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Center, 500 1st Avenue, Portola, 

California; 

September 28, 2005, there will be two 

sessions, 1–3 pm and 6:30–9 pm, at the 

Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, 

Sacramento, California. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

Approval from the following Agencies 

is required: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; U.S. Forest Service; Central 

Valley Regional Water Quality Control 

Board; California Department of Water 

Resources; California Department of 

Health Services; Northern Sierra Air 

Quality Management District; California 

Department of Pesticide Regulation; 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the EIS. Comments 

submitted during the scoping process 

should be in writing or e-mail, and 

should be specific to the proposed 

action. The comments should describe 

as clearly and completely as possible 

any point of dispute, debate or 

disagreement the commentater has with 

the proposed action. Once scoping 

letters are received, all potential issues 

will be identified to analyze in depth, 

and a reasonable range of alternatives 

will be developed to address those 

significant issues. Potential 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action as well as alternatives will be 

analyzed in the EIS. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement (as part 

of a joint EIR/EIS) will be prepared for 

comment. The comment period on the 

draft EIS will be 45 days from the date 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register.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 impact 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 statement 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 45-day 

comment period for the draft EIS so that 

substantive comments and objections 

are made available to the Forest Service 

at a 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 on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21). 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Angela L. Dillingham, 

District Ranger. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ketchikan Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ketchikan Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Ketchikan, Alaska, October 13, 2005 and 

December 15, 2005. The purpose of 

these meetings is to discuss potential 

projects under the Secure Rural Schools 

and Community Self-Determination Act 

of 2000. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

October 12, 2005 and December 15, 

2005 at 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center 

Learning Center (back entrance), 50 

Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. Send 

written comments to Ketchikan 

Resource Advisory Committee, c/o 

District Ranger, USDA Forest Service, 

3031 Tongass Ave., Ketchikan, AK 

99901, or electronically to 

ikolund@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Kolund, District Ranger, 

Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, 

Tongass National Forest, (907) 228–

4100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings are open to the public 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, public input 

opportunity will be provided and 

individuals will have the opportunity to 

address the Committee at that time. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

DOC has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance the following proposal for 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2006 Person Interview and 

Person Interview Reinterview 

Operations. 

Form Number(s): None (automated 

instrument). 

Agency Approval Number: None. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Burden: 2,017 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 6,050. 

Average Hours Per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget to 

conduct a Census Coverage 

Measurement (CCM) Operation in 

preparation for the 2010 Census. The 

CCM operation is to occur during the 

2006 Census Test to evaluate new 

approaches that would produce 

improved measures of coverage error 

components for persons enumerated 

while making reductions in the number 

of people duplicated. 

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A coverage measurement program 

evaluates the coverage of the Decennial 

Census enumeration. 

Coverage error includes: 

—Components of Coverage Error—The 

two components of census coverage 

error are census omissions (missed 

persons) and erroneous inclusions. 

The latter includes duplicates, and 

persons who should not have been 

enumerated at a particular address 

(per our residence rules). 

—Net Coverage Error—Reflects the 

difference between omissions and 

erroneous inclusions. A positive net 

error indicates an undercount, while 

a negative net error indicates an 

overcount. 

The purpose of the 2006 CCM test is 

not to evaluate the coverage of the 2006 

Census Test per se, but rather to test 

ways of improving previous coverage 

measurement methods. The CCM 

operation will evaluate improvements to 

CCM data collection methods and new 

approaches tested in 2006 to provide 

better CCM data and more accurate 

measures of coverage error for the 2010 

Census. 

The focus of the 2006 CCM Test is to 

test improved matching operations and 

data collection efforts designed to obtain 

more accurate information about where 

a person should have been enumerated 

according to our residence rules. 

An additional objective for the 2006 

CCM Test is to determine if we can 

conduct coverage measurement 

interviews before all census data 

collection is complete, and do so 

without contaminating the census and 

adversely affecting coverage 

measurement. This contamination 

would have a small effect on the census, 

but a more serious effect on coverage 

measurement. There are several 

operational and data quality advantages 

of conducting coverage measurement 

interviews as close to census day as 

possible, but we do not want to do this 

if it will seriously affect measurement of 

coverage error. 

The 2006 CCM operations will use a 

sample of approximately 5,000 housing 

units in selected census tracts in Travis 

County, Texas; and 500 housing units 

on the Cheyenne River Reservation, offreservation Trust Lands in South 

Dakota. The first operation of the CCM 

will be the PI operation. After data 

collected from the PI operation is 

matched to data collected by the short 

form enumeration in the CCM sample 

areas, certain cases will be sent for 

another CCM interview called the 

Person Followup Interview. A separate 

request for clearance will be submitted 

for that operation. 

We also will conduct a quality control 

operation—PI Reinterview (PIRI). For 

this operation a random sample of 

approximately 500 housing units in 

selected census tracts in Travis County, 

Texas; and 50 housing units on the 

Cheyenne River Reservation, offreservation Trust Lands in South Dakota 

will be selected. The purpose of the 

operation is to confirm that the PI 

enumerator conducted a PI with an 

actual household member or a valid 

proxy respondent. If the PIRI staff 

detects falsified information by the 

original enumerator, all cases worked by 

the original enumerator are reworked by 

reassigning the cases to a different PI 

enumerator. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 141 

and 193. 

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, 

(202) 395–5103. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk 

Officer either by fax (202–395–7245) or 

email (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: List of Gear by Fisheries and 

Fishery Management Council. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0346. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 30. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour 

and 30 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: Under provisions of 

section 305(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. et seq.) as amended by 

the Sustainable Fisheries Act (Pub. L. 

104–297), the Secretary of Commerce is 

required to publish a list of all fisheries 

under the authority of each Fishery 

Management Council and of all fishing 

gear to be used in such fisheries. Such 

a list has been published. Any person 

wishing to use gear not on the list, or 

engage in a fishery not on the list, must 

provide the appropriate Fishery 

Management Council (or in some cases 

the Secretary) with a 90 days advance 

written notice. If the Secretary takes no 

action to prohibit such a fishery or use 

of such gear, the person may proceed. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18187 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).