24910 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 83 / Friday, April 28, 2000 / Notices

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments should be sent to

the address stated in the preamble.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Done at Washington, DC, this 20th day of

April, 2000.

Charles W. Laughlin,

Administrator, Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service.

[FR Doc. 00–10568 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Intergovernmental Advisory

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental

Advisory Committee will meet on May

4, 2000, at the Embassy Suites Portland

Downtown, 319 SW Pine Street,

Portland, Oregon 97204–2726. The

purpose of the meeting is to continue

discussions on the implementation of

the Northwest Forest Plan. The meeting

will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue

until 3:30 p.m. Agenda items to be

discussed include, but are not limited

to: briefings and discussion on

Monitoring efforts, the President’s

Roadless Area initiative, continued

discussion on integrating the forest plan

into the management landscape, the

Survey and Manage Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement, and

progress reports on ongoing

implementation issues. The IAC

meeting will be open to the public and

is fully accessible for people with

disabilities. Interpreters are available

upon request in advance. Written

comments may be submitted for the

record at the meeting. Time will also be

scheduled for oral public comments.

Interested persons are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may

be directed to Curt Loop, Acting

Executive Director, Regional Ecosystem

Office, 333 SW 1st Avenue, P.O. Box

3623, Portland, OR 97208 (Phone: 503–

808–2180).

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Curtis A. Loop,

Acting Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 00–10685 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Olympic Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC) Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Olympic PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on May 19, 2000.

The meeting will be held at the Olympic

Natural Resource Center’s conference

room in Forks, Washington. The

meeting will begin at 9:00 AM and end

at approximately 3:30 PM. Agenda

topics are: (1) Survey and Manage Forest

Management Strategy; (2)

Intergovernmental Advisory Committee

Update; (3) Regional Ecosystems Office

Update; (4) Olympic Discovery Trail

Proposal; (5) Open forum; and (6) Public

comments.

All Olympic Province Advisory

Committee Meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are encourage

to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Ken Eldredge, Province Liaison,

USDA, Olympic National Forest

Headquarters, 1835 Black Lake Blvd.,

Olympia, WA 98512–5623, (360) 956–

2323 or Dale Hom, Forest Supervisor, at

(360) 956–2301.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Dale Hom,

Forest Supervisor, Olympic National Forest.

[FR Doc. 00–10629 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

RIN 0596—AB67

Forest Transportation System

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of public

comment period.

SUMMARY: On March 3, 2000, in Part III,

of the Federal Register, the Forest

Service published a proposed

administrative policy concerning the

development, use, maintenance, and

management of the national forest

transportation system (65 FR 11684). A

number of organizations have requested

an extension of the public comment

period. In considering these requests,

the agency has determined that the

public initially had difficulty obtaining

a copy of the proposed policy and

accompanying documents.

Additionally, the agency has concluded

that a limited extension will not impede

adoption of the final policy. Therefore,

the agency is extending the comment

period for 15 calendar days. Because the

proposed administrative policy was

accompanied by a related proposed rule

regarding the Forest Transportation

System, the agency, by separate notice

in today’s Federal Register, also is

extending the comment period on the

proposed rule for 15 calendar days.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

USDA, CAET, Attention: Roads, P.O.

Box 221090, Salt Lake City, UT 84122.

Send comments electronically to

roads/wocaet_slc@fs.fed.us.

All comments received, including

names and addresses when provided,

are placed in the record and are

available for public inspection and

copying at Forest Service, 201 14th

Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20250.

Persons wishing to inspect the

comments are encouraged to call 202–

205–1400 to facilitate building entrance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heidi Valetkevitch, Office of

Communication, 202–205–0914.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

James R. Furnish,

Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

[FR Doc. 00–10655 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Notice of Request for Extension 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 (RBS) intention to

request an extension for a currently

approved information collection in

support of the program for the Annual

Survey of Farmer Cooperatives, as

authorized in the Cooperative Marketing

Act of 1926.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by June 27, 2000 to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles A. Kraenzle, Director, Statistics

Staff, RBS, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP 3256, 1400