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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 108

Friday, June 5, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study

for the Chewaucan River, Fremont

National Forest, Lake County, OR

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service

gave notice that an environmental

impact statement (EIS) and wild and

scenic river study would be prepared to

determine the suitability or nonsuitability of the Chewaucan River for

inclusion into the National Wild and

Scenic River System. The Notice of

Intent (NOI) was published in the April

27, 1990 Federal Register (55 FR

17773). The Forest Service completed

the Chewaucan River Report and

determined that the Chawaucan River

did not meet the minimum criteria for

eligibility for possible inclusion into the

Wild and Scenic River System.

Therefore, the preparation of this EIS is

not needed and this NOI is rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this

cancellation to Catherine Callaghan,

Acting Recreation Officer, Fremont

National Forest, 524 North G Street,

Lakeview, Oregon 97630, phone 541–

947–2151.

Dated May 27, 1998.

Richard A. Ferraro,

Deputy Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 98–14954 Filed 6–6–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Grade-Dukes Timber Sale Within the

Cuddy Mountain Roadless Area,

Payette National Forest, Washington

County, Idaho

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service

proposes to harvest and regenerate

timber in the Grade-Dukes Timber Sale

area. This sale is under court injunction

pending foruther analysis on the part of

the Forest Service.

The sale lies partially within the

Cuddy Mountain Roadless Area,

Washington County, Idaho. Within the

sale area, drainages include Grade,

Dukes, Camp, and East Fork Brownless

Creeks which are tributaries of the

Snake River.

The road system developing this area

was completed, and 70% of the 826

acres originally proposed for harvest

were logged, prior to a Ninth Circuit

Court of Appeals injunction arising from

an appeal of the District Court’s

decision allowing this sale. The Court of

Appeals found three specific

deficiencies in the Forest Service

analysis supporting the decision to

proceed with this sale.

The Forest Service expects to release

a Draft Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement addressing the above

deficiencies in August 1998. A Final

Environmental Impact Statement is

scheduled to be released in November

1998.

The agency will accept writtin

comments and suggestions on the scope

of the analysis. The agency urges that

any comments be concise and specific

to the focus of the supplement.

DATES: Comments on the scope of the

analysis must be received by July 8,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

David Alexander, Forest Supervisor,

Payette National Forest, P.O. Box 1026,

McCall, Idaho 83638.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

should be directed to Curtis Spalding,

Environmental Coordinator, (208) 634–

0796); or John Baglien, District Ranger,

phone (208) 549–4201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USDA

Forest Service published a notice of

intent for the Grade-Dukes Timber Sale

in the Federal Register April 7, 1988

(Vol. 53, No. 67, page 11523). The Forest

Service published a revised notice of

intent on June 2, 1989 (Vol. 54, No. 105,

pages 23679–23680).

The Forest Service released a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

on August 11, 1989. It released the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

on September 10, 1990, and the Record

of Decision for that FEIS on August 6,

1991.

On January 21, 1992, the

Intermountain Region of the Forest

Service remanded the decision to the

Payette National Forest Supervisor in

response to an administrative appeal.

The Forest Service published a notice of

intent to prepare a supplemental

environmental impact statement on

February 20, 1992 (Vol. 57, No. 34,

pages 6087–6088). It published a revised

notice of intent to prepare a

supplemental environmental impact

statement on December 24, 1992 (Vol.

57, No. 248, page 61393).

On July 29, 1993, the Forest Service

released a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Grade-Dukes Timber Sale. On February

15, 1994, it released the Final

Environmental Impact Statement and

Record of Decision.

On December 20, 1996, Idaho

Sporting Congress and Neighbors of

Cuddy Mountain filed a complaint in

the district court for the District of Idaho

seeking declaratory and injunctive

relief. In May 1996, the District Court

for the District of Idaho ruled in favor

of the Forest Service. Plaintiffs in that

case appealed to the Court of Appeals

for the Ninth Circuit. On March 4, 1998,

the Court of Appeals reversed the

District Court and remanded the case to

the Forest Serivce. The Court of Appeals

made the followings:

1. The Forest Service failed to

establish that the Grade-Dukes sale

would be consistent with the Payette

Forest Plan in terms of the sale’s impact

on old growth within the affected

‘‘Theoretical home range circle (s)’’ of

pileated woodpeckers.

2. The Forest Service failed to provide

a sufficient cumulative effects analysis

as to the combined effect of several

other proposed timber sales on old

growth in that same theoretical pileated

woodpecker home range circule.
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3. The Forest Service failed to

describe adequately the mitigation

measures that it claimed would off-set

the increased sedimentation it admitted

would occur in three streams as a result

of the Grade-Dukes sale.

In addition to these three issues, the

SEIS will also consider:

1. New information relative to the Ute

ladies tresses, a plant species listed as

threatened under the Endangered

Species Act.

2. Application of riparian habitat

conservation area buffers as described in

the Inland Native Fish Strategy

(INFISH).

3. Consistency with the scientific

assessments developed for the Upper

Columbia River Basis Ecosystem

Management project.

4. New information concerning bull

trout, proposed for listing under the

Endangered Species Act.

The Responsible Official is David F.

Alexander, Forest Supervisor, Payette

National Forest.

Dated: May 28, 1998.

David F. Alexander,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–14899 Filed 6–4–98; 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

a commodity and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

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 commodity and services

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

commodity and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodity and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodity 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 commodity and

services 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 commodity and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodity

Turkey Baster

M.R. 851

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the

Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Services

Base Supply Center

Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri

NPA: Lighthouse for the Blind, St. Louis,

Missouri

Grounds Maintenance, Hunton Memorial

USARC, 8791 Snouffers School Road,

Gaithersburg, Maryland

NPA: The Arc of Montgomery County, Inc.,

Rockville, Maryland

Grounds Maintenance, Southern Maryland

Memorial USARC Center Meadows,

Maryland

A: Melwood Horticultural Training Center,

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Grounds Maintenance, Prince George’s

County Memorial USARC Center, 6601

Baltimore Avenue, Riverdale, Maryland

NPA: The Arc of Montgomery County, Inc.,

Rockville, Maryland

Grounds Maintenance, Maus-Warfield

USARC Center, 1850 Baltimore Road,

Rockville, Maryland

NPA: The Arc of Montgomery County, Inc.,

Rockville, Maryland

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–14998 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Additions and

Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from

the Procurement List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities, and

deletes from the Procurement List

commodities and services previously

furnished by such agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

20, 1998, the Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notice (63 FR 19474)

of proposed additions to and deletions

from the Procurement List:

Additions

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the services and impact of the additions

on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the 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

services to the Government.