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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 95 

Thursday, May 17, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho 

County; ID; Designated Route and 

Motorized Vehicle Use 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Nez Perce National Forest 

is undergoing planning efforts to 

comply with the designated routes and 

areas for motor vehicle use rule of 

November 9, 2005. The forest is 

proposing to analyze motorized routes 

and areas forest-wide to determine a 

base system, while considering the 

needs of the users, resources effects, 

rule requirements, and fiscal 

capabilities for continued maintenance. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 45 

days after the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected June of 2008 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected February 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Jane Cottrell, Forest Supervisor, 1005 

Highway 13, Grangeville, ID 83530, 

Attn: Designated Routes and Areas for 

Motor Vehicle Use. 

The Nez Perce National Forest has 

scheduled public meetings, to be held in 

three separate locations, to introduce 

this project and discuss the most 

effective ways the public can become 

involved. Meetings will take place in 

Elk City, ID on May 29, in Grangeville, 

ID on May 30, and in Riggins, ID on May 

31, 2007. Additional information will be 

provided in the local newspaper prior to 

meeting times. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Botello, Project Lead, 1005 

Highway 13, Grangeville, ID 83530, 

Attn: Designated Routes and Areas for 

Motor Vehicle Use. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

In November 2005, the USDA 

published the Travel Management; 

Designated Routes and Areas for Motor 

Vehicle Use; Final Rule [36 CFR parts 

212, 251, 261, and 295] (the rule). This 

rule requires designations of those 

roads, trails, and areas that are open to 

motor vehicle use. Designations will be 

made by class of vehicle, and if 

appropriate, by time of year. The final 

rule prohibits the use of motor vehicles 

off the designated system, as well as the 

use of motor vehicles on routes and in 

areas not consistent with those 

designations. The rule seeks to create a 

system of routes and areas where 

motorized use is appropriate. The 

primary difference from our current 

system that will occur when 

implementing the rule is that routes and 

areas are closed to motorized use unless 

specifically designated open. 

The following vehicles and uses are 

exempt from Provisions in the rule [36 

CFR 212.51]: 

Aircraft, Watercraft, Over-snow vehicles, 

Limited administrative use by Forest Service, 

Use of any fire, military, emergency, of law 

enforcement vehicles for emergency 

purposes, Authorized use of any combat or 

combat support vehicle for national defense 

purposes, Law enforcement [in] response to 

violations of law, and, any motor vehicle use 

that is specifically authorized under a written 

authorization issued under Federal law or 

regulation. 

Current direction for the Nez Perce 

National Forest, under the Nez Perce 

National Forest Plan (1987) Amendment 

No. 2, October 1988, allows crosscountry motorized travel unless 

otherwise designated closed. 

The Designated Routes and Areas for 

Motor Vehicle Use planning effort is 

designed to bring the direction for the 

Nez Perce National Forest in 

compliance with the Executive orders of 

the rule that ‘‘direct Federal agencies to 

ensure that the use of off road vehicles 

on public lands will be controlled and 

directed so as to protect the resources of 

those lands, to promote the safety of all 

users of those lands, and to minimize 

conflicts among various uses of those 

lands’’. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to designate 

the current National Forest System 

(NFS) motorized routes on the Nez 

Perce National Forest, under class of 

vehicle and seasons of use, as they are 

presently (April, 2007). This action 

would close the forest to cross-country 

motorized travel except in specifically 

designated areas or to over snow vehicle 

use (see attached map and legend). 

The proposed action also includes a 

distance 300 feet from center of road 

which allows for motorized use for the 

purposes of dispersed camping only, in 

areas where geography and resource 

protection are not limiting factors (e.g., 

cliffs, streams, etc.). 

This action does not supersede CFR 

261.12 National Forest System roads 

and trails; * * * prohibition (c) 

Damaging and leaving in a damaged 

condition any such road, trail, or 

segment thereof. Nor will this action 

supersede CFR 261.15 Use of vehicles 

off roads; It is prohibited to operate any 

vehicle off National Forest System, 

State, or County roads; (h) In a manner 

which damages or unreasonably 

disturbs the land, wildlife, or vegetative 

resources. 

