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from Malaysia and Vietnam into the 

continental United States. We have 

completed a pest list for this commodity 

to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation into the United 

States and, based on this list, have 

prepared a risk management document 

to identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to fresh rambutan fruit 

from Malaysia and Vietnam to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

fresh rambutan fruit can be safely 

imported into the continental United 

States from Malaysia and Vietnam using 

one or more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56–4(b). Therefore, in accordance 

with § 319.56–4(c), we are announcing 

the availability of our pest risk analysis 

for public review and comment. The 

pest risk analysis may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest risk analysis by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the pest risk analysis you wish to review 

when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

rambutan fruit from Malaysia and 

Vietnam in a subsequent notice. If the 

overall conclusions of the analysis and 

the Administrator’s determination of 

risk remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin issuing permits for the 

importation of fresh rambutan fruit from 

Malaysia and Vietnam into the 

continental United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management document. 

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 9th day of 

December 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31461 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest, Northern 

Hills Ranger District; South Dakota; 

Steamboat Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement on a proposal to implement 

multiple resource management actions 

within the Steamboat Project Area to 

implement the amended Black Hills 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan. The Steamboat 

Project Area covers approximately 

21,833 acres of National Forest System 

land and approximately 2,713 acres of 

interspersed private land northwest of 

Rapid City, South Dakota. Proposed 

actions include a combination of 

vegetation and fuels treatments to 

provide structural diversity in big game 

winter range, reduce the risk of 

mountain pine beetle infestations and 

reduce the risk of high severity wildfire. 

The proposed action includes 

approximately 4,665 acres of 

commercial thinning, 970 acres of 

overstory removal, 1,408 acres of noncommercial thinning, 1,379 acres of 

shelterwood cuts, 255 acres of group 

selection, 1,186 acres of individual tree 

selection, 636 acres of hardwood 

enhancement, 200 acres of meadow 

enhancement, 1,031 acres of productother-than-log thinning, 460 acres of 

understory thinning, and 190 acres of 

patch clearcutting. In addition, 

approximately 10,608 acres will be 

analyzed for prescribed burning. 

Approximately 18 miles of new road 

construction would be necessary to 

carry out the proposed vegetation 

management actions. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

January 14, 2011. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected May 2011 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected September 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N. 

Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to comments-rocky-mountain-blackhills-northern-hills@fs.fed.us with 

‘‘Steamboat Project’’ as the subject or via 

facsimile to 605–642–4156. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Stores, Assistant NEPA Planner, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N. 

Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Telephone number: 605–642–4622. 

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: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of and need for the 

action in the Steamboat project area is 

to create greater structural diversity in 

an area managed for big game winter 

range, to reduce the risk of mountain 

pine beetle infestation, and to reduce 

the risk of high severity wildfire. All 

actions are intended to move toward or 

achieve related Forest Plan Goals and 

Objectives, consistent with Forest Plan 

Standards and Guidelines. 

Proposed Action 

The Forest Service is proposing 

actions on National Forest System lands 

to move toward or achieve Forest Plan 

Goals and Objectives in the Steamboat 

project area northwest of Rapid City, 

South Dakota and adjacent to the towns 

of Nemo and Piedmont, South Dakota. 

Proposed actions include the following: 

Create structural diversity in an area 

managed as big game winter range 

through meadow enhancement, 

hardwood enhancement, uneven-aged 

management, thinning of the forest’s 

overstory and understory, and patch 

clear cuts to create open browsing areas. 

Reduce acres at high or medium 

susceptibility to mountain pine beetle 

by thinning stands and changing stand 

structure. Commercial and noncommercial (including prescribed 

burning) methods may be used. 

Reduce acres at high or very high risk 

to wildfire by thinning stands and 

reducing the amount of fuel available to 

fires. Commercial and non-commercial 

(including prescribed burning) methods 

may be used. 

Road construction and maintenance 

activities would be necessary to access 

areas proposed for timber harvest. New 

roads would be closed following 

management activities. 

Implementation of proposed activities 

would likely begin sometime during 

2012 and continue for up to ten years 

following a project decision. 

The Forest Service is the sole 

responsible agency for this project; no 

cooperators are participating in project 

planning. 

Responsible Official 

Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 

North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether or 

not to approve the proposed action or 

alternatives to the proposed action that 

may be developed. No Forest Plan 

amendments are proposed. 


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Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. The Northern Hills 

Ranger District will also provide a letter 

including a description of the proposed 

action and soliciting comments on the 

proposal to local land owners, 

interested tribal entitites, permittees 

that use the project area, and others who 

have expressed interest in projects 

similar to this one. A public meeting 

will be held at the Piedmont Fire 

Department in Piedmont, South Dakota 

during the comment period. Forest 

Service personnel will be on hand to 

answer questions about the project, and 

large-scale maps of the proposed action 

will be available for review. 

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: December 8, 2010. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31443 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board Public Meeting Dates 

Announced 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has 

announced its meeting dates for 2011. 

These meetings are open to the public, 

and public comment is accepted at any 

time in writing, at the pleasure of the 

Chair, and during the last 15 minutes of 

each meeting, limited to three (3) 

minutes per person for oral comments. 

Meeting dates are the third 

Wednesday of each month unless 

otherwise indicated: 

January 5 (first Wednesday). 

February 16. 

March 16. 

April 20. 

May 18. 

June 15. 

July (No Meeting). 

August 17 (Summer Field Trip— 

TBA). 

September 21. 

October 19. 

November 16. 

December (No Meeting). 

January 4, 2012 (Tentative). 

ADDRESSES: Meetings will begin at 1 

p.m. and end no later than 5 p.m. at the 

Forest Service Center, 8221 S. Highway 

16, Rapid City, SD 57702. 

Agendas: The Board will consider a 

variety of issues related to national 

forest management. Agendas will be 

announced in advance but principally 

concern implementing phase two of the 

forest land and resource management 

plan. The Board will consider such 

topics as integrated vegetation 

management (wild and prescribed fire, 

fuels reduction, controlling insect 

epidemics, invasive species), travel 

management (off highway vehicles, the 

new OHV rule, and related topics), and 

continuing access to multiple-use 

management of public lands, among 

others. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Carroll, Committee Management 

Officer, Black Hills National Forest, 

1019 N. 5th Street, Custer, SD, 57730, 

(605) 673–9200. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31431 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Request for Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to 

request an extension for a currently 

approved information collection in 

support of the Rural Business 

Investment Program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 14, 2011 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Foore, Program Policy Advisor, 

Rural Development, Business and 

Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, STOP 3201, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–3201, Telephone (202) 205– 

0056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Rural Business Investment 

Program. 

OMB Number: 0570–0051. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Business 

Investment Program (‘‘RBIP’’) is a 

Developmental Venture Capital program 

for the purpose of promoting economic 

development and the creation of wealth 

and job opportunities in Rural Areas 

and among individuals living in such 

areas through the licensing of Rural 

Business Investment Companies 

(‘‘RBICs’’). 

The information USDA seeks to 

collect is critical to the integrity of the 

process for selecting RBICs for 

participation in the RBIP and to the 

accomplishment of the objectives of the 

RBIP. Without this collection of 

information, USDA would be unable to 

meet the requirements of the Act and 

effectively administer the RBIP, 

ensuring safety and soundness. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1 hour per 

response. 

Respondents: Newly established, forprofit entities applying for RBIC 

licensure) and licensed RBICs (venture 

capital companies approved by USDA to 

participate in the RBIP). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 148. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 148. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 167. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, Support Services 

Division at (202) 692–0043. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of USDA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

USDA’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 


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