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hours at 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–16634 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Plantation Fuel Reduction, Eldorado 

National Forest, El Dorado County, CA 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, 

Eldorado National Forest will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for a proposal to treat 

approximately 4,637 acres of selected 

plantations on the Georgetown and 

Pacific Ranger Districts. The proposal 

will involve mechanical precommercial 

thinning and control of competitive 

vegetation using mechanical and 

chemical treatments. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

November 3, 2006. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in January 2007 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected May 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Tim Dabney, District Ranger, 

Georgetown Ranger District, 7600 

Wentworth Springs Road, Georgetown, 

CA 95634, Attention: Plantation Fuel 

Reduction Project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Howard, Project Leader, Georgetown 

Ranger Station, 7600 Wentworth 

Springs Road, Georgetown, CA 95634, 

or by telephone at 530–333–4312 or by 

e-mail at thoward@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

It is the purpose of the Plantation Fuel 

Reduction Project to begin the process 

of enhancing forest health, vigor, 

growth, resilience to fire, and 

sustainability of the desired vegetation 

of the plantations, and thereby improve, 

maintain, and perpetuate the other 

dependent resources as directed in the 

Eldorado Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan (LRMP) as amended 

by the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan 

Amendment, 2004 (SNFPA). 

The specific purpose and need of the 

Proposed Action is to: Reduce present 

and future fuel loads; alter the 

vegetative structure in plantations to 

reduce the risk of loss to wildland fire 

by maintaining flame lengths below six 

feet (four feet in defense and threat 

zones); reduce rate of spread and 

increase the fire line production rates; 

maintain the effectiveness of fuel 

treatments for more than five years; 

improve forest health, and, maintain 

valuable wildlife habitat and to create 

conditions that accelerate the 

development of old forest 

characteristics. 

Proposed Action 

The Georgetown and Pacific Ranger 

Districts propose precommercial 

thinning and control of competitive 

vegetation using mechanical and 

chemical treatments of vegetation on 

approximately 4,637 acres of selected 

conifer plantations about 20 air miles 

north and east of Placerville, California 

on the Eldorado National Forest in El 

Dorado County. The legal description is: 

T.11N., R.11E.; T.11N., R.13E; T.11N.; 

R.14E; T.11N., R.15E; T.12N., R.11E.; 

T12N., R.13E.; T.12N., R14E.; T.12N., 

R.15E.; T13N., R.11E.; T.13N., R.12E.; 

T.13N., R.13E.; T.13N., R.14E.; T.13N., 

R.15E.; T.14N., R.12E.; T.14N., R.13E.; 

and, T.14N., R.14E. The project proposal 

would involve the following timber 

stand improvement activities: (1) 

Mechanical mastication treatment of 

approximately 3,039 acres using low 

ground pressure equipment to flail or 

‘‘masticate’’ undesirable vegetation and 

conifers. Follow-up chemical treatment 

with ground-based application of 

herbicides (2,738 acres of foliar 

treatment using a 3% glyphosate 

solution and 301 acres of foliar 

treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr 

solution) within one year following the 

completion of mechanical mastication 

activities. (2) Hand cut treatment of 

approximately 136 acres using hand 

tools. Follow-up chemical treatment 

with ground-based application of 

herbicides (136 acres of foliar treatment 

using a 3% glyphosate solution) within 

one year following the completion of 

hand cutting activities. (3) Chemical 

treatment of approximately 1,462 acres 

(1,193 acres of foliar treatment using a 

3% glyphosate solution and 269 acres of 

foliar treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr 

solution). Follow-up chemical treatment 

(1,193 acres of foliar treatment using a 

3% glyphosate solution and 269 acres of 

foliar treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr 

solution), if necessary, three to five 

years after the initial treatment. 

The proposed project activities would 

begin in 2007 and with the goal of being 

completed by 2015, dependent upon 

funding. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The lead agency will be the U.S.D.A. 

Forest Service. 

