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and interest in this watershed, and the

potential for the proposed action to

produce significant effects.

DATES: The Forest Service expects to

release a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for the Goose Creek

Watershed Projects in July 1998. A Final

EIS and Record of Decision are expected

in October 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or

requests for the above documents can be

sent to David Alexander, Forest

Supervisor, Payette National Forest,

P.O. Box 1026, McCall, Idaho 83638.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed projects

should be directed to Sue Dixon, Team

Leader, phone no. (208) 347–0331; or

Kimberly Brandel, New Meadows

District Ranger, phone no. (208) 347–

0300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Proposed Action (Alternative B) would

manage forest vegetation to improve

growth, health, and species composition

on an estimated 3,940 acres using

tractor, skyline, and helicopter logging

systems. Silvicultural prescriptions

would include 1,910 acres of

commercial thinning, 730 acres of free

selection thinning, 620 acres of

sanitation salvage, 580 acres of clearcuts

with reserve trees, 50 acres of seed tree

cuts, and 50 acres of overstory removal.

Thinning treatments in lowerelevation stands would be designed to

mimic historic stand conditions and

restore habitat for flammulated owl, a

Region 4 sensitive species that is known

to occur in the watershed.

Treatment of harvest-generated fuels

would include 560 acres of broadcast

burning, 400 acres of tractor piling and

burning, and 261 acres of excavator

piling and burning. Reforestation of

ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, western

larch, Engelmann spruce, and lodgepole

pine seedlings would occur on 580

acres. An additional 50 acres would be

monitored for natural regeneration.

An estimated 6.6 miles of new road

would be constructed to support

vegetation management. Another 45

miles of existing roads would be

improved. Improvements include

graveling 14.3 miles of native-surfaced

roads with gravel from two existing

developed sources. All roads would

have surfaces graded and shaped, and

drainage structures improved or

installed as needed. Road stream

crossings would be designed to meet

PACFISH standards and to minimize

potential effects to stream channels and

water quality.

An estimated 7.9 miles of existing

road would be obliterated to improve

soil productivity and hydrologic

function. Obliteration would include

combinations of the following: partial

recontouring, pulling of culverts,

reshaping drainages at culvert sites,

ripping and revegetating road surfaces,

placing slash and coarse wood on

disturbed areas, and restricting

motorized access. Post-sale road

management would include closing an

additional 68.7 miles of existing road to

public motorized access to improve elk

habitat and water quality within the

watershed.

The Grouse Campground near Goose

Lake would be relocated to reduce

impacts to riparian areas, and expanded

to accommodate increasing recreation

use in the area.

The Proposed Action would require

three non-significant amendments to the

Forest Plan; one for exceeding the forage

opening size and distance to cover for

big game; one for not meeting the Elk

Habitat Effectiveness target level, and

one for temporarily changing the

Recreation Opportunity Spectrum

setting in one harvest unit (162 acres)

from non-motorized to motorized.

The Draft EIS will include at least two

other alternatives, including Alternative

A, No Action (continue current

management in the watershed), and

Alternative C, which would differ

mainly from the Proposed Action by

treating less acres (1,600) with timber

harvest, constructing less new road (3.1

miles), obliterating more existing roads

(30.6 miles), and restoring dispersed

camp sites near Goose Lake and

Brundage Reservoir.

The Responsible Official is David F.

Alexander, Forest Supervisor, Payette

National Forest.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

David F. Alexander,

Forest Supervisor.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Rural Telephone Bank, USDA.

ACTION: Staff briefing for the board of

directors.

TIME AND DATE: 3 p.m., Thursday, May

14, 1998.

PLACE: Room 5030, South Building,

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: General

discussion involving the 1996 Telecom

Act and universal service; the upcoming

Board of Directors election, and

administrative issues.

ACTION: Board of directors meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m., Friday, May 15,

1998.

PLACE: The Williamsburg Room, Room

104–A, Jamie L. Whitten Building,

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

following matters have been placed on

the agenda for the Board of Directors

meeting:

1. Call to order.

2. Action on the February 19, 1998,

Minutes.

3. Report on loans approved in the

second quarter of FY 1998.

4. Summary of financial activity for

the second quarter of FY 1998.

5. Discussion concerning the

allowance for loan losses reserve.

6. Status report on the creation of a

Performance-Based Organization.

7. Consideration of resolution to

adopt a schedule for various actions in

connection with the November 1998

Board of Directors election.

8. Consideration of resolution to

appoint Tellers for the November 1998

Board of Directors election.

9. Establish date and location of next

regular Board meeting.

10. Adjournment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Orren Cameron, III, Acting Assistant

Governor, Rural Telephone Bank, (202)

720–9554.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Wally Beyer,

Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

[FR Doc. 98–11996 Filed 5–1–98; 12:25 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE: May 12–13, 1998.

PLACE: ARRB, 600 E Street, NW,

Washington, DC.

STATUS: Closed. Open: 3:00–4:00 p.m.

May 12.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Closed Meeting:

1. Review and Accept Minutes of

Closed Meeting.

2. Review of Assassination Records.

3. Other Business.

Open Meeting:

1. Discussion of Final Report.

2. Review and Accept Minutes of

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3. Other Business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Eileen Sullivan, Press Officer, 600 E

Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington,

DC 20530. Telephone: (202) 724–0088;

Fax: (202) 724–0457.

T. Jeremy Gunn,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–11978 Filed 5–1–98; 10:40 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: National Employers Survey—

School-to-Work Supplement.

Form Number(s): NES–1.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0787.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of an expired collection.

Burden: 167 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.

Needs and Uses: As part of the Census

Bureau’s continuing research into how

the human resources practices of United

States businesses affect business

performance, the Census Bureau has

conducted three National Employers

Surveys (NES) over the past 4 years. In

the NES III we collected information on

partnerships between businesses and

schools. The School-to-Work

Supplement, sponsored by the Institute

for Research in Higher Education of the

University of Pennsylvania, will be

conducted as a follow-up to the NES III

and will provide specific and unique

longitudinal information on employers’

hiring and human resources practices

and particularly their participation in

school-to-work partnership activities.

The information we collect will enable

analysts to measure the impact of

participation in school-to-work

programs on participating

establishments and the prospects for

making school-to-work partnerships an

integral part of the way the workforce is

developed in the U.S. Primary

Governmental interest in survey results

comes from the Department of

Education’s Office of Educational

Research and Improvement (OERI) and

the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A sample of employers who reported

participation in school-to-work

programs in the NES III, as well as a

comparable sample of employers who

reported they didn’t, will be asked to

participate in the supplemental

telephone inquiry.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,

Sections 8 & 9.

OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall,

(202) 395–7313.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–11919 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Certificate of Eligibility for

Atlantic Billfishes.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0216.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 43 hours.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes

for completion of certificate and 2

minutes for recordkeeping.

Number of Respondents: 53

respondents (400 annual responses).

Needs and Uses: Billfishes are

managed under the Atlantic Billfish

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The

primary objective of the FMP is to

maintain the highest availability of

billfishes to the traditional U.S.

recreational fishery. Under the FMP, the

sale of billfish caught in the

management area is prohibited. To

enforce this prohibition, a billfish in

trade must have a ‘‘Certificate of

Eligibility’’ accompany it so that

enforcement agents will know that it

was not harvested from the Atlantic

Ocean management unit.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk

Officer Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–11924 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

1997 Distribution of Sales by Class of

Customer; Proposed Information

Collection

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Judy Dodds, Assistant

Chief for Census and Related Programs,