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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Iyouktug Timber Sales, Hoonah Ranger 

District, Tongass National Forest 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) on a proposal to harvest timber in 

the Iyouktug valley on Chicagof Island, 

Hoonah Ranger District of the Tongass 

National Forest. The Proposed Action is 

to harvest an estimated 57 million board 

feet (MMBF) of timber from 

approximately 4,430 acres of forested 

land through various small sales, and 

one or more larger sales, offered over a 

10-year period. Approximately 5 miles 

of National Forest System road would 

be constructed, and 12 miles of 

temporary road would be constructed; 

temporary road would be closed after 

timber management activities have been 

completed. The Proposed Action would 

include harvest of approximately 2,050 

acres and construction of approximately 

3 miles of National Forest System road 

and 6 miles of temporary road in 

inventoried roadless areas. The existing 

Long Island log transfer facility will be 

used as needed. In order to meet 

Tongass Land and Resource 

Management Plan (Forest Plan) criteria 

for old growth reserves, a nonsignificant Forest Plan amendment to 

change the boundaries of the small oldgrowth habitat reserves (OGRs) will be 

part of the Proposed Action. 

DATES: Opportunities for comment are 

available throughout the analysis 

process. Those interested in receiving a 

scoping package should contact us at 

the address below. Comments 

concerning this stage of the project will 

be most helpful if received by October 

2, 2006. Additional opportunities for 

comment will be provided after release 

of the Draft EIS, which is expected to be 

published September 2007. A 45-day 

comment period will begin the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes the Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. The final 

environmental impact statement and 

decision are expected December 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send or hand deliver 

written comments to: IDT Leader, Sitka 

Ranger District, Tongass National 

Forest, Attn: Iyouktug Timber Sales EIS, 

204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, AK 99835. 

Send written e-mail comments to: 

comments-alaska-tongasshoonah@fs.fed.us with ‘‘Iyouktug EIS’’

in the subject line. In all 

correspondence, include your name, 

address, and organization name if you 

are commenting as a representative of 

an organization. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Budke, Acting District Ranger, 

Hoonah Ranger District, P.O. Box 135, 

Hoonah, AK 99829, phone (907) 945–

3631 or Hans von Rekowski, Team 

Leader, Sitka Ranger District, 204 

Siginaka Way, Sitka, AK 99835, phone 

(907) 747–4217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS 

will tier to the EIS for the 1997 Tongass 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

(Forest Plan) that provides overall 

guidance, goals, objectives, standards, 

guidelines, and management area 

direction to achieve the desired 

condition for the project area. 

The project area is administered by 

the Hoonah Ranger District of the 

Tongass National Forest, Hoonah, 

Alaska and occurs in Value Comparison 

Units (VCU) 2080, 2090, and 2100 as 

designated by the Forest Plan. The 

project area includes approximately 

40,650 acres. The Iyouktug project area 

is located northwest of Iyoukeen 

Peninsula on the northeastern part of 

Chichagof Island about 12 air miles eastsoutheast of Hoonah, Alaska, 30 air 

miles west of Juneau, Alaska, and 15 air 

miles northeast of Tenakee Springs. The 

project area lies north of Freshwater 

Bay, west of False Bay and Chatham 

Strait, and south of Icy Strait, along 

National Forest System Road #8530; it 

lies within the Iyouktug and Suntaheen 

Creek valleys and includes Whitestone 

Harbor. The project area is in 

Townships 43–44 South, and Ranges 

62–64 East, Copper River Meridian. 

Purpose and Need 

The purpose and need for the 

Iyouktug Timber Sales project is to: (1) 

Maintain and promote wood production 

from suitable timber lands, providing a 

supply of wood to meet society’s needs; 

(2) Seek to provide a stable supply of 

timber from the Tongass National Forest 

which meets the annual planning-cycle 

market demand, while managing these 

lands for sustained long-term yields, 

consistent with sound multiple-use and 

sustained-yield objectives; (3) Seek to 

provide a long-term, stable supply of 

timber for local sawmills and timber 

operators; and (4) Provide a diversity of 

opportunities for resource uses that 

contribute to the local and regional 

economies of Southeast Alaska to 

support a wide range of natural resource 

employment opportunities within 

Southeast Alaska’s communities. The 

Iyouktug Timber Sales Proposed Action 

is consistent with the 1997 Tongass 

Forest Plan. 

Proposed Action 

The Proposed Action for the Iyouktug 

project area is to harvest an estimated 57 

million board feet (MMBF) of timber 

from approximately 4,430 acres of 

forested land while meeting Forest Plan 

standards. The timber would be offered 

through various small sales, and one or 

more large sales over a 10-year period 

following the Record of Decision (ROD). 

It is anticipated that 1 to 5 MMBF 

(averaging 3 MMBF) of timber harvested 

through ground-based logging systems 

would be offered annually as small 

sales. The large sale(s) would be 

composed primarily of units harvested 

through helicopter logging. The larger 

timber sale(s) would be offered 

concurrently with the small sales. 