Responsible Official 

Tim Dabney, Georgetown District 

Ranger is the responsible Official. As 

the responsible official he will 

document the decision and reasons for 

the decision in the Record of Decision. 

That decision will be subject to Forest 

Service appeal regulations (36 CFR Part 

215). 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether to 

adopt and implement the proposed 

action, an alternative to the proposed 

action, or take no action to conduct fuel 

reduction and timber stand 

improvement treatments in plantations. 

Scoping Process 

Public participation will be especially 

important at several points during the 

analysis. The Forest Service will be 

seeking information, comments, and 

assistance from the Federal, State, and 

local agencies and other individuals or 

organizations who may be interested in 

or affected by the proposed action. To 

facilitate public participation, 

information about the proposed action 

will be mailed to all who express 

interest in the proposed action and 

notification of the public scoping period 

will be published in the Mountain 

Democrat, Placerville, CA. 

Comments submitted during the 

scoping process should be in writing 

and should be specific to the proposed 

action. The comments should describe 

as clearly and completely as possible 

any issues the commenter has with the 

proposal. The scoping process includes: 

(1) Identifying the potential issues; (2) 

Identifying issues to be analyzed in 

depth; (3) Eliminating nonsignificant 

issues or those previously covered by a 

relevant previous environmental 

analysis; (4) Exploring additional 

alternatives; and, (5) Identifying 

potential environmental effects of the 

proposed action and alternatives. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 


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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 

comment period so that 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 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 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 29, 2006. 

Timothy A. Dabney, 

Georgetown District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 06–8557 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No.: 060615168–6243–02] 

Privacy Act of 1974: System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Final Notice to amend a Privacy 

Act System of Records: COMMERCE/ 

DEPARTMENT–18, ‘‘Employees 

Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices 

of Other Agencies.’’

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) publishes this notice to 

announce the amendment of a Privacy 

Act System of Records notice entitled 

COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT–18, 

‘‘Employees Personnel Files Not 

Covered by Notices of Other Agencies.’’

DATES: The system of records becomes 

effective on October 10, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the system of 

records please mail requests to Brenda 

Dolan, Department of Commerce 

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act 

Officer, Room 5327, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, 

202–482–3258. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Dolan, Department of Commerce 

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act 

Officer, Room 5327, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, 

202–482–3258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6, 

2006, the Commerce published and 

requested comments on a proposed 

amended Privacy Act System of Records 

notice entitled COMMERCE/ 

DEPARTMENT–18, ‘‘Employees 

Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices 

of Other Agencies.’’ No comments were 

received in response to the request for 

comments. By this notice, the 

Department is adopting the proposed 

system as final without changes 

effective October 10, 2006. 

Dated: October 2, 2006. 

Brenda Dolan, 

Department of Commerce, Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–16693 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–BW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Census Coverage Measurement 

Independent Listing and Relisting 

Operations 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, 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 December 11, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all 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 or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Magdalena Ramos, U.S. 

Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., 

Room 4H265, Washington, DC 20233, 

301–763–4295 (or via the Internet at 

Magdalena.Ramos@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In preparation for the 2010 Census, 

the U.S. Census Bureau will conduct a 

Census Coverage Measurement (CCM) 

test as part of the 2008 Census Dress 

Rehearsal. The 2008 Census Dress 

Rehearsal will be conducted in two 

sites, one urban, and the other one, a 

mix of urban and suburban. San Joaquin 

County, California is the urban site. 

South Central North Carolina has been 

selected as the urban/suburban mix test 

site. This area consists of Fayetteville 

and nine counties surrounding 

Fayetteville (Chatham, Cumberland, 

Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, 

Moore, Richmond, and Scotland). As is 

typical, the CCM operations and 

activities will be conducted separate 

from and independent of the census 

operations. The CCM program for the 

dress rehearsal is designed to test that 

all planned coverage measurement 

operations are working as expected, that 

they are integrated internally, and that 


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