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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 71, No. 212 

Thursday, November 2, 2006 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket Number FV–06–301] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Mixed Commodities 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is establishing 

voluntary United States Standards for 

Grades of Mixed Commodities. The 

standards will provide industry with a 

common language and uniform basis for 

trading, thus promoting the orderly and 

efficient marketing for fresh fruits and 

vegetables that are mixed in a package. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 4, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheri L. Emery, Standardization 

Section, Fresh Products Branch, Fruit 

and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Room 1661, South Building, Stop 

0240, Washington, DC 20250–0240, 

(202) 720–2185, fax (202) 720–8871, or 

e-mail Cheri.Emery@usda.gov. 

The United States Standards for 

Grades of Mixed Commodities is 

available either from the above address 

or by accessing the AMS, Fresh 

Products Branch Web site at: http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/standards/ 

stanfrfv.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 

of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), as 

amended, directs and authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture ‘‘To develop 

and improve standards of quality, 

condition, quantity, grade and 

packaging and recommend and 

demonstrate such standards in order to 

encourage uniformity and consistency 

in commercial practices.’’ AMS is 

committed to carrying out this authority 

in a manner that facilitates the 

marketing of agricultural commodities 

and makes copies of official standards 

available upon request. The United 

States Standards for Grades of Fruits 

and Vegetables not connected with 

Federal Marketing Orders or U.S. Import 

Requirements, no longer appear in the 

Code of Federal Regulations, but are 

maintained by USDA, AMS, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs. 

AMS is establishing voluntary United 

States Standards for Grades of Mixed 

Commodities using the procedures that 

appear in Part 36, Title 7 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (7 CFR part 36). 

Background 

AMS previously published a notice in 

the Federal Register (71 FR 3816–3817), 

on January 24, 2006, soliciting 

comments on the proposed voluntary 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Mixed Commodities. The proposed 

standards contained the U.S. Mixed 

grade. In addition, there were ‘‘Sample 

Basis,’’ ‘‘Tolerances,’’ and ‘‘Application 

of Tolerances’’ sections. AMS also 

defined ‘‘Mixed,’’ ‘‘Injury,’’ ‘‘Damage,’’ 

and ‘‘Serious Damage.’’ 

In response to the notice, a comment 

was received from an individual asking 

‘‘ * * * how would commodities with 

tolerances of less than 10% be 

handled?’’ The total tolerance in the 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Mixed Commodities would be 10 

percent. Therefore, when commodities 

are being certified under the mixed 

commodities standards the 10 percent 

tolerance would apply regardless of the 

tolerances in the individual standards. 

Additionally, the commenter asked, 

‘‘Can commodities under a Marketing 

Order (with less than 10% tolerance, i.e. 

onions from Idaho and Eastern Oregon) 

be packed under this standard?’’ 

Marketing orders are issued under the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601–608) and 

commodities regulated under such 

orders must meet handling requirements 

that may include tolerances that differ 

from the 10 percent tolerance that 

appears in the mixed commodities 

standards. The voluntary mixed 

commodities standards are issued under 

the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

and the 10 percent total tolerance for 

such mixed commodities would be 

applicable to grading and certification 

under this program. Certification under 

the U.S. mixed commodities standard 

would not meet the requirements of the 

marketing order program. 

The adoption of the U.S. grade 

standards will provide the mixed 

commodity industry with U.S. grade 

standards similar to those extensively in 

use by the fresh produce industry to 

assist in orderly marketing of other 

commodities. 

The official grade of a lot of mixed 

commodities covered by these standards 

will be determined by the procedures 

set forth in the Regulations Governing 

Inspection, Certification, and Standards 

of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, and Other 

Products (Sec. 51.1 to 51.61). 

The United States Standards for 

Grades of Mixed Commodities will be 

effective 30 days after publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: October 27, 2006. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–18514 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Clearwater National Forest; ID; Selway 

Bitterroot Wilderness Invasive Plants 

Management Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The project proposes to 

contain and control the spread of nonnative invasive plant species within the 

Selway Bitterroot Wilderness and nonWilderness lands forming the margins of 

the Wilderness. Chemical and biological 

treatments are proposed along with 

other site-specific methods such as hand 

pulling and grubbing. All treatments 

would be ground-based. 

