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the Providence and Bull Units of the 

Kings River watershed and PSW’s goal 

of information development on 

treatment methods. There is an urgent 

need to treat headwaters in the Kings 

River watershed to improve forest 

health and reduce the risk of 

catastrophic fire, and while doing so, to 

further our understanding of ecological 

responses to forest management 

activities. 

Sierra waters are critical for the health 

and welfare of California and yet there 

has been minimal attention and 

resources dedicated to the protection 

and restoration of this headwater 

resource. The Sierra Nevada Alliance 

reports that 75% of California’s rain and 

snow falls in the Sierra which provides 

55 to 65% of California’s developed 

water. The need for the proposed 

research in the Sierra Nevada is 

emphasized by financial support to the 

KREW Project from the State of 

California, CalFed Watershed Program 

administered by the California Regional 

Water Quality Control Board, and by a 

recent report from the Sierra Nevada 

Alliance, ‘‘Investing in California’s 

Headwaters: The Sierra Nevada.’’ In 

addition, the National Science 

Foundation is funding university 

scientists to perform research to 

cooperate with the KREW Project. The 

research component of the KREW 

Project influenced the siting selection of 

the California portions of the National 

Ecological Observatory Network. The 

KREW Project research component is 

designed to be relevant to Federal, State 

and private forest land. The KREW 

Project will also provide much needed 

data for the Southern Sierra Integrated 

Regional Water Management Plan. 

North and others in 2009 recognized 

that ‘‘management practices that help 

restore the forest headwaters of Sierran 

watersheds will benefit water 

production and quality for downstream 

users.’’ The SNF and PSW have been 

working toward the goal of forest health 

treatment in the Kings River watershed 

for more than a decade. As each year 

goes by, the health of the forest in these 

areas has a greater potential to be 

impacted by various factors including 

drought, uncharacteristic wildfire and 

insect infestation. Treatment to enhance 

ecological health in the Kings River 

watershed has been delayed due to 

setbacks in the completion of key 

environmental documentation. It is 

important that treatments be 

accomplished and research information 

be available to provide factual 

information for the design of future 

forest management activities. 

The KREW Project objectives include: 

• Treat the Providence and the Bull Units 

to improve forest ecological health in a 

financially viable way. 

• Define the variability in and understand 

the processes of headwater streams, their 

riparian areas, and associated watersheds. 

• Evaluate the effects of management 

activities (prescribed fire, mechanical 

thinning, and commercial tree harvesting) 

designed to create a more sustainable forest. 

• Provide an instrumented research site to 

evaluate regional stresses such as air 

pollution and climate change. 

• Develop a multidisciplinary database 

that is dense enough in time and space for 

computer modeling applications. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action would apply 

treatments on the majority of the acres 

in Providence and Bull Units for 

ecological restoration and study their 

short- and long-term effects at the 

watershed scale. The proposed action 

includes tree thinning with commercial 

tree harvest, underburning, 

reforestation, plantation maintenance, 

fuels treatments, and herbicide 

treatments to plantations and noxious 

weeds. Tree removal and retention 

emphasizes heterogeneity through a 

variable growing space retention based 

on aspect, slope position, site 

productivity, tree species and 

recognition of micro-site conditions. 

Restoration of native species 

composition is proposed through the 

regeneration of pine species; the 

retention of existing brush, pine and 

oaks consistent with the desired 

conditions; enhancement of growing 

conditions of existing young pine; and 

the eradication of noxious weed species. 

The integrated condition of the 

streams and their associated watersheds 

and riparian areas will be evaluated 

with physical, chemical and biological 

measurements taken under a formal 

research study. The research areas 

within the Units, a subset of the entire 

proposed treatment area, have been 

assigned a treatment type for the 

purpose of the experimental design. The 

1,899-acre Providence Unit includes 

research watersheds of 298 acres of 

potential thinning, 327 acres of 

underburn, 245 acres of combined 

underburning and potential thinning, 

and 120 acres of control (untreated). The 

1,152-acre Bull Unit includes research 

areas of 131 acres of thinning, 342 acres 

of underburn, and 412 acres of 

combined thinning and underburning. 

The 562-acre control area for the Bull 

Unit is outside the KREW Project. Only 

a portion of the research areas 

designated for mechanical thinning will 

be thinned. Forest management 

treatments also occur outside the 

research areas and are not constrained 

by the research design. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The KREW Project is a collaborative 

effort between the SNF and the PSW. 

The PSW and the SNF share 

responsibility as the lead agency. 

Responsible Officials 

Ed Cole, SNF Forest Supervisor, 

Supervisor’s Office, 1600 Tollhouse 

Road, Clovis, CA 93611 

Peter Stine, Program Manager, PSW, 

1731 Research Park Drive, Davis, CA 

95618. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether to 

implement the planned forest health 

treatments and proceed with research 

on the effects of those treatments, 

alternative forest health treatments, or 

select no action. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Public scoping 

meetings will be held at the SNF, 

Supervisor’s Office, 1600 Tollhouse 

Road, Clovis on Wednesday October 

14th at 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 

6:30 to 8 p.m. on the same date at the 

SNF High Sierra Ranger District, 29688 

Auberry Road, Prather, CA. 

