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the Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. It is important that those 

interested in the management of the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

participate at that time. 

Comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be considered part of the public record 

on this proposed action and will be 

available for public inspection. 

Comments submitted anonymously will 

be accepted and considered; however, 

those who submit anonymous 

comments will not have standing to 

appeal the subsequent decision under 

36 CFR Parts 215. Additionally, 

pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person 

may request the agency to withhold a 

submission from the public record by 

showing how the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) permits such 

confidentiality. Persons requesting such 

confidentiality should be aware that, 

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be 

granted in only very limited 

circumstances, such as to protect trade 

secrets. The Forest Service will inform 

the requester of the agency’s decision 

regarding the request for confidentiality, 

and where the request is denied, the 

agency will return the submission and 

notify the requester that the comments 

may be resubmitted with or without 

name and address within a specified 

number of days. 

The Forest Service believes it is 

important to give reviewers notice, at 

this early stage, of several court rulings 

related to public participation in the 

environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of draft EIS’s must structure 

their participation in the environmental 

review of the proposal so that it is 

meaningful and alerts the agency to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, 

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the draft EIS stage but that are 

not raised until completion of the final 

EIS may be waived or dismissed by the 

courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 f. 

2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and 

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 

F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). 

Because of these court rulings, it is very 

important that those interested in this 

proposed action participate by the close 

of the 45-day comment period so that 

substantive comments and objections 

are made available to the Forest Service 

at a time when it can meaningfully 

consider and respond to them in the 

final EIS. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft EIS or merits of 

the alternatives formulated and 

discussed in the statement. (Reviewers 

may wish to refer to the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing 

these points). 

The final EIS is scheduled for 

completion July 2005. In the final EIS, 

the Forest Service is required to respond 

to comments and responses received 

during the comment period that pertain 

to the environmental consequences 

discussed in the draft EIS and 

applicable laws, regulations, and 

policies considered in making a 

decision regarding the proposal. 

The Forest Service is the lead agency. 

The Whitman Unit Ranger is the 

Responsible Official. The Responsible 

Official will decide which, if any, of the 

proposed plans will be implemented. 

The Responsible Official will also 

document the decision and reasons for 

the decision in the Record of Decision. 

That decision will be subject to Forest 

Service Appeal Regulations (36 CFR 

Part 215).

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

Richard Haines, 

Whitman Unit Ranger.

[FR Doc. 04–27526 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 121304C]

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted 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: Northeast Region Sea Scallop 

Framework 16 Adjustment.

Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: Emergency 

submission.

Burden Hours: 863.

Number of Respondents: 274.

Average Hours Per Response: VMS 

installation, 1 hour; VMS verification, 5 

minutes; VMS daily report, 10 minutes; 

Notification, 5 minutes; VMS polling, 5 

seconds.

Needs and Uses: Sea Scallop 

fishermen fishing under the general 

category permit wishing to fish in 

exemption areas are subject to certain 

vessel monitoring system (VMS) and 

communication reporting requirements. 

This submission requests clearance for a 

new collection as it pertains to 

Framework 16 to the Sea Scallop FMP 

reporting requirements that all scallop 

vessels including general category 

vessels fishing re-opened closed areas 

have a functional VMS.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individuals or 

households, and not-for-profit 

institutions.

Frequency: On occasion, monthly, 

daily, every 30 minutes.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395-3897.

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov).

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

December 19, 2004 to David Rostker, 

OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 

395-7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.

Dated: December 9, 2004.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27561 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 53–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 7—Mayaguez, PR, 

Application for Subzone, Ortho 

Biologics, LLC (Pharmaceutical 

Intermediates), Manatı ́, PR; Correction 

The Federal Register notice (69 FR 

70121–70122, 12/02/2004) describing 

the application by the Puerto Rico 

Industrial Development Company 

(PRIDCO), grantee of FTZ 7, requesting 

special-purpose subzone status for the 

pharmaceutical intermediate 

manufacturing facility of Ortho 

Biologics, LLC (OBI) in Manatı ́, Puerto 

Rico, is corrected as follows: