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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 145

Wednesday, July 29, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Kuakan Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) to provide timber for the Stikine

Area timber sale program. The Record of

Decision will disclose how the Forest

Service has decided to provide harvest

units, roads, and associated timber

harvesting facilities. The proposed

action is to harvest up to an estimated

17 million board feet (mmbf) of timber

on an estimated 800 acres in one or

more timber sales. A range of

alternatives responsive to significant

issues will be developed and will

include a no-action alternative. The

proposed timber harvest is located

within Tongass Forest Plan Value

Comparison Unit 525 on Deer Island,

Alaska, on the Wrangell Ranger District

of the Stikine Area of the Tongass

National Forest.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope

of this project should be received by

August 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Please send written

comments to Wrangell Ranger District;

Attn: Kuakan EIS; P.O. Box 51,

Wrangell, AK 99929.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposal and EIS

should be directed to Randy Hojem,

Team Leader, Wrangell Ranger District,

Tongass National Forest, P.O. Box 51,

Wrangell, AK 99929, telephone (907)

874–2323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 potential 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. Written scoping

comments are being solicited through a

scoping package that will be sent to the

project mailing list. For the Forest

Service to best use the scoping input,

comments should be received by August

31, 1998. Tentative issues identified for

analysis in the EIS include the potential

effects of the project on and the

relationship of the project to: Oldgrowth ecosystem management and the

maintenance of habitat for viable

populations of wildlife and plant

species, timber supply and sale

economics, scenery and recreational

resources, anadromous and resident fish

habitat, soil and water resources,

wetlands, subsistence resources,

cultural resources and others.

Based on results of scoping and the

resource capabilities within the project

area, 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 October 1998. The Final EIS is

anticipated by May 1999.

The comment period on the draft

environmental impact statement will be

45 days from the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes the notice of availability in

the Federal Register.

The Forest Service believes it is

important to give reviewers notice of

several court rulings related to public

participation in the environmental

review process. First, reviewers of draft

environmental impact 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

contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear

Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519,

553, (1978). Environmental objections

that could have been raised at the draft

environmental impact statement stage

may be waived or dismissed by the

courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803

F.2nd 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490

F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

Because of these court rulings, it is very

important that those interested in this

proposed action participate by the close

of the 45-day comment period so that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the final environmental impact

statement.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns of the proposed action,

comments during scoping and

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement should be as specific

as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft statement.

Comments may also address the

adequacy of the draft environmental

impact statement or the merits of the

alternatives formulated and discussed in

the statement. Reviewers may wish to

refer to the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations for implementing

the procedural provision of the National

Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR

1503.3 in addressing these points.

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 action 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 Parts 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 to protect 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
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may be resubmitted with or without

name and address within 7 days.

Permits: Permits required for

implementation include the following:

1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

—Approval of discharge of dredged or

fill material into the waters of the

United States under Section 404 of

the Clean Water Act;

—Approval of the construction of

structure or work in navigable waters

of the United States under Section 10

of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899;

2. Environmental Protection Agency

—National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (402) Permit;

—Review Spill Prevention Control and

Countermeasure Plan;

3. State of Alaska, Department of

Natural Resources

—Tideland Permit and Lease or

Easement;

4. State of Alaska, Department of

Environmental Conservation

—Solid Waste Disposal Permit;

—Certification of Compliance with

Alaska Water Quality Standards (401

Certification)

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 the

comments, response, disclosure of

environmental consequences, and

applicable laws, regulations, and

policies in making the decision and

stating the rationale in the Record of

Decision.

Dated: July 15, 1998.

Carol J. Jorgensen,

Assistant Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–20185 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW

BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE: August 6, 1998.

PLACE: ARRB 600 E Street, NW.,

Washington, DC.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Review and Accept Minutes of

Closed Meeting.

2. Review of Assassination Records.

3. Other Business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Eileen Sullivan, Press Officer, 600 E

Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington,

DC 20530. Telephone: (202) 724–0088;

Fax: (202) 724–0457.

Laura Denk,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–20373 Filed 7–27–98; 1:02 pm]

BILLING CODE 6118–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION

[A–122–047]

Elemental Sulphur From Canada:

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results of the Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for preliminary results of antidumping

duty administrative review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) is extending the

time limit for the preliminary results of

the review of elemental sulphur from

Canada. This review covers the period

December 1, 1996 through November

30, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick

Johnson at (202) 482–3818; Office of

AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Office

9, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20230.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA).

Postponement of Preliminary Results

The Department has determined that

it is not practicable to issue its

preliminary results of the administrative

review within the original time limit of

September 2, 1998. (See Decision

Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Enforcement Group III to Robert

LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, July 9, 1998). The

Department is extending the time limit

for completion of the preliminary

results until November 1, 1998 in

accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Act.

The deadline for the final results of

this review will continue to be 120 days

after publication of the preliminary

results.

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Roland L. MacDonald,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 98–20267 Filed 7–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–469–807]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless

Steel Wire Rod From Spain

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard Smith or Irene Darzenta, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5193 or (202) 482–

6320, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the regulations at 19 CFR part 351, 62

FR 27296 (May 19, 1997).

Final Determination

We determine that stainless steel wire

rod (SSWR) from Spain is being sold in

the United States at less than fair value

(LTFV), as provided in section 735 of

the Act. The estimated margins are

shown in the ‘‘Suspension of

Liquidation’’ section of this notice.

Case History

The preliminary determination in this

investigation was issued on February

25, 1998. See Notice of Preliminary

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value and Postponement of Final

Determination: Stainless Steel Wire Rod

from Spain, 63 FR 10849 (March 5,

1998) (Notice of Preliminary

Determination). Since the preliminary

determination, the following events

have occurred: