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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 158

Friday, August 15, 1997

HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP

FOUNDATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Annual Meeting

of the Trustees and Officers of the

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Foundation

4:00–5:30 p.m., September 24, 1997,

Room HC 6, The United States Capitol

1. Call to Order and Welcome, Vice

Chairman Skelton

2. Introduction of Trustees attending

their first Annual Meeting

3. Approval of the Minutes of the 1996

Annual Meeting

4. Proposal for a partnership with a

consortium of institutions to

increase participation of

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities in the Truman

Scholarship program

5. Proposal to fund an experimental

Truman Scholars Alumni Program

for 1997–98

6. Proposal to provide one-week

Truman Scholar internships with

Foundation Trustees

7. Foundation participation in the

commissioning ceremony of the

USS Harry S. Truman

8. Introduction of Truman Scholars

working in the Washington area

9. Executive Secretary’s Report

including

• Leadership at the Foundation

• Expenditures for FY 1997

• Status of the Trust Fund

• Overview of the 1997 Truman

Scholars Selection

• Plans for the 1998 Truman

competition

• Truman Foundation Honor

Institution awards

• Report on the workshop Success

with the Truman

10. Proposal to commission an audit of

the Fiscal Year 1997 operations of

the Foundation

11. New Business

12. Adjournment

[FR Doc. 97–21846 Filed 8–13–97; 3:57 pm]

BILLING CODE 4738–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Committee of Scientists

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; establishment and

request for nominations.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

is establishing a Committee of

Scientists, under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., to

provide scientific and technical advice

on improvements to the National Forest

System land and resource management

planning process. The Committee’s

report is due to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service 4 months from its initial

meeting, unless additional time is

needed. Nominations of persons to serve

on the Committee of Scientists are

invited.

DATES: Nominations for membership on

the Committee of Scientists must be

received in writing by September 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Nominations for

membership on the Committee of

Scientists may be sent via telefax to the

Director, Ecosystem Management

Coordination at (202) 205–1012 or via

mail to the Director, Ecosystem

Management Coordination, MAIL STOP

1104, Forest Service, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, DC 20090–6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Stephens, Ecosystem

Management Coordination Staff, Forest

Service, telephone: (202) 205–0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given

that the Secretary of Agriculture intends

to establish a Committee of Scientists.

The purpose of the Committee of

Scientists is to provide scientific and

technical advice to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service on improvements that can be

made to the land and resource

management planning process. The

Committee will address such topics as

how to consider the following in land

and resource management plans:

biological diversity, use of ecosystem

assessments in planning, spatial and

temporal scales for planning, public

participation processes, sustainable

forestry, interdisciplinary analysis, and

any other issues the Committee

identifies as relevant to land and

resource management planning.

The Committee of Scientists shall

prepare a report and make

recommendations to the Secretary and

the Chief of the Forest Service on how

best to accomplish sound resource

management planning within the

established framework of environmental

laws and within the statutory mission of

the Forest Service. The Committee’s

report shall be made available to the

public. The Committee of Scientists

shall also provide technical advice on

the land and resource management

planning process and provide material

for the Forest Service to consider for

incorporation into the revised planning

regulations. The Committee shall also

recommend improvements in Forest

Service coordination with other Federal

land management agencies or resource

protection agencies, State and local

government agencies, and tribal

governments, in order to recognize the

unique roles and responsibilities of each

agency in the planning process.

The Secretary has determined that the

work of the Committee is in the public

interest and relevant to the duties of the

Department of Agriculture.

The Committee of Scientists shall

consist of no more than 12 members and

a Committee chair appointed by the

Secretary of Agriculture. Officers or

employees of the Forest Service may not

serve as members of the Committee. The

Committee of Scientists shall be

composed of representatives who can

prove insights into the major

contemporary issues associated with the

National Forest Management Act and its

implementation. Members should

represent scientific specialties and

academic disciplines including, but not

limited to, the following fields: forest

and range ecology, fish and wildlife

biology, silviculture, hydrology, natural

resource economics, sociology, public

participation and conflict management,

ecosystem management, land

management planning, and natural

resource law. Collectively, the members

should represent a diversity of

disciplines and perspectives, have a

knowledge of the National Forest
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System, the National Forest

Management Act, and the National

Forest planning process. Nominations to

the Committee should describe and

document the proposed member’s

qualifications for membership on the

Committee of Scientists.

Appointments to the Committee will

be made by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Equal opportunity practices will be

followed in all appointments to the

Committee of Scientists. To ensure that

the recommendations of the Committee

have taken into account the needs of the

diverse groups served by the

Department, membership will include,

to the extent practicable, individuals

with demonstrated ability to represent

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities.

