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promote industrial wood production

from suitable timber lands, providing a

continuous supply of wood to meet

society’s needs (page 3–144). The

Skipping Cow Timber Sale will be

designed to produce desired resource

values, products, and conditions in

ways that also sustain the diversity and

productivity of ecosystems (page 2–1).

The Skipping Cow Timber Sale is

expected to provide a range of volume

to the timber industry from 20 to 30

million board feet. The range of

alternatives to be considered in the EIS

will be determined during analysis and

reflect issues raised during scoping.

The Proposed Action provides for: (1)

construction of approximately 15.5

miles of specified road and additional

temporary road; and (2) harvest between

900–1300 acres. The existing log

transfer facility at Deep Bay Harbor will

be used to transfer volume to the water.

A variety of systems would be used for

yarding, including helicopter, cable,

skyline and shovel yarding systems.

A number of public comments have

been received on this project. Based on

comments from the public and other

agencies during the preliminary scoping

effort, the following issues have been

identified. How will the design of the

sale affect: harvest economics, access

road management, Wind ecology (large

scale blowdown), and winter deer

habitat? These issues and other issues

discovered during further scoping will

be used to design alternatives to the

proposed action and to identify the

potential environmental effects of the

proposed action and alternatives.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope

of this project should be received by

August 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the

scope of this project should be sent to

Jerry Jordan, ID Team Leader, Wrangell

Ranger District, Tongass National

Forest, Stikine Area; Attn: Skipping

Cow EIS; P.O. Box 51, Wrangell, Alaska,

99929, phone (907) 874–2323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation

Public participation will be an

integral component of the study process

and will be especially important at

several points during the analysis. The

first is during the scoping process. The

Forest Service will be seeking

information, comments, and assistance

from Federal, State, local agencies,

individuals and organizations that may

be interested in, or affected by, the

proposed activities. The scoping process

will include: (1) identification of

significant issues: (2) identification of

issues to be analyzed in depth; and (3)

elimination of insignificant issues or

those which have been covered by a

previous environmental review. For the

Forest Service to best use the scoping

input, comments should be received by

August 24, 1998.

Based on results of scoping and the

resource capabilities within the project

areas, alternatives including a ‘‘no

action’’ alternative will be developed for

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (Draft EIS). The Draft EIS is

projected to be filed with the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

in January 1999. Public comment on the

Draft EIS will be solicited for a

minimum of 45 days from the date the

EPA publishes the Notice of Availability

in the Federal Register. The Final EIS

is anticipated by June 1999.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns of the proposed action,

comments during scoping and

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

alternatives formulated and discussed in

the document. Reviewers may wish to

refer to the Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ) Regulations for

implementing the procedural provisions

of the National Environmental Policy

Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing

these points.

In addition, Federal Court decisions

have established that reviewers of Draft

EIS 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 concerns.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.

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

Environmental objections that could be

raised at the draft environmental impact

stage may be waived if not raised until

after completion of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement. 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). The reason

for this is to ensure that comments and

objections are made available to the

Forest Service at a time when it can

meaningfully consider and respond to

them in the Draft EIS.

Comments received in response to

this solicitation, including names and

addresses of those who comment, will

be considered part of the public record

on this proposed project and will be

available for public inspection.

Comments submitted anonymously will

be accepted and considered; however,

those who submit anonymous

comments will not have standing to

appeal the subsequent decision under

36 CFR 215 or 217. Additionally,

pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d) any person

may request the agency to withhold a

submission from the public record by

showing how the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) permits such

confidentiality. Requesters should be

aware that, under FOIA, confidentiality

may be granted in only very limited

circumstances, such as protected trade

secrets. The Forest Service will inform

the requester of the agency’s decision

regarding the request for confidentiality,

and where the request is denied, the

agency will return the submission and

notify the requester that the comments

may be resubmitted with or without

name and address within 7 days.

Responsible Official

Carol J. Jorgensen, Assistant Forest

Supervisor, Stikine Area, Tongass

National Forest, P.O. Box 309,

Petersburg, Alaska 99833, is the

responsible official. The responsible

official will consider comments,

responses, disclosure of environmental

consequences, and applicable laws,

regulations, and policies in making a

decision and stating the rationale in the

Record of Decision.

Dated: June 24, 1998.

