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effects of Taos Ski Valley’s 2010 Master 

Development Plan—Phase 1 Projects. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis should be received by 

January 17, 2011. The draft 

environmental impact statement (draft 

EIS) is expected to be available for 

public review in August 2011 and the 

final environmental impact statement 

(final EIS) and record of decision (ROD) 

are expected in December 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley 

MDP—Phase 1 Projects, 208 Cruz Alta 

Road, Taos, NM 87571. Comments may 

also be sent via e-mail to commentssouthwestern-carson@fs.fed.us or 

facsimile to (575) 758–6213. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information related to the 

proposed project can be obtained from 

the Forest’s Web page at: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/. The Forest 

Service contact is Audrey Kuykendall, 

who can be reached at 575–758–6200. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

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

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2010, 

Kendall Clark, Forest Supervisor for the 

Carson National Forest, accepted a new 

MDP for Taos Ski Valley, which 

provides a comprehensive plan for 

future improvements to the resort. 

Purpose and Need for Action: Taos 

Ski Valley has not made any significant 

infrastructural or qualitative 

improvements within its permit area 

over the past two decades. In order to 

remain economically viable in the 

competitive destination skier/rider 

market and continue to provide a 

quality recreational experience into the 

future, TSV needs to refocus on meeting 

its guests’ demands and expectations. 

The proposed action is designed to 

address TSV’s economic and 

recreational needs within its existing 

permit area. These needs are: 

1. Lift service to high-alpine, 

advanced intermediate and expert 

terrain. 

2. Access to heavily treed portions of 

the existing permit area. 

3. Quality alternative winter and 

summer activities. 

4. A more efficient lift network. 

5. Better resort access. 

6. Improved vehicular circulation 

throughout the day parking lots. 

Proposed Action: In order to meet the 

purpose and need, the Forest Service is 

proposing several projects within TSV’s 

existing special use permit boundary 

administered by the Carson National 

Forest. The proposed action includes: 

—Developing two new lift-served, 

gladed areas—the Minnesota Glades 

and the Wild West Glades (approx. 

108 ac). These areas would be 

accessible by both new and proposed 

lifts. 

—Installing a new bottom-drive, fixedgrip chairlift—the Main Street Lift—to 

service approximately 63 acres of 

terrain above Chair 4 that are 

currently only accessible by an 

approximate 45-minute hike along 

Highline Ridge. The proposed Main 

Street Lift would provide low 

capacity lift service up to an elevation 

of 12,466 feet. 

—Installing a new bottom-drive, fixedgrip chairlift—the Ridge Lift—to 

access existing terrain off West Basin 

Ridge as well, as the proposed Wild 

West Glades. Round-trip skiing/riding 

this terrain would require use of the 

existing Lift 8, as well as the proposed 

Ridge Lift. 

—Constructing a dedicated snowtubing 

facility—the Adventure Center— 

within the northwestern portion of 

the SUP area. The Adventure Center 

would include yurts for guest 

services, a carpet conveyor lift serving 

four tubing lanes, and a small 

building for tube storage. A shuttle 

would provide access to the Taos 

Adventure Center from TSV’s base 

area, and parking spaces in TSV’s 

existing day lots would be dedicated 

for Adventure Center guests. 

—Establishing a 2-mile (approx.) 

network of marked interpretive 

snowshoeing trails beginning near the 

Adventure Center to supplement nonsliding winter activities. 

—Constructing a 3.6-mile, lift served 

mountain bike trail between the top of 

Lift 1 and the base area to provide 

alternative summer recreational 

activities. 

—Reconfiguring the existing parking 

lots to better accommodate traffic 

circulation and pedestrian access to 

the base area. The Bear and Bison lots 

would be reconfigured to allow the 

Bison lot to become a thoroughfare. 

—Constructing an extra parking bay 

north of the Armadillo lot. The 

reconfiguration and extra parking bay 

would have no net gain or loss of day 

parking. 

—Replacing Lifts 4, 5, and 7, which are 

antiquated and in need of 

modernizing and upgrading. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

official is Kendall Clark, Forest 

Supervisor for the Carson National 

Forest. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made: Based 

on the analysis that will be documented 

in the forthcoming EIS, the responsible 

official will decide whether or not to 

implement, in whole or in part, the 

proposed action or another alternative 

that may be developed by the Forest 

Service as a result of scoping. 

