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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

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Vol. 65, No. 208

Thursday, October 26, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Mission-Lapwai Creek Supplemental

Number 2 Watershed Protection

Project, Nez Perce County, ID

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Sims, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

9173 W. Barnes Dr., Suite C, Boise,

Idaho 83709–1555, telephone (208) 378–

5700.

Notice: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Guidelines (7 CFR part 650); the Natural

Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, gives notice

that an environmental impact statement

is not being prepared for the MissionLapwai Creek Supplemental Number 2

Watershed Protection Project, Nez Perce

County, Idaho.

The Plan/Environmental Assessment

of this federally assisted action indicates

that the project will not cause

significant local, regional, or national

impacts on the environment. As a result

of these findings, Richard Sims, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement was

not needed for this project.

The Mission-Lapwai Creek

Supplement Number 2 Watershed

Protection Project consists of a system of

land treatment measures designed to

protect the resource base, reduce off-site

sediment and associated nutrients and

bacteria, improve the quality of ground

water, and water entering the Clearwater

River. Planned treatment practices

include: access roads, agrichemical

handling facilities, animal trails and

walkways, buffers strips, channel

vegetation, constructed wetlands,

critical area planting, diversions,

fencing, field borders, filter strips, fish

stream improvement structures, forest

site preparation, forest stand

improvement, grade stabilization

structures, grassed waterways, heavy

use area protection, nutrient

management, pasture and hayland

planting, pest management, ponds,

prescribed grazing, range planting,

residue management (no-till, mulch-till,

direct seeding), riparian forest buffers,

rock-lined waterways, runoff

management systems, sediment basins,

stockwater development, streambank

and shoreline protection, stripcropping,

structure for water control, subsoiling,

terraces, tree and shrub establishment,

use exclusion, waste management

systems, water and sediment control

basins, wildlife upland habitat

management, and wildlife wetland

habitat management.

The Notice of Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency. The basic data

developed during the plan/

environmental assessment are on file

and may be reviewed by contacting Mr.

Richard Sims. The FONSI has been sent

to various Federal, State, and local

agencies, and interested parties. A

limited number of copies of the FONSI

are available to fill single copy requests

at the address stated on the previous

page.

No administrative action on the

proposal will be initiated until 30 days

after the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under No.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials.)

Dated: October 17, 2000.

Richard Sims,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 00–27519 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Arkansas Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Arkansas Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on November

15, 2000, at the Doubletree Hotel, 424

West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas

72201. The purpose of the meeting is to

plan future projects.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 20,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–27458 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Mississippi Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Mississippi Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on November

13, 2000, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 200

East Amite, Jackson, Mississippi 32901.

The purpose of the meeting is to plan

future projects.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

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and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 20,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–27459 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Nebraska Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Nebraska Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:30 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on November

16, 2000, at the Doubletree Hotel, 1616

Dodge, Omaha, Nebraska 68102. The

purpose of the meeting is to receive

planning input for project development

for the next two years.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 20,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–27460 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oklahoma Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 6:30 p.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on November

30, 2000, at the Student Union Hotel,

Oklahoma State University, 242 Student

Union, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74075. The

purpose of the meeting is to receive

planning input for project development

for the next two years.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 20,

2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 00–27461 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Environmental Technologies Trade

Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, US Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental

Technologies Trade Advisory

Committee will hold a plenary meeting

to discuss reports from its water and

government resources subcommittees.

The ETTAC was created on May 31,

1994, to advise the U.S. government on

policies and programs to expand U.S.

exports of environmental products and

services.

DATES: November 14, 2000.

TIME: 9 am to 3 pm.

PLACE: Room 3407, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

The meeting will include a report on

progress to date of services negotiations

taking place at the World Trade

Organization (WTO). ETTAC will also

discuss reports prepared by its

Government Resources and Water

subcommittees.

For further information phone Jane

Siegel, Office of Technologies

Industries, (ETI), U.S. Department of

Commerce at (202) 482–5225. This

meeting is physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to ETI.

Carlos F. Montoulieu,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acting.

[FR Doc. 00–27503 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Evaluation of Coastal Zone

Management Programs and National

Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

DOC.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Evaluate

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate

the performance of the Texas Coastal

Zone Management Program, the South

Carolina Coastal Zone Management

Program and the Appalachicola Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve in

Florida.

The Coastal Zone Management

Program evaluations will be conducted

pursuant to section 312 of the Coastal

Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA),

as amended and regulations at 15 CFR

part 923. The National Estuarine

Research Reserve evaluation will be

conducted pursuant to section 315 of

the Coastal Zone Management Act of

1972 (CZMA), as amended and

regulations at 15 CFR part 921, Subpart

E and part 923 Subpart L.

The CZMA requires continuing

review of the performance of states with

respect to coastal program and research

reserve program implementation.

Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management

Programs and National Estuarine

Research Reserves require findings

concerning the extent to which a state

has met the national objectives, adhered

to its coastal program document or

Reserve’s final management plan

approved by the Secretary of Commerce,

and adhered to the terms of financial

assistance awards funded under the

CZMA.

The evaluations will include a site

visit, consideration of public comments,

and consultations with interested

Federal, State, and local agencies and

members of the public. Public meetings

will be held as part of the site visits.