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number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Agricultural Research Service 

Title: Electronic Mailing List 

Subscription Form—Water Quality 

Information Center. 

OMB Control Number: 0518–0045. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Agricultural Library’s Water Quality 

Information Center (WQIC) currently 

maintains an on-line announcement list. 

The current voluntary ‘‘Electronic 

Mailing List Subscription Form’’ gives 

individuals interested in the subject 

area of water quality and agriculture an 

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the Water Quality Information Center. 

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Agricultural Library to collect the 

information can be found at CFR, Title 

7, Volume 1, Part 2 Subpart K, Section 

2.65 (92). 

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information requested on the form 

includes: name, e-mail address, job title, 

work affiliation, and topics of interest. 

Data collected using the form will help 

WQIC determine a person’s eligibility to 

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make sure people have a significant 

interest in the topic area, it is necessary 

to collect the information. WQIC will 

use the collected information to approve 

subscription to the Enviro-News on-line 

announcement list. 

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Individuals or households; Business or 

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Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 60. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9438 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six 

Rivers National Forest, California, 

Trinity Summit High Country Grazing 

Analysis 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Six Rivers National 

Forest will prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement to disclose the 

impacts associated with the following 

proposed action: The Lower Trinity 

Ranger District, Six Rivers National 

Forest, proposes to continue livestock 

grazing in the Trinity Summit High 

Country following an adaptive 

management process outlined under 

updated Allotment Management Plans. 

The planning area is located on 

National Forest System lands 

administered by the Lower Trinity 

Ranger District in Humboldt County, 

California within the Upper Mill Creek 

and Tish Tang a Tang Creek watersheds 

to the east of Hoopa Reservation. The 

majority of the grazing lands fall within 

the Trinity Wilderness and are 

considered to be culturally significant. 

The grazing lands are located in all or 

portions of T.7N., R.6E., R.7E.; T.8N., 

R.5E.; R.6E., R.7E.; and T.9N., R.5E., 

R.6E., R.7E. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by May 

26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Bill Rice, at Lower Trinity Ranger 

District, Highway 90, P.O. Box 68, 

Willow Creek, CA 95573 or phone (530) 

629–2118. Comments may be submitted 

by e-mail in Word (.doc), rich text 

format (.rtf), text (.txt), and hypertext 

markup language (.html) to commentspacificsouthwest-six-rivers-lowertrinity@fs.fed.us. Comments may also be 

hand delivered weekdays 8 a.m.- 4:30 

p.m. at the Lower Trinity Range: District 

Office. 

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 

become 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: Bill 

Rice at Lower Trinity Ranger District 

(see address above) by phone at (530) 

629–2118. Information regarding the 

Trinity Summit High Country Grazing 

analysis will also be posted on the Six 

Rivers National Forest Web page 

(http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sixrivers/). 

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 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Where consistent with the goals and 

objectives of the Six Rivers National 

Forest Land and Resource Management 

Plan, it is Forest Service policy to make 

forage from lands suitable iou grazing 

available to qualified livestock operators 

(FSM 2202.1, FSM 2203.1,36 CFR 

222.2(c), Multiple Use and Sustained 

Yield Act of 1960, Wilderness Act of 

1964, Forest and Rangeland Renewable 

Resources Planning Act of 1974, Federal 

Land Management and Policy Act of 

1976, National Forest Management Act 

of 1976). The allotments in this analysis 

include lands identified as suitable for 

grazing in the LRMP and are being 

managed for grazing. Federal actions 

such as authorization of grazing and 

approval of allotment management 

plans must be analyzed to determine 

potential environmental consequences 

(National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, NEPA; Rescission Act of 1995 

Pub. L. 104). 

Estimated Dates 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected July 2009 and the 

final environmental impact statement is 

expected October 2009. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for action 

centers on maintaining a grazing 

program under updated Allotment 

Management Plans for the purposes of 

contributing to the economic stability of 

local livestock owners who rely on 

public land grazing for their livelihood; 

sustainably managing for healthy 

rangeland ecosystems that maintain 

biologic diversity, water quality, soil 

productivity, quality fish and wildlife 

habitat; and preserving and enhancing 

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the character of culturally significant 

landscapes. 

