Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 151 / Monday, August 7, 2006 / Notices 44609 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 6, 2006 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Director, 

Engineering Staff, RPC5, USDA Forest 

Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Mail Stop 1101, Washington, DC 

20250–1101. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to (703) 605–1542 or by e-mail 

to: jbell01@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the Office of the Director of 

Engineering, USDA Forest Service, 1601 

N. Kent. St., Room 500, Arlington, VA 

22209 during normal business hours. 

Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 

(703) 605–4646 to facilitate entry to the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Bell, Engineering Staff, at (703) 605–

4612. Individuals who use TDD may 

call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 

1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, every 

day of the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for Permit, NonFederal Commercial Use of Roads 

Restricted by Order. 

OMB Number: 0596–0016. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2006. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Authority for road use 

permits is derived from the National 

Forest Roads and Trails Act (Pub. L. 88–

657, 16 U.S.C. 532–538, as amended). 

The law authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish procedures for 

sharing investments in roads and to 

require commercial users to perform 

road maintenance commensurate with 

their use of roads. Detailed 

implementing regulations are contained 

in Title 36 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, sections 212.5, 212.9, and 

261.54. 36 CFR 212.5 and 36 CFR 212.9 

authorize the Chief of the Forest Service 

to establish procedures for investment 

sharing and to require commercial users 

to perform road maintenance 

commensurate with use. 36 CFR 261.54 

contains a national prohibition against 

using a National Forest System road for 

commercial hauling without a permit or 

written authorization when so provided 

by order. Forest Service policies 

implementing the regulations are found 

in Forest Service Manual chapter 7730. 

The policies require Forest Supervisors 

to enter into appropriate investment 

sharing arrangements, to require 

commercial users of National Forest 

System roads to perform road 

maintenance commensurate with their 

use, and to issue orders that implement 

the national prohibition at 36 CFR 

261.54. These policies assure that those 

commercial haulers not already 

operating under investment and 

maintenance sharing provisions 

contained in Forest Service permits and 

contracts will obtain road use permits. 

The road use permits they obtain 

contain requirements for maintenance 

and investment sharing. 

FS–7700–40—Application for Permit 

for Non-Federal Commercial Use of 

Roads Restricted by Order. This form is 

used by individuals, corporations, or 

organizations that apply for a permit to 

use National Forest System roads for 

non-Federal commercial use. The 

following information is collected: (1) 

Name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) identification by Forest Service route 

number of roads to be used; (3) purpose 

of use; (4) use schedule; and (5) plans 

for future use. The requester submits the 

information to the Forest Supervisor or 

District Ranger responsible for the 

National Forest System roads on which 

commercial vehicular use is requested. 

Engineering personnel on the staff of the 

responsible National Forest System unit 

evaluates the information. The 

information is used by the Forest 

Service to identify road maintenance 

required as a direct result of the 

applicant’s vehicular traffic and to 

calculate the applicant’s commensurate 

share of road maintenance. The 

information will also be used to 

calculate collections for recovery of past 

Federal investments in roads when that 

method of sharing investment is 

appropriate. These fees are then 

embodied in clauses in the road use 

permit (FS–7700–41) issued to the 

applicant. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 15 

minutes per application. 

Type of Respondents: Commercial 

users of National Forest System roads. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 2,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 500 hours. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. 

Dated: July 28, 2006. 

Gloria Manning, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. E6–12727 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Extension of Comment Period on the 

Proposed Land Management Plans for 

the Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo 

National Forest 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service published 

a notice in the Federal Register on May 

8, 2006 initiating a 90-day comment 

period on the Proposed Land 

Management Plans for the Bitterroot, 

Flathead and Lolo National Forests. The 

closing date for submitting comments 

has been extended to September 7, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Proposed Land Management Plan, 

Bitterroot National Forest, 1801 North 

1st St., Hamilton, MT 59840. Comments 

by e-mail should be sent to: 

wmpz@fs.fed.us. 

DATES: The comment period closing 

date has been extended, from August 7, 

2006 to September 7, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claudia Narcisco, 406–329–3802. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of May 8, 2006, (FR 

Vol. 71, Num. 88, page 26734) the Forest 

Service initiated a 90-day comment 

period on the Proposed Land 

Management Plans for the Bitterroot, 

Flathead and Lolo National Forests. The 

closing date for submitting comments 

has been extended from August 7, 2006 

to September 7, 2006. 

Pursuant to 36 CFR 219.9(b)(2), the 

Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo National 

Forests are asking for comments on their 

Proposed Forest Land Management 

Plans. The Plans are available for 

viewing and downloading at the Web 


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site: www.fs.fed.us/r1/wmpz. CD 

(Compact Disk) copies of the Plans have 

been mailed to persons on our current 

mailing list and are available to others 

on request. Plans are also available for 

viewing at Supervisors Offices and 

Ranger Stations on the Bitterroot, 

Flathead and Lolo National Forests. 

Please note that all comments, names, 

and addresses become part of the public 

record and are subject to the Freedom of 

Information Act, except for proprietary 

documents and information. 

Dated: July 31, 2006. 

