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old-growth species. Goals for these

lands are to manage for viable

populations of old-growth-dependent

wildlife species.

Management Area 22: Consists of

timbered lands below 5,000 feet on

south-facing slopes with a high visual

sensitivity. These lands are important

winter ranges for deer, elk, and bighorn

sheep. Goals for these lands are to

provide for optimum cover:forage ratios

for big game while achieving visual

quality objectives.

Management Area 23: Consists of

timber lands on south-facing slopes that

are visible from major roads and other

high use areas. These lands are

important winter ranges. The

management goals allow small changes

to the visual character of the lands

while providing optimal cover:forage

ratios for big game and maintaining

healthy stands of timber.

Management Area 24: Consists of

lands of high visual sensitivity and

which are available for timber

management, dispersed recreation use,

wildlife habitat, and livestock use.

Management Area 25: Consists of

lands of visual sensitivity and which are

available for timber management. The

management goals allow for timber

management while achieving visual

quality objectives and providing for

dispersed recreation opportunities,

wildlife habitat, and livestock use.

A range of alternatives will be

considered. One of these will be the

‘‘no-action’’ alternative, which would

allow no vegetation manipulation or

noxious weed treatment to occur under

this analysis. Other alternatives will

examine various combinations of weed

treatment (including aerial application

of herbicides) and vegetative

manipulation (including cutting of

smaller diameter trees on the site). The

Forest Service will analyze and

document the direct, indirect, and

cumulative environmental effects of the

alternatives. In addition, the EIS will

include site specific mitigation

measures and discussions about their

effectiveness.

Public participation will be important

during the analysis. People may visit

with Forest Service officials at any time

during the analysis and prior to the

decision; however, two periods of time

are identified for the receipt of

comments on the analysis. The first of

these periods occurs during the next 45

days and the second period is during

the review of the Draft EIS.

During the scoping process, the Forest

Service is seeking information and

comments from Federal, State, and local

agencies and other individuals or

organizations who may be interested in

or affected by the proposed action.

The draft environmental impact

statement (DEIS) is expected to be

available for public review by December

of 1999. After a 45-day public comment

period, the comments received will be

analyzed and considered by the Forest

Service in preparing the final

environmental impact statement (FEIS).

The FEIS is scheduled to be completed

by June of 2000. The Forest Service will

respond to the comments received in

the FEIS. The Forest Supervisor, who is

the responsible official for this EIS, will

make a decision regarding this proposal

considering the comments and

responses, environmental consequences

discussed in the FEIS, and applicable

laws, regulations, and policies. The

decision and reasons for the decision

will be documented in a Record of

Decision.

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 at

this early stage because 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, 533 (1978). Also,

environmental objections that could be

raised at the draft environmental impact

statement stage but that are not raised

until after completion of the final

environmental impact statement may be

waived or dismissed by the courts.

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 on the proposed action,

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 provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act at 40

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.)

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7)

I am the responsible official for the

environmental impact statement. My

address is: Lolo National Forest,

Building 24A Fort Missoula, Missoula,

MT 59804.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

Barbara K. Beckes,

Acting Forest Supervisor, Lolo National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 98–20405 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Committee of Scientists Meetings

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Committee of Scientists

will hold a public teleconference call on

August 17, 1998. The teleconference call

will begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00

p.m. (eastern daylight time). The

purpose of the telephone conference call

is for the Committee of Scientists to

continue discussion of its report and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service. The public is invited to attend

these teleconference calls and may be

provided an opportunity to comment on

the Committee of Scientists’

deliberations during the teleconference,

only at the request of the Committee.

DATES: The teleconference call will be

held on Monday, August 17, 1998, from

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (eastern daylight

time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be

held at the USDA Forest Service

headquarters, Auditor’s Building, 201

14th Street, SW, Washington, DC in the

Graves Conference Room (3rd Floor)

and at all Regional Offices of the Forest

Service, which are listed in the table

under Supplementary Information.

Written comments on improving land

and resource management planning may

be sent to the Committee of Scientists,

P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis, OR 97339.

Also, the Committee may be accessed

via the Internet at www.cof.orst.edu./

org/scicomm/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information concerning the
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teleconferences, contact Bob

Cunningham, Designated Federal

Official to the Committee of Scientists,

by telephone (202) 205–1523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public may attend the teleconference at

the following field locations:

USDA FOREST SERVICE REGIONAL OFFICE LOCATIONS

Region 1, Northern Region ................................................ Federal Building, 200 E Broadway .................................... Missoula, MT.

Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region .................................... 740 Sims St ........................................................................ Golden, CO.

Region 3, Southwestern Region ........................................ Federal Building, 517 Gold Ave., SW ................................ Albuquerque, NM.

Region 4, Intermountain Region ........................................ Federal Building, 325 25th St ............................................ Ogden, UT.

Region 5, Pacific Southwest Region .................................. 630 Sansome St ................................................................ San Francisco, CA.

Region 6, Pacific Northwest Region .................................. 333 SW 1st Ave ................................................................. Portland, OR.

Region 8, Southern Region ................................................ 1720 Peachtree Rd. NW .................................................... Atlanta, GA.

Region 9, Eastern Region .................................................. 310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 500 ................................... Milwaukee, WI.

Region 10, Alaska Region (office will open early) ............. Federal Office Building, 709 W. 9th St .............................. Juneau, AK.

The Committee of Scientists is

chartered to provide scientific and

technical advice to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service on improvements that can be

made to the National Forest System land

and resource management planning

process (62 FR 43691; August 15, 1997).

Notice of the names of the appointed

Committee members was published

December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65795).

Dated: July 27, 1998.

Robert C. Joslin,

Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

[FR Doc. 98–20384 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Holly Hill Watershed, Orangeburg

County, SC

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice that an environment impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Holly Hill Watershed, Orangeburg

County, South Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark W. Berkland, state conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

1835 Assembly Street, room 950,

Columbia, South Carolina 29201, (803)

765–5681.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicated that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings Mark W. Berkland, state

conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact are not needed

for this project.

The project purposes are to reduce

flooding and improve flow conditions

on 9.0 miles of previously modified

and/or new channels to facilitate the

removal of stormwater in the Holly Hill

area.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

Federal, State, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Luke Nance.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under No.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials)

Mark W. Berkland,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 98–20408 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Arizona Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Arizona Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 12:00 p.m. on August 15,

1998, at the Forest Villa, 3645 Lee

Circle, Prescott, Arizona 86301. The

purpose of the meeting is to have a final

discussion on the Committee’s report on

the Arizona State Department of

Transportation, and plan future projects.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, July 21, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–20318 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–423–805]

Amended Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cutto-Length Carbon Steel Plate from

Belgium

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final court decision

and amended final determination of

sales at less than fair value.

SUMMARY: On March 12, 1998, the Court

of International Trade vacated the

amended final rate for respondent

Fabrique de Fer de Charleroi S.A. and