DATES: Comments concerning this 

analysis must be received by December 

1, 2006. The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected in October, 2007 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected April, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice or a request to be 

placed on the project mailing list should 

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be addressed to: Chad Benson 

(cbenson@fs.fed.us), district Ranger, 

Powell Ranger Station, Lolo, MT 59847. 

Electronic comments may be submitted 

to: comments-northernclearwater@fs.fed.us. If you choose to 

comment by e-mail, please include your 

name and regular mailing address with 

your comment. The subject line must 

contain the name of the project for 

which you are submitting comments 

(i.e. SBW invasive Plants Project). 

Acceptable formats are MS Word, 

WordPerfect, or RTF. 

All comments, including names and 

address when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Powell Ranger District Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chad Benson, District Ranger, Powell 

Ranger District. Phone: (208) 942–0307. 

Additional information is also available 

on the Forest Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/Projects. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Project Area 

The project area consists of the entire 

Selway Bitterroot Wilderness (1,348,000 

acres) as well as key areas adjacent to 

the wilderness on the Nez Perce, 

Clearwater, Bitterroot, and Lolo 

National Forests in western Montana 

and north central Idaho. Non-wilderness 

areas involve portions of the road and 

trail network leading into or passing 

through the wilderness and other 

specifically identified priority area. The 

project area is approximately 1,398,000 

acres in size. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

Non-native invasive plants are a 

growing problem in the Selway 

Bitterroot Wilderness and surrounding 

areas. Without efforts to control these 

weeds, they will continue to expand 

into new areas and the number of new 

weed species will increase. The purpose 

of this project is to prevent the 

establishment of new invaders and 

reduce the impacts of established 

invasive plants on native plant 

community stability, sustainability and 

diversity within the Selway Bitterroot 

Wilderness. 

Inside the Selway Bitterroot 

Wilderness, approximately 111,000 

acres are currently occupied to some 

degree by spotted knapweek sulfur 

cinquefoil, St. Johnswort (goatweed) and 

oxeye daisy. Spotted knapweek 

accounts for approximately 90 percent 

of the occupied acres. Newer invaders 

such as Dalmatian toadflax, musk 

thistle, and meadow hawkweed occupy 

very small acreages at the present time. 

Outside the Wilderness but within the 

project area, approximately 5,000 acres 

are occupied by invasive species with 

the potential to expand into new areas 

of the Wilderness. 

Proposed Action 

The National Forests of the Selway 

Bitterroot Wilderness propose to apply 

integrated and adaptive approaches to 

reduce the effects of non-native invasive 

plant species on natural plant 

communities and ecosystems within the 

project area. Approximately 500 to 1500 

acres a year are proposed for physical 

treatments including: chemical 

treatments, hand pulling, and 

revegetation with native plants. 

Biological control organisms would be 

applied to approximately 10,000 

additional acres within the project area. 

Aerial spray application is not 

proposed. Grazing of domestic animals 

to reduce weeds within the Wilderness 

is not proposed. All treatments and 

applications would be ground-based. 

The emphasis of the treatments would 

be to eradicate new invaders as they are 

discovered and to contain the spread of 

established non-native plants. 

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 

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, 

Idaho 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, Powell 

Ranger Station, Lolo, MT 59847. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision would specify methods 

and materials to be used or applied to 

contain and control unwanted plant 

species within the project area. The 

decision would specify the areas to be 

treated as well as the terms and 

conditions under which treatment 

methods and materials would be 

applied. Administrative actions to 

monitor effects and effectiveness as well 

as promote prevention through public 

awareness and education would also be 

specified. The anticipated life of the 

decision would be 10 to 15 years. 

Scoping Process 

Each of the National Forests managing 

a portion of the Selway Bitterroot 

Wilderness maintains a listing of 

individuals and organizations that have 

expressed an interest in being informed 

of and providing input to projects 

including these types of activities or in 

this specific location. All of these 

contacts will be sent the initial scoping 

document. A legal notice describing the 

scoping process will be published in the 

paper of record for each of the National 

Forests. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 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 ruling 

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. 

