Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 156 / Friday, August 12, 2011 / Notices 50171 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Henrys Fork Salinity Control 

Project Plan, Sweetwater and Uinta 

Counties, WY; Daggett and Summit 

Counties, UT 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Department of 

Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370d (NEPA), as 

implemented by the Council of 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

announces their intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Henrys Fork Salinity Control 

Project Plan (SCPP). The NRCS will be 

the lead agency. A public and agency 

scoping meeting to discuss issues, 

actions, alternatives and impacts as well 

as to solicit input verbally and in 

writing will be conducted. The lead and 

cooperating agencies invite and 

encourage agencies and the public to 

provide written comments on the 

proposed SCPP throughout the scoping 

process to ensure that all relevant 

environmental issues are considered. 

DATES: Meeting Date: A public and 

agency scoping meeting will be held at 

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011. 

Comment Date: Persons or organizations 

wishing to submit scoping comments 

should do so no later than September 

30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Address: The 

public and agency scoping meeting will 

be held at McKinnon Elementary 

School, 10 Old Highway 414 # 10A, 

McKinnon, Wyoming. 

Comment submissions: Written 

comments on the scope of the EIS for 

the Henrys Fork SCPP may be submitted 

using any of the following methods: 

Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the instructions for sending comments 

electronically. 

Mail: Attention: Rachel Bundschuh, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

508 North Broadway Avenue, Riverton, 

Wyoming 82501–3458. 

E-mail: 

rachel.bundschuh@wy.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Lewis of the NRCS at (307) 787–3211, 

100 East Sage Street, P.O. Box 370, 

Lyman, Wyoming 82937–0370, E-mail: 

jeff.lewis@wy.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action: The ‘‘Irrigation 

System Improvements’’ alternative 

assumes a salinity control project will 

be implemented. Existing financial and 

technical assistance programs will 

continue to operate as they have in the 

past. However, the ‘‘Irrigation System 

Improvements’’ alternative will increase 

the available Federal funds for 

assistance. It is assumed that on-farm 

irrigation water management will 

improve due to an increase in technical 

assistance provided by the NRCS field 

office. 

Through implementation of a SCPP, 

on-farm irrigation application system 

improvements will occur at an 

accelerated rate as producers voluntarily 

sign up for improved irrigation systems. 

It is estimated that through this 

alternative 74 percent of the irrigated 

acres in the project area will have 

improved irrigation systems. Most of the 

surface irrigation systems will be 

converted to side roll, center pivot, and 

pod sprinkler systems. The remaining 

26 percent of irrigated acres will 

continue as unimproved irrigation 

systems. 

A limited amount of on-farm delivery 

ditches that transport irrigation water 

from the canal to the field will be 

improved by converting from dirt ditch 

to buried pipe. This will reduce seepage 

and salt loading from these delivery 

ditches by 99 percent. Canal 

modifications (i.e. conversion to 

pipeline or canal lining) are not 

included in this SCPP. 

Currently, approximately 70,790 acrefoot of water are used for irrigation in 

the project area. This includes water 

directly diverted from streams and 

water stored in reservoirs. The irrigation 

system improvements outlined in this 

plan will provide more efficient use of 

this water. Deep percolation from the 

14,800 acres is expected to be treated 

though the project action, reducing it by 

approximately 58 percent. The Colorado 

River salt loading attributed to this 

project area will be reduced by the 

reduction of excess deep percolation 

passing below the plant root zone. Deep 

percolation of irrigation water results in 

concentrating and transporting salt in 

groundwater to the surface and 

eventually depositing in the Colorado 

River. 

This proposal is not intended to bring 

new land under irrigation or to provide 

water to fields that have been 

infrequently or marginally irrigated. 

Any project measure proposed on lands 

without an adequate irrigation history 

will not be considered for funding 

without prior approval by the 

appropriate state water authority. 

Alternatives: The other alternative 

presently considered is the ‘‘No-Action’’ 

Alternative. Under this alternative 

accelerated improvements to the onfarm irrigation systems will not be 

implemented. Environmental 

conditions, including salt loading into 

associated tributaries will continue 

unhindered. 

Scoping: The lead and cooperating 

agencies will conduct an open scoping 

and public involvement process during 

the development of the EIS. The scoping 

process is the key to preparing a concise 

EIS to receive public input on the 

alternatives to the proposed action and 

the range of issues to be addressed in 

the EIS. The purpose of the scoping 

meetings is to assist the lead and 

cooperating agencies in defining the 

issues that will be evaluated in the EIS. 

