Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 55103 

ACTION: Notice of initiation to revise the 

Shoshone National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will revise 

the Land and Resource Management 

Plan (hereafter referred to as the Forest 

Plan) for the Shoshone National Forest. 

This notice describes documents 

available for review and how to obtain 

them; summarizes the need to change 

the Forest Plan; provides information 

concerning public participation; and 

includes the names and addresses of 

agency officials who can provide 

additional information. 

DATES: To be most beneficial to the 

planning process your comments on 

need for change should be submitted by 

October 21, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Forest Plan Revision, Shoshone 

National Forest, 808 Meadow Lane 

Avenue, Cody, WY 82414–4549. E-mail 

address: shoshone_forestplan@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Armel at (307) 578–1234, or 

Susan Douglas at (307) 578–1214, or email shoshone_forestplan@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Documents Available for Review 

Two documents are available for 

review to assist the public in 

commenting on the need for change. 

The Forest Plan Comprehensive 

Evaluation Report, Version 1.0, 

describes the current social, economic, 

and ecological conditions and trends for 

management of the Shoshone National 

Forest. The Need for Change Evaluation 

report, Version 1.0, describes the results 

of public input on need for change. The 

document has four sections. The first 

section discusses the preliminary need 

for change. The document has four 

sections. The first section discusses the 

preliminary need for change topics that 

were suggested. The second section 

identifies topics that do not require a 

change in current management 

direction, but need to be updated in the 

revised plan. The third section 

identifies a number of topics that need 

to be considered during the process of 

developing the revised forest plan. The 

fourth section identifies those topics 

that were suggested but will not be 

addressed in the plan revision. The 

Need for Change Evaluation report 

includes items identified by the public. 

Forest Service personnel, and local 

governments in May, June, and July. 

The documents are available at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone/projects/ 

planning/revision_index.shtml or by 

request. 

Need for Change Evaluation 

From discussions internally and with 

the public, the forest planning team 

identified a set of preliminary need for 

change questions. More information on 

these items and other comments are 

documented in the Need for Change 

Evaluation report. After further need for 

change discussions with the public 

through October, the Forest Supervisor 

will decide what need for change items 

will be addressed in the forest plan 

revision. 

Preliminary Need for Change Topics 

1. How should hazardous fuels, fire 

use, fire, and wildland urban interface 

areas be managed? 

2. How should the spread of invasive 

plants be managed? 

3. What areas of the Forest are 

suitable for the extraction of leasable, 

locatable, and salable minerals? 

4. What special uses are suitable for 

the Forest, and how should they be 

managed? 

5. What types of recreation 

opportunities should the Forest 

provide? In what areas are the 

opportunities suitable? 

6. What areas of the Forest should 

have roaded access to fulfill the needs 

of Forest users and managers? 

7. What management direction is 

appropriate for roadless areas and other 

special areas? What rivers, streams, or 

segments of rivers or streams are eligible 

for Wild and Scenic Rivers designation? 

What roadless areas should be 

recommended for wilderness 

designation? 

8. What areas of the Forest are 

suitable for timber harvest? What timber 

harvest methods should be available? 

What types of timber products should 

be available? 

9. What vegetation conditions and 

types of habitats should the Forest 

provide? What management direction, if 

any, should be included in the revised 

plan for large scale insect infestations? 

10. What management direction 

should the plan contain for contributing 

to sustainable populations of native fish 

and wildlife species on the Forest? 

11. Should the acres designated 

suitable for domestic livestock grazing 

be reevaluated? 

12. Should management direction 

specific to highway corridors be 

included in the revised forest plan? If 

yes, what is the direction? 

13. Should the direction in the 

current Forest plan for increasing water 

yield be retained? 

Comment Requested 

The Forest Service is seeking 

information and comments from 

individuals, organizations, Native 

American Tribes, and Federal, State, 

and local governments and agencies on 

the need for change in Forest Plan 

direction. The Forest Service is asking 

for comment on the topics identified in 

the Need for Change Evaluation report 

and for other topics that individuals, 

organizations, tribes, and governments 

and agencies feel should be addressed 

during the revision process. If you 

submitted comments previously and 

feel they are addressed in the Need for 

Change Evaluation report, you do not 

need to resubmit your comments. 

Planning Process Schedule 

The revision process for the Shoshone 

National Forest officially begins in 

September 2005 with the publication of 

this notice of initiation in theFederal 

Register. A draft revised forest plan will 

be published in April 2007. The final 

revised forest plan will be issued for 

pre-decisional review in April 2008. 

Final plan approval is planned for 

September 2008. 

Responsible Official 

Rebecca Aus, Shoshone National 

Forest Supervisor at 808 Meadow Lane 

Ave, Cody, WY 82414–4549. 

Public Participation 

The revision process is designed to 

provide opportunities for public 

collaboration and open participation in 

the development of the revised forest 

plan. Additional information on the 

process, the documents being produced, 

and public opportunities to participate 

can be found on the Shoshone National 

Forest’s planning Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone/projects/ 

planning/revision/revision_index.shtml. 