Carol J. Jorgensen,

Assistant Forest Supervisor.

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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD

INVESTIGATION BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

In connection with its investigation

into the cause of the explosion at the

Sierra Chemical Company in Sparks,

Nevada, on January 7, 1998, the U.S.

Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigation Board announces,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act, that it will convene a

Board Meeting beginning at 10:00 a.m.

local time on Wednesday, July 29, 1998,

at the George Washington University

Marvin Center, 800 21st Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC. This meeting will be

open to the public. For more

information, please contact the

Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigation Board’s Office of External

Relations, telephone number (202) 261–
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7600, or visit our web site at

www.chemsafety.gov.

Phillip Cogan,

Special Assistant for External Relations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34–98]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—Santa

Maria, California Area Application and

Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Santa Maria Public

Airport District, to establish a generalpurpose foreign-trade zone in the Santa

Maria, California area, adjacent to the

Port San Luis, California, port of entry.

The application was submitted pursuant

to the provisions of the FTZ Act, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the

regulations of the Board (15 CFR Part

400). It was formally filed on June 30,

1998. The applicant is authorized to

make the proposal under Section 6302

of the California Code.

The proposed new zone would

consist of 2 sites (2,787 acres) in Santa

Barbara County: Site 1 (2,728 acres)—

within and adjacent to the Santa Maria

Public Airport, 3217 Terminal Drive,

Santa Maria; and, Site 2 (59 acres)—

within the Vandenberg Air Force Base

complex, approximately 20 miles

southwest of the Santa Maria Airport.

Site 1 is primarily owned by the

applicant. Site 2 is owned by the

Department of the Air Force but has

been leased by Astrotech Space

Operations, Inc., for a period of 20

years. Vandenberg Air Force Base has

been designated the primary launch site

for commercial space activity from the

West Coast and pre-launch payload

assembly activities would be conducted

at proposed Site 2.

The application indicates a need for

foreign-trade zone services in the Santa

Maria area. Several firms have indicated

an interest in using zone procedures for

warehousing, airport related activities

and the preparation of space flight

hardware for launches into outer space.

Specific manufacturing approvals are

not being sought at this time. Requests

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on August 5, 1998, 11:00 a.m.,

at the Santa Maria Hilton, 3455 Skyway

Drive, Santa Maria, California 93455.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is September 8, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 21, 1998).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

Office of the Santa Maria Public Airport

District, 3217 Terminal Drive, Santa

Maria, CA 93455.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 30, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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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 of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13.

Bureau: International Trade

Administration.

Title: The Special American Business

Internship Training (SABIT) Program

Applications and Questionnaires.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

OMB Number: 0625–0225.

Type of Request: Regular Submission.

Burden: 2,137 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,300.

Avg. Hours Per Response: Range from

15 minutes to 6 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Special

American Business Internship Training

(SABIT) programs of the Department of

Commerce’s International Trade

Administration (ITA), is a key element

in the U.S. Government’s efforts to

support the economic transition of the

Newly Independent States (NIS) of the

former Soviet Union. SABIT places

business executives and scientists from

the Independent States in U.S. firms for

one-to-six month internships to gain

firsthand experiences working in a

market economy. This unique private

sector-U.S. Government partnership was

created in order to tap the U.S. private

sector’s expertise in assisting the NIS’s

transition to a market economy while

boosting U.S.-NIS long-term trade.

Under the ‘‘regular’’ (grants) SABIT

program, qualified U.S. firms will

receive funds through a cooperative

agreement with ITA to help defray the

cost of hosting interns. The information

collected by the Application is needed

by the SABIT staff to recruit and screen

respondents and provide U.S. firms

with a pool of eligible candidates from

which to select interns. Intern

applications are required to determine

the suitability of candidates for SABIT

internships. Feedback surveys and endof-internship reports are needed to

enable SABIT to track the success of the

program as regards trade between the

U.S. and NIS, as well as to improve the

content and administration of the

programs.

The closing date for applications and

supplemental materials is

approximately 120 days after date of

publication in the Federal Register.

Pursuant to section 632(a) of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the

‘‘Act’’) funding for the program will be

provided by the Agency for

International Development (A.I.D.).

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit, individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit, voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria BaecherWassmer, (202) 395–5871.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482–3272, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution, NW, Washington, DC

20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of

Management and Organization.

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