Responsible Official 

Jane Cottrell, Forest Supervisor, Nez 

Perce National Forest, 1005 Highway 13, 

Grangeville, ID 83530 is the responsible 

official for this proposal. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Nez Perce National Forest will 

decide what routes and areas are 

appropriate to designate and manage for 

motor vehicle use by class of vehicle 

and seasons of use. Additionally, we 

will determine whether to amend the 

Nez Perce Forest Plan to remove certain 

existing standards applicable to 

motorized routes and area management. 

Scoping Process 

The U.S. Forest Service uses the 

process required by the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

NEPA requires a systematic, 

interdisciplinary approach to ensure 

integrated application of the natural and 

social sciences and the environmental 

design arts in any planning and 

decisionmaking that affects the human 

environment (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(A)). 

Comments are accepted for 45 days after 

notification in the Federal Register. 

These comments help identify 

significant issues and/or eliminate 

nonsignificant issues from detailed 

study in the environmental impact 

statement. 


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Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. The Nez Perce 

National Forest is seeing comments and 

issues you may have regarding this 

project. Comments are most useful if 

they are specific. 

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 

day 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 nd 

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: May 10, 2007. 

Jane L. Cottrell, 

Nez Perce National Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–2419 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket T–3–2007] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 7 - - Mayaguez, 

Puerto Rico, Application for 

Temporary/Interim Manufacturing 

Authority, Merck Sharpe & Dohme 

Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc., 

(Pharmaceutical Products), Caguas, 

Puerto Rico 

An application has been submitted to 

the Executive Secretary of the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the 

Puerto Rico Industrial Development 

Company (PRIDCO), grantee of FTZ 7, 

requesting temporary/interim 

manufacturing (T/IM) authority within 

FTZ 7 at the MOVA Pharmaceutical 

Corporation (MOVA) facility in Caguas, 

Puerto Rico, on behalf of Merck Sharp 

& Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc. 

(MSDQ). The application was filed on 

May 10, 2007. 

The MOVA facility (650 employees, 

250,000 sq. ft.) is located at State Road 

1, Km 34.8, within the Villa Blanca 

Industrial Park in Caguas (Site 1, Parcel 

2). T/IM procedures would be used for 

pharmaceutical manufacturing 

involving two products, MK–431A and 

sitagliptin (HTSUS 3004.90 and 

2933.59) on behalf of MSDQ for the U.S. 

market and export. Foreign components 

that would be used in the 

manufacturing process (up to 25% of 

total content) include sitagliptin, 

metformin hydrochloride, enamine 

amide and butyl josphos (duty rates of 

3.7 to 6.5%). MSDQ has also submitted 

a request for permanent FTZ 

manufacturing authority (which will be 

docketed with the Board separately). 

FTZ procedures would exempt MSDQ 

from Customs duty payments on foreign 

components used in production for 

export to non–NAFTA countries. For 

domestic and NAFTA markets, MSDQ 

could select the duty rate that applies to 

the finished product (duty–free to 6.5%) 

for the components used in production 

when the finished products are entered 

for U.S. consumption from the zone. 

The application indicates that the 

company would also realize duty 

deferral and certain logistical/supply 

chain savings. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. The closing period for receipt 

of comments is June 18, 2007. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed above. For further 

information, contact Christopher Kemp 

at: christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov, or 

(202) 482–0862. 

Dated: May 10, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–9539 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–830] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod from Mexico: Extension of Time 

Limits for the Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jolanta Lawska or John Conniff, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 3, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–8362 or (202) 482–

1009, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 27, 2006, the 

Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of 

initiation of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on carbon 

and certain alloy steel wire rod from 

Mexico, covering the period October 1, 

2005, to September 30, 2006. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 


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