Deborah L.R. Austin, 

Forest Supervisor, Lolo National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 06–6706 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee, Custer, SD 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authorities in the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public 

Law 92–463) and the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community Self 

determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 

106–393), the Black Hills National 

Forest’s Custer County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet on 

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 in Custer, 

South Dakota for a business meeting. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on August 15 will 

begin at 6 p.m. at the Black Hills 

National Forest Supervisor’s office at 

25041 North Highway 16, Custer, South 

Dakota. Agenda topics will include 

election of officers and discussion of 

potential projects. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Lloyd, Hell Canyon District Ranger 

and Designated Federal Officer, at 605–

673–4853. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Michael D. Lloyd, 

District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 06–6704 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Highwood Generating Station 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public 

Comment Period and Additional Public 

Hearing, Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, Highwood Generating 

Station, Great Falls, Montana. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is 

extending the public comment period 

for the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Highwood 

Generating Station (HGS), and, as 

requested, is conducting an additional 

public hearing. The Draft EIS was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508) and RUS regulations (7 CFR 

1794). This document has been 

prepared jointly with the Montana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(MDEQ). 

The Draft EIS is to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts of and 

alternatives to the Southern Montana 

Electric Transmission & Generation 

Cooperative, Inc. (SME) application for 

a loan guarantee to construct a 250 

megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant 

near Great Falls, Montana. SME is 

proposing to use a coal combustion 

technology known as circulating 

fluidized bed (CFB). Along with other 

proposed pollution controls collectively 

known as Best Available Control 

Technology (BACT), the HGS would be 

among the cleanest-burning coal-fired 

power plants currently operating in the 

United States. SME also proposes to 

construct and operate four, 1.5–MW 

wind turbines to generate supplemental 

electrical power at the preferred project 

location eight miles east of Great Falls. 

Receipt of the Draft EIS was 

announced by the U. S. Environmental 

Protection Agency in the Federal 

Register on July 3, 2006 (official date 

June 30, 2006). Requests for extension of 

public comment periods may be 

honored per 40 CFR 1506.10. The initial 

45-day public comment period was to 

end on August 15, 2006. With the 15- 

day extension, the new deadline for 

public comments is now August 30, 

2006. 

In addition to the public hearing held 

in Great Falls, Montana on July 27, an 

additional hearing will be held in 

Havre, Montana. The Havre public 

hearing will be held on August 7, 2006 

at the Applied Technology Center 

Auditorium at MSU Northern, 300 West 

11th Street, Havre, MT. An open house 

will be held from 5–7 p.m., with the 

hearing beginning at 7 p.m. The hearing 

will include a presentation summarizing 

the findings of the Draft EIS and the 

opportunity for attendees to submit both 

oral and written comments. In 

accordance with 40 CFR Section 1503.1, 

Inviting Comments, the purpose of the 

meeting will be to solicit comments 

from interested parties on the Draft EIS 

for the Highwood Generating Station. 

DATES: Written comments on this Draft 

EIS will be accepted on or before August 

30, 2006. 

ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To 

send comments or for more information, 

contact: Richard Fristik, USDA, Rural 

Development, Utilities Programs, 1400 

Independence Avenue, Mail Stop 1571, 

Room 2237, Washington, DC 20250–

1571, telephone (202) 720–5093, fax 

(202) 720–0820, or e-mail: 

Richard.Fristik@wdc.usda.gov. 

A copy of the Draft EIS can be 

obtained or viewed online at http:// 

www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/eis.htm. 

The files are in a portable document 

format (pdf); in order to review or print 

the document, users need to obtain a 

free copy of Acrobat Reader. The 

Acrobat Reader can be obtained from 

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/ 

acrobat/readstep.html. 

Copies of the Draft EIS will be 

available for public review during 

normal business hours at the following 

locations: 

Montana State Library System, Attn: 

Roberta Gebhardt, P.O. Box 201800, 

Helena, MT 59620–1800, (406) 444–

5393. 

University of Montana at Missoula, 32 

Campus Drive 59801, Mansfield 

Library, Missoula, MT 59812, (406) 

243–6866. 

Missoula Public Library, 301 East Main, 

Missoula, MT 59802–4799, (406) 721–

2665. 

Montana State University Libraries, P. 

O. Box 173320, Bozeman, MT 59717–

3320, (406) 994–3119. 

Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd Ave 

North, Great Falls MT 59401–2593, 

(406) 453–0349. 

Chouteau County Library, 1518 Main, 

Fort Benton, MT 59442. 

Branches: Box 1247, Big Sandy, MT 

59520; Box 316, Geraldine, MT 59446. 

MSU-Northern Library, P. O. Box 7751, 

Havre, MT 59501–7751. 

Havre-Hill County Library, 402 3rd St., 

Havre, MT 59501–3644. 

Stone Child College Library, R. R. 1 Box 

1082, Box Elder, MT 59521. 

Belt Public Library, 70 Castner St., Belt, 

MT 59411–0467. 

Wedsworth Memorial Library, 9–1⁄2

Front St., Cascade, MT 59421–0526. 

Fort Belknap College Library and Tribal 

Archives, P. O. Box 159, Harlem, MT 

59526. 

Harlem Public Library, 37 First Ave., 

SE, Harlem, MT 59526. 


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