Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 97 / Monday, May 21, 2007 / Notices 28465 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 16, 2007. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: U.S. Origin Health Certificate. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0020. 

Summary of Collection: As part of its 

mission to facilitate the export of U.S. 

animals and products, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), 

maintains information regarding the 

import health requirements of other 

countries for animals and animal 

products exported from the United 

States. Most countries require a 

certification that the animals are disease 

free. The VS form 17–140, U.S. Origin 

Health Certificate, is used to meet these 

requirements. The form is authorized by 

21 U.S.C. 112. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

U.S. Origin Health Certificate is used in 

connection with the exportation of 

animals to foreign countries and is 

completed and authorized by APHIS 

veterinarian. The information collected 

is used to: (1) Establish that the animals 

are moved in compliance with USDA 

regulations, (2) verify that the animals 

destined for export are listed on the 

health certificate by means of an official 

identification, (3) verify to the consignor 

and consignee that the animals are 

healthy, (4) prevent unhealthy animals 

from being exported and (5) satisfy the 

import requirements of receiving 

countries. The collection of this 

information helps to prevent unhealthy 

animals from being exported from the 

United States. If these certifications 

were not provided, other countries 

would not accept animals from the 

United States. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 3,067. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 30,024. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Interstate Movement of Certain 

Tortoises. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0156. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulates the importation and 

interstate movement of certain animals 

and animal products to prevent the 

introduction into or dissemination 

within the United States of pests and 

diseases of livestock. The regulations in 

9 CFR part 93 prohibit the importation 

of the leopard tortoise, the African 

spurred tortoise, and the Bell’s 

hingeback tortoise to prevent the 

introduction and spread of exotic ticks 

known to be vectors of heartwater 

disease, an acute, infectious disease of 

cattle and other ruminants. The 

regulations in 9 CFR part 74 prohibit the 

interstate movement of those tortoises 

that are already in the United States 

unless the tortoises are accompanied by 

a health certificate or certificate of 

veterinary inspection. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to 

ensure that the interstate movement of 

these tortoises poses no risk of 

spreading exotic ticks within the United 

States. The collected information is 

used for the purposes of identifying 

each specific tortoise and documenting 

the State of its health so that the animals 

can be transported across State and 

national boundaries. If the information 

is not collected APHIS would be forced 

to continue their complete ban on the 

interstate movement of leopard, African 

spurred, and Bell’s hingeback tortoises, 

a situation that could prove 

economically disastrous for a number of 

U.S. tortoises breeders.. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; State, Local 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 150. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 249. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–9691 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Navy Timber Sale Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: This NOI revises information 

supplied in the NOI previously 

published in the Federal Register Vol. 

71, No. 14 (pages 3454–3455) on January 

23, 2006. The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) on a proposal to harvest timber in 

the Navy Timber Sale project area on 

the Wrangell Ranger District, Tongass 

National Forest. The Proposed Action is 

to harvest 54 million board feet of 

sawtimber and 7.7 million board feet of 

utility from approximately 4,700 acres 

in one or more offerings and would 

construct approximately 17 miles of 

National Forest System road and 16 

miles of temporary road to facilitate 

access for logging. The Proposed Action 

includes harvest units and road 

construction within Inventoried 

Roadless Areas, as identified in the 

Forest Plan SEIS. The Proposed Action 

includes the use of the existing Log 

Transfer Facility (LFT) at Anita Bay as 

well as the construction of a new LTF 

at the entrance to Burnett Inlet near 

Navy Creek. The Proposed Action 

includes a non-significant amendment 

to the Forest Plan to modify the 


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boundaries of the Burnett, Anita Bay, 

Mosman and Quiet small old-growth 

reserves. The Forest Supervisor will 

decide if and how much timber harvest 

and road building will occur within the 

project area, as well as modify the 

existing small old-growth reserves. The 

decision will be documented in a 

Record of Decision based on the 

information disclosed in the EIS. 