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. 

Dated: October 1, 2009. 

Edward C. Cole, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

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393), the Salmon-Challis National 

Forest’s Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee will conduct a 

business meeting which is open to the 

public. 

DATES: Monday, October 19, 2009, 

beginning at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Public Lands Center, 1206 

South Challis Street, Salmon, Idaho. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics will include review of RAC 2009 

projects, possible approval of RAC 

project proposals, and preparing for the 

2010 RAC project season. The meeting 

is an open public forum. Some RAC 

members may attend the meeting by 

conference call or electronically. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William A. Wood, Forest Supervisor 

and Designated Federal Officer, at 208– 

756–5111. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

William A. Wood, 

Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National 

Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–24649 Filed 10–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Seats for the Olympic 

Coast National Marine Sanctuary 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking 

applications for the following vacant 

seats on the Olympic Coast National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: 

The Commercial Fishing seat and the 

Education seat. Applicants are chosen 

based upon their particular expertise 

and experience in relation to the seat for 

which they are applying; community 

and professional affiliations; philosophy 

regarding the protection and 

management of marine resources; and 

possibly the length of residence in the 

area affected by the sanctuary. 

Applicants who are chosen as members 

should expect to serve 3-year terms, 

pursuant to the council’s Charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by 

November 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Olympic Coast National 

Marine Sanctuary, 115 5. Railroad Ave., 

Suite 301, Port Angeles, WA 98362. 

Completed applications should be sent 

to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Palmer, 115 5. Railroad Ave., 

Suite 301, Port Angeles, WA 98362, 

e-mail Andrew.palmer@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sanctuary 

Advisory Council members and 

alternates serve three-year terms. The 

Advisory Council meets bi-monthly in 

public sessions in communities in and 

around the Olympic Coast National 

Marine Sanctuary. 

The Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council was 

established in December 1998 to assure 

continued public participation in the 

management of the sanctuary. Serving 

in a volunteer capacity, the advisory 

council’s 15 voting members represent a 

variety of local user groups, as well as 

the general public. In addition, five 

Federal government agencies and one 

federally funded program serve as nonvoting, ex officio members. Since its 

establishment, the advisory council has 

played a vital role in advising the 

sanctuary and NOAA on critical issues. 

In addition to providing advice on 

management issues facing the 

Sanctuary, the Council members serve 

as a communication bridge between 

constituents and the Sanctuary staff. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429, Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: October 6, 2009. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–421–811) 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from 

the Netherlands: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On May 26, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on purified 

carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the 

Netherlands. See Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from the 

Netherlands; Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 74 FR 24823 (May 26, 2009) 

(Preliminary Results). The merchandise 

covered by the order is purified CMC as 

described in the ‘‘Scope of the Order’’ 

section of this notice. The period of 

review (POR) is July 1, 2007, through 

June 30, 2008. We afforded interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the Preliminary Results. We received 

comments from interested parties and, 

consequently, have made changes to our 

calculation based on our analysis of the 

comments received. Therefore, the final 

results differ from those published in 

the Department’s Preliminary Results. 

The final weighted–average dumping 

margin for the reviewed firm is listed 

below in the section entitled ‘‘Final 

Results of the Review.’’ 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 

Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–8029, (202) 482– 

7924, or (202) 482–3019, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 26, 2009, the Department 

published the preliminary results of the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order covering 

purified CMC from the Netherlands. See 

Preliminary Results. The parties subject 

to this review are CP Kelco B.V. and its 

U.S. affiliate, CP Kelco U.S., Inc. 

(collectively, CP Kelco). The petitioner 

in this proceeding is The Aqualon 

Company, a division of Hercules 

Incorporated (petitioner). 

We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary Results. On 

June 26, 2009, CP Kelco timely filed its 

comments on the Preliminary Results 

and requested a public hearing. See 

Case Brief from Arent Fox LLP (counsel 

for respondent) titled ‘‘Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from the 

Netherlands; Case Brief of CP Kelco 

B.V.,’’ dated June 26, 2009 (Case Brief). 

On June 30, 2009, petitioner timely 

submitted comments in lieu of a formal 

brief in reply to the June 26, 2009, case 

brief filed by CP Kelco. See Letter from 

Haynes & Boone, LLP, regarding 

‘‘Comment by Petitioner Aqualon 

Company in Lieu of Reply Brief,’’ dated 

June 30, 2009. On July 2, 2009, CP Kelco 

withdrew its request for a public 

hearing. See CP Kelco’s letter regarding 

‘‘Withdrawal of Hearing Request,’’ dated 

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