4816 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 19 / Monday, January 31, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory 

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Olympic Peninsula 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

on Wednesday, February 16, 2005. The 

meeting will be held at Olympic 

National Forest Headquarters, 1835 

Black Lake Blvd., SW., Olympia, 

Washington. The meeting will begin at 

9:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3:30 

p.m. Agenda topics are: Overview of the 

Secure Rural School and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000; 

overview of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act; approval of Title II 

expenditures for an individual to attend 

the National Resource Advisory 

Committee workshop; roles and 

responsibilities of Resource Advisory 

Committee (RAC) members; review and 

approve RAC bylaws; review the Title II 

project submission process; Title III 

project updates; election of RAC 

Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; 

approve future meetings date; open 

forum; and public comments. 

All Olympic Peninsula Resource 

Advisory Committee Meetings are open 

to the public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting 

to Ken Eldredge, Province Liaison, 

USDA, Olympic National Forest 

Headquarters, 1835 Black Lake Blvd., 

Olympia, WA 98512–5623, (360) 956–

2323 or Dale Hom, Forest Supervisor, at 

(360) 956–2301.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Dale Hom, 

Forest Supervisor, Olympic National Forest.

[FR Doc. 05–1721 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Establishment of Middle Mississippi 

Purchase Unit, Alexander, Jackson, 

and Union Counties, IL

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On October 24, 2004, the 

Deputy Under Secretary of Natural 

Resources and Environment created the 

Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit. This 

purchase unit comprises 60,000 acres, 

more or less, within Alexander, Jackson, 

and Union Counties, Illinois. A copy of 

the establishment document, which 

includes the legal description of the 

lands within the purchase unit, appears 

at the end of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Establishment of this 

purchase unit was effective October 24, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the map showing 

the purchase unit is on file and 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of the Director, Lands Staff, 4th 

Floor-South, Sidney R. Yates Federal 

Building, Forest Service, USDA, 201 

14th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20250, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m. on business days. Those 

wishing to inspect the map are 

encouraged to call ahead to (202) 205–

1248 to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gregory C. Smith, Acting Director, 

Lands Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. 

Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090–

6090, telephone: (202) 205–1248.

Dated: January 19, 2005. 

Gloria Manning, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System.

Establishment of the Middle Mississippi 

Purchase Unit; Alexander, Jackson, and 

Union Counties, State of Illinois 

The following described lands lying 

adjacent or proximate to the Shawnee 

National Forest are determined to be suitable 

for the protection of the watersheds of 

navigable streams and for other purposes in 

accordance with section 6 of the Weeks Act 

of 1911 (16 U.S.C. 515). Therefore, in 

furtherance of the authority of the Secretary 

of Agriculture pursuant to the Weeks Act of 

1911, as amended, including section 17 of 

the National Forest Management Act of 1976 

(Pub. L. 94–588; 90 Stat. 2961), these lands 

are hereby designated and established as the 

Middle Mississippi purchase unit. 

All that certain tract of land lying within 

the watershed of the Mississippi River and 

other streams and tributaries of the 

Mississippi River Floodplain. The intent of 

this description is to describe a portion of 

land in the counties of Jackson, Union, and 

Alexander, and lying in the following 

Townships: Township 10 South, Range 3 

West, Township 10 South, Range 4 West, 

Township 11 South, Range 3 West, Township 

11 South, Range 4 West, Township 12 South, 

Range 2 West, Township 12 South, Range 3 

West, Township 12 South, Range 4 West, 

Township 13 South, Range 2 West, Township 

13 South, Range 3 West, Township 14 South, 

Range 3 West, Township 14 South, Range 4 

West; said tract more particularly described 

as follows: 

Beginning at a point on the Westerly line 

of the Shawnee National Forest, said point 

being near the center of Section 18, 

Township 10 South, Range 3 West, and being 

near the intersection of State Route 3 and 

Power Plant Road, Jackson County, Illinois; 

thence along said westerly line of Shawnee 

National Forest, through portions of 

Township 10 South, Range 3 West, and 

Township 10 South Range 4 West, to a point 

on the banks of the Mississippi River; thence 

departing said Shawnee National, Southerly, 

along the meanders of the banks of the 

Mississippi River, passing through portions 

of Jackson, Union and Alexander counties, 

Illinois, and passing through portions of 

Township 10 South, Range 4 West, Township 

11 South Range 4 West, Township 12 South, 

Range 4 West, Township 12 South, Range 3 

West, Township 13 South, Range 3 West, 

Township 14 South, Range 3 West, Township 

14 South, Range 4 West, to a point on the 

South line of Section 32, Township 14 South, 

Range 3 West; thence departing said 

meanders of the banks of the Mississippi 

River, Easterly, along the South line of 

Township 14 South, Range 3 West, to a point 

on the Westerly line of the Shawnee National 

Forest, said point being near the South 

Quarter corner of Section 33, Township 14 

South, Range 3 West, and being near the city 

of Gale; thence departing said South line of 

Township 14 South, Range 3 West, 

Northerly, along the Westerly line of the 

Shawnee National Forest passing through 

portions of Alexander, Union and Jackson 

counties, and passing through portions of 

Township 14 South, Range 3 West, Township 

13 South, Range 3 West, Township 13 South, 

Range 2 West, Township 12 South, Range 2 

West, Township 12 South, Range 3 West, 

Township 11 South, Range 3 West, and 

Township 10 South Range 3 West, to the 

point of beginning.

Executed in Washington, DC this 23rd day 

of October, 2004.

Mark Rey,

Under Secretary, Natural Resources and 

Environment.

[FR Doc. 05–1680 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Changes to the 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service’s National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices for 

public review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intention of NRCS to issue 21 new or 

revised conservation practice standards 

in its National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices. These standards 

include: Amendments for Treatment of 

Agricultural Waste (Code 591), Early 

Successional Habitat Development 

(Code 647), Firebreak (Code 394), Fuel 

Break (Code 383), Land Reclamation,