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Vol. 65, No. 80

Tuesday, April 25, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–918–00–1610–DE–UCRB]

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project, Northern,

Intermountain, and Pacific Northwest

Regions; Interior Columbia Basin

Ecosystem Management Project,

States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,

Montana

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau

of Land Management, USDI.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a

Congressionally-required report on the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project (ICBEMP).

SUMMARY: The Forest Service and

Bureau of Land Management are

developing a scientifically sound,

ecosystem-based management strategy

for certain lands under their jurisdiction

east of the Cascade crest in Oregon and

Washington and in the Columbia River

Basin in Idaho and Montana. The 1998

and 2000 Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Acts required the

Secretaries of Agriculture and the

Interior to prepare a report on certain

aspects of the ICBEMP, to provide for a

120-day public review of, and comment

on, this report, and to respond to

comments on the report in the final

Environmental Impact Statement for the

ICBEMP. The Congressionally-required

report is now available for public review

and comment.

DATES: Written comments on the report

will be accepted through August 23,

2000. The ICBEMP interdisciplinary

team will then analyze the comments

and respond to them in the final EIS.

The final EIS is expected to be available

in late fall, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the report may be

obtained from ICBEMP, 304 N. 8th

Street, Room 250, Boise, ID 83702 or by

calling (208) 334–1770, ext. 120. The

report is also available via the internet

(http://www.icbemp.gov).

Comments on the report should be

submitted in writing to SDEIS, P.O. Box

420, Boise, Idaho 83701–0420.

Comments may be submitted

electronically at the ICBEMP’s home

page (http://www.icbemp.gov), where a

comment form is available.

Comments, including names and

street addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the Boise

office during regular business hours (8

a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,

except holidays), and may be published

as part of the final environmental

impact statement. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. All submissions from organizations

or businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety. Comments submitted

anonymously will be accepted and

considered; however, those who submit

anonymous comments may not have

standing to appeal the decision under

36 CFR 217 (Forest Service) or standing

to protest the proposed decision under

43 CFR 1610.5–2 (Bureau of Land

Management).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Giannettino, Project Manager, 304

North 8th St., Room 250, Boise, Idaho

83702, phone (208) 334–1770; or Geoff

Middaugh, Deputy Project Manager,

P.O. Box 2344, Walla Walla,

Washington 99362, phone (509) 522–

4030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

report is in response to the requirements

defined in Section 323(a) of the 1998

Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, as modified by

Section 335 of the 2000 Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

Section 335 of the 2000 Interior and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act

modified and addressed specific

portions and timing of Section 323(a) of

the 1998 Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, requiring the

Secretaries of Agriculture and the

Interior to submit to the House and

Senate Committees on Appropriations a

report that addresses four major topics.

First, this report describes, by type

and responsible official, anticipated

land and resource management

decisions associated with the ICBEMP.

The report also describes the procedures

for implementing decisions in the

ICBEMP area.

Second, the report provides an

estimate of the time frames for and costs

of these decisions. It also includes a

statement of the source of funds.

Third, the report contains an estimate

of the production of goods and services

from the federal lands managed by the

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) for the first five

years, beginning with the date of

publication of the Final EIS. Much of

the information in this report is also

included in the Supplemental Draft EIS.

Finally, the report provides a

description of the decision-making

process to be used to establish priorities

in accordance with appropriations, if

the requirements cannot be

accomplished with current

appropriations levels, adjusted for

inflation, and without any

reprogramming of such appropriations.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Susan Giannettino,

Project Manager, US Forest Service.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Cathy Humphrey,

Deputy EIS Team Leader, Bureau of Land

Management.

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BILLING CODE 4310–66–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice

is hereby given of the following

committee meeting:

Name: Grain Inspection Advisory

Committee.

Date: May 16–17, 2000.