Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 98 /Thursday, May 21, 1998 / Notices 27919

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Gary L. Taylor,

District Ranger.

[FR Doc. 98–13544 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

National Urban and Community

Forestry Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Urban and

Community Forestry Advisory Council

will meet in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June

4–6, 1998. The purpose of the meeting

is to review the status of the Council’s

annual report, continue discussion on

emerging issues in Urban and

Community Forestry, and determine the

grant categories for the 1999 Challenge

Cost-Share grant program.

DATES: The meeting will be held June 4–

6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Shilo Inn, 702 W. Appleway, Coeur

d’Alene, Idaho. A tour of local projects

will be available June 4, 9:00 a.m.–4:00

p.m.

Individuals who wish to speak at the

meeting or to propose agenda items

must send their names and proposals to

Suzanne M. del Villar, Executive

Assistant, National Urban and

Community Forestry Advisory Council,

1042 Park West Court, Glenwood

Springs, CO 81601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne M. del Villar, Cooperative

Forestry Staff, (970) 928–9264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Challenge Cost-Share grant categories,

identified by the Council, are advertised

annually to solicit proposals for projects

to advance the knowledge of, and

promote interest in, urban and

community forestry. Pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), the meeting will be

closed from approximately 8:30 to 10:00

a.m. on June 6 in order for the Council

to determine the categories for the 1999

Challenge Cost-Share grant program.

Otherwise, the meeting is open to the

public

Person who wish to bring urban and

community forestry matters to the

attention of the Council may file written

statements with the Council staff before

or after the meeting. Public input

sessions will be provided and

individuals, who have made written

requests by May 22, will have the

opportunity to address the Council at

those sessions. Council discussion is

limited to Forest Service staff and

Council members.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary, Department of Agriculture.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Maricopa-Stanfield Watershed, Pinal

County, Arizona

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of finding

of no significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (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

Maricopa-Stanfield Watershed, Pinal

County, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Somerville, State Conservation,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 800,

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012. Telephone:

(602) 280–8808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicated that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environmental. As a result of these

findings, Michael Somerville, State

Conservation, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purposes are agricultural

water management and includes a

mixture of land treatment and

management practices to conserve

irrigation water. The planned works of

improvement include irrigation land

leveling, suitable irrigation water

conveyance, structures for turnouts and

water measurement for irrigation water

management, and plant, and fertility

management practices (not cost-shared)

including irrigation water management,

crop residue use, conservation cropping

sequence, appropriate erosion control

practices as needed, nutrient

management and pest management.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and 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 above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on the

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Don Paulus, at (602) 280–8780.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken 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: May 8, 1998.

Michael Somerville,

State Conservation.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural-Business Cooperative Service

Notice of Request for Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to

request a reinstatement of an

information collection in support of the

program for ‘‘Rural Development Loan

Servicing.’’

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 20, 1998, to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David W. Lewis, Loan Specialist, Rural

Business-Cooperative Service, USDA,

Stop 3224, 1400 Independence Ave.,

SW, Washington, DC 20250–3224,

Telephone: (202) 690–0797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Rural Development Loan

Servicing.

OMB Number: 0570–0015.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

1998.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of

Information Collection.

Abstract: This regulation is for

servicing and liquidating loans made by