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Vol. 75, No. 230 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 

Humanitarian Assistance; Office of 

Food for Peace Announcement of 

Request for Applications for Title II 

Non-Emergency Food Aid Programs; 

Notice 

Pursuant to the Food for Peace Act of 

2008, notice is hereby given that the 

Request for Applications for Title II 

Non-Emergency Food Aid Programs will 

be available to interested parties for 

general viewing. 

For individuals who wish to review, 

the Request for Applications for Title II 

Non-Emergency Food Aid Programs will 

be available via the Food for Peace Web 

site: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/ 

humanitarian_assistance/ffp/ 

progpolicy.html on or about December 

6, 2010. Interested parties can also 

receive a copy of the Request for 

Applications for Title II Non-Emergency 

Food Aid Programs by contacting the 

Office of Food for Peace, U.S. Agency 

for International Development, RRB 

7.06–152, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20523–7600. 

Juli Majernik, 

Grants Manager, Policy and Technical 

Division, Office of Food for Peace, Bureau 

for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30195 Filed 11–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests 

and Thunder Basin National 

Grassland; Colorado and Wyoming; 

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests 

and Thunder Basin National Grassland 

Invasive Plant Management 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests and Thunder Basin 

National Grassland (MBRTB) will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to continue control of 

noxious weeds and other invasive 

plants through the integration of 

manual, mechanical, biological, and 

ground and aerial herbicide control 

methods. ‘‘Invasive species’’ are defined 

as alien species whose introduction 

does or is likely to cause economic or 

environmental harm or harm to human 

health (Federal Executive Order 13112). 

Effects analysis of treatments of invasive 

plants, including cheatgrass (Bromus 

tectorum) and other invasive annual 

bromes, will be projected over the next 

10–15 years. 

The agency invites comments and 

suggestions on the 47scope of the 

analysis to be included in the draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS). 

In addition, the agency gives notice of 

this environmental analysis and 

decision making process so that 

interested and affected people know 

how they may participate and 

contribute to the final decision. 

When developing an invasive plant 

management strategy it is critical to 

consider all available resources and 

tools. Integrated pest management (IPM) 

strategies utilize various invasive plant 

management options that focus on the 

most economical and effective control of 

invasive plants. Anything that weakens 

the invasive plant, prevents spreading, 

or prevents seed production can be a 

valuable tool. Proposed methods to 

control invasive plants include a 

combination of ground and aerial 

application of herbicides, mechanical, 

biological, and cultural weed 

treatments. 

The MBRTB is currently treating 

noxious weeds and invasive plants 

under decisions made in the 1996 

Management of Noxious Weeds 

Environmental Assessment (EA). 

However, the EA and subsequent 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) decisions for invasive plant 

control on the MBRTB need to be 

updated since they did not include 

analysis of the effects of new herbicides, 

new invasive plant populations, or 

aerial application of herbicides. This 

analysis will disclose the effects of the 

proposed treatments, including the 

application of an adaptive management 

strategy that would assess progress and 

alter management when adequate 

progress in not being achieved or as new 

methods of treatment are developed. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

January 18, 2011. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected May 2011 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected April 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Forest Supervisor, Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests and Thunder Basin 

National Grassland, 2468 Jackson Street, 

Laramie, Wyoming 82070. Comments 

may also be sent via e-mail to 

comments-rocky-mountain-medicinebow-routt@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

307–745–2398. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions about the proposed 

action and the EIS to Bob Mountain, 

Project Coordinator, 2468 Jackson 

Street, Laramie, Wyoming 82070, phone 

(307) 745–2411 or e-mail 

bmountain@fs.fed.us. Comments are not 

to be sent to this address; they need to 

be received as directed above. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) between 8 a.m. and 

8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invasive 

plants are threatening or dominating 

areas of the Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests and Thunder Basin 

National Grassland (MBRTB) with 

negative impacts on native plant 

communities, big game winter ranges, 

sage-grouse habitat, soil and watershed 

resources, recreation, domestic livestock 

forage availability and aesthetic values. 

A shift from native vegetation to 

invasive plants alters wildlife habitats, 

decreases wildlife and livestock forage, 


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