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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 78

Monday, April 23, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

President’s Commission on Improving

Economic Opportunity in Communities

Dependent on Tobacco Production

While Protecting Public Health

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: Executive Order No. 13168

published September 22, 2000,

established the President’s Commission

on Improving Economic Opportunity in

Communities Dependent on Tobacco

Production While Protecting Public

Health (Commission). This notice

announces that the Commission will

conduct a public meeting on May 4,

2001. The purpose of the meeting will

be to finalize recommendations from

tobacco, economic development, and

health working groups in preparation of

the Commission’s Final Report.

DATES: The Commission will meet on

May 4, 2001, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30

p.m. at 2101 L Street, NW, Room 303A,

Washington, DC. If special

accommodations are required, please

contact Doug Richardson, at the address

specified below, by COB April 30, 2001.

All times are Eastern Daylight Savings

Time. All meetings are open to the

public; however, seating is limited and

available on a first-come basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Richardson, Executive Director,

Tobacco Commission, United States

Department of Agriculture, (USDA),

1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP

0574, Washington, D.C., 20250–0574 or

telephone (202) 418–4266 or toll free

(866) 804–6698; FAX (202) 418–4270;

Internet: tobcom@wdc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Commission is to advise

the President on changes occurring in

the tobacco farming economy and

recommend such measures as may be

necessary to improve economic

opportunity and development in

communities that are dependent on

tobacco production, while protecting

consumers, particularly children, from

hazards associated with smoking. The

Commission collected and reviewed

information about changes in the

tobacco farming economy and Federal,

State, and local initiatives intended to

help tobacco growers, tobacco quota

holders, and communities dependent on

tobacco production pursue new

economic opportunities. The

Commission issued its Preliminary

Report on January 26, 2001, with

comments requested through March 8,

2001. Copies of the Preliminary Report

are available on the Commission’s

website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/

tobcom/ or by contacting the

Commission’s office at the contact

information listed above. All comments

received through March 8, 2001, and up

to the meeting on March 20, 2001, with

respect to the Preliminary Report were

reviewed by the Commission in its

public meetings conducted on February

21, 2001, and March 20, 2001.

The Commission, in its March 20,

2001, meeting, also reviewed revised

recommendations from two working

groups representing the farm and

economic development areas of the

Commission. The health working group

indicated that they had no new issues

ready for discussion in the March 20,

2001, meeting. After this review, the

Commission directed that each working

group further revise their

recommendations based on input

received from the meeting and other

recommendations to the Commission

and prepare their final working group

recommendations.

The purpose of the May 4, 2001,

meeting is to review the final

recommendations from the tobacco,

economic development and health

working groups in order to prepare the

Final Report to the President.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on April 19,

2001.

James R. Little,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 01–10079 Filed 4–19–01; 1:14 p.m.]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Cayuga Project, Chequamegon-Nicolet

National Forest, Ashland County, WI

AGENCY: USDA, Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) to document the

analysis and disclose the environmental

impacts of proposed land management

activities, and corresponding

alternatives, within the Cayuga project

area.

The purpose of the Cayuga project is

to implement a variety of land

management activities that addresses

resource management and public safety

concerns while moving the area towards

the desired future condition as directed

in the Chequamegon Land and Resource

Management Plan. These activities

include vegetation management,

wildlife and fisheries habitat protection

and enhancement, watershed

restoration, and recreation facilities and

trail improvement. The existing

condition does not meet the desired

future condition described in the

Chequamegon Land and Resource

Management Plan.

A legal description for the area is as

follows: Township 43 North, Range 2

West, Sections 6–7, 16–20, and 29;

Township 43 North, Range 3 West,

Sections 1–18, and 23–24; Township 43

North, Range 4 West, Sections 1–3, 10–

23, and 27–33; Township 43 North,

Range 5 West, Section 24; Township 44

North, Range 3 West, Sections 19–23

and 26–35; and Township 44 North,

Range 4 West, Sections 23–27 and 34–

36, Fourth Principle Meridian.

DATES: Initial comments concerning the

scope of the analysis should be received

on or before May 23, 2001 to receive

timely consideration in the preparation

of the draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments

concerning the proposed land

management activities or requests to be

placed on the project mailing list to:

Barry Paulson, District Ranger, Great

Divide Ranger District, P.O. Box 126,

Hwy. 13, Glidden, Wisconsin 54527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Teresa Maday, Project Leader/Integrated

Resource Analyst, or Richard Strauss,