2876 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

Filter Strip (Acre)—Standard Code

393—Draft (9/2000)

Contour Stripcropping (Acre)—Standard

Code 585—Draft (11/2000)

Nutrient Management (Acre)—Standard

Code 590—Draft (9/2000)

Waste Utilization (Acre)—Standard

Code 633—Draft (9/2000)

Conservation Cover (Acre)—Standard

Code 327 (10/2000)

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before February 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Janet L. Oertly,

State Conservationist, USDA-Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Suite

340, One Credit Union Place,

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110–2993,

telephone (717) 237–2202; fax (717)

237–2238.

Copies of these draft practice

standards are made available

electronicallly on the Pennsylvania

Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS) website at

www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov. Click on the

‘‘Conservation Practices for Review’’

button to access the draft practice

standards.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after the

enactment of the law to NRCS State

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days, the

NRCS in Pennsylvania will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Pennsylvania regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of change will be

made.

Dated: December 28, 2000.

Roger F. Hager,

Supervisory Contract Specialist, USDA—

Natural Resources Conservation Service.

[FR Doc. 01–1004 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Dairyland Power Cooperative, Notice

of Availability of an Environmental

Assessment

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an

environmental assessment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is

publishing an environmental

assessment (EA) for a project proposed

by Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC)

of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The project

consists of constructing a coal ash

landfill at its existing Alma Off-site

disposal facility. The project is located

in the NE1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4 of section 19

and portions of sections 18 and 20,

T21N, R12W, town of Belvidere, Buffalo

County, Wisconsin. The proposed

landfill will be an expansion of DPC’s

existing facility. All construction

activity will take place on property

owned by DPC. RUS proposes to

provide financial assistance to DPC for

this project.

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nurul

Islam, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Rural Utilities Service,

Engineering and Environmental Staff,

Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20250–1571,

telephone: (202) 720–1414; e-mail:

nislam@rus.usda.gov. Information is

also available from Bradley P. Foss,

Environmental Biologist, DPC, 3200 East

Avenue South, La Crosse, Wisconsin

54601, telephone (608) 787–1492, FAX:

(608) 787–1490. His e-mail address is: .

RUS seeks written comments on the

DPC proposal. Written comments

should be submitted to RUS within 30

days of the publication of this notice to

the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DPC

proposes to construct the facility at a

site in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. DPC

is continuing with the landfill siting and

development process for a 32-acres

noncontiguous coal ash disposal area at

their existing Alma Off-site disposal

facility. In addition to the 32 acres

required for the ash disposal area,

approximately another 32 acres will be

required to develop access roads, berms,

ditches, sedimentation basins, and

temporary stock piles. Soil required for

construction of the sub-base, perimeter

berms, and the final covering of the

disposal area will be obtained from onsite sources. The construction and

operation of the facility will not be

visible from any public roads or private

residences. The anticipated life of the

landfill is about 13.9 years at the present

disposal rates.

The EA is available for public review

at the RUS or the headquarters of DPC

at the addresses provided in this notice

and at the following locations:

• Buffalo County Clerk’s Office,

Buffalo County Courthouse, 407 South

2nd Street, Alma, Wisconsin 54610, Tel:

(608) 685–6209

Questions and comments should be

sent to RUS at the address provided in

this notice. RUS will accept questions

and comments on the EA for 30 days

from the date of publication of this

notice.

Any final action by RUS related to the

proposed project will be subject to, and

contingent upon, compliance with all

relevant Federal environmental laws

and regulations and completion of

environmental review procedures as

prescribed by the 7 CFR Part 1794,

Environmental Policies and Procedures.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Lawrence R. Wolfe,

Acting Director, Engineering and

Environmental Staff.

[FR Doc. 01–1019 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oregon 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

Oregon Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 1 a.m. and

adjourn at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February

1, 2001, at the Sweetbrier Inn, Board

Room, 7125 SW Nyberg Road, Tualatin,

Oregon 97062. The purpose of the

meeting is to discuss the background

and method of conducting the law

enforcement project.

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, January 8, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–1105 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 010901A]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce has

submitted to the Office of Management