Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 11, 2007 / Notices 18197 

C. New Business 

• Presentation of 2006 Audit Results. 

Closed Session 

• FCSIC Report on System 

Performance. 

• Executive Session of the FCSIC 

Board Audit Committee. with the 

External Auditor. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

Roland E. Smith, 

Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–6845 Filed 4–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6710–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers Used for Publication of 

Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions 

for the Northern Region; Northern 

Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and 

Portions of South Dakota and Eastern 

Washington 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that will be used by all 

Ranger Districts, Forests, Grasslands, 

and the Regional Office of the Northern 

Region to publish legal notices for 

public comment and decisions subject 

to appeal and predecisional 

administrative review under 36 CFR 

215, 217, and 218. The intended effect 

of this action is to inform interested 

members of the public which 

newspapers will be used to publish 

legal notices for public comment or 

decisions; thereby allowing them to 

receive constructive notice of a 

decision, to provide clear evidence of 

timely notice, and to achieve 

consistency in administering the 

appeals process. 

DATES: Publication of legal notices in 

the listed newspapers will begin with 

decisions subject to appeal that are 

made on or after April 6, 2007. The list 

of newspapers will remain in effect 

until another notice is published in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Appeals and Litigation Group Leader, 

Northern Region, P.O. Box 7669, 

Missoula, Montana 59807. Phone: (406) 

329–3696. 

The newspapers to be used are as 

follows: 

Northern Regional Office 

Regional Forester decisions in 

Montana: The Missoulian, Great Falls 

Tribune, and The Billings Gazette. 

Regional Forester decisions in 

Northern Idaho and Eastern 

Washington: Coeur d’Alene Press and 

Lewiston Tribune. 

Regional Forester decisions in North 

Dakota: Bismarck Tribune. 

Regional Forester decisions in South 

Dakota: Bismarck Tribune. 

Beaverhead/Deerlodge NF—Montana 

Standard. 

Bitterroot NF—Ravalli Republic. 

Clearwater NF—Lewiston Tribune. 

Custer NF—Billings Gazette 

(Montana). 

Rapid City Journal (South Dakota). 

Dakota Prairie Grasslands—Bismarck 

Tribune (North and South Dakota). 

Flathead NF—Daily Inter Lake. 

Gallatin NF—Bozeman Chronicle. 

Helena NF—Independent Record. 

Idaho Panhandle NFs—Coeur d’Alene 

Press. 

Kootenai NF—Daily Inter Lake. 

Lewis & Clark NF—Great Falls 

Tribune. 

Lolo NF—Missoulian. 

Nez Perce NF—Lewiston Tribune. 

Supplemental notices may be placed 

in any newspaper, but time frames/ 

deadlines will be calculated based upon 

notices in newspapers of record listed 

above. 

Dated: April 2, 2007. 

Kathleen A. McAllister, 

Deputy Regional Forester. 

[FR Doc. 07–1782 Filed 4–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Intermountain Region, Boise, Payette, 

and Sawtooth National Forests; 

Supplement to the Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Revised Land 

and Resource Management Plans and 

Amendment to the Revised Payette 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplement to the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the 

Southwest Idaho Ecogroup (SWIEG) 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plans (LRMP) that may 

result in an amendment to the Payette 

LRMP. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare a supplement to the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the Southwest Idaho Ecogroup 

(SWIEG) Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plans and may amend the 

Payette Revised LRMP. This supplement 

is being conducted in order to comply 

with the Chief’s appeals decision of 

March 9, 2005. It is intended to present 

additional information for the Payette 

National Forest portion of the SWIEG 

concerning: (1) The viability of Rocky 

Mountain bighorn sheep (bighorn 

sheep) at the planning unit scale; (2) 

compliance with the Hells Canyon 

National Recreation Area Act (HCNRA); 

(3) 36 CFR 292.48; (4) compliance with 

the National Forest Management Act 

(NFMA); and (5) 36 CR 219.19. The 

amendment would add direction to the 

Payette Revised LRMP to address the 

viability concerns for bighorn sheep. 

DATES: Comments on the draft 

supplement to the FEIS and amendment 

to the Payette Revised LRMP must be 

received within 90 days after 

publication of the draft supplement to 

the FEIS for the Southwest Idaho 

Ecogroup Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plans (SWIEG FLRMPs) 

and the draft amendment to the Payette 

LRMP. The draft supplement to the 

SWIEG FLRMPs EIS and the draft 

amendment to the Payette LRMP are 

expected in June 2007 and the final 

supplement and amendment are 

expected in December 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Pattie Soucek, Land Management 

Planner, Payette National Forest, 800 W. 

Lakeside Avenue, McCall, Idaho 83638–

3602; or via telephone at (208) 634–

0700; or you may hand-deliver your 

comments to the Payette Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, located at 800 W. 

Lakeside Avenue in McCall during 

normal business hours from 7:30 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-intermtnPayette@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pattie Soucek, Land Management 

Planner, Payette National Forest, at the 

address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

9, 2005, the Chief of the Forest Service 

made the decision on the administrative 

appeals for the Payette Revised LRMP. 

The Chief reversed the Regional 

Forester’s decision to approve 

management direction for the Hells 

Canyon Management Area (MA) as it 

pertains to bighorn sheep and its 

habitat. The Regional Forester was 

instructed to reanalyze bighorn sheep 

viability within the Payette NF, amend 

the SWIEG FEIS accordingly, and 

evaluate and adopt as necessary, 

changes in the management direction 

for the Hells Canyon MA and adjacent 

areas. The analysis and evaluation must 


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