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Soviet Union in 1972. To make sure that 

all parties involved in the production 

and export of U.S. grain have access to 

up-to-date export information, the U.S. 

Congress mandated as export sales 

reporting requirements in 1973. Prior to 

the establishment of the Export Sales 

Reporting System, it was impossible for 

the public to obtain information on 

export sales activity until the actual 

shipments had taken place. This 

frequently resulted in considerable 

delay in the availability of information. 

Under the export sales reporting 

system, U.S. exporters are required to 

report all large sales of certain 

designated commodities by 3 p.m. 

(eastern time) on the next business days 

after the sale is made. The designated 

commodities for these daily reports are 

wheat (by class), barley, corn, grain 

sorghum, oats, soybeans, soybean cake 

and meal, and soybean oil. Large sales 

for all reportable commodities except 

soybean oil are defined as 100,000 

metric tons or more of one commodity 

in one day to a single destination or 

200,000 tons or more of one commodity 

during the weekly reporting period. 

Large sales for soybean oil are 200,000 

tons and 40,000 tons, respectively. 

Weekly reports are also required, 

regardless of the size of the sales 

transaction, for all of these 

commodities, as well as wheat products, 

rye, flaxseed, linseed oil, sunflowerseed 

oil, cotton (by staple length), cottonseed, 

cottonseed cake and meal, cottonseed 

oil, rice (by class), cattle hides and skins 

(cattle, calf, and kip), and beef. The 

reporting week for the export sales 

reporting system is Friday–Thursday. 

The Secretary of Agriculture has the 

authority to add other commodities to 

this list. 

U.S. exporters provide information on 

the quantity of their sales transactions, 

the type and class of commodity, the 

marketing year of shipment, and the 

destination. They also report any 

changes in previously reported 

information, such as cancellations and 

changes in destinations. 

The estimated total annual burden of 

31,190 hours in the OMB inventory for 

the currently approved information 

collection will be increased by 11,757 

hours to 42,947 hours. The estimated 

increase is based on the growth in U.S. 

exports of reported commodities during 

this period. 

Estimate of Burden: The average 

burden, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, gathering data 

needed, completing forms, and record 

keeping is estimated to be 30 minutes. 

Respondents: All reports of wheat and 

wheat flour, feed grains, oil seeds, 

cotton, rice, cattle hides and skins, beef, 

and any products thereof, and other 

commodities that the Secretary may 

designate as produced in the United 

States. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

340 for forms FAS 97, 98, 99, and 100. 

Requests for Comments: Send 

comments regarding (a) Whether the 

proposed 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 the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Copies of the current information 

collection may be obtained from 

Tamoria Thompson-Hall, FAS 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(202) 690–1690 or e-mail at 

Tamoria.Thompson@usda.gov. 

Comments may be sent to Peter W. Burr, 

Office of Trade Programs/Import and 

Trade Support Programs Division/ 

Export Sales Reporting, FAS, 1400 

Independence Avenue, Stop 1021, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1021 or 

esr@fas.usda.gov, or to the Desk Office 

for Agriculture, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503. Comments can also be hand 

delivered to Export Sales Reporting, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 

456, 1250 Maryland Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20024. Persons with 

disabilities who require an alternative 

means of communication of information 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

(202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act: FAS is committed to compliance 

with the Government Paperwork 

Elimination Act, which requires 

Government agencies, in general, to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 26, 

2007. 

Michael W. Yost, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–2323 Filed 5–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Forest System Land 

Management Planning 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service is giving 

notice of its intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement to 

analyze and disclose potential 

environmental consequences associated 

with a National Forest System land 

management planning rule. This 

environmental impact statement is 

being prepared in partial response to an 

order dated March 30, 2007, in which 

the United States District Court in 

Citizens for Better Forestry et al. v. 

USDA (N.D. Calif.) enjoined the USDA 

from implementation and utilization of 

the National Forest land management 

planning rule published in 2005 until 

the agency complies with the court’s 

order. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by June 

11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent via 

e-mail to 

planningrulenoi@fscomments.org. 

Written comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Planning 

Rule NOI Comments, P.O. Box 162969, 

Sacramento, CA 95816–2969, or via 

facsimile to (916) 456–6724. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses, when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Sire, (202) 205–1006, 

dsire@fs.fed.us or Regis Terney, (202) 

205–1552, rterney@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This action responds in part to an 

order dated March 30, 2007, by the 

United States District Court in Citizens 

for Better Forestry et al. v. USDA (N.D. 


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Calif.). The court enjoined the USDA 

from implementing and utilizing the 

2005 Rule until it complies with the 

court’s opinion regarding the 

Administrative Procedures Act, the 

Endangered Species Act, and the 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

While the Agency is not in agreement 

with the Court’s decision, it has 

decided, in the interest of moving 

forward with land management 

planning, to prepare an environmental 

impact statement to comply with the 

court order. 

