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to http://www.regulations.gov and, in 

the ‘‘Search for Open Regulations’’ box, 

select ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, and then click on ‘‘Submit.’’ In 

the Docket ID column, select FDMS 

Docket Number FSIS–2005–0011 to 

submit or view public comments and to 

view supporting and related material 

available electronically. This docket can 

be viewed using the ‘‘Advanced Search’’

function in Regulations.gov. 

Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROM’s, and hand or courier-delivered 

items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 300 12th Street, 

SW., Room 102 Cotton Annex, 

Washington, DC 20250. 

Electronic mail: FSIS.regulations

comments@fsis.usda.gov. 

All submissions received by mail and 

electronic mail must include the Agency 

name and docket number FSIS–2006–

0011. All comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be available 

for public inspection in the FSIS Docket 

Room at the address listed above 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. The comments 

also will be posted to the 

regulations.gov Web site and on the 

Agency’s Web site at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

2006_Proposed_Rules_Index/index.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn E. Dickey, PhD, Director, 

Regulations and Petitions Policy Staff, 

Office of Policy, Program, and Employee 

Development, Room 112, Cotton Annex, 

300 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20250–3700; Telephone (202) 720–5627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

12, 2006, FSIS published a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing that the 

Agency was making the 2005 updated 

Harvard Risk Assessment of BSE 

available to the public. In the notice, 

FSIS gave the public until August 11, 

2006, to submit comments on the 

updated risk assessment. The notice 

also announced that the Agency would 

be holding a technical meeting to 

provide information on the 2005 

updated Harvard Risk Assessment. This 

meeting was held on July 25, 2006. 

On August 1, 2006, FSIS received a 

comment requesting that the Agency 

extend the comment period on the 

updated Harvard Risk Assessment until 

45 days from the day on which it makes 

the transcript of the July 25, 2006, 

technical meeting publicly available. 

The comment was submitted by a trade 

association that represents small cattle 

producers. The comment asserted that 

the 30-day comment period provided in 

the July 12, 2006, Federal Register 

notice is not an adequate amount of 

time to evaluate the new assumptions 

and analyses in the revised risk 

assessment, and that it needed the 

official transcript of the technical 

meeting proceedings to formulate its 

comments. 

FSIS agrees that the matters presented 

in the risk assessment are complex. 

Therefore, FSIS is reopening the 

comment period for 45 days as the 

transcript of the July 25, 2006, technical 

meeting is now available on the FSIS 

Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

PDF/BSE_Transcript_072506.pdf and 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

News_&_Events/2006_events/index.asp. 

This comment period will provide time 

for interested persons to fully assess the 

complex information presented at the 

technical meeting and to make written 

comments based upon their 

assessments. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this proposal, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS Web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

regulations_&_policies/ 

2006_Proposed_Rules_Index/index.asp. 

The Regulations.gov Web site is the 

central online rulemaking portal of the 

United States government. It is being 

offered as a public service to increase 

participation in the Federal 

government’s regulatory activities. FSIS 

participates in Regulations.gov and will 

accept comments on documents 

published on the site. The site allows 

visitors to search by keyword or 

Department or Agency for rulemakings 

that allow for public comment. Each 

entry provides a quick link to a 

comment form so that visitors can type 

in their comments and submit them to 

FSIS. The Web site is located at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

would be of interest to our constituents 

and stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail 

subscription service consisting of 

industry, trade, and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, scientific professionals, 

and other individuals who have 

requested to be included. The update 

also is available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through Listserv and the Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an e-mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ 

news_and_events/email_subscription/. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves and 

have the option to password protect 

their account. 

Done in Washington, DC, September 6, 

2006. 