A public meeting was held in 

McKinnon on December 9, 2009 where 

input on the project was obtained. A 

second public and agency scoping 

meeting will be held as indicated above 

(see DATES and ADDRESSES sections 

above). Further information will be 

published in local newspapers in 

advance of the meeting. Any necessary 

changes will be announced in the local 

media. Written scoping comments will 

be considered in the preparation of the 

draft EIS (see DATES and ADDRESSES

sections above). Comments postmarked 

or received by e-mail after specified date 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. Questions about the EIS/ 

SCPP, requests for inclusion on the EIS/ 

SCPP mailing list, and requests for 

copies of any documents associated 

with the draft EIS/SCPP should be 

directed to Rachel Bundschuh, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, 508 

North Broadway Avenue, Riverton, 

Wyoming 82501–3458; E-mail: 

rachel.bundschuh@wy.usda.gov; Phone: 

(307) 856–7524, ext. 121. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

J. Xavier Montoya, 

State Conservationist. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20589 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

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50172 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 156 / Friday, August 12, 2011 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

State Technical Guide specifically in the 

following practice standards: #328, 

Conservation Crop Rotation, #329, 

Residue and Tillage Management No 

Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed, #344, 

Residue Management, Seasonal, #345, 

Residue and Tillage Management Mulch 

Till, #346, Residue Management, Ridge 

Till, #391, Riparian Forest Buffer, #422, 

Hedgerow Planting, #472, Access 

Control, #595, Integrated Pest 

Management, #612, Tree/Shrub 

Establishment, and #666, Forest Stand 

Improvement. These practices will be 

used to plan and install conservation 

practices. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with this 

date of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Bricker, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 

209, Richmond, Virginia 23229–5014; 

Telephone number (804) 287–1691; Fax 

number (804) 287–1737. Copies of the 

practice standards will be made 

available upon written request to the 

address shown above or on the Virginia 

NRCS Web site: http:// 

www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

draftstandards.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

technical guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days, the 

NRCS in Virginia will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by the NRCS in Virginia 

regarding disposition of those comments 

and a final determination of change will 

be made to the subject standards. 

Dated: July 21, 2011. 

W. Ray Dorsett, 

Acting State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Richmond, 

Virginia. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20586 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1778] 

Designation of New Grantee, ForeignTrade Zone 41, Milwaukee, WI 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

Regulations (15 CFR part 400), the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) 

adopts the following Order: 

The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) has considered the 

application (filed 6/9/2011) submitted 

by the Foreign Trade Zone of 

Wisconsin, Ltd., grantee of FTZ 41, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, requesting 

reissuance of the grant of authority for 

said zone to the Port of Milwaukee, 

which has accepted such reissuance 

subject to approval by the FTZ Board. 

Upon review, the Board finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest. 

Therefore, the Board approves the 

application and recognizes the Port of 

Milwaukee as the new grantee of 

Foreign Trade Zone 41, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 3rd day of 

August 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20566 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1777] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

216 Under Alternative Site Framework, 

Olympia, WA 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (74 FR 

1170, 01/12/2009; correction 74 FR 

3987, 01/22/2009; 75 FR 71069–71070, 

11/22/2010) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

general-purpose zones; 

Whereas, the Port of Olympia, grantee 

of Foreign-Trade Zone 216, submitted 

an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 

31–2011, filed 05/09/2011) for authority 

to reorganize under the ASF with a 

service area of Thurston County and 

portions of Kitsap, Lewis and Mason 

Counties, Washington, within and 

adjacent to the Olympia U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry, and 

FTZ 216’s existing Sites 1–7 and 9–13 

would be categorized as magnet sites, 

existing Site 8 would be deleted and 

acreage reduced at existing Sites 1, 3, 4 

and 13; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 27987, 05/13/2011) and 

the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 216 

under the alternative site framework is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.28, to the Board’s standard 

2,000-acre activation limit for the 

overall general-purpose zone project, 

and to five-year ASF sunset provisions 

for magnet sites that would terminate 

authority for Sites 1–7 and 9–13 if not 

activated by August 31, 2016. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 3rd day of 

August 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20567 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket T–2–2011] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 26, Temporary/ 

Interim Manufacturing Authority, 

Makita Corporation of America, HandHeld Power Tool and Gasoline/ElectricPowered Garden Product 

Manufacturing; Notice of Approval 

On June 22, 2011, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board filed an application 

submitted by Georgia Foreign-Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, requesting 

temporary/interim manufacturing (T/ 

IM) authority, on behalf of Makita 

Corporation of America, to manufacture 

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