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decision regarding the request for

confidentiality. If the requester is

denied, the agency will return the

submission and notify the requester that

the comments may be resubmitted with

or without name and address within

seven days.

Permits/Authorizations: The proposed

action may create temporary openings

greater than 40 acres. A 60-day public

notice and review by the Regional

Forester would be needed for such

action.

Responsible Official: Constance

Chaney, LaCroix District Ranger,

Superior National Forest, is the

responsible official. In making the

decision, the responsible official will

consider the comments, responses,

disclosure of environmental

consequences, and applicable laws,

regulations, and policies. The

responsible official will state the

rationale for the chosen alternative in

the Record of Decision.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Constance Chaney,

District Ranger.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area

(SRA) Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: An Opal Creek Scenic

Recreation Area Advisory Council

meeting will convene in Stayton,

Oregon on Monday, June 18, 2001. The

meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.,

and will conclude at approximately 8:30

p.m. The meeting will be held in the

South Room of the Stayton Community

Center located on 400 West Virginia

Street in Stayton, Oregon.

The Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal

Creek Scenic Recreation Area Act of

1996 (Opal Creek Act) (Pub. L. 104–208)

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to

establish the Opal Creek Scenic

Recreation Area Advisory Council. The

Advisory Council is comprised of

thirteen members representing state,

county and city governments, and

representatives of various organizations,

which include mining industry,

environmental organizations, inholders

in Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area,

economic development, Indian tribes,

adjacent landowners and recreation

interests. The council provides advice to

the Secretary of Agriculture on

preparation of a comprehensive Opal

Creek Management Plan for the SRA,

and consults on a periodic and regular

basis on the management of the area.

The tentative agenda will focus

developing standards and guidelines for

management of the SRA and discussion

of public involvement strategies.

The public comment period is

tentatively scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Time allotted for individual

presentations will be limited to 3

minutes. Written comments are

encouraged, particularly if the material

cannot be presented within the time

limits of the comment period. Written

comments may be submitted prior to the

June 18 meeting by sending them to

Designated Federal Official Stephanie

Phillips at the address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Stephanie Phillips; Willamette

National Forest, Detroit Ranger District,

HC 73 Box 320, Mill City, OR 97360;

(503) 854–3366.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Y. Robert Iwamoto,

Deputy Forest Supervisor.

Disclaimer: This meeting notice is

being published less than 15 days prior

to the meeting due to lack of time to

adequately plan the meeting between

the councils last meeting on May 5 and

this upcoming meeting on Monday, June

18. This late notice is authorized under

41 CFR 1016.1015(b)(2).

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s National Handbook of

Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Maine State

Office.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the NRCS National

Handbook of Conservation Practices,

Section IV of the Maine State NRCS

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

located at www.me.nrcs.usda.gov under

‘‘Draft Standards for Comments’’ for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to

issue revised conservation practice

standards in its National Handbook of

Conservation Practices. These revised

standards are the following: 327

Conservation Cover; 330 Contour

Farming; 340 Cover & Green Manure

Crop; 324 Deep Tillage; 380 Farmstead

& Feedlot Windbreak; 394 Firebreak;

511 Forage Harvest Management; 666

Forest Stand Improvement; 655 Forest

Harvest Trails and Landings; 412

Grassed Waterway or Outlet; 561 Heavy

Use Area Protection; 441 Irrigation

System, Microirrigation; 590 Nutrient

Management; 595 Pest Management; 516

Pipeline; 521A Pond Sealing or Lining

Flexible Membrance Lining; 338

Prescribed Burning; 391 Riparian Forest

Buffer; 490 Site for Woody Plant

Establishment; 580 Streambank &

Shoreline Protection; 395 Stream

Habitat Improvement and Management;

585 Stripcropping, Contour; 612 Tree

and Shrub Establishment; 660 Tree and

Shrub Pruning; 620 Underground

Outlet; 472 Use Exclusion; 313 Waste

Storage Facility; 359 Waste Treatment

Lagoon; 642 Water Well; 351 Well

Decommissioning; 657 Wetland

Restoration; 644 Wildlife Upland

Habitat Management.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before July 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Christopher R.

Jones, Assistant State Conservationist

for Technology/Planning, Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

967 Illinois Avenue, Suite #3; Bangor,

Maine 04401.

A copy of this standard is available

from the above individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

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 will receive comments relative to

the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by

the NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments and a final determination of

change will be made.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Christopher R. Jones,

Assistant State Conservationist for

Technology/Planning.

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