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comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’

link. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. APHIS–2006–0176, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2006–0176. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on an information 

collection associated with regulations 

for the importation of artificially 

dwarfed plants, contact Dr. Arnold 

Tschanz, Senior Import Specialist, 

Permits, Registrations, Imports and 

Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

734–5306. For copies of more detailed 

information on the information 

collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 734–7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Artificially 

Dwarfed Plants. 

OMB Number: 0579–0176. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or 

restrict the importation, entry, or 

interstate movement of plants, plant 

products, and other articles to prevent 

the introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service. 

The regulations contained in 

‘‘Subpart-Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, 

Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products’’

(7 CFR 319.37 through 319.37–14) 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

living plants, plant parts, and seeds for 

propagation. 

Among other things, the regulations 

require artificially dwarfed plants 

imported into the United States to be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the government of 

the country of origin. This certificate 

must contain declarations that certain 

conditions were met in the country of 

origin to protect against the infestation 

of the plants by longhorned beetles and 

other plant pests. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of this information collection 

activity for an additional 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, through use, as appropriate, 

of automated, electronic, mechanical, 

and other collection technologies, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.2533 hours per response. 

Respondents: Plant health officials of 

exporting countries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 30. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 150. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 38 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–5781 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Sawtooth National Forest; Supplement 

to the North Sheep Grazing Allotments 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to supplement 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare a supplement (Supplement) to 

the environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the North Sheep Grazing 

Allotment Final EIS. The Supplement 

will include additional analyses and 

new information concerning 

Management Indicator Species (MIS), 

capable and suitable grazing lands, and 

adaptive management strategies. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received 45 days 

after publication of the draft 

Supplement. The draft Supplement is 

expected at the end of August 2007 and 

the final Supplement is expected to be 

available January 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Sawtooth National Forest; Attn: North 

Sheep Allotments Supplement; 5 North 

Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum, Idaho 

83340; or via telephone at (208) 727–

5000; or you may hand-deliver your 

comments to the Sawtooth National 

Recreation Office, located at 5 North 

Fork Canyon Road, Ketchum, during 

normal business hours from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays. Electronic 

comments must be submitted in a 

format such as an e-mail message, plain 

text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), and 

Word (.doc) to: comments-intermtnsawtooth@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Brown, Assistant Forest Planner, 

at the address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original Notice of Intent for the North 

Sheep EIS was published in the Federal 

Register Vol. 68, No. 87, May 6, 2003. 

A revised Notice of Intent was 

published in the Federal Register Vol. 

68, No. 145, July 9, 2003. On September 

30, 2004, two Records of Decision were 

issued, based on the North Sheep Final 

EIS. These decisions were appealed in 


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2004. In 2005, the Appeal Deciding 

Officer affirmed both decisions. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The Supplement will not change the 

purpose and need for the North Sheep 

Final EIS which was described on page 

1–5. 

Proposed Action 

The Supplement will not change the 

proposed action for the North Sheep 

Final EIS which was described on pages 

1–5 through 1–6. 

Responsible Official 

There are two Responsible Officials 

involved. For decisions regarding the 

Baker Creek and North Fork-Boulder 

allotments, the Responsible Official is 

the District Ranger, Ketchum Ranger 

District, P.O. Box 2356 (206 Sun Valley 

Road), Ketchum, Idaho 83340. For the 

Smiley Creek and Fisher Creek 

allotments, the Area Ranger of the 

SNRA is the Responsible Official—5 

North Fork Canyon Road; Ketchum, ID 

83340. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Each Responsible Official will review 

the information on the Supplement and 

determine if their 2004 Record of 

Decision based on the North Sheep 

Final EIS should be modified or if the 

original decision is to remain in effect 

and unchanged. 

Scoping Process 

Public scoping for the Supplement 

will commence with the publication of 

this Notice of Intent. Public notices will 

be placed in local newspapers. Press 

releases will be distributed to the media. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the Supplement to the 

North Sheep EIS. The comment period 

for scoping is 30 days from the date the 

EPA publishes this notice of intent in 

the Federal Register. A legal notice will 

be published in the newspaper of record 

and a Notice of Availability will be 

published in the Federal Register to 

inform the public when supplemental 

information is available for review and 

comment. The draft Supplement will be 

distributed to all parties that received 

the 2004 North Sheep Final EIS and 

record of decision and to those parties 

that filed an appeal of the 2004 North 

Sheep RODs. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review 

A draft Supplement to the EIS will be 

prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the draft Supplement 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 

Supplement. To assist the Forest Service 

in identifying and considering issues 

and concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft Supplement 

should be as specific as possible. It is 

also helpful if comments refer to 

specific pages or chapters of the draft 

Supplement. Comments may also 

address the adequacy of the draft 

Supplement 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: March 6, 2007. 

Jane Kollmeyer, 

Sawtooth Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–1533 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Household Water Well System Grant 

Program Announcement of Application 

Deadlines and Funding 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability 

and solicitation of applications. 

SUMMARY: USDA Rural Development 

administers rural utilities programs 

through the Rural Utilities Service. 

USDA Rural Development announces its 

fiscal year (FY) 2007 funding and 

application window for the Household 

Water Well System (HWWS) Grant 

Program. The HWWS Grant Program is 

authorized under Section 6012 of the 

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 (The Act), Public Law 107–171. 

The Act authorizes USDA Rural 

Development to make grants to qualified 

private non-profit organizations to 

establish lending programs for 

household water wells. For FY 2007, the 

HWWS grant funding available is 

$990,000. The non-profit organizations 

will use the grants to make loans to 

individual homeowners to construct or 

upgrade a household water well system 

for an existing home. The organizations 

must contribute an amount equal to at 

least 10 percent of the grant request to 

capitalize the loan fund. Applications 

may be submitted in paper or electronic 

format. The HWWS Grant Program 

regulations are contained in 7 CFR part 

1776. 

DATES: The deadline for completed 

applications for a HWWS grant is May 

31, 2007. Applications in either paper or 

electronic format must be postmarked or 

time-stamped electronically on or before 

the deadline. Late applications will be 

ineligible for grant consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic grant 

applications through http:// 

www.grants.gov (Grants.gov), following 

the instructions on that Web site. 

Submit completed paper applications to 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

USDA Rural Development Utilities 

Programs, Mail Stop #1570, Room 2233–

S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1570. 

Applications should be marked 

‘‘Attention: Water and Environmental 

Programs.’’

Application guides and materials for 

the HWWS Grant Program may be 

obtained electronically through http:// 

www.usda.gov/rus/water/well.htm. Call 

(202) 720–9589 to request paper copies 

of application guides and materials from 

the Water and Environmental Programs 

staff. 


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