Estimated Dates 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected June, 2007, and 

the final environmental impact 

statement is expected November, 2007. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The 2005 Rule at 36 CFR part 219 

resulted from a review of the National 

Forest System Land Management 

Planning Rule issued on November 9, 

2000 (2000 Rule) by Forest Service 

personnel at the direction of the Office 

of the Secretary. The review affirmed 

much of the 2000 Rule and the 

underlying concepts of sustainability, 

monitoring, evaluation, collaboration, 

and use of science. Although the 2000 

Rule was intended to simplify and 

streamline the development and 

amendment of land and resource 

management plans, the review 

concluded that the 2000 Rule was 

neither straightforward nor easy to 

implement. The review found the 

following: 

(1) The 2000 rule has both definitions 

and analytical requirements that are 

very complex, unclear, and, therefore, 

subject to inconsistent implementation 

across the agency; 

(2) Compliance with the regulatory 

direction on such matters as ecological 

sustainability and science consistency 

checks would be difficult, if not 

impossible, to accomplish; and 

(3) The complexity of the 2000 rule 

makes it difficult and expensive to 

implement. 

Based on the review and over two 

decades of experience with land 

management plans, the Agency 

promulgated a new planning rule that 

improved upon the 2000 rule by 

providing a planning process that was 

more readily understood and that was 

within the Agency’s capability to 

implement. The 2005 Rule also 

responded to additional needs 

identified through public comments 

received during the rulemaking. Under 

the 2005 rule: 

(1) Land management plans are 

strategic in nature; 

(2) Are adaptive and based on current 

information and science; 

(3) Guide sustainable management of 

National Forest System lands; and 

(4) The public is involved in 

planning; and 

(5) Planning must comply with all 

applicable laws, regulations, and 

policies. 

Proposed Action 

The Agency expects to publish a rule 

for comment in late June. 

Possible Alternatives 

Other than the Proposed Action and 

a No Action alternative, additional 

alternatives to this proposed action have 

not yet been identified. Issues with and 

alternatives to the proposed action will 

be framed during the internal and 

external scoping and public comment 

periods in the NEPA process. 

Responsible Official 

The responsible official is Mark Rey, 

Under Secretary for Natural Resources 

and Environment, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250. 

Nature of Decision to be Made 

The responsible official will 

promulgate a land management 

planning rule based on an alternative 

that meets the agency’s purpose and 

need. 

Scoping Process 

This Notice of Intent initiates the 

scoping process in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

its implementing regulations (40 CFR 

part 1500). As part of the scoping 

process, the Forest Service solicits 

public comment on the nature and 

scope of environmental, social, and 

economic issues that should be 

analyzed in the draft environmental 

impact statement. Scoping will include 

review of comments previously 

collected during promulgation of the 

2005 planning rule (70 FR 1022), agency 

planning directives (72 FR 4478, 71 FR 

10956, 71 FR 5124), and the Agency 

categorical exclusion for land 

management planning (71 FR 75481). 

The nature and scope of the analysis for 

the draft environmental impact 

statement will focus on the process for 

development, revision, and amendment 

of land management plans, and 

alternatives to it. Because of the 

extensive amount of public comment 

received on the 2005 planning rule, 

planning directives, and the Agency 

categorical exclusion for land 

management planning, no public 

meetings are planned for this scoping 

effort. 

Comment Requested 

Reviewers should provide their 

comments during the comment period. 

Timely comments will enable the 

Agency to analyze and respond to them 

at one time and to use them in the 

preparation of the environmental impact 

statement, thus avoiding undue delay in 

the decisionmaking process. 

Furthermore, specific and substantive 

comments will facilitate meaningful 

review and consideration. Reviewers 

have an obligation to structure their 

participation in the National 

Environmental Policy Act process so 

that it is meaningful and alerts the 

Agency to the reviewer’s position and 

contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 

(1978). Dept. of Transportation v. Public 

Citizen, 541 U.S. 752, 764 (2004). 

Dated: April 27, 2007. 

Gregory Smith, 

Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System. 

[FR Doc. E7–9078 Filed 5–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Olympic National Forest, Jefferson 

County, WA; Dosewallips Road 

Washout Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised Notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: On August 12, 2005, the 

USDA Forest Service (FS), Olympic 

National Forest (ONF), published a 

Notice of Intent in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 47171) to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Dosewallips Road Washout 

Project. A revised Notice of Intent was 

published on August 26, 2005 in 

Federal Register (70 FR 50297). The FS 

and Western Federal Lands Highway 

Division (WFLHD) of the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

further revise this Notice of Intent as 

follows. Except for the sections noted, 

all prior information remains the same. 

DATES: The draft EIS is expected to be 

released in July 2007, and the final EIS 

is expected to be released in May 2008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action 

The original proposed action to 

restore and rebuild the washed out 

section of Forest Service Road (FSR) 


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