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action, which focused strictly on rightof-way corridors, was not going to

effectively reduce the spread of noxious

weeds. In addition, the health and safety

issues related to spraying within major

travel zones influenced the agency to

develop the current proposal and send

it out for additional scoping.

The project area is located throughout

the Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott

National Forests. The scope of the

proposed action is limited to specific

control measures on known as well as

projected populations within the three

national forests.

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 on or about June

15, 2001.

The Forest Service believes, at this

early stage, 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

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 position 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

stage but that are not raised until after

completion of 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 of these court

rulings, it is very important that those

interested in this proposed action

participate by the close of the comment

period so that substantive comments

and objections are made available to the

Forest Service at the 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 of Environmental

Quality Regulations for implementing

the procedural provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act at 40

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.

The responsible officials will make

the decision on the proposal after

considering comments and responses,

environmental consequences discussed

in the final environmental impact

statement, and applicable laws,

regulations, and policies.

Dated: June 7, 2001.

Keith A. Menasco,

Acting Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 01–15941 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area

(SRA) Advisory Council; Notice of

Meeting

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, July 16, 2001. The

meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00

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 8:00

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

July 16 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 20, 2001.

Y. Robert Iwamoto,

Deputy Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–15969 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Municipal Interest Rates for the Third

Quarter of 2001

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of municipal interest

rates on advances from insured electric

loans for the third quarter of 2001.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service

hereby announces the interest rates for

advances on municipal rate loans with

interest rate terms beginning during the

third calendar quarter of 2001.

DATES: These interest rates are effective

for interest rate terms that commence

during the period beginning July 1,

2001, and ending September 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

P. Salgado, Management Analyst, Office

of the Assistant Administrator, Electric

Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Room 4024–

S, Stop 1560, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

1560. Telephone: 202–205–3660. FAX:

202–690–0717. E-mail:

GSalgado@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) hereby

announces the interest rates on

advances made during the third

calendar quarter of 2001 for municipal

rate electric loans. RUS regulations at

§ 1714.4 state that each advance of

funds on a municipal rate loan shall

bear interest at a single rate for each

interest rate term. Pursuant to § 1714.5,

the interest rates on these advances are

based on indexes published in the

‘‘Bond Buyer’’ for the four weeks prior

to the fourth Friday of the last month

before the beginning of the quarter. The

rate for interest rate terms of 20 years or

longer is the average of the 20 year rates

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published in the Bond Buyer in the four

weeks specified in § 1714.5(d). The rate

for terms of less than 20 years is the

average of the rates published in the

Bond Buyer for the same four weeks in

the table of ‘‘Municipal Market Data—

General Obligation Yields’’ or the

successor to this table. No interest rate

may exceed the interest rate for Water

and Waste Disposal loans.

The table of Municipal Market Data

includes only rates for securities

maturing in 2001 and at 5 year intervals

thereafter. The rates published by RUS

reflect the average rates for the years

shown in the Municipal Market Data

table. Rates for interest rate terms

ending in intervening years are a linear

interpolation based on the average of the

rates published in the Bond Buyer. All

rates are adjusted to the nearest one

eighth of one percent (0.125 percent) as

required under § 1714.5(a). The market

interest rate on Water and Waste

Disposal loans for this quarter is 5.250

percent.

In accordance with § 1714.5, the

interest rates are established as shown

in the following table for all interest rate

terms that begin at any time during the

third calendar quarter of 2001.

Interest rate term ends in

(year)

RUS rate

(0.000

percent)

2022 or later ......................... 5.250

2021 ...................................... 5.250

2020 ...................................... 5.250

2019 ...................................... 5.125

2018 ...................................... 5.125

2017 ...................................... 5.125

2016 ...................................... 5.000

2015 ...................................... 5.000

2014 ...................................... 4.875

2013 ...................................... 4.750

2012 ...................................... 4.625

2011 ...................................... 4.500

2010 ...................................... 4.375

2009 ...................................... 4.250

2008 ...................................... 4.125

2007 ...................................... 4.000

2006 ...................................... 3.875

2005 ...................................... 3.625

2004 ...................................... 3.375

2003 ...................................... 3.125

2002 ...................................... 2.875

Dated: June 13, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15948 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Boundary and Annexation Survey

(BAS)

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other federal agencies to take

this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 6086,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230 (or via e-mail to:

mclayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Nancy Goodman,

Geography Division, U.S. Census

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–7400, or

call (301) 457–1099.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau conducts the

Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)

to collect and maintain information

about the inventory of, the legal

boundaries for, and the legal actions

affecting the boundaries of counties and

equivalent entities, incorporated places,

minor civil divisions, and federally

recognized legal American Indian and

Alaska Native areas. In addition, the

BAS provides an opportunity for each

jurisdiction to inform the Census

Bureau about changes to the road and

other map information within its

territory, and requests information about

the extent of addresses at the

intersection of each road with its

governmental boundary. This

information provides an accurate

identification of geographic areas for the

Census Bureau to use in conducting the

decennial and economic censuses, the

population estimates, household survey,

and other statistical programs of the

Census Bureau, and the legislative

programs of the federal government.

Through the BAS, the Census Bureau

asks each government to review the

forms and maps for its jurisdiction to

verify the correctness of the information

portrayed. Each government is asked to

update the maps to reflect current

boundaries, supply information

documenting each legal boundary

change, provide changes in the

inventory of governments, and add or

change related map information, such as

street network, street name, address

break, and so forth, as applicable.

The BAS universe and mailing

materials vary depending upon the

needs of the Census Bureau in fulfilling

its censuses and household surveys.

Federally recognized American Indian

reservations, off-reservation trust lands,

and tribal subdivisions, are included in

every survey. The Census Bureau also is

considering including federally

recognized American Indian offreservation allotments as part of future

surveys.

In the years ending in 8, 9, and 0, the

BAS includes all governmental counties

and equivalent entities, incorporated

places, all governmental minor civil

divisions, and federally recognized

American Indian and Alaska Native

areas (including the Alaska Native

Regional Corporations). Each

governmental entity surveyed will

receive a full set of maps covering its

jurisdiction and one or more forms.

These three years coincide with the

Census Bureau’s preparation for the

decennial census.

In the years ending with 2 and 7, the

BAS includes all federally recognized

American Indian and Alaska Native

areas, all governmental counties and

equivalent entities, minor civil divisions

in the six New England states and those

with a population of 10,000 or greater in

the states of Michigan, Minnesota, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and

Wisconsin, and those incorporated

places that have a population of 2,500

or greater in all states.

The remaining years of the decade—

years ending in 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6—the

BAS includes all federally recognized

American Indian and Alaska Native

areas, all governmental counties and

equivalent entities, minor civil divisions

in the six New England states, and

incorporated places that have a

population of 5,000 or greater in all

states.

In the years ending from 1 through 7

the Census Bureau may enter into

agreements with individual states to

modify the universe of minor civil

divisions and/or incorporated places to

include additional entities that are

known by that state to have had

boundary changes, without regard to

population size. In addition, the Census

Bureau will include in the BAS each