Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices 63555

Alternative 4 (the proposed Project

Alternative) would provide for

infrastructure improvements within two

(2) distinctly separate locations.

Alternative 4—Area No. 1 would

provide for extension of water and

sewer trunk lines in the vicinity of the

Porterville Municipal Airport,

improvement of Tea Pot Dome Avenue,

and Newcomb and West Streets

proximate to the Municipal Airport,

improvements to the abandon runway

located at the Municipal Airport, and

installation of master planned storm

drain improvements in the vicinity of

the municipal airport. Alternative 4—

Area No. 2 would provide for extension

of water trunk lines in the vicinity of

South Jaye Street, State Highway 65,

and Gibbons Avenue. South Jaye Street

would be extended as an arterial width

Street from its southerly terminus to

Gibbons Avenue. Alternative 4 would

also accomplish installation of storm

drain facilities in South Jay Street and

Gibbons Avenue. Under Alternative 4,

approximately 200 acres of primarily

vacant land designated for industrial

uses would ultimately be converted to

urbanized use.

Alternative 5 is the No Project

alternative, consideration of which is

required by the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and

by the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA). Under this alternative, the

proposed infrastructure project would

not occur precluding industrial/

commercial development of any of the

areas discussed in Alternatives 1–4.

Environmental effects of the proposed

project: Land use and planning;

population and housing; water impacts;

air quality impacts; transportation and

circulation impacts; biological resources

impacts; energy and mineral resource

impacts; hazards; noise impacts;

demands on public services and

utilities; aesthetic impacts; recreation

impacts; and cumulative effects.

Need for the EIS

It has been determined that the

project may constitute an action

significantly effecting the quality of the

human environment and an

Environmental Impact Statement will be

prepared by the City of Porterville in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub.

L. 91–190) on such project.

Responses to this notice will be used

to:

1. Determine significant environment

issues;

2. Identify data which the EIS should

address; and

3. Identify agencies and other parties

which will participate in the EIS

process and the basis for their

involvement.

This notice is in accordance with the

regulations of the Council on

Environmental Quality under its rule

(40 CFR part 1500).

The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement will be published and

distributed about January 15, 1998, and

a copy will be on file at the City of

Porterville Department of Community

Development and Services at 291 North

Main Street, Porterville, CA 93257 and

available for public inspection, or

copies may be attained at the same

address, upon request.

Scoping

This notice is part of the process used

for scoping the EIS. Responses will help

determine significant environmental

issues, identify data which the EIS

should address, and help identify

cooperating agencies.

The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement will be published upon

completion and will be on file, and

available for public inspection at the

address listed below. Copies may also

be obtained upon request, at the same

address.

This Notice shall be effective for one

year. If one year after the publication of

the Notice in the Federal Register a

Draft EIS has not been filed on the

project, then the Notice for that project

shall be cancelled. If a draft EIS is

expected more than one year after the

publication of this Notice, a new and

updated Notice must be published.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

Richard H. Broun,

Director, Office of Community Viability.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Fall 1997 meeting of the Great Lakes

Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, a

committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force, and its three

subcommittees (Policy and Legislation,

Information/Education, Research

Coordination). Work plan elements,

identification of priorities, and plans for

fiscal year 1998 activities will be

discussed during subcommittee

meetings. The Panel meeting will

highlight discussion of State aquatic

nuisance species legislation related to

the Panel’s model State legislation

project. Also featured at the meeting

will be subcommittee reports, updates

on aquatic nuisance species legislation

and appropriations, the Great Lakes

ballast water demonstration project, the

Chicago Waterways nonindigenous

species dispersal barrier project, model

guidelines for ANS prevention and

control, and reports from Panel

members. The meeting is open to the

public. Interested persons may make

oral statements at the meetings or

submit written statements for

consideration.

DATES: The three subcommittees of the

Great Lakes Panel will meet from 1:00

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

December 17, 1997, and the full Panel

will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on

Thursday, December 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn—North Campus, 3600

Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The telephone number of the Holiday

Inn is 313–769–9800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. Donahue or Matthew Doss,

Great Lakes Commission, at 313–665–

9135, or Robert A. Peoples, Executive

Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance Species

Task Force, at 703–358–2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces the Fall 1997

meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on

Aquatic Nuisance Species and its

subcommittees. The Panel is a

committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force established by the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16

U.S.C. 4701–4741). Minutes of the

meeting will be maintained by the Great

Lakes Commission, 400 Fourth Street,

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103–4816, and

the Executive Secretary, Aquatic

Nuisance Species Task Force, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax

Drive, Suite 840, Arlington, Virginia

22203–1622, and will be available for

inspection during regular business

hours within 30 days following the

meeting.

Dated: November 16, 1997.

Gary Edwards,

Assistant Director—Fisheries, Co-Chair,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.

[FR Doc. 97–31324 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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