Dated: July 18, 1997.

Christine Pytel,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21725 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–048N]

Technical Meeting to Solicit Input for a

Survey on Browning in Hamburger

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a

public technical meeting on August 20,

1997. The purpose of the meeting is to

solicit scientific information, including

data, on a proposed survey to determine

the frequency with which hamburger,

sold at retail and cooked at home, turns

brown before reaching 160 degrees F.

The results of this survey will be used

to determine the contribution of this

factor to a risk assessment for E. coli

O157:H7. Persons with an interest in the

study, particularly in details such as

sampling, preparation, cooking, and

evaluation procedures to be used in this

survey, are especially encouraged to

attend.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

August 20, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00

p.m. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m.,

and materials will be available at that

time.

ADDRESSES: The half-day meeting will

be held at the Washington Plaza Hotel,

10 Thomas Circle, at Massachusetts

Avenue and 14th Street, Washington,

DC 20008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, contact Ms.

Traci Phebus at (202) 501–7138 or FAX

(202) 501–7642. To arrange for

presentation of technical materials,

contact Mr. David Soderberg at (202)

501–7358 or FAX (202) 501–7639.

Presenters are asked to submit one

original and two copies of written

comments to the FSIS Docket Clerk,

Docket #97–048N, Department of

Agriculture, FSIS, 102 Cotton Annex,

300 12th Street, Washington, DC 20250–

3700. Persons wishing to present

technical data are asked to bring 100

copies of their data for distribution to

participants in the meeting. Participants

who require a sign language or other

special accommodations should contact

Ms. Phebus at the above numbers by

August 13, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A pilot

study to prepare for this survey was

undertaken. Preliminary results from

the pilot study may be available for this

meeting, but the primary purpose of the

pilot study was to try out laboratory

techniques (for example, cooking and

color evaluation) and to test logistics

before initiating the main survey. Actual

results from the pilot study may require

more confirmation before they can be

determined to be scientifically accurate.

It is expected that discussions in the

August 20 meeting will focus on

technical details of the proposed survey.

Sampling may be a major topic of

discussion. The purpose of this meeting

is to solicit advice on the survey design

from consumers, public health officials

and others.

Persons with expert knowledge about

consumer behavior in the purchasing,

preparing, and cooking of hamburger are

especially encouraged to attend. Persons

unable to attend the meeting may

submit comments to the above

addresses.

Transcripts of this meeting will be

available in the FSIS Docket Room.

Done at Washington, DC, on: August 7,

1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–21673 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Supplement to the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for ASARCO’s Rock

Creek Project, Copper/Silver Mine,

Kootenai National Forest, Sanders

County, MT

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

supplement to the draft environmental

impact statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service,

Kootenai National Forest (KNF) in

conjunction with Montana Department

of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will

prepare a Supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(SDEIS) for ASARCO’s proposal to

develop the Rock Creek copper/silver

mine project approximately 5 miles

northeast of Noxon, Montana.

The original notice of intent was

published in the Federal Register,

Volume 53, No. 9, January 14, 1988. A

number of items including lead agency,

mine water disposal, release date of the

SDEIS have changed since 1988. This

revised notice describes the current

situation.

The KNF and DEQ are joint lead

agencies in this effort. Joint lead status

will allow both agencies to fulfill their

interrelated responsibilities in managing

the process for preparation of the draft,

supplement and final EIS documents

under the guidelines of the National

Environmental Policy Act and the

Montana Environmental Policy Act,

respectively. The DEQ administers the

1971 Montana Metal Mine Reclamation

Act. The purposes of the act are, first,

to recognize and protect the usefulness,

productivity, and scenic values of the

lands and waters within the state and

second, to reclaim to beneficial use the

lands used for metal mines. The Forest

Service has the responsibility for

managing the uses of the Federal surface

land and resources.

This SDEIS is being prepared because

there is new information relevant to

environmental concerns abut the

proposed action (40 CFR part

1502.9(c)(1) (i & ii). The revised notice

of intent to prepare the draft

environmental impact statement (DEIS)

was published in the May 27, 1993,

Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 101). The

notice of availability for the ASARCO

Rock Creek Copper and Silver Mining

Project DEIS was published in the

October 6, 1995, Federal Register (Vol.

60, No. 194).

The public comment received on the

DEIS has lead the Agencies to take a

look at revising some proposed portions

of the operation. A new alternative (Alt.

V) has been developed which includes

the surface deposition of tailings as a

paste, and a water treatment system

using a semi-passive bioreactor and a

reverse osmosis process. The

concentrate from the mill would be

pumped to an enclosed rail loadout

facility. There are also changes in

mitigations for the project which