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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 249

Tuesday, December 30, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

San Juan Fuels Management, Wildlife

Habitat Management, and Timber

Harvest Projects

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised Notice; Intent to

prepare environmental impact

statement.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service is

preparing an environmental impact

statement (EIS) for a proposal to

implement a Fuels and Wildlife

improvement project on the Nevada

County Ranger District. This project

intends to utilize vegetative

manipulation, biomass removal, and

prescribed fire to lower existing fire

hazards and improve wildlife habitat in

the project area. Some timber will be

harvested to help accomplish desired

levels of crown closures and spacing of

standing trees. The Notice of Intent to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement was published in the Federal

Register on Wednesday, March 12, 1997

[Volume 62, Number 48, Page 11413–

11414]. That Notice announced the

project name as San Juan Wildlife and

Fuels Improvement Projects; now, the

name has been changed to San Juan

Fuels Management, Wildlife Habitat

Management, and Timber Harvest

Projects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and environmental impact statement

should be directed to Donn Thane, San

Juan Project Coordinator, 631 Coyote

Street, Nevada City, CA 95959, phone

(916) 265–4531.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Judie L. Tartaglia,

Deputy Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–33818 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Olympic Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Olympic PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on January 29,

1997 at the Skokomish Tribal Center

located at N. 80 Tribal Center Road in

Shelton, Washington. The meeting will

begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until

3:00 p.m. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) Survey of Provincial

Advisory Committees; (2) Update on

Hood Canal District Programs; (3)

Recreation Fee Demonstration; (4) Water

Quality Planning; (5) Update on

Olympic AMA Guide; and (6) Open

Public Forum. Olympic Province

Committee meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Kathy Snow, Province Liaison,

USDA, Quilcene Ranger District, P.O.

Box 280, Quilcene, WA 98376, (360)

765–2211.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Ronald R. Humphrey,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–33851 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 122297E]

Federal Investment Task Force; Public

Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Sustainable Fisheries Act

(SFA) requires the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) to establish a task

force to study the role of the Federal

Government in subsidizing fleet

capacity and influencing capital

investment in fisheries. The Federal

Investment Task Force will hold its first

meeting on January 6–8, 1998, in Silver

Spring, MD.

DATES: The meeting of the task force

will be held January 6–8, 1998. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Town Center Silver Spring Hotel,

8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD

20910; telephone (301) 589–5200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Beal, Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission, (202) 289–6400;

fax:(202) 289–6051; email:

rbeal@asmfc.org, or Matteo Milazzo at

(301) 713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

January 6, 1998, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Task Force will develop the

general guidelines by which it will

function. The Task Force will also

discuss the approach that will be taken

to complete this study and develop the

report, including the breadth of the

project.

January 6, 1998, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Task Force will hear public input

regarding the Federal Investment Study.

The public is encouraged to comment

on the general scope and concept of the

project, as well as specific Federal

programs that should be considered by

the Task Force.

January 7, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Task Force will begin a

discussion of Federal programs that may

have directly induced increases in

fishing capacity and capital investment

January 8, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Task Force will continue to

discuss Federal programs that may have

directly induced increases in fishing

capacity and capital investment. The

Task Force will also schedule its next

meeting.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Bob

Beal at (202) 289–6400 at least 5 days

prior to the meeting date.