Scoping Process: This notice of intent 

initiates the scoping process, which 

guides the development of the 

environmental impact statement. The 

Forest Service is soliciting comments 

from Federal, State and local agencies 

and other individuals or organizations 

that may be interested in or affected by 

implementation of the proposed 

projects. Public questions and 

comments regarding this proposal are an 

integral part of this environmental 

analysis process. Input provided by 

interested and/or affected individuals, 

organizations and governmental 

agencies will be used to identify 

resource issues that will be analyzed in 

the draft EIS. The Forest Service will 

identify significant issues raised during 

the scoping process, and use them to 

formulate alternatives, prescribe 

mitigation measures and project design 

features, or analyze environmental 

effects. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however. 

Dated: November 16, 2010. 

Kendall Clark, 

Carson National Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0027] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Wall Rocket Leaves 

From the United Kingdom Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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1To view the notice, the PRA, and the comment 

we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–2010–0027. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the continental 

United States of wall rocket leaves from 

the United Kingdom. Based on the 

findings of a pest risk analysis, which 

we made available to the public for 

review and comment through a previous 

notice, we believe that the application 

of one or more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the risks of introducing or disseminating 

plant pests or noxious weeds via the 

importation of wall rocket leaves from 

the United Kingdom. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 23, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 734–0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–50, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56–4 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis (PRA), can be 

safely imported subject to one or more 

of the designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in paragraph (b) of that 

section. Under that process, APHIS 

publishes a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the PRA that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the PRA; (2) the comments 

on the PRA revealed that no changes to 

the PRA were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the PRA were made in response to 

public comments, but the changes did 

not affect the overall conclusions of the 

analysis and the Administrator’s 

determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2010 (75 FR 39203– 

39204, Docket No. APHIS–2010–0027), 

in which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a PRA that 

evaluates the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of wall rocket (Diplotaxis 

tenuifolia (L)) leaves from the United 

Kingdom. We solicited comments on the 

notice for 60 days ending on September 

7, 2010. We received one comment by 

that date, from a State department of 

agriculture. 

The PRA concluded that there was a 

low likelihood of the leafminer pests 

associated with wall rocket leaves from 

the United Kingdom escaping detection 

at the port of entry. The commenter 

stated that the likelihood of eggs or early 

instars with no or difficult-to-detect 

mines being present or of interior plant 

parts being infested would allow some 

immature pests to escape detection. 

We acknowledge that eggs or very 

early instars may be present with 

tunnels too small to be seen. However, 

after wall rocket leaves have been 

harvested and enter the commercial 

consumption pathway, they are 

generally refrigerated, so it would be 

unlikely that the eggs or early instar 

larvae could complete development. 

Thus, there is a low risk associated with 

the life stages of these pests that might 

escape detection. 

The PRA also concluded that there is 

a low likelihood of the pests associated 

with wall rocket leaves from the United 

Kingdom coming into contact with host 

material suitable for reproduction. The 

commenter stated that, because of the 

highly polyphagous nature of 

leafminers, if egg- or larva-infested 

commodity arrives in the United States, 

there is a high probability of adults 

emerging and coming into contact with 

suitable hosts in favorable 

environments, such as the one in the 

commenter’s State. 

The majority of this commodity will 

be consumed and any plant material not 

consumed will be disposed of in 

environments not suitable for pest 

escape. In addition, the cut commodity 

rapidly wilts and desiccates, preventing 

the complete development of the insect. 

Taking into consideration the fact that 

both pests are poor flyers with relatively 

short lifespans, we have concluded that 

the low rating for this risk element is 

appropriate. As such, we have 

determined that no changes to the PRA 

are necessary based on the comment. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to begin 

issuing permits for the importation into 

the continental United States of wall 

rocket leaves from the United Kingdom 

subject to the following phytosanitary 

measures: 

• Each consignment of wall rocket 

leaves must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

Department of Environment Food and 

Rural Affairs with the following 

additional declaration: ‘‘Wall rocket 

leaves in this consignment were 

inspected and found free from 

Chromatomyia horticola and Liriomyza 

strigata.’’ 

• The wall rocket leaves must be 

imported as commercial consignments 

only. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In 

addition to those specific measures, 

wall rocket leaves from the United 

Kingdom will be subject to the general 

requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that 

are applicable to the importation of all 

fruits and vegetables. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

November 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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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: Coast Pilot Report. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0007. 

Form Number(s): NOAA 77–6. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(renewal of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

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