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commodities that are forfeited to CCC in 

satisfaction of a farm-stored marketing 

assistance loan. 

Beginning with 2008-crop marketing 

assistance loans, producers must pay or 

provide for the payment of in-handling 

charges on warehouse-stored 

commodities before CCC will accept the 

commodity as collateral for a 

warehouse-stored marketing assistance 

loan. 

Beginning with the 2008-crop of 

wheat, feed grains, soybeans, rice, 

pulses, minor oilseeds, peanuts, honey, 

wool, and mohair, producers must 

provide documentation that all inhandling charges have been paid or 

provided for before a warehouse-stored 

marketing assistance loan will be 

disbursed for the commodity. 

Acceptable documentation will include 

specific information recorded directly 

on the warehouse receipt pledged as 

collateral for a marketing assistance 

loan. If the information is not recorded 

directly on the warehouse receipt that is 

pledged as loan collateral, separate 

documentation that is signed by the 

warehouse operator that includes the 

following language will be accepted as 

evidence that in-handling charges have 

been paid or provided for if the 

document is presented in conjunction 

with a warehouse receipt that is pledged 

as collateral for a warehouse-stored 

marketing assistance loan: 

Arrangements for the payment of inhandling charges have been made by the 

depositor of the commodity covered by 

receipt number (Insert Receipt Number). No 

lien will be asserted by the warehouse 

operator against the Commodity Credit 

Corporation or any subsequent holder of the 

warehouse receipt for in-handling charges. 

Failure to present the required 

documentation that in-handling charges 

have been paid or provided for will 

result in the commodity represented by 

the warehouse receipt being determined 

ineligible as collateral for the marketing 

assistance loan until the documentation 

is submitted to the applicable Farm 

Service Agency county office. 

For commodities pledged as collateral 

for farm-stored marketing assistance 

loans that are forfeited to CCC in 

satisfaction of an outstanding loan, the 

producer or warehouse operator that is 

accepting delivery of the forfeited 

commodity must provide 

documentation that in-handling charges 

have been paid or provided for before 

the loan settlement will be recorded. If 

the evidence is not provided as part of 

the delivery documentation, CCC will 

reduce the producer’s settlement value 

for the forfeited commodity to reflect 

the amount of unpaid in-handling 

charges, at the rate provided in the 

warehouse’s public tariff rates. In the 

event that a deduction from settlement 

proceeds is made, CCC will forward the 

withheld amount to the storing 

warehouse operator on behalf of the 

producer and will report the amount 

paid to the Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on May 1, 2008. 

Glen L. Keppy, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E8–10179 Filed 5–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

San Juan National Forest; Columbine 

Ranger District; Colorado; Hermosa 

Land Exchange Analysis 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The San Juan National Forest 

is studying a proposal for a land 

exchange whereby Tamarron Properties 

Associates would offer 330 acres of nonFederal lands to the U.S. Forest Service 

in exchange for 265 acres of National 

Forest System lands and an easement 

for a new road. Any exchange would 

require by law that the appraised value 

of the properties be equal. The nonFederal properties include two 

inholdings adjacent to the Hermosa 

Roadless area; Mitchell Lakes and 

Hermosa Creek. The third inholding is 

a mining claim located in the 

Weminuche Wilderness area along the 

Whitehead Gulch Trail southeast of 

Silverton. Mitchell Lakes parcel is 

specifically located in T. 37 N., R. 9 W, 

Section 23 ; Hermosa Park T. 39 N., R. 

10 W., Section 24, La Plata County, The 

Iron Clad Mining Claim is located in 

Section 11, T. 40 N., R. 7 W., N.M.P.M., 

Columbine Ranger District, San Juan 

National Forest, Colorado. 

DATES: Formal scoping on the proposed 

land exchange began on June 11, 2007 

and ended on September 10, 2007. Two 

public open houses were held June 21 

and 25, 2007. Public field trips to the 

parcels were held June 28 and 29, 2007. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected in September 

2008 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in 

December 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Cindy 

Hockelberg, Columbine Public Lands, 

POB 439, 367 South Pearl Street, 

Bayfield, CO 81122; e-mail 

chockelberg@fs.fed.us., telephone 970–

884–1418. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of and need for action is 

for (1) more consolidated Federal and 

private ownership that reduces cost of 

Federal management and increases 

management efficiency; and (2) 

acquisition of significant non-Federal 

inholdings within the San Juan National 

Forest in visible and frequented 

locations so they are not available for 

development; and (3) additional Federal 

jurisdiction within Congressionally 

designated wilderness or other parcels 

such as wetlands, floodplains, and 

riparian areas that provide habitat for 

threatened or endangered species. 