Timber harvest would occur on an 

estimated 4,430 acres of the 9,290 acres 

within the entire timber unit pool. Some 

areas in the timber unit pool are not 

being considered for timber harvest in 

this Proposed Action; however, when 

other alternatives are developed, we 

may propose harvest in some of the 

other units in the pool. The Proposed 

Action includes approximately 2,680 

acres of helicopter and 1,750 acres of 

ground-based shovel and cable yarding 

systems. Areas suitable for groundbased logging would be harvested either 

even-aged (clearcut) or uneven-aged 

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(group or single tree selection) harvest 

prescriptions depending on terrain, tree 

species, economics, or environmental 

concerns. Helicopter would be unevenaged harvest with no more than 40% of 

the harvest-unit volume removed. All 

timber harvest will use silvicultural 

prescriptions suited to meet the 

standards and guidelines of the Tongass 

Forest Plan. 

The Proposed Action includes 

construction of approximately 5 miles of 

National Forest System road and 12 

miles of temporary road; it would also 

include reconstruction of 3 miles of 

existing road. The existing Long Island 

Log Transfer Facility (LTF) will be 

utilized for these sales, if needed. 

Harvest activities are proposed to 

occur only on land allocated to the 

Timber Production Land Use 

Designation (LUD); the other LUDs in 

the project area are Scenic Viewshed 

and Old-growth Habitat. 

The Iyouktug project area includes 

two small old-growth habitat reserves 

(OGRs) and a portion of a large OGR as 

designated in the Forest Plan. The small 

OGRs are located in Value Comparison 

Units (VCUs) 2080, 2090, and 2100; the 

portion of the large OGR is a VCU 2100. 

To meet Forest Plan criteria for oldgrowth reserves, changes to the small 

OGR boundaries will be proposed as 

part of this project. A non-significant 

Forest Plan amendment will be required 

to address these changes. 

Harvest is proposed in unroaded areas 

including parts of three inventoried 

roadless areas. Approximately 25,590 

acres of the Iyouktug project area are in 

three inventoried roadless areas; the 

Proposed Action would include harvest 

of approximately 2,050 acres and 

construction of approximately 3 miles of 

National Forest System road and 6 miles 

of temporary road in inventoried 

roadless areas. 

Preliminary Issues 

Tentative issues identified for 

analysis in this EIS relate to the location 

and design of small Old-Growth Habitat 

Reserves and connectivity, subsistence 

use, economics, and timber harvest in 

roadless areas. Resource concerns that 

will be considered and discussed in the 

analysis include heritage resources, 

fisheries, karst features, steep slopes, 

threatened, endangered, and sensitive 

species, scenery, and the potential for 

cumulative watershed impacts in the 

project area. 

Public Participation 

Public participation has been an 

integral component of the analysis 

process and will continue to be 

especially important at several points 

during the analysis. This Notice of 

intent (NOI) and the project scoping 

letter initiate the scoping process that 

guides the development of the 

Environmental Impact Statement. The 

Forest Service will be seeking 

information, comments and suggestions 

from Tribal Governments, Federal, 

State, and local agencies, as well as 

individuals and organizations that may 

be interested in, or affected by, the 

Proposed Action. This process will 

determine the scope of the project and 

significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth in the Environmental Impact 

Statement. A scoping letter has recently 

been mailed to interested people and 

organizations; the scoping letter is 

available upon request. The letter briefly 

describes the project and project area, 

the purpose and need for the project, the 

Proposed Action, and invites public 

comment. An open house meeting will 

be held in Hoonah, Alaska on 

September 6, 2006, at the Hoonah 

Ranger District Office. The meeting will 

be announced in local newspapers and 

on local radio stations. 

Through the scoping process the 

Interdisciplinary Planning Team will 

review comments received during the 

scoping period to determine which 

issues are significant and within the 

scope of this project. The team will 

develop a range of alternatives to 

address the significant issues. One of 

these will be the ‘‘No Action’’

alternative, in which no additional 

timber harvest or road construction is 

proposed. Other alternatives will 

consider various levels and locations of 

timber harvest in response to issues and 

non-timber objectives. The team will 

then prepare a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) that will 

display the alternatives and the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects of each 

alternative. Non-significant issues or 

those issues that have been covered by 

a previous environmental review will be 

discussed briefly and documented in 

the EIS or project planning record. 

The DEIS is expected to be filed with 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) by September 2007. The comment 

period on the DEIS will be 45 days from 

the date the EPA publishes the Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

In addition to commenting on the 

Proposed Action and the DEIS when it 

is released, agencies and other 

interested persons or groups are invited 

to write to or speak with Forest Service 

officials at any time during the planning 

process. Subsistence hearings, as 

provided for in Title VIII, section 810 of 

the Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA), will be 

conducted during the comment period 

on the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

The Forest Service believes that at 

this early scoping stage, it is important 

to inform reviewers of several court 

rulings related to public participation in 

the environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of draft environmental impact 

statements must structure their 

participation in the environmental 

review of the proposal so that it is 

meaningful and alerts an agency to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, 

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement stage but that are not 

raised until after completion of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement may 

be waived or dismissed by the courts. 