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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: October 26, 2006. 

Thomas K. Reilly, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 06–9016 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Meeting of the Agricultural 

Air Quality Task Force 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Air Quality 

Task Force (AAQTF) will meet to 

continue discussions on air quality 

issues relating to agriculture. 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

Tuesday, November 28, 2006, through 

Thursday, November 30, 2006. Public 

comment periods will be held on 

November 29 and 30. Individuals 

making oral presentations should 

register in person at the meeting site and 

must bring with them 50 copies of any 

materials they would like distributed. 

Written materials for the AAQTF’s 

consideration prior to the meeting must 

be received by Dr. Diane E. Gelburd no 

later than Friday, November 3, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn on the Hill, 415 New 

Jersey Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 

20001; telephone: (202) 638–1616, or 

(800) 638–1116. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions and comments should be 

directed to Dr. Diane E. Gelburd, 

Designated Federal Officer. Dr. Gelburd 

may be contacted at USDA, NRCS, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

6158-South, Washington, DC 20250; 

telephone: (202) 720–2587; e-mail: 

Diane.Gelburd@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2. Additional information concerning 

the AAQTF may be found on the 

Internet at http:// 

www.airquality.nrcs.usda.gov/AAQTF/. 

Draft Agenda of the November 28–30, 

2006 Meeting of the AAQTF 

A. Welcome to Washington, DC. 

B. Discussion of Minutes from 

Previous Meeting. 

C. Discussion of Objectives for the 

Task Force and Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA Rules and 

Responsibilities). 

D. Scientific Updates and 

Presentations. 

E. Policy Discussions—USDA and 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Officials. 

F. USDA Update. 

G. EPA Update. 

H. Next Meeting, Time and Place. 

I. Public Comments. 

(Time will be reserved on November 29 

and November 30 to receive public 

comments. Individual presentations will 

be limited to 5 minutes.) 

Procedural 

This meeting is open to the public. At 

the discretion of the Chair, members of 

the public may give oral presentations 

during the meeting. Those persons 

wishing to make oral presentations 

should register in person at the meeting 

site. Those wishing to distribute written 

materials at the meeting (in conjunction 

with spoken comments) must bring 50 

copies of the materials with them. 

Written materials for distribution to 

AAQTF members prior to the meeting 

must be received by Dr. Gelburd no later 

than Friday, November 3, 2006. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, please contact 

Dr. Gelburd. USDA prohibits 

discrimination in its programs and 

activities on the basis of race, color, 

national origin, gender, religion, age, 

sexual orientation, or disability. 

Additionally, discrimination on the 

basis of political beliefs and marital or 

family status is also prohibited by 

statutes enforced by USDA (not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs). 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternate means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

the USDA’s Target Center at (202) 720–

2000 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 23, 

2006. 

Arlen L. Lancaster, 

Chief. 

[FR Doc. E6–18491 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Climate Change Science Program 

(CCSP) Product Development 

Committee (CPDC) for Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 1.3 

ACTION: Notice to establish the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP) Product 

Development Committee (CPDC) for 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3 

(CPDC—S&A 1.3) under the provisions 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, and the 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

rule of Federal Advisory Committee 

Management, 41 CFR part 102–3, and 

after consultation with GSA, the 

Secretary of Commerce has determined 

that the establishment of the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP) Product 

Development Committee (CPDC) for 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3 

(CPDC—S&A 1.3) is in the public 

interest, in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Department by law. The CPDC—S&A 

1.3 will advise the Secretary, through 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere, on CCSP 

Topic 1.3: ‘‘Re-analyses of historical 

climate data for key atmospheric 

features: Implications for attribution of 

causes of observed change’’. This advice 

will be provided in the form of a draft 

Synthesis and Assessment product 

intended to be used by NOAA to 

develop a final product in accordance 

with the Guidelines for Producing the 

CCSP Synthesis and Assessment 

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