(Authority: 36 CFR part 219) 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Rebecca Aus, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 05–18689 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Broad Creek Watershed, Delaware 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to 

deauthorization of Federal funding. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Watershed 

Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 

Public Law 83–566, and the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

55104 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 

Guidelines (7 CFR part 622), the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service gives 

notice of the deauthorization of Federal 

funding for the Broad Creek Watershed 

project Sussex and Kent Counties, 

Delaware. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon 

F. Hall, State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, 1221 

College Park Drive, Suite 100, Dover, 

Delaware 19904, 302–678–4160. 

Notice of Intent To Deauthorize Federal 

Funding 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

determination has been made by Jon F. 

Hall, State Conservationist, Delaware 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

that the proposed works of 

improvement for the Broad Creek 

Watershed project will not be installed. 

The sponsoring local organizations have 

concurred in this determination and 

agree that Federal funding should be 

deauthorized for the project. 

Information regarding this 

determination may be obtained at the 

above address and telephone number. 

No administrative action on 

implementation of the proposed 

deauthorization will be taken until 60 

days after the date of this publication in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Jon F. Hall, 

State Conservationist. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 10.904, Watershed Protection 

and Flood Prevention. Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–95 regarding State 

and local clearinghouse review of Federal 

and federally assisted programs and projects 

is applicable) 

[FR Doc. 05–18702 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 050728205–5205–01] 

Annual Trade Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of consideration. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is proposing to expand 

the 2005 Annual Trade Survey (ATS) to 

include agents, brokers, and electronic 

markets (AGBR). The Census Bureau 

proposes this expansion at the request 

of the Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA). The BEA considers this 

information vital to its accurate 

measurement of sales and value added 

for wholesale trade. These data are 

important inputs to BEA’s preparation 

of National Income and Product 

accounts and its annual input-output 

tables. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 20, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Room 2049, Federal Building 3, 

Washington, DC 20233. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

R. Trimble, Chief, Annual Wholesale 

and Special Projects Branch, Service 

Sector Statistics Division, on (301) 763–

7223, or by e-mail: 

John.R.Trimble@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Bureau is authorized to conduct 

surveys necessary to furnish current 

data on subjects covered by the major 

censuses authorized by Title 13, United 

States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 182, 224, 

and 225. Reporting by AGBR offices will 

be mandatory and will provide 

continuing and timely national 

statistical data. Data collected in this 

survey will be within the general scope, 

type, and character of those inquiries 

covered in the Economic Census. 

The current ATS collects data for all 

merchant wholesalers. The expanded 

survey will include a selected sample of 

AGBRs that facilitate sales between 

businesses in the United States. These 

data will be a vital source for accurately 

measuring the sales, commissions, sales 

arranged for others, e-commerce, and 

operating expenses of these types of 

companies. The BEA has made repeated 

requests for this information. The 

expanded ATS will cover all sales from 

the wholesale sector compared to about 

90 percent of sales in the present ATS 

sample. 

Beginning with the survey year 2005, 

the goal will be to maximize industry 

coverage within our available resources. 

In order to establish reporting 

arrangements and reduce respondent 

burden, we will mail report forms to a 

sample of firms on a company basis and 

contact them in person, as well as by 

phone and mail. We will mail a survey 

introduction letter followed by report 

forms to the firms covered by this 

survey and require the report forms to 

be returned 30 days after receipt. The 

report forms will request similar data 

items, but different forms are needed to 

accommodate wholesale distributors, 

manufacturers’ sales branches and 

offices (MSBOs), and AGBR companies, 

as well as both large and small firms. 

Later, if necessary, additional mail 

follow-ups and telephone follow-ups 

will be conducted. 

The primary users of these data will 

be Federal, state and local government 

agencies, including the Census Bureau, 

BEA, and the Environmental Protection 

Agency. Other users will include 

business firms, academics, trade 

associations, and research and 

consulting organizations. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration that this 

notice would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The Census 

Bureau is proposing to expand the 2005 

ATS to includes AGBRs. If this notice of 

consideration is adopted, the expanded 

ATS would cover all sales from the 

wholesale sector compared to about 90 

percent of sales in the present ATS 

sample. 

If this notice is adopted, it is 

estimated that the survey will require an 

additional 514 respondents to respond 

to the survey. It is estimated that 

approximately 368 of the respondents 

would be small entities. The 

approximate total additional burden 

hours as a result of this rule is 238 hours 

(28 minutes per survey). This includes 

time for reviewing the instructions, 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering and maintaining the data 

needed, and completing and reviewing 

the information collection. The total 

cost is estimated to be $5,614 based on 

an annual response burden of 238 hours 

and a rate of $23.59 per hour to 

complete the form. The total cost to 

respondents that are small entities is 

estimated to be $3,892. 

Because small businesses are subject 

to minimal recording-keeping and 

reporting burdens as a result of this 

notice, the Chief Counsel for Regulation 

certifies that this notice of consideration 

will not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 

collection of information displays a 

current valid Office of Management and