Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices 45217 

This notice solicits public comments 

on the draft pest risk assessment. We 

will also make the draft pest risk 

assessment available for public 

comment during the comment period 

for any proposed rule related to the 

importation of lemons from Argentina. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

August 2007. 

Cindy Smith, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–15816 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Fuel Reduction Activities Within the 

City of Bozeman’s Municipal 

Watershed on the Gallatin National 

Forest and City of Bozeman Lands, MT 

Gallatin National Forest; Gallatin 

County, MT 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised notice; intent to prepare 

environmental impact statement. The 

original notice was published in the 

Federal Register/Vol. 70, No. 200, 

October 18, 2005/notices, pages 60488–

60489. 

SUMMARY: On October 18, 2005, the 

USDA Forest Service announced its 

intent to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to disclose the 

environmental effects of a proposed 

fuels reduction project in the municipal 

watershed of the City of Bozeman, 

Montana. This Revised Notice is being 

published because the projected date of 

June, 2006 for filing the Draft EIS with 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) was not met and the Draft 

EIS is now expected to be filed in 

September of 2007. 

The project’s purpose and need is to 

begin reducing the potential severity 

and extent of future wildland fires in 

the Bozeman and Hyalite Municipal 

Watersheds, begin creating vegetation 

and fuel conditions that will reduce the 

risk of excess sediment and ash reaching 

the municipal water treatment plant in 

the event of a severe wildland fire, begin 

creating vegetation and fuel conditions 

that will provide for firefighter and 

public safety by modifying potential fire 

behavior, and reduce fuel conditions in 

the wildland/urban interface (WUI). A 

range of 3 to 5 alternatives are targeted 

for consideration in this planning 

process. 

DATES: Initial comments on this 

proposal were received by November 

11, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Jim Devitt, Gallatin National 

Forest Supervisors Office, P.O. Box 130, 

Bozeman, Montana 59771–0130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Devitt, Bozeman Municipal Watershed 

Project Interdisciplinary Team Leader, 

Gallatin National Forest Supervisors 

Office, (406) 587–6749. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The need 

of this project, as identified by the 

Gallatin National Forest and the City of 

Bozeman, is to maintain a high-quality, 

long term, and predictable water supply 

for Bozeman area residents. The 

Bozeman Municipal Watershed analysis 

area is a landscape dominated by steep 

canyons and timbered slopes. The two 

drainages are very popular and receive 

heavy use for outdoor recreation 

activities such as pleasure driving, 

hiking, biking, camping, picnicking, 

fishing, and hunting, to name a few. The 

Bozeman Municipal Water project will 

apply to portions of National Forest 

System Lands and City of Bozeman land 

within the Bozeman and Hyalite 

Watersheds. There are several homes 

and sub-divisions within one half mile 

of the forest boundary or within the 

WUI. Fire simulation models showed 

that a large fire started in either 

Bozeman Creek or Hyalite Creek could 

easily burn into the adjacent drainage, 

resulting in a situation where both 

major sources of city water supply are 

simultaneously impacted. The Forest 

Service and City of Bozeman believe it 

is timely to begin addressing this 

project’s purpose. The purpose and 

need for this project would be achieved 

by: (1) Partial harvesting and thinning in 

about 2,200 acres of mature timber 

stands. Ground based, skyline, and 

helicopter harvest systems would be 

used to implement this harvest and 

thinning. 

(2) Mechanical cutting and piling of 

younger, small diameter trees on about 

1,150 acres. Hand piling would be used 

in some places. 

(3) Prescribed burning in the thinned 

stands after harvest or cutting. 

(4) Broadcast burning in less dense 

stands of timber. 

To facilitate public comment, the 

Forest Service prepared a scoping 

document. This document identified 

one possible set of treatment options 

and can be viewed on the Gallatin 

National Forest Web site at 

www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin. A copy can 

also be obtained by calling or writing 

the contact person identified above. 

The Draft EIS was originally expected 

to be filed with the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) and available 

for public review in June of 2006. That 

time period was not met and the Draft 

EIS is now expected to be filed with the 

EPA in September of 2007. At that time, 

the EPA will publish a Notice of 

Availability of the Draft EIS in the 

Federal Register. The comment period 

on the Draft EIS is estimated to be 45 

days from the date the EPA’s notice of 

availability appears in the Federal 

Register. The Final EIS is scheduled for 

completion in the spring of 2008. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues, 

comments should be specific to 

concerns associated with fuel reduction 

activities within a municipal watershed. 

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 structuring comments. 

The Forest Service believes, at this 

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 during comment 

periods provided so that substantive 

comments and objections are made 

available to the Forest Service at a time 

when they can meaningfully consider 

them. To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues, 

comments should be specific to 

concerns associated with the 

management of roads and trails on the 

Gallatin National Forest. 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 structuring 

comments. 


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I am the responsible official for this 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

the ultimate decision for a Bozeman 

Watershed Project. My address is Forest 

Supervisor, Gallatin National Forest, 

P.O. Box 130, Federal Building, 

Bozeman, MT 59771. 

Dated: August 3, 2007. 

John Allen, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–3922 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Public Meeting, Davy 

Crockett National Forest Resource 

Advisory Committee 

August 6, 2007. 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community Self 

Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–

393) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Davy Crockett National Forest 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

meeting will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Davy Crockett National 

Forest RAC meeting will be held on 

September 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The Davy Crockett National 

Forest RAC meeting will be held at the 

Davy Crockett Ranger Station located on 

State Highway 7, approximately onequarter mile West of FM 227 in Houston 

County, Texas. The meeting will begin 

at 4 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 

6 p.m. A public comment period will be 

5:45 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Townsend, Designated Federal 

Officer, Davy Crockett National Forest, 

Route 1 Box 55 FS, Kennard, TX 75847: 

Telephone: 936–655–2299 or e-mail at: 

btownsend@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Davy 

Crockett National Forest RAC proposes 

projects and funding to the Secretary of 

Agriculture under Section 203 of the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self Determination Act of 2000. The 

purpose of the September 20, 2007 

meeting is to review and approve 2007 

funding for proposed projects to submit 

to the Forest Supervisor for National 

Forests and Grasslands in Texas. These 

meetings are open to the public. The 

public may present written comments to 

the RAC. Each formal RAC meeting will 

also have time, as identified above, 

persons wishing to comment and time 

available, the time for individual oral 

comments may be limited. 

Brian Townsend, 

Designated Federal Officer, Davy Crockett 

National Forest RAC. 

[FR Doc. 07–3936 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

AGENCY: Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee, Sundance, WY, USDA 

Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–

393) the Black Hills National Forests’

Crook County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet Tuesday, 

September 11th, 2007 in sundance, 

Wyoming for a business meeting. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on September 11th 

will begin at 6:30 p.m., at the USFS 

Bearlodge Ranger District office, 121 

South 21st Street, Sundance, Wyoming. 

Agenda topics will include a review of 

previously funded projects and 

consideration of FY 2008 project 

proposals. A public forum will begin at 

8 p.m. (MT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Steve Kozel, 

Bearlodge District Ranger and 

Designated Federal Officer at (307) 283–

1361. 

Dated: August 7, 2007. 

Steven J. Kozel, 

District Ranger, Bearlodge Ranger District. 

[FR Doc. 07–3939 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Marine Mammal Stranding 

Report/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation 

Disposition Report. 

Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 89–

864 and 89–878. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0178. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 2,400. 

Number of Respondents: 400. 

Average Hours Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The marine mammal 

stranding—Level A—reports provide 

basic information on marine mammal 

strandings so that the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) can compile 

and analyze by region the species, 

numbers, conditions, and causes of 

illnesses and deaths of stranded marine 

mammals. The Agency requires this 

information to fulfill its management 

responsibilities under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 

1421a). The Agency is also responsible 

for the welfare of marine mammals 

while in rehabilitation status. The 

information for the marine mammal 

rehabilitation disposition report is 

required for monitoring and tracking 

marine mammals held at various NMFSauthorized facilities. The information is 

submitted primarily by volunteer 

members making up the U.S. marine 

mammal stranding network. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profit 

organizations; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, fax number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 8, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–15786 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 


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