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down to the nearest quarter-cent, as has

previously been the case.

Authority: Secs. 9, 13 and 14, National

School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.

1758, 1761 and 1762a).

Dated: December 24, 1997.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administrator, Food and Consumer

Service.

[FR Doc. 97–34137 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

BlueGrass Bound Timber Sale; Idaho

Panhandle National Forests; Boundary

County, Idaho

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice, cancellation of notice of

intent to prepare an environmental

impact statement.

SUMMARY: On December 30, 1994, notice

was published in the Federal Register

[FR 67696] that an environmental

impact statement would be prepared to

assess the effects of timber harvest and

road construction within the Boundary

Creek drainage on the Bonners Ferry

Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle

National Forests.

That notice is hereby cancelled.

Changes in Agency direction have

resulted in changes to the proposed

action and substantial reductions in

their anticipated effects and a

determination that documentation in an

environmental impact statement is no

longer necessary.

DATES: This action is effective December

31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat

Cooley, project leader, Bonners Ferry

Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle

National Forests, Route 4, Box 4860,

Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805–9764.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed actions of timber harvest and

road construction and alternatives,

including taking no action at this time,

are being assessed and documented in

the Blue-Grass Bound environmental

assessment. It is anticipated that the

pre-decision environmental assessment

will be available for 30-day public

comment period in February, 1998.

After this public comment period, the

comments will be analyzed and

considered in reaching a decision

regarding this proposal. The decision

will be documented in a Decision

Notice.

I am the responsible official for this

environmental analysis. My address is

Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Route 4

Box 4860, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805–

9764.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Elaine J. Zieroth,

District Ranger.

[FR Doc. 97–33997 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Southwest Oregon Provincial

Interagency Executive Committee

(PIEC), Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Oregon PIEC

Advisory Committee will meet on

January 15 at the Best Western Motel at

1143 Chetco Ave., Brookings, Oregon.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and

continue until 5 p.m. Agenda items to

be covered include: (1) Coordinated

watershed restoration between federal

and non-federal land managers; (2)

province monitoring priorities; (3) forest

health issues; (4) report from local BLM

and Forest Service on local issues; and

(5) public comment. All Province

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Chuck Anderson, Province Advisory

Committee staff, USDA, Forest Service,

Rogue River National Forest, 333 W. 8th

Street, Medford, Oregon 97501, phone

541–858–2322.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

James T. Gladen,

Forest Supervisor, Designated Federal

Official.

[FR Doc. 97–34106 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee; Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington

Provincial Advisory Committee will

meet on Friday, January 23, 1998, in

Vancouver, Washington, at the

Educational Service District 112 (2500

NE 65th Avenue). The meeting will

begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 5

p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to:

(1) Review and prioritize watershed

restoration projects for 1998 and 1999,

(2) Provide information on the

Intergovernmental Advisory Committee

Survey, (3) Share 1997 Advisory

Committee Annual Report Information,

and (4) Public Open Forum. All

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend. The ‘‘open forum’’

provides opportunity for the public to

bring issues, concerns, and discussion

topics to the Advisory Committee. The

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled as part of

agenda item (4) for this meeting.

Interested speakers will need to register

prior to the open forum period. The

committee welcomes the public’s

written comments on committee

business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Sue Lampe, Public Affairs, at (360)

891–5091, or write Forest Headquarters

Office, Gifford Pinchot National Forest,

10600 N.E. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA

98682.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Robert Yoder,

Province Lead Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–34000 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Timber Sale Contracts; Change in

Stumpage Rate Adjustment Procedure

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; adoption of final

procedure.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service gives

notice of adoption of a revised stumpage

rate adjustment procedure, by which

rates bid on timber can be adjusted in

response in market changes after the

contract is awarded. The procedure will

be applied to most timber sale contracts

in the western States. In an August 7,

1996, Federal Register notice (61 FR

41124), the Forest Service proposed

eliminating the stumpage rate

adjustment procedure entirely. After

considering the public comment, the

Forest Service has decided to continue

to use stumpage rate adjustment in

timber sale contracts, but to modify the

procedures so that 100 percent of the

difference between current and base

lumber price indices is added to

tentative rates during periods of

increasing lumber prices and 100

percent of the difference is subtracted

from tentative rates during periods of

declining prices. The effect of this

change is to equalize the risk of lumber