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Done at Washington, DC, on March 6, 

2009. 

Bryce Quick, 

Deputy Administrator, FSIS. 

[FR Doc. E9–5308 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Galena Project, Malheur National 

Forest, Grant County, OR 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose 

environmental effects on a proposed 

action to improve forest health and 

reduce the fire hazard within the 

Vinegar Creek and Little Boulder/ 

Deerhorn Creek subwatersheds. The 

Galena Project planning area, located 

approximately 2 miles west of Bates, 

Oregon, encompasses approximately 

38,200 acres of National Forest System 

Lands administered by the Blue 

Mountain Ranger District, Malheur 

National Forest. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

April 13, 2009. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected August, 

2009 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected December, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Responsible Official, Doug 

Gochnour, Forest Supervisor, Malheur 

National Forest, 431 Patterson Bridge 

Road, P.O. Box 909, John Day, Oregon 

97845. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwestmalheur@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

541–575–3002. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Wunz, Project Manager, Malheur 

National Forest, 431 Patterson Bridge 

Road, P.O. Box 909, John Day, Oregon, 

telephone 541–575–3167, e-mail 

ewunz@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need of the Galena 

project is to improve the forest health 

and reduce the fire hazard within the 

Vinegar Creek and Little Boulder/ 

Deerhorn Creek subwatersheds. 

Proposed Action 

This action includes precommercial 

thinning on approximately 2,800 acres, 

commercial harvest on approximately 

6,900 acres, and underburning on 

approximately 24,000 acres. Harvest 

methods would include ground-based 

and skyline logging systems. Several 

roads are to be relocated out of riparian 

areas, resulting in new road 

construction in some locations. Other 

road activities include maintenance and 

reconstruction of existing roads, 

opening and re-closing existing closed 

roads, and building short temporary 

roads that are to be decommisioned after 

use. No commercial harvest or road 

construction is proposed within 

Appendix C Inventoried Dixie Butte and 

Vinegar Hill-Indian Rock Roadless 

Areas. Two Forest Plan amendments 

would be included that would allow 

reduction of satisfactory cover on 128 

acres in the warm dry forest type and to 

add additional designated and 

replacement old growth stands to meet 

current Forest Plan standards. 

Possible Alternatives 

Alternatives will include the 

proposed action, no action, and 

additional alternatives that respond to 

issues generated during the scoping 

process. The agency will give notice of 

the full environmental analysis and 

decision-making process to interested 

and affected people may participate and 

contribute to the final decision. 

Responsible Official and Nature of 

Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Official is Doug 

Gochnour, Forest Supervisor of the 


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Malheur National Forest, 431 Patterson 

Bridge Road, P.O. Box 909, John Day, 

OR 97845. The Responsible Official will 

decide if the proposed project will be 

implemented and will document the 

decision and reasons for the decision in 

a Record of Decision. That decision will 

be subject to Forest Service Appeal 

Regulations. The responsibility for 

preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been 

delegated to Brooks Smith, District 

Ranger, Blue Mountain Ranger District. 

Preliminary Issues 

Preliminary issues identified include 

the potential effect of the proposed 

action on: Soils, water quality and fish 

habitat, snags and down wood, 

disturbance to cultural resources, 

potential for noxious weed expansion, 

threatened, endangered and sensitive 

aquatic, terrestrial and plant species, 

potential loss of economic value of trees 

damaged by insects or wildfire, and the 

safety and use of the area by public and 

land managers. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Public participation 

will be especially important at several 

points during the analysis, beginning 

with the scoping process (40 CFR 

1501.7). Initial scoping began with the 

project listed in the 2009 Winter Edition 

of the Malheur National Forest’s 

Schedule of Proposed Actions. A Public 

meeting has been planned for April 8, 

2009 to discuss the project. Also, 

correspondence with tribes, government 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

who have indicated their interest will be 

conducted. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Doug Gochnour, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–5364 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Tree-marking 

Paint Committee will meet in Chicago, 

Illinois, on May 12–14, 2009. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

activities related to improvements in, 

concerns about, and the handling and 

use of tree-marking paint by personnel 

of the Forest Service and the 

Department of the Interior Bureau of 

Land Management. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

12–14, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East 

Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601. 

Persons who wish to file written 

comments before or after the meeting 

must send written comments to Dave 

Haston, Chairman, National Treemarking Paint Committee, Forest 

Service, USDA, San Dimas Technology 

and Development Center, 444 East 

Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, CA 91773, 

or electronically to dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Haston, Sr. Project Leader, San 

Dimas Technology and Development 

Center, Forest Service, USDA, (909) 

599–1267, extension 294 or 

dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Tree-marking Paint Committee 

comprises representatives from the 

Forest Service National Headquarters, 

each of the nine Forest Service regions, 

the Forest Products Laboratory, the 

Forest Service San Dimas Technology 

and Development Center, and the 

Bureau of Land Management. The 

General Services Administration and 

the National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health are ad hoc members 

and provide technical advice to the 

committee. 

A field trip will be held on May 12 

and is designed to supplement 

information related to tree-marking 

paint. This year the National Treemarking Paint Committee will conduct 

a security inspection of the paint 

manufacturer and therefore the field trip 

is only open to committee members. 

The main session of the meeting, 

which is open to public attendance, will 

be held on May 13–14. 

Closed Sessions 

While certain segments of this 

meeting are open to the public, there 

will be two closed sessions during the 

meeting. The first closed session is 

planned for approximately 10 a.m. to 12 

p.m. on May 13, 2009. This session is 

reserved for individual paint 

manufacturers to present products and 

information about tree-marking paint for 

consideration in future testing and use 

by the agency. Paint manufacturers also 

may provide comments on tree-marking 

paint specifications or other 

requirements. This portion of the 

meeting is open only to paint 

manufacturers, the Committee, and 

Committee staff to ensure that trade 

secrets will not be disclosed to other 

paint manufacturers or to the public. 

Paint manufacturers wishing to make 

presentations to the Tree-marking Paint 

Committee during the closed session 

should contact the Committee 

chairperson at the telephone number 

listed at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this notice. The second 

closed session is planned for 

approximately 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on May 

14, 2009. This session is reserved for 

Steering Committee members only. 

Any person with special access needs 

should contact the Chairperson to make 

those accommodations. Space for 

individuals who are not members of the 

National Tree-marking Paint Committee 

is limited and will be available to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Richard W. Sowa, 

Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National 

Forest System. 

[FR Doc. E9–5341 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Inviting Applications for Rural 

Business Opportunity Grants 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBS), an Agency 

within the Rural Development mission 

area, announces the availability of 

grants of up to $50,000 per application 

from the Rural Business Opportunity 

Grant (RBOG) program for fiscal year 

(FY) 2009, to be competitively awarded. 

For multi-state projects, grant funds of 

up to $150,000 will be available on a 

competitive basis. These limits do not 

apply to specific funding for certain 

specifically designated rural areas as 

discussed below. This notice is being 

issued prior to passage of a final 


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