Barbara J. Masters, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E6–15017 Filed 9–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Brick Trout Project, Clearwater 

National Forest, Idaho County, ID 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose the 

environmental effects of timber 

harvesting the Brick Creek, Panther 

Creek, Lunch Creek, Trout Creek, and 

Fan Creek drainages (herein referred to 

as the Brick Trout project). The project 

area is located 16 miles east of Kamiah, 

Idaho, north of U.S. Highway 12, mostly 

along or near Forest Roads 514 and 

5043. The project area is outside of 

inventoried roadless areas. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be postmarked 

within 45 days after this Notice of Intent 

appears in the Federal Register. The 

draft environmental impact statement is 

expected to be available in February, 

2007 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected to be 

completed in September of 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice or a request to be 

placed on the project mailing list should 

be addressed to Chris Tootell, TEAMS, 

200 East Broadway, Suite 251. Missoula, 

Montana, 59807. Comments may also be 

sent via e-mail to ctootell@fs.fed.us. The 

subject line in the e-mail message 

should contain the title ‘‘Brick Trout 


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Timber Sale Project.’’ If you choose to 

comment by e-mail, please include your 

name and regular mailing address with 

the comment. Comments may also be 

sent via facsimile to (406) 329–3411, c/ 

o Chris Tootell, Environmental 

Coordinator. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the U.S. 

Forest Service, Lochsa District Office in 

Kooskia, Idaho. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Tootell, Environmental Resource 

Coordinator, TEAMS Enterprise unit, 

USDA Forest Service (406) 329–3459. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 

a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed project is located in portions 

of Sections 8, 17, 18, 23–28, 33–36, 

T34N, R6E, and Section 3, T33N, R6E, 

Boise Meridian, Idaho County, Idaho. 

The analysis area encompasses 

approximately 7,000 acres. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for the 

proposed action is to: (1) Improve forest 

health, reduce catastrophic wildfire risk, 

maintain and restore ecological 

processes and functions, and restore tree 

stands to structure and species 

composition that would be expected 

under natural disturbance regimes; (2) 

manage the landscape to provide for 

goods and services deemed important to 

society; (3) restore the aquatic 

ecosystem to more natural processes 

and functions. 

Proposed Action 

The Forest Service proposes to 

harvest timber on 427 acres and then 

plan western white pine and western 

larch on most of the harvest area. 

Specifically, harvesting would include: 

300 acres of clearcutting with reserves, 

70 acres of seed tree harvest, 57 acres of 

final removal, 437 acres of slash 

treatment and site preparation for tree 

planting, 437 acres of tree planting. 

Cable yarding systems would be used 

for most of the area (350 acres). The rest 

of the area (77 acres) would use tractoryarding methods. To access the harvest 

units, 3.5 miles of temporary road 

would be built. Upon project 

completion, all temporary roads would 

be decommissioned, which includes 

recontouring the road prism. Watershed 

restoration activities would consist of 

road reconstruction on 1.9 miles of road, 

road reconditioning (brushing, blading 

and ditch cleaning) on 43.7 miles of 

road, replacement of two undersized 

culverts to improve fish passage, road 

decommissioning on three miles of 

road, and placing about 7.7 miles of 

road into storage. 

Possible Alternatives 

The Forest Service will consider 

alternatives to the proposed action 

including a ‘‘no action’’ alternative in 

which none of the proposed activities 

would be implemented. Additional 

alternatives being considered examine 

varying levels and locations for the 

proposed activities to achieve the 

proposal’s purpose and need, as well as 

to respond to issues and other resource 

concerns. 

Responsible Official 

The Responsible Official is the Forest 

Supervisor of the Clearwater National 

Forest, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 

83544. The Responsible Official will 

decide if the proposed project will be 

implemented and will document the 

decision and reasons for the decision in 

a Record of Decision. That decision will 

be subject to Forest Service Appeal 

Regulations. The responsibility for 

preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been 

delegated to the District Ranger, Lochsa 

Ranger District, Rt. 1 Box 398, Kooskia, 

ID 83539. 

Scoping Process 

The Clearwater National Forest has 

developed a listing of individuals and 

organizations that have expressed an 

interest in being informed of and 

providing input to projects such as this. 

This list of individuals and 

organizations include Native American 

groups, private citizens, businesses, 

various organizations, and Federal, State 

and county agencies. All of these 

contacts will be sent the initial scoping 

document. 