As directed by the Six Rivers National 

Forest Land and Resource Management 

Plan (LRMP), the opportunity to graze 

must also be consistent with the values 

and uses of other resources. Range, as 

well as all other resources within the 

grazing allotments, should be 

maintained in satisfactory condition. 

Because unsatisfactory resource 

conditions have been identified at key 

areas within the allotments, action is 

required that will help restore disturbed 

areas by using the natural resiliency of 

the landscape in conjunction with 

conservative, adaptive management. 

Range management uses key areas and 

benchmark sites which are designed to 

serve as examples average use and 

conditions throughout each allotment; 

therefore, their status is thought to 

reflect wider ecosystem processes and 

the effects of grazing management across 

the landscape. Current unsatisfactory 

resource conditions at key areas and 

benchmark sites represent a need to 

change or refine grazing management 

strategies to achieve resource objectives. 

Sustaining desired conditions at key 

areas will help to ensure that desired 

conditions are sustained elsewhere 

within the allotments. 

Proposed Action 

The Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six 

Rivers National Forest, proposes to 

continue livestock grazing in the Trinity 

Summit High Country area under the 

conditions described below and to 

implement boundary and administrative 

changes to facilitate improved 

management. The Mill Creek and 

Trinity Summit grazing allotments 

would be combined into a single 

allotment. A non-significant Forest Plan 

amendment is proposed to modify the 

allotment boundary to include a 225- 

acre area on the western boundary of the 

current allotment (T.8 N., R 6 E. Section 

3). 

The Forest also proposes to authorize 

cattle grazing following an adaptive 

management process that will meet 

LRMP goals, objectives, standards and 

guidelines, and other legal requirements 

while moving toward desired 

conditions. This proposed action 

establishes a maximum stocking rate 

and season of use based on what the 

landscape can sustain under satisfactory 

range and riparian conditions. 

Responsible Official 

Tyrone Kelley, Forest Supervisor, Six 

Rivers National Forest, 1330 Bayshore 

Way, Eurela, CA 95501. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether to adopt and implement the 

proposed action, an alternative to the 

proposed action, or the no action (no 

grazing) alternative. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Public meetings are 

being scheduled to share information 

regarding this project. Meeting dates 

and locations will be posted in the 

newspaper of record or contact Bill Rice 

at (503) 629–2118. 

Comment Requested 

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, at this 

early state, 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 positions and contentions. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

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

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the draft environmental impact 

statement stage but that are not raised 

until after completion the final 

environmental impact statement may be 

waived or dismissed by the courts. 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). Because at 

these court rulings, it is very important 

that those interested in this proposed 

action participate by the close of the 45 

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. 

Dated: April 17, 2009. 

Tyrone Kelley, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Meeting; Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act, (Title 

VIII, Pub. L. 108–447) 

AGENCY: Pacific Southwest Region, 

Forest Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Southwest 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee (Recreation RAC) will hold a 

meeting in Vallejo, California. The 

purpose of this meeting is to make 

recommendations for fee proposals on 

lands managed by the Forest Service 

and Bureau of Land Management in 

California. The Recreation RRAC will 

consider fee proposals for expanded 

amenity fees from the Plumas National 

Forest and Special Recreation Permit 

fees from the Bureau of Land 

Management, El Centro Field Office. 

The Forest Service will also give 

updates on the recreational fee program, 

accomplishment reporting and financial 

reporting for the Sequoia National 

Forest. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

13, 2009 from 10 a.m.–3:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Forest Service Pacific Southwest 

Regional Office. The address for the 

Regional office is 1323 Club Drive, 

Vallejo, CA. Send written comments to 

Marlene Finley, Designated Federal 

Official for the Pacific Southwest Region 

Recreation RAC, 1323 Club Drive, 

Vallejo, CA 94592, 707–562–8856 or 

mfinley01@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Finley, Designated Federal 

Official, Pacific Southwest Region 

Recreation RAC, 1323 Club Drive, 

Vallejo, CA 94592. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

Management staff and Committee 

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