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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 74, No. 194 

Thursday, October 8, 2009 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

ADF Board of Directors Meeting 

Notice; Correction 

Dates: October 5, 2009. 

ADF has the following corrections to 

the notice for the Board of Directors 

meeting, document 2009–23526, 

Category Notices, which was published 

and put on public display in the Federal 

Register on Wednesday, September 30, 

2009. The additional meetings are listed 

below: 

1. On page 50162, under ‘‘Entry 

Time’’ add the line ‘‘Open Session, 

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 1 p.m. to 4 

p.m.’’ 

2. On page 50162 under ‘‘Entry 

Status’’ add the line ‘‘Open Session, 

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 1 p.m. to 4 

p.m.’’ 

Lloyd O. Pierson, 

President. 

[FR Doc. E9–24326 Filed 10–5–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Determination of Total Amounts of 

Fiscal Year 2010 Tariff-Rate Quotas for 

Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, 

Syrups and Molasses; Correction 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural 

Service published a document in the 

Federal Register of September 29, 2009, 

providing notice of the establishment of 

the Fiscal Year (FY 2010) in-quota 

aggregate quantity of the raw, as well as, 

refined and specialty sugar Tariff-Rate 

Quotas (TRQ) as required under the U.S. 

World Trade Organization (WTO) 

commitments. The document contained 

an incorrect date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angel Gonzalez, (202) 720–2916. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

29, 2009, in FR Doc. E9–23447, on page 

49848, in the second column, the 3rd 

sentence in last paragraph should read: 

‘‘The first tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, 

will open October 20, 2009.’’ All other 

information remains unchanged. 

Signed at Washington, DC the 2nd day of 

October 2009. 

Thomas J. Vilsack, 

United States Secretary of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. E9–24312 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA; 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Gemmill Thin Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to supplement 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: On April 16, 2009, J. Sharon 

Heywood, Forest Supervisor for the 

Shasta-Trinity National Forest, issued a 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Gemmill Thin Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). 

The decision to implement Alternative 

1 (proposed action) as described in the 

FEIS and ROD was appealed by the 

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center and 

the Conservation Congress on behalf of 

Citizens for Better Forestry and the 

Klamath Forest Alliance. On July 23, 

2009, Appeal Deciding Officer/Deputy 

Regional Forester, Beth Pendleton, 

reversed the decision due to the lack of 

a reasonable range of alternatives 

analyzed in the FEIS. The Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest will prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (SETS) for the Gemmill Thin 

Project to provide analysis of additional 

alternatives to the proposed action. 

DATES: The draft SETS is expected to be 

issued in November 2009 and the final 

SETS is expected in March 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, 

CA 96002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbie DiMonte Miller, Natural 

Resource Planner, Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, 

Redding, CA 96002, telephone (530) 

226–2425, e-mail bdimonte@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest 

Service is proposing to prepare a 

supplement to the final environmental 

impact statement for the Gemmill Thin 

Project in accordance with FSH 

1909.15—Chapter 10—Section 18.1 and 

Section 18.2. 

This ‘‘SEIS will address and respond 

specifically to the Appeal Reviewing 

Officer’s Findings and 

Recommendations’’ found in the Appeal 

Deciding Officer’s letter dated July 23, 

2009, which states: ‘‘Appeal Reviewing 

Officer (ARO), Tina Terrell, Forest 

Supervisor of the Sequoia National 

Forest found that Forest Supervisor 

Sharon Heywood’s decision was an 

appropriate and reasonable response to 

direction in the Northwest Forest Plan 

and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest 

Land and Resource Management Plan. 

The Forest Supervisor provided 

information supporting the logic and 

rationale in selecting the proposed 

alternative and the associated activities. 

Documentation provided by the Forest 

Supervisor demonstrated compliance 

with the Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan in light of the appeal 

issues. However, the Forest Supervisor 

failed to analyze a reasonable range of 

alternatives in the FEIS. ARO Tina 

Terrell recommended reversing the 

Forest Supervisor’s decision. I agree 

with the ARO’s analysis as presented in 

the recommendation letter. All appeal 

issues raised have been considered. I 

reverse the Forest Supervisor’s decision 

to implement Alternative 1 due to the 

lack of a reasonable range of alternatives 

analyzed in the FEIS.’’ 

The original notice of intent for this 

project was published in the Federal 

Register December 12, 2005, and again 

June 1, 2007. The notice of availability 

of the Gemmill Thin Project draft 

environmental impact statement was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 11, 2008, and the notice of 

availability of the FEIS was published in 

the Federal Register on May 1, 2009. 

The April 2009 ROD for the Gemmill 

Thin Project FEIS and other relevant 

documentation can be found on the 

Forest Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

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r5/shastatrinity/projects/ 

sfmuprojects.shtml. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for the project 

remains as described in Chapter 1, pages 

through 11, of the FEIS. The draft SEIS 

will provide additional analysis and 

supplemental information specific to 

the development of a reasonable range 

of alternatives. 

As noted in the FEIS (page 4) under 

Purpose and Need: The need for action 

was determined by comparing existing 

conditions in the field with the desired 

future condition as described in the 

Forest Plan (pages 4–165 through 4–168) 

for the Wildwood Management Area. 

Existing conditions were identified from 

extensive field review, computer 

modeling of fuels reduction treatments 

and wildfire behavior/effects and 

interdisciplinary planning. The 

interdisciplinary team identified several 

resource conditions where desired 

conditions described in the Forest Plan 

differ from the existing condition. The 

following existing conditions, with 

associated management goals, describe 

the purpose and need and are the basis 

for the proposed action: 

• Excessive fuel accumulations and 

fuel ladders. There is a need to reduce 

the risk of losing existing and 

developing late-successional habitat due 

to wildfire and a need to use fire as a 

tool to maintain lower fuel loading. 

• Insufficient amount of latesuccessional habitat. There is a need to 

encourage or accelerate the 

development of contiguous latesuccessional and old growth habitat. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action would reduce 

fuels in the wildland urban interface 

and intermix areas adjacent to the rural 

community of Wildwood, California, 

and support the development of 

contiguous high quality old-growth 

habitat in the Chanchellula LateSuccessional Reserve. 

The proposed action, summarized 

below, encompasses a total of 1,618 

acres. 

• Thinning from below on 

approximately 1,279 acres of mixed 

conifer forest, which includes 300 acres 

of thinning within Riparian Reserve 

land allocation. 

• Thinning from below on 

approximately 268 acres of mixed 

conifer forest to reconstruct a 30-yearold ridgetop shaded fuelbreak. 

• Thinning 20-year-old plantations 

including mastication and/or biomass 

removal on approximately 44 acres. 

• Fuels hazard reduction on 

approximately 27 acres of mid-slope 

fuel buffers adjacent to private land. 

Remove and pile by hand all snags o ́19 

inches in diameter and dead ground 

fuels for burning. 

• Logging systems include: Tractor— 

1266 acres, cable—142 acres, 

helicopter—139 acres. 

The proposed action includes 

additional post-harvest fuel reduction in 

thinning and fuels break units which 

will be accomplished by hand piling 

and burning, mastication, and/or 

biomass removal. Connected roadrelated activities include approximately 

23.6 miles of road reconstruction, 1.7 

miles of temporary road and 12.1 miles 

of road decommissioning post-project. 

There would be no new system road 

construction. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

Lead Agency: USDA, Forest Service. 

Responsible Official 

J. Sharon Heywood, Forest 

Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, 

CA 96002. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Official will review 

the supplemental information and 

determine if modifications should be 

made to the decision presented in the 

April 16, 2009 ROD. 

Scoping Process 

Scoping is not required for 

supplements to environmental impact 

statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)4). 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review 

A draft SETS will be prepared for 

review and comment. A legal notice will 

be published in the newspaper of 

record. A notice of availability will be 

published in the Federal Register to 

inform the public that the draft SETS is 

available for review. The draft SETS 

will be distributed to all holders of the 

April 2009 FEIS and ROD for the 

project, including those parties that 

appealed the April 2009 decision. The 

comment period on the draft SEIS will 

be 45 days from the publication date of 

the notice of availability in the Federal 

Register. 

Timely submittal of comments on the 

draft SEIS ensures they can be 

meaningfully considered and responded 

to in the final SEIS. To assist the Forest 

Service in identifying and considering 

issues and concerns on the project, 

comments on the draft SETS should be 

as specific as possible. Comments 

should refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft SEIS. Comments 

may also address the adequacy of the 

draft SETS or the merits of the 

alternatives formulated and discussed in 

the statement. In addressing these 

points, 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. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection (per 

40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22). 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

J. Sharon Heywood, 

Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–24145 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tehama County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Tehama County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to 

be covered include: (1) Introductions, 

(2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Chairman’s Perspective, 

(5) FY09 RAC Proposal Voting, (6) Next 

Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 15, 2009 from 9 a.m. and end 

at approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Lincoln Street School, Pine Room, 

1135 Lincoln Street, Red Bluff, CA. 

Individuals wishing to speak or propose 

agenda items must send their names and 

proposals to Randy Jero, Committee 

Coordinator, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., 

Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy Jero, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Mendocino National Forest, 

Grindstone Ranger District, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

(530) 934–1269; E-mail rjero@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

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