Preliminary Issues 

The following list of preliminary 

issues was developed for the project 

area by the Forest Service 

Interdisciplinary Team (ID Team). This 

list of issues will be amended and/or 

expanded after review of the Brick Trout 

Environmental Impact Statement project 

scoping comments. Preliminary issues 

include: effects of tree retention levels 

on ecosystem functions and processes, 

effects, of road decommissioning on 

future forest access, effects of mature 

forest harvest on sensitive species, and 

effects of proposed activities on old 

growth habitat. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the draft environmental 

impact statement, including the 

identification of the range of issues to be 

addressed and for identifying the 

significant issues related to the 

proposed action. The Forest Service 

believes that it is important to give 

reviewers notice that they must 

comment or otherwise notify the Forest 

Service of their interest in this project 

to have the right to appeal. To assist the 

Forest Service in identifying and 

considering issues, concerns and other 

relevant information on the project 

proposal, comments should be as 

specific as possible. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the draft environmental 

impact statement will be 45 days from 

the date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. The 

Forest Service believes, at this early 

stage, it is important to give reviewers 

notice 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 substantive 

comments and objections are made 

available to the Forest Service at a time 

when it 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 actions, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 


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chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement 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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: September 5, 2006. 

Thomas K. Reilly, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 06–7587 Filed 9–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Northeast Oregon Forests Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committees Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Northeast Oregon 

Forests Resource Advisory Committee 

(RAC) will meet via teleconference on 

September 27, 2006. The purpose of the 

meeting is to meet as a Committee to 

review proposed projects for fiscal year 

2007. 

DATES: The meeting will be held as 

follows: September 27, 2006, 1 p.m. to 

2 p.m. in John Day, Oregon. 

ADDRESSES: The September 27, 2006 

teleconference meeting will be held at 

the Malheur National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 431 Patterson 

Bridge Rd., John Day, Oregon 97845. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Harris, Designated Federal 

Official, USDA, Malheur National 

Forest, P.O. Box 909, John Day, Oregon 

97845. Phone: (541) 575–3008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A public 

comment period will be provided at 

1:05 p.m. and individuals will have the 

opportunity to address the committee at 

that time. 

Dated: September 5, 2006. 

Jennifer L. Harris, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 06–7586 Filed 9–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Mendocino Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mendocino County 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

September 15, 2006 (RAC) in Willits, 

California. Agenda items to be covered 

include: (1) Approval of minutes; (2) 

Handout Discussions, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Financial Report, (5) Subcommittees, (6) Matters before the 

group, (7) Discussion—Approval of 

projects, (8) Next agenda and meeting 

date. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 15, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 

12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mendocino County Museum, 

located at 400 E. Commercial St., 

Willits, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roberta Hurt, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Mendocino National Forest, 

Covelo Ranger District, 78150 Covelo 

Road, Covelo, CA 95428. (707) 983–

8503; e-mail rhurt@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Persons 

who wish to bring matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff by September 12, 2006. Public 

comment will have the opportunity to 

address the committee at the meeting. 

Dated: September 4, 2006. 

Blaine Baker, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 06–7595 Filed 9–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of Inspector General; Proposed 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request; Applicant for Funding 

Assistance 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(DOC), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

the continuing and proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 13, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information and 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to the attention of Joyce Baker, 

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 7721, 

(202) 482–1023, or via e-mail to 

jbaker@oig.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Department of Commerce, 

through its bureaus, the Economic 

Development Administration (EDA), 

Minority Business Development Agency 

(MBDA), International Trade 

Administration (ITA), National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), National Technical 

Information Service (NTIS), National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Agency (NTIA), and other programs, 

assists reliable, capable individuals and 

firms in pursuit of various business 

development, business enterprise 

development and other forms of 

economic development. The form, CD–

346, is used to assist programs and 

grants administration officials in 

determining the fiscal responsibility and 

financial integrity of principal officers 

and employees of organizations, firms, 

and other entities which are recipients 

or beneficiaries of grants, cooperative 

agreements, loans, loan guarantees or 

other forms of federal financial 

assistance. The requirement is derived 

from the duties and responsibilities set 

forth in Section 4(a)(3) of the Inspector 

General Act of 1978, as amended, 5 

U.S.C.A. App. 3. 

The CD–346 is also completed, when 

required, by grant recipients. Through 

the name check process, the Office of 

Inspector General collects background 

information on key individuals 

associated with proposed financial 

assistance (grants, cooperative 

agreements, loans and loan guarantees) 

recipient organizations. The name check 

identifies those principals affiliated 

with proposed recipient organizations 

who have been convicted of, or are 

presently facing, criminal charges or are 

under investigation for fraud, theft, 

perjury or other matters which have 

significant impact on questions of 


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