:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is 

for the Committee to receive a briefing 

on the militarization of the police and 

to plan project activity. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Western Regional Office of the 

Commission by September 22, 2014. 

The address is Western Regional Office, 


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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to 

email their comments, or to present 

their comments verbally at the meeting, 

or who desire additional information 

should contact Angelica Trevino, Civil 

Rights Analyst, Western Regional Office, 

at (213) 894–3437, (or for hearing 

impaired TDD 913–551–1414), or by 

email to atrevino@usccr.gov. Hearingimpaired persons who will attend the 

meeting and require the services of a 

sign language interpreter should contact 

the Regional Office at least ten (10) 

working days before the scheduled date 

of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. The meeting 

will be conducted pursuant to the 

provisions of the rules and regulations 

of the Commission and FACA. 

Dated: July 29, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18132 Filed 7–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Marine Recreational Information 

Program, Hawaii Mail-in Survey for 

Shore Fishing Effort. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Average Hours per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 400. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new information collection. 

Marine recreational anglers are 

surveyed to collect catch and effort data, 

fish biology data, and angler 

socioeconomic characteristics. These 

data are required to carry out provisions 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, 

regarding conservation and management 

of fishery resources. 

Marine recreational fishing catch and 

effort data are collected through a 

combination of mail surveys, telephone 

surveys and on-site intercept surveys 

with recreational anglers. Amendments 

to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) require the development of an 

improved data collection program for 

recreational fisheries. To meet these 

requirements, NOAA Fisheries has 

designed and tested new approaches for 

sampling and surveying recreational 

anglers. 

A mail survey of all anglers within a 

household will be used to collect recent 

fishing effort data including gear and 

methods of fishing from shore. The 

main purpose will be to compare to onsite roving counts of shore fishing effort 

during the same period and to produce 

adjustment factors for under-coverage of 

the roving on-site survey (the roving 

effort survey does not require response 

from the public). The survey scope is 

Oahu, during a single 2-month sampling 

wave (current schedule September– 

October, 2014). The effort surveys will 

use catch data from the ongoing shore 

angler intercept survey to produce 

estimates of total catch, harvested catch, 

and live released catch. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One-time only. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: July 28, 2014 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18130 Filed 7–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–65–2014] 

Approval of Subzone Status, 

Panasonic System Communications 

Company of North America, Rockaway, 

New Jersey 

On June 2, 2014, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the New Jersey 

Department of State, grantee of FTZ 44, 

requesting subzone status subject to the 

existing activation limit of FTZ 44 on 

behalf of Panasonic System 

Communications Company of North 

America in Rockaway, New Jersey. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (79 FR 32691–32692, 06–06– 

2014). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 44G is approved, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13, and further 

subject to FTZ 44’s 447.5-acre activation 

limit. 

Dated: July 25, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18250 Filed 7–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 

482–4735. 

Background 

Each year during the anniversary 

month of the publication of an 

antidumping or countervailing duty 


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