DATES: A public mailing outlining the 

project timeline and public involvement 

opportunities opportunities (Schedule 

of Proposed Actions) was distributed 

quarterly from January 2006 to April 

2007. Additional opportunities for 

comment will be provided after release 

of the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS). The DEIS is projected 

to be filed with the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) in Fall 2007 

and will begin a 45-day comment 

period. The Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision 

are anticipated to be published in 

Spring 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Wrangell Ranger District, 

Attn: Navy EIS, PO Box 51, Wrangell, 

AK 99929. Electronic comments can be 

e-mailed to comments-alaska-tongasswrangell@fs.fed.us. Please include the 

word ‘‘Navy’’ in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Roberts, Planning Team Leader, or 

Mark Hummel, District Ranger, 

Wrangell Ranger District, P.O. Box 51, 

Wrangell, AK 99929, telephone (907) 

874–2323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navy 

project area is located on central Etolin 

Island approximately 22 air miles 

southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The 

project area is within portions of Value 

Comparison Units #464, 465, 466, 467 

and 468. Portions of three Inventoried 

Roadless Areas, North Etolin #232, 

Mosman #233 and South Etolin #234, as 

identified in the Forest Plan SEIS, are 

located within the project area. Timber 

harvest and road building is proposed 

within the Inventoried Roadless Areas. 

The project area includes four small oldgrowth reserves (Mosman, Quiet, Anita 

Bay and Burnett) as designated in the 

Forest Plan. A Forest Plan amendment 

would be required if a decision is made 

to modify any old-growth reserve. The 

Forest Supervisor will decide if and 

how much timber harvest and road 

building will occur within the project 

areas, as well as whether to modify the 

existing small old-growth reserves. The 

decision will be based on the 

information that is disclosed in the EIS. 

The Forest Supervisor will consider 

comments, responses, the disclosure of 

environmental effects, and applicable 

laws, regulations, and policies in 

making the decision. The rationale for 

the decision will be included in the 

Record of Decision. 

Purpose and Need for Action: The 

purpose and need for the Navy Timber 

Sale is: (1) To manage suitable lands to 

achieve 1997 Forest Plan goals and 

objectives in order to reach the desired 

future conditions prescribed for the 

Land Use Designations; (2) to assist in 

providing a continuous wood supply to 

meet society’s needs; (3) and to 

contribute to the job market and the 

overall economy of southeast Alaska. 

Public Participation: Public 

participation has been an integral 

component of the study process and 

will continue to be especially important 

at several points during the analysis. 

The Forest Service will continue to seek 

information, comments and assistance 

from tribal governments, federal, state 

and local agencies, individuals and 

organizations that may be interested in 

or affected by the proposed activities. 

Written scoping comments have been 

solicited through a scoping package that 

was sent to persons on the project 

mailing list in November 2005. 

Additional written scoping comments 

have been solicited through a scoping 

package that was sent to persons on the 

project mailing list concurrent with the 

publication of the initial NOI in January 

2006. Subsistence hearings, as provided 

for in Title VIII, Section 810 of the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA), will be 

provided, if necessary, during the 

comment period on the DEIS. 

Electronic Filing Address: Electronic 

comments can be e mailed to commentsalaska-tongass-wrangell@fs.fed.us. 

Please include the word ‘‘Navy’’ in the 

subject line. 

Issues: Based on the comments 

received from the public and resource 

specialists the issues identified for 

analysis in the EIS include: (1) The 

effect of timber harvest on the local and 

regional economies; (2) the effect of the 

location of small Old-growth Reserves 

on wildlife habitat; (3) the effect of 

habitat fragmentation, due to harvest 

and road building, on wildlife habitat; 

(4) the effect of timber harvest and road 

construction on Inventories Roadless 

Areas and unroaded areas; (5) and 

effects to aquatic resources and from 

increased access in the Navy Drainage 

due to timber harvest, road construction 

and LTF construction. 

Range of Alternatives: The range of 

alternatives that are being developed to 

respond to the significant issues, 

besides no action, range from 18–98 

million board feet. 

Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement: A Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) will be 

prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the DEIS will be 45 days from 

the date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes the Notices 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 DEIS stage but that are not 

raised until after completion of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

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 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 FEIS. To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the DEIS 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 DEIS 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. 

Responsible Official: Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor, Tongass National 

Forest, Federal Building, Ketchikan, 

Alaska 99901, is the responsible official. 

The responsible official will consider 

comments, responses, the disclosure of 

environmental effects, and applicable 

laws, regulations, and policies in 


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making the decision. The rationale for 

the decision will be included in the 

Record of Decision. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: May 14, 2007. 

Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–2507 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Deemed Export Advisory Committee; 

Notice To Solicit Meeting Speakers and 

Presentations 

The Deemed Export Advisory 

Committee (DEAC), which advises the 

Secretary of Commerce on deemed 

export licensing policy, will meet on 

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 from 

approximately 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

The DEAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee that was established under 

the auspices of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2. The meeting location will be 

Boston, MA, with exact details to be 

announced in a subsequent Federal 

Register Notice. At this time, the 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS), would like 

to solicit stakeholders from industry, 

academia and other backgrounds to 

address the DEAC members on June 19 

in an open session on issues related to 

deemed exports and, in particular, their 

organizations’ perspectives and 

concerns related to U.S. deemed export 

control policies. Stakeholders are those 

individuals or organizations who have 

some experience in or knowledge of 

export control regulations and policies, 

who must apply these rules in the 

course of normal business or whose 

operations are directly impacted by 

those export regulations and policies 

mandated by the U.S. government. BIS 

seeks to have an equal number of 

presenters from industry, academia, and 

other backgrounds. There may be up to 

three presenters from each group and 

speaking time may be limited to 10 

minutes or less per speaker depending 

on the number of interested parties. 

Speakers may be selected on the basis 

of one or more of the following criteria 

(not in any order of importance): (1) 

Demonstrated experience in and 

knowledge of export control regulations; 

(2) demonstrated ability to provide 

DEAC members with relevant 

information related to deemed export 

policies and issues; (3) the degree to 

which the organization is impacted by 

the U.S. Government’s export policies 

and regulations; and (4) industry area or 

academic type of institution 

represented. BIS reserves the right to 

limit the number of participants based 

on time considerations. For planning 

purposes, BIS requests that (1) that 

interested parties inform BIS of their 

commitment, via e-mail or telephone 

call, to address the DEAC no later than 

5 p.m. EST May 30, 2007, as well as 

provide a brief outline of the topics to 

be discussed by this same deadline; and, 

(2) that once interested parties receive 

confirmation of their participation at the 

meeting, they provide either an 

electronic or paper copy of any prepared 

remarks/presentations no later than 5 

p.m. EST June 12, 2007. Interested 

parties may contact Ms. Yvette Springer 

at Yspringer@bis.doc.gov or (202) 482–

2813. The purpose of this solicitation is 

only to accept speakers for the June 19, 

2007 DEAC meeting. However, all 

members of the public may submit 

written comments to BIS at any time for 

the DEAC’s consideration. 

Dated: May 16, 2007. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–2509 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–806] 

Silicon Metal From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of the 2005/2006 New Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘the Department’’) is currently 

conducting the 2005/2006 new shipper 

reviews of the antidumping duty order 

on silicon metal from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). We 

preliminarily determine that sales have 

been made below normal value (‘‘NV’’) 

with respect to certain exporters and 

that certain exporters are entitled to a 

separate rate in the new shipper 

reviews. If these preliminary results are 

adopted in our final results of these 

reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess 

antidumping duties on entries of subject 

merchandise during the period of 

review (‘‘POR’’) for which the importer–

specific assessment rates are above de 

minimis. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

We will issue the final results no later 

than 120 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot 

Fullerton or Christopher Riker, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 9, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1386 or (202) 482–

3441, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department received timely 

requests from Shanghai Jinneng 

International Trade Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shanghai 

Jinneng’’) and Jiangxi Gangyuan Silicon 

Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Jiangxi Gangyuan’’) 

on June 23, 2006, pursuant to section 

751(a)(2)(B) the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’), and in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new shipper 

reviews of the antidumping duty order 

on silicon metal from the PRC. See 

Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal 

From the People’s Republic of China, 56 

FR 26649 (June 10, 1991). 

On June 2, 2006, the Department 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on silicon 

metal from the PRC. See Notice of 

Opportunity to Request Administrative 

Review of Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation, 71 FR 32032 

(June 2, 2006). 

On July 25, 2006, the Department 

initiated new shipper reviews of 

Shanghai Jinneng and Jiangxi Gangyuan 

covering the period June 1, 2005, 

through May 31, 2006. See Silicon Metal 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 42084 (July 25, 

2006). 

On December 21, 2006, the 

Department extended the deadline for 

the preliminary results of the new 

shipper reviews until May 14, 2007. See 

Notice of Extension of the Preliminary 

Results of New Shipper Antidumping 

Duty Reviews: Silicon Metal from the 

People’s Republic of China, 71 FR 76637 

(December 21, 2006). 

Scope of Order 

The product covered by the order and 

this review is silicon metal containing at 

least 96.00 but less than 99.99 percent 

of silicon by weight, and silicon metal 

with a higher aluminum content 

containing between 89 and 96 percent 


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