14882 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices

1.8 miles of new road construction and

4.5 miles of temporary construction are

proposed. The 3,100 acres of proposed

activities are located in the eastern twothirds of the analysis area, primarily

west of State Highway 89 and south of

Fiberboard road.

In preparing the environmental

impact statement, the Forest Service

will identify and analyze a range of

alternatives that address the issues

developed for this area. One of the

alternatives will be no treatment. Other

alternatives will consider differing

levels of implementation of commercial

timber stand thinning treatments, fuels

reduction, pre-commercial thinning in

plantations, watershed restoration, road

obliteration, wildlife habitat

improvement, and new road

construction and reconstruction. An

ecological approach will be used to

achieve multiple-use management of the

Liberty Analysis area. It also means that

the needs of people and environmental

values will be blended in a such way

that this area’s desired condition would

represent a diverse, healthy, productive,

and sustainable ecosystem.

Public participation will be important

during the analysis, especially during

the review of the draft environmental

impact statement. The Forest Service is

seeking information, comments, and

assistance from Federal, State, and local

agencies and other individuals or

organizations who may be interested in

or affected by the proposed action. This

input will be used in preparation of the

draft environmental impact statement.

The scoping process includes:

1. Identifying potential issues.

2. Identifying issues to be analyzed in

depth.

3. Eliminating insignificant issues or

those which have been covered by a

relevant previous environmental

analysis.

4. Exploring additional alternatives.

5. Identifying potential environmental

effects of the proposed action and

alternatives (i.e., direct, indirect, and

cumulative effects and connected

actions).

6. Determining potential cooperating

agencies and task assignments.

The following list of issues has been

identified through initial scoping:

(1) To what extent can the potential

for future large, catastrophic wildfires

be reduced within the project area?

(2) To what extent can the forest

health be restored within the project

area?

(3) What level of timber commodities

could be removed economically from

the forest health restoration projects?

(4) To what extent will long-term soil

productivity be affected by equipment

compaction by the proposed activities.

(5) To what extent will water quality

in the Truckee River watershed be

affected by proposed activities? To what

extent will cumulative watershed

effects, e.g., channel erosion, stream

sedimentation, occur and what

opportunities exist to reduce or mitigate

these potential effects?

Comments from other Federal, State

and local agencies, organizations, and

individuals who may be interested in, or

affected by the decision, are encouraged

to identify other significant issues.

Public participation will be solicited

through mailing letters to potentially

interested or affected mining claim

owners, private land owners, and

special use permittees on the Sierraville

Ranger District; posting information in

local towns; and mailing letters to local

timber industries, politicians, school

boards, county supervisors, and

environmental groups. Continued

participation will be emphasized

through individual contacts. Public

meetings, depending on interest, will be

used as a method of public involvement

during preparation and review of the

draft environmental impact statement

and will be announced in newspapers of

general circulation in the geographic

area well in advance of scheduled dates.

The draft EIS is expected to be filed

with the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and to be available for

public review by June, 1997. The

comment period on the draft EIS will be

45 days from the date the EPA publishes

the notice of availability in the Federal

Register.

The Forest Service believes, at this

early stage, it is important to give

reviewers notice of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. First,

reviewers of draft environmental impact

statements must structure their

participation in the environmental

review of the proposal so that it is

meaningful and alerts an agency to the

reviewer’s position and contentions.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also,

environmental objections that could be

raised at the draft EIS stage but that are

not raised until after completion of the

final EIS may be waived on dismissed

by the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel,

803 F. 2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and

Wisconsin Heritages Inc. v. Harris, 490

F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

Because of the court rulings, it is very

important that those interested in this

proposed action participate by the close

of the 45-day comment period so that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the final EIS.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft EIS should be as

specific as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft EIS. Comments

may also address the adequacy of the

draft EIS or the merits of the alternatives

formulated and discussed in the

statement. Reviewers may wish to refer

to the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations for implementing

the procedural provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act at 40

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.

The final EIS is expected to be

available by August, 1997. The

responsible official is John H. Skinner,

Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National

Forest.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

John H. Skinner,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–7893 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Willamette Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Willamette PIEC

Advisory Committee will meet on

Thursday, April 17, 1997. The meeting

will be held at the Mt. Hood National

Forest Supervisor’s Office; 16400

Champion Way; Sandy, Oregon 97055;

phone (503) 688–1700. The meeting is

scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. and

conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Topics tentatively scheduled on the

agenda include: (1) A panel addressing

recreation, tourism issues related to the

Northwest Forest Plan; (2) A PAC

discussion of recreation related issues;

(3) Brief updates on the status of

proposals from the February PAC

meeting (Monitoring and Little Sandy

Watershed Subcommittees); and (4)

Roundtable Information Sharing.

The meeting is open to the public and

opportunity will be available to address

the Advisory Committee during the

public forum. The public forum is

tentatively scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

Time allotted for individual

presentations to the committee will be

limited to 3–5 minutes each. Written

comments are encouraged and can be

submitted prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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For more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Neal Forrester; Willamette

National Forest, 211 East Seventh

Avenue; Eugene, Oregon 97401; (541)

465–6924.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Darrel L. Kenops,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–7907 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: April 28, 1997.

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and service

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and service to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and service to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

service proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodities and

service have been proposed for addition

to Procurement List for production by

the nonprofit agencies listed:

Commodities

Bath Puff

M.R. 566

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the

Blind, Jackson, Mississippi

Scourer, Copper

M.R. 505

NPA: Lighthouse for the Blind of the

Palm Beaches, Inc., West Palm Beach,

Florida

Towels, Seasonal

M.R. 1009

NPA: Chester County Branch of the

PAB, Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Business Cards

7510–00–NIB–0240 (1000 to box)

7510–00–NIB–0265 (500 to box)

7510–00–NIB–0266 (250 to box)

NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.,

Seattle, Washington

Folder, File

7530–01–364–9482

7530–01–364–9483

7530–01–364–9484

7530–01–364–9485

7530–01–364–9486

7530–01–364–9503

7530–01–364–9504

7530–01–364–9505

7530–01–364–9506

NPA: Lions Club Industries, Inc.,

Durham, North Carolina

Service

Janitorial/Custodial

Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Vallejo, California

NPA: V-Bar Enterprises, Inc., Suisun

City, California

E.R. Alley, Jr.,

Deputy Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–7928 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

Procurement List Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to the procurement

list.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List commodities and

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 22, 1996, January 7, 10, 17,

24, 31 and February 7, 1997, the

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

published notices (61 FR 59401, 62 FR

964, 1429, 2644, 3658, 4721, and 5797)

of proposed additions to the

Procurement List. After consideration of

the material presented to it concerning

capability of qualified nonprofit

agencies to provide the commodities

and services and impact of the additions

on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the commodities and

services listed below are suitable for

procurement by the Federal Government

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were: 1. The action will not

result in any additional reporting,

recordkeeping or other compliance

requirements for small entities other

than the small organizations that will

furnish the commodities and services to

the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodities and services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.