City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F. 2d 1016, 

1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin 

Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 

1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of 

these court rulings, it is very important 

that those interested in this Proposed 

Action participate by the close of the 45- 

day comment period so that comments 

and objections are made available to the 

Forest Service at a time during which 

the agency can meaningfully consider 

them and respond to them in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the Proposed Action, 

comments on the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the DEIS or the merits of 

the alternatives formulated and 

discussed in the statement. 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 in addressing 

these points. 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. 

Comments submitted anonymously 

will be accepted and considered; 

however, those who submit anonymous 

comments will not have standing to 

appeal the subsequent decision under 

36 CFR part 215. Additionally, pursuant 

to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person may 

request that the agency withhold a 

submission from the public record by 

showing how the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) permits such 

confidentiality. Persons requesting such 

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confidentiality should be aware that, 

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be 

granted in only very limited 

circumstances, such as to protect trade 

secrets. The Forest Service will inform 

persons requesting confidentiality of the 

agency’s decision regarding their 

request, and where the request is 

denied, the agency will return the 

submission and notify the requester that 

the comments may be resubmitted with 

or without the name and address within 

seven days. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

The permits listed below are required 

to implement the project, if the Long 

Island LTF is used. These permits are 

current and are held by Huna Totem 

Corporation. The Forest Service has a 

cost-share agreement with the Huna 

Totem Corporation to utilize the LTF 

under the following permits: 

1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

—Approval of discharge of dredged or 

fill material into the waters of the 

United States under Section 404 of 

the Clean Water Act; 

—Approval of the construction of 

structures or work in navigable waters 

of the United States under section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; 

2. U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency 

—Storm water discharge permit/ 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System review under 

section 402 of the Clean Water Act 

(402); 

—Review Spill Prevention Control and 

Countermeasure Plan; 

3. State of Alaska, Department of 

Environmental Conservation 

—Certification of Compliance with 

Alaska Water Quality Standards (401 

Certification); 

—Solid Waste Disposal Permit; 

4. State of Alaska, Department of 

Natural Resources (DNR) 

—Authorization for occupancy and use 

of tidelands and submerged lands. In 

addition to the above permits, the 

Forest Service is required to obtain 

concurrence from the State of Alaska, 

Office of Project Management & 

Permitting (in the Department of 

Natural Resources) on a coastal zone 

consistency determination to proceed 

with the Proposed Action. 

Responsible Official 

The Forest Supervisor, Tongass 

National Forest, Federal Building, 648 

Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 

99901, is the responsible official. 

Nature of the Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether or not to authorize timber 

harvest within the Iyouktug project area, 

and if so, how this timber would be 

harvested. The responsible official 

would also determine the location of 

OGR boundaries. The Responsible 

Official will consider the comments, 

responses, and disclosure of 

environmental consequences displayed 

in the FEIS, and applicable laws, 

regulations, and policies in making a 

decision. The Responsible Official will 

state the decision and the rationale for 

the decision in the Record of Decision 

(ROD). 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: August 21, 2006. 

Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Eastern Arizona Counties Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Eastern Arizona Counties 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Overgaard, Arizona. The purpose of 

the meeting is to evaluate project 

proposals for possible funding in 

accordance with Pub. L. 106–393 (the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 22, 2006 starting at 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the fellowship room at the First 

Southern Baptist Church, 2727 Church 

Lane, Overgaard, Arizona 85933. Send 

written comments to Robert Dyson, 

Eastern Arizona Counties Resource 

Advisory Committee, c/o Forest Service, 

USDA, P.O. Box 640, Springerville, 

Arizona 85938 or electronically to 

rdyson@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Dyson, Public Affairs Officer, 

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests 

(928) 333–4301. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff, project proponents, 

and Committee members. However, 

persons who wish to bring Pub. L. 106–

393 related matters to the attention of 

the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Public input 

sessions will be provided and 

individuals who made written requests 

by September 6, 2006, will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

those sessions. 

Dated: August 19, 2006. 

Elaine J. Zieroth, 

Forest Supervisor, Apache-Sitgreaves 

National Forests. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–863 

Honey from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Extension of Time 

Limit for Final Results of 2004/2005 

New Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristina Boughton or Bobby Wong, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–8173 or (202) 482–

0409, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 7, 2006, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) published 

in the Federal Register the preliminary 

results of these new shipper reviews. 

Honey from the People’s Republic of 

China: Intent to Rescind and 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 32923 

(June 7, 2006). 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results 

Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 

19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

results of a new shipper review within 

180 days after the date on which the 

new shipper review was initiated and 

final results of a review within 90 days 

after the date on which the preliminary 

results were issued. The Department 

may, however, extend the deadline for 

completion of the final results of a new 

shipper review to 150 days if it 

determines that the case is 

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