The Forest Service is directed to 

achieve the optimum landownership 

pattern to provide for the protection and 

management of resource uses to meet 

the needs of the nation now and in the 

future. 

Further, the Forest Service is to 

complete land-for-land exchanges to 

consolidate National Forest System and 

private, State, or local government land 

patterns, to permit needed urban or 

industrial expansion; or to make other 

adjustments in landownership in the 

public interest. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to complete a 

land exchange whereby the Forest 

Service would acquire three nonFederal parcels located within the 

boundaries of the San Juan National 

Forest and convey a Federal parcel and 

road easement for a new road to private 

ownership. 

Possible Alternatives 

The following alternatives have been 

preliminarily identified: 

Alternative 1: This alternative is the 

No Action Alternative. The proposed 

project as described above would not 

occur. 

Alternative 2: This alternative is the 

proposed action and the project would 

occur as described above. This 

alternative was presented in the public 

scoping that occurred during the 

summer of 2007. 

Alternative 3: This alternative is 

responsive to trail use and moves the 

northern boundary of the Federal parcel 

south of the proponent’s proposed 

location. The northern boundary for 

Alternative 3 would keep the trails 

immediately south and adjacent to the 

Chris Park wetland in Federal 

ownership. This alternative would 

include a road easement and limit use. 

Restrictions on road use for this 

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alternative, in addition to 4 and 5 may 

affect the appraised value. 

Alternative 4: This alternative would 

be the same as Alternative 3 but would 

not include the road easement. Like 

Alternative 3, this alternative is 

responsive to the concerns expressed by 

trail users and will help address visual 

concerns. 

Alternative 5: This alternative would 

not include a substantial portion of the 

federal parcel, as described in the 

proposed alternative. The alternative is 

designed to preserve major portions of 

the wagon road and some wetlands. 

This alternative would not include the 

road easement and more directly 

addresses cultural and recreation 

concerns. A trade-off of this alternative 

is that acquisition of both large nonFederal parcels may not be possible due 

to the requirement that the exchange be 

equal value. 

Responsible Official 

Mark W. Stiles, Center Manager, San 

Juan Public Lands, 15 Burnett Court, 

Durango, CO 81301. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Given the purpose and need, the 

deciding official reviews the proposed 

action and the other alternatives in 

order to make the following decisions: 

Will the proposed land exchange occur 

as proposed, as modified under the 

various alternatives, or not at all. If the 

exchange proceeds what mitigation 

measures will the Forest Service apply 

to the project? 

Scoping Process 

Formal scoping has already occurred 

on this project as described above; 

comments received indicate that there 

may be significant impacts for which an 

EIS is the appropriate level of analysis. 

Informal scoping responses may be 

submitted to Cindy Hockelberg (contact 

information above), if there is an issue 

that has not been identified. 

Preliminary Issues 

During review of all public comments 

and internal input, the Forest Service 

has identified the following concerns or 

issues with the proposal: Recreation, 

particularly with regard to Chris Park 

campground and the trails that have 

been created in the area; The Animas 

Wagon road and its historical status; 

Socio-economic issues related to 

tourism and special use permittees who 

use the area; Visual impacts to those 

areas that are sensitive, including 

Highway 550 and Chris Park 

Campground; Wildlife impacts that may 

occur to a potential wildlife corridor on 

the Federal parcel; Wetlands and 

hydrology, particularly with regard to 

quality of wetlands on all parcels; and 

how the non-Federal parcels will be 

managed if they are acquired. 

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. This 

is expected to occur around September 

2008. 

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 and 

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 1, 2008. 

Mark W. Stiles, 

Center Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–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 

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: NOAA Satellite Ground Station 

Customer Questionnaire. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0227. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 17. 

Number of Respondents: 102. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: NOAA requests 

people who operate ground receiving 

stations that receive data from NOAA 

satellites to complete a questionnaire 

about the types of data received, its use, 

the equipment involved, and similar 

subjects. The data obtained are used by 

NOAA for short-term operations and 

long-term planning. The collection of 

this data assists NOAA in complying 

with the terms of the Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) with the World 

Meteorological Organization 

Administration (NOAA) and other 

international agreements. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; individuals or households; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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 

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