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day opportunity for the public to

comment on the new scientific

information, the identified weaknesses

in current management direction, and

possible changes that could be made in

management direction to rectify those

weaknesses by mid-October, 1998; and

(4) by October 31, 1998, issue a Notice

of Intent, which will amend this Notice,

to fully articulate the Agency’s proposed

action to change management direction

in the Pacific Southwest Regional Guide

and the Forest Plans for the ten National

Forests in the Sierra Nevada.

Publication of the Notice of Intent will

initiate a 60-day public comment period

wherein the public will be asked to

provide any additional information they

feel the Forest Service may still not have

at that time, and to submit any issues

regarding potential effects of the

proposed action. More specific

information regarding the proposal,

decision-making process, and schedule

for completion will be included in the

Notice of Intent.

ADDRESS: Send written comments to

Dick Andrews, Regional Environmental

Coordinator, Ecosystem Planning, Room

859A, 630 Sansome Street, San

Francisco, CA 94111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dick

Andrews, Regional Environmental

Coordinator, Ecosystem Planning, (415)

705–2557.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

announcement is being published by the

Forest Service in an effort to ensure an

open and inclusive public process is

employed in gathering information that

may be used to formulate a proposed

action and articulate the purpose and

need for amending the management

direction specified in the Pacific

Southwest Regional Guide and the

Forest Plans for the Eldorado, Inyo,

Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sequoia, Sierra,

Stanislaus, and Tahoe National Forests

and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management

Unit.

In preparation for this planning

process, the USDA Forest Service

Pacific Southwest Research Station is

reviewing recently developed scientific

information relevant to the Sierra

Nevada. A report summarizing this

work is currently in draft and may be

viewed at the Research Station’s

internet website, www.psw.fs.fed.us/

sierra/. By mid-July additional

information about the planning process

and opportunities for public

involvement will be available through

the Pacific Southwest Region’s internet

website, www.r5.fs.fed.us/.

Date: July 6, 1998.

G. Lynn Sprague,

Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 98–18387 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington

Provincial Advisory Committee will

meet on Thursday, May 16, 1998, in

Toppenish, Washington, at the Yakama

Indian Nation Cultural Center (Highway

97 and Buster Road) in the 14 Tribes

Room. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

and continue until 5 p.m. The purpose

of the meeting is to provide information

on (1) Water Quality Issues, (2) Tribal

Hunting and Wildlife Concerns, (3)

Huckleberry and other Special Forest

Product concerns, (4) Timber

Management by the Yakama Nation

during the listing of the Spotted Owl,

and (5) Public Open Forum. All

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend. The ‘‘open forum’’

provides opportunity for the public to

bring issues, concerns, and discussion

topics to the Advisory Committee. The

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled as part of

agenda item (5) for this meeting.

Interested speakers will need to register

prior to the open forum period. The

committee welcomes the public’s

written comments on committee

business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Linda Turner, Public Affairs

Specialist, at (360) 891–5195, or write

Forest Headquarters Office, Gifford

Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st

Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Larry I. Seekins,

Deputy Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–18311 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Extension of Currently Approved

Information Collection for the

Stewardship Incentive Program (SIP)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of information collection;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intent to

seek extension of the approval of an

existing information collection

authorized under Office of Management

and Budget number 0596–0120. Several

Forest Service information collection

forms are approved under this

authorization number: SIP 36,

Assignment of Payment; SIP 211, Power

of Attorney; SIP 211–1, Power of

Attorney for Husband and Wife; and SIP

502, Payment Limitation Review. Nonindustrial private forest owners

complete these forms to participate in

the Forest Service State and Private

Forestry Stewardship Incentive

Program.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to: Stewardship Coordinator,

Cooperative Forestry Staff, mail stop

1123, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box

96090, Washington, D.C. 20090–6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Stein, Cooperative Forestry Staff,

at (202) 205–0837.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest

Service is seeking extension of the

approval of an existing information

collection authorized under Office of

Management and Budget number 0596–

0120. Several Forest Service information

collection forms are approved under

this authorization number: SIP 36,

Assignment of Payment; SIP 211, Power

of Attorney; SIP 211–1, Power of

Attorney for Husband and Wife; and SIP

502, Payment Limitation Review. An

additional form, AD–245, SIP Request

for Cost-Shares, formerly named SIP

245, SIP Request for Cost-Shares, also

must be completed by non-industrial

private forest owners. A separate request

for extension of approval of form AD–

245 is being processed by the Farm

Service Agency departmental request for

extensions of information collections

authorized under Office of Management

and Budget approval number 0560–

0082. The Forest Service and the Farm

Service Agency cooperatively

administer the Forest Service State and

Private Forestry Stewardship Incentive

Program.

Non-industrial private forest owners

complete these forms to participate in

the Forest Service State and Private

Forestry Stewardship Incentive

Program. The collected information

identifies 1) the Stewardship Incentive

Program assignment of payment, 2)

Internal Revenue Service income