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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 15

Friday, January 23, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

License; Correction Notice

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Correction to Notice of intent to

grant exclusive license.

SUMMARY: In notice document published

in the issue of Wednesday, December

31, 1997 (62 FR 68248), the location of

the grantee (Integrated BioControl

Systems, Inc.) was omitted. In addition,

the publication date of the FR Notice of

Availability was erroneous. This notice

corrects the exclusive grant license

information to Serial No. 08/863,261 as

follows:

On page 68248, in the first column,

first paragraph of the USDA notice,

include the location of Aurora, Indiana,

for Integrated BioControl Systems, Inc.

The Federal Register publication date

for the Notice of Availability for Serial

No. 08/404,779 was specified as May 27,

1997. The date should be changed to

May 27, 1995.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–1623 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Threemile Area Timber Sales and

Other Projects, Colville National

Forest, Pend Oreille County,

Washington

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: On January 18, 1990, a Notice

of Intent (NOI) to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the Threemile Area Timber Sales

and Other Projects on the Sullivan Lake

Ranger District of the Colville National

Forest was published in the Federal

Register (55 FR 1687). A Notice of

Availability for the draft EIS was

published in the Federal Register on

August 14, 1992 (57 FR 36647). The

comment period on the draft EIS ended

October 1, 1992. Forest Service has

decided to cancel the environmental

analysis process. There will be no final

EIS for this project at this time. The NOI

is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this

cancellation to Connie Smith,

Environmental Coordinator, Colville

National Forest, 765 South Main,

Colville, Washington 99114 or

telephone 509–684–7185.

Dated: January 8, 1998.

Robert L. Vaught,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–1602 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID918–1610–00–UCRB]

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project, States of Oregon,

Washington, Idaho, Montana,

Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada and the

Northern, Intermountain, and Pacific

Northwest Regions

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau

of Land Management, USDI.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment

period for draft environmental impact

statements (EISs).

SUMMARY: On June 12, 1997, the Forest

Service and the Bureau of Land

Management published a notice of

availability of two draft EISs in the

Federal Register (62 FR 32076). That

notice stated that a 120-day comment

period was provided for the Eastside

Draft EIS and for the Upper Columbia

River Basin Draft EIS. On September 5,

1997, a second notice (62 FR 46941)

extended the comment period to

February 6, 1998. This notice is to

inform interested parties that the

comment period has been extended

again to provide for public review of,

and comment on, an economic and

social report prepared in response to a

requirement of the Department of the

Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act of 1998.

DATES: Comments on the two draft EISs

and on the economic and social report

must now be submitted or postmarked

no later than April 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the economic and

social report will be mailed in midFebruary to everyone on the mailing list

for the Eastside and Upper Columbia

River Basin Draft EISs. Interested parties

not on the mailing list can obtain a copy

from ICBEMP, 112 E. Poplar Street,

Walla Walla, WA 99362 or by calling

(509) 522–4030 or from ICBEMP, 304 N.

8th Street, Room 250, Boise, ID 83702 or

by calling (208) 334–1770, ext. 120. The

economic and social report will also be

available via the internet (http://

www.icbemp.gov).

Comments on the Eastside draft EIS,

including the economic and social

report, should be submitted in writing

to ICBEMP, 112 East Poplar Street, P.O.

Box 2076, Walla Walla, WA 99362.

Comments on the Upper Columbia River

Basin draft EIS, including the economic

and social report, should be submitted

in writing to ICBEMP, 304 N. 8th Street,

Room 250, Boise, ID 83702. If your

comments are in regard to both draft

EISs, they may be sent to either office.

Comments may also be made

electronically by accessing the Project

home page (http://www.icbemp.gov),

where a comment form is available. If

you have already submitted your

comments, you may now submit more

comments on the draft EISs, including

your comments regarding the economic

and social report.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

EIS Team Leader Jeff Walter, 304 N. 8th

Street, Room 250, Boise, ID 83702,

telephone (208) 334–1770 or EIS Deputy

Team Leader Cathy Humphrey, 112 East

Poplar Street, P.O. Box 2076, Walla

Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 522–

4030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Section

323 of the Department of the Interior

and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act of 1998 Pub. L. 105–83), the United

States Congress directed the following:

‘‘Using all research information