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Vol. 65, No. 238

Monday, December 11, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Research, Education, and Economics;

Research Program on Health and

Nutrition Effects of Popular WeightLoss Diets: Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Agriculture,

REE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture (USDA) (a) provides notice

of a public meeting on the Research

Program on Health and Nutrition Effects

of Popular Weight-loss Diets (Program)

(b) solicits written comments on the

Program, and (c) solicits oral comments

on the Program. The meeting will be

held at the Jefferson Auditorium of the

South Agriculture Building, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, near the Smithsonian

Metro Station. No registration is

required to attend the public meeting,

but pre-registration is required to

provide oral comments at the public

meeting. There is no fee to attend or to

provide oral comments at the public

meeting.

DATES: (a) Written comments can be

submitted in hard copy by mail or by

fax and must be received by the Agency

on or before January 15, 2001. (b) The

public meeting to solicit oral comments

will be held on January 11, 2001, from

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. E.S.T.

For further information contact:

Shanthy A. Bowman, Ph.D., USDA,

Agricultural Research Service, 10300

Baltimore Boulevard, Building 005,

BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705–2350,

(301) 504–0619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

A. Agenda

The agenda includes, (1) Reporting of

Phase I of the USDA research, (2)

Prototype of research protocols for

Phase II, and (3) Oral testimony.

B. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Written Comments?

You may submit written comments in

hard copy by January 15, 2001, 5:00

p.m. E.S.T, to Shanthy A. Bowman,

Ph.D., USDA, Agricultural Research

Service, BHNRC/CNRG, 10300

Baltimore Boulevard, Building 005,

Room 125, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD,

20705–2350, (301) 504–0619 (phone),

301–504–3225 (fax).

C. How Do I Register To Present Oral

Testimony?

Registration is required to provide

oral input at the public meeting on

January 11, 2001. Requests to provide

oral input at the meeting should be

submitted by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T., January

9, 2001, to Shanthy A. Bowman, Ph.D.,

USDA, Agricultural Research Service,

BHNRC/CNRG, 10300 Baltimore

Boulevard, Building 005, Room 125,

BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705–

2350, (301) 504–0619 (phone), 301–504–

3225 (fax). Name of the presenter,

organization affiliation (if applicable),

source of funding (if applicable), and

contact phone number are required for

registration. There is no fee to attend the

meeting and to provide oral testimony.

One person per organization will be

selected on first come basis.

Presentations should be limited to three

(3) minutes or less. Registration will

also be accepted at the meeting, if time

slots are available.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Eileen T. Kennedy,

Deputy Under Secretary, Research,

Education, and Economics,, Department of

Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 00–30896 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

North Elkhorns Project; Including

Timber Harvest and Prescribed Fire.

Helena National Forest, Jefferson

County, Montana.

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service is

gathering information and preparing an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the North Elkhorns Vegetation

Project located approximately 9 air

miles southeast of Helena, Montana.

The Forest Service proposes to thin,

using commercial timber harvest,

approximately 745 acres in the E–4

Management Area of the Elkhorn

Wildlife Management Unit.

The biggest and healthiest trees would

remain on the site, and the many

scattered aspen stands would be

revitalized through a combination of

treatments, including some fence

construction. The thinning treatment

would require construction of about 1

mile of temporary road and

reconstruction of about 6.5 miles of

existing road. Following thinning, the

area would be treated with low intensity

fire and the temporary and

reconstructed road segments would be

returned to contour and revegetated.

The proposal is designed to help

restore the full range of wildlife habitats

in the Elkhorn Wildlife Management

Unit. The project will have other

benefits including the reduction of

wildfire risk in the urban interface.

The project also would authorize the

construction of 1500 feet of nonmotorized trail to connect two existing

non-motorized trails and formally

designate 3.5 miles of existing road

which is currently closed to motorized

use as part of the non-motorized trail

system.

COMMENTS: Comments concerning the

proposal should be submitted to the

responsible official and received in

writing on or before January 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The responsible official is

Thomas J. Clifford, Forest Supervisor,

Helena National Forest, Supervisor’s

Office, 2880 Skyway Drive, Helena, MT.

59601. Phone: (406) 449–5201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jodie Canfield, Wildlife Biologist and

Interagency Elkhorn Coordinator,

Townsend Ranger District, 415 South

Front, Townsend, MT 59644. Phone:

(406) 266–3425.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project would occur on National Forest

lands of the Helena Ranger District. The

activities would take place within

portions of Sections 1, 2 and 12 of

T.8N., R.3W. and Sections 5, 6 and 7 of

T.8N., R.3W., and a portion of Section