55102 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Robin L. Thompson, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Glenn/Colusa County Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Glenn/Colusa County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Willows, California. 

Agenda items to be covered include: (1) 

Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, 

(3) Public Comment, (4) Project 

Proposal/Possible Action, (5) Web site 

Update, (6) Update on Colusa Title III 

Money, (7) General Discussion, (8) Next 

Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 26, 2005, from 1:30 p.m. and 

end at approximately 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mendocino National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 825 N. Humboldt 

Ave., Willows, CA 95988. Individuals 

wishing to speak or propose agenda 

items must send their names and 

proposals to Jim Giachino, DFO, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbin Gaddini, Committee 

coordinator, USDA, Mendocino 

National Forest, Grindstone Ranger 

District, P.O. Box 164, Elk Creek, CA 

95939. (530) 968–1815; e-mail 

ggaddini@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by September 23, 2005 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

James F. Giachino, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

RIN 0596–AC12 

Rangeland Management Direction 

Regarding Grazing Permit 

Administration 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 19, 2005, the Forest 

Service published a notice in the 

Federal Register with request for 

comment on the issuance of two (2) 

interim directives (IDs) to Forest Service 

Handbook (FSH) 2209.13, chapter 10—

Term Grazing Permits and chapter 20—

Grazing Agreements. These IDs 

established procedures and 

responsibilities for administering term 

grazing permits and grazing agreements 

(FR 70 41370). On that same day, 

several other amendments to FSH 

2209.13, as well as amendments to 

several chapters of Forest Service 

Manual (FSM) 2200 on Range 

Management were issued. On August 

19, 2005, the Forest Service published a 

notice in the Federal Register notifying 

the public that the IDs had been 

rescinded and a revised ID had been 

reissued on August 16, 2005. In 

addition, the Forest Service announced 

that proposed directives containing the 

direction removed from the two 

chapters had been prepared and were 

available for public comment (70 FR 

48663). On September 2, 2005, a third 

Federal Register notice was published 

to correct the World Wide Web/Internet 

address and proposed direction that 

included incorrect restrictions of the 

base property and livestock ownership 

requirements (70 FR 52362). The Forest 

Service rescinded all of the direction 

referred to in these three Federal 

Register notices on September 9, 2005, 

and replaced it with the direction that 

was in place prior to July 19, 2005. 

DATES: Rangeland Management 

direction in effect prior to July 19, 2005, 

in the Forest Service Manual 2200 

contents, the zero code chapter, 

chapters 2210, 2230, 2240, 2250, and 

2270; and direction in the Forest Service 

Handbook contents, zero code chapter, 

and chapters 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 

90 were reinstated on September 9, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralph Giffen, Rangeland Management 

Staff, USDA Forest Service, (202) 205–

1455. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest 

Service directives consist of the Forest 

Service Manual (FSM) and the Forest 

Service Handbook (FSH), which contain 

the agency’s policies, practices, and 

procedures and serves as the primary 

basis for the internal management and 

control of programs and administrative 

direction to Forest Service employees. 

The directives for all agency programs 

are set out on the World Wide Web/ 

Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/im/ 

directives. 

The FSM contains legal authorities, 

objectives, policies, responsibilities, 

instructions, and guidance needed on a 

continuing basis by Forest Service line 

officers and primary staff to plan and 

execute programs and activities. The 

FSH is the principal source of 

specialized guidance and instruction for 

carrying out the policies, objectives, and 

responsibilities contained in the FSM. 

The Forest Service is committed to 

providing adequate opportunities for the 

public to comment on the formulation 

of administrative directives that are of 

substantial public interest or 

controversy, as provided in the 

regulations at 36 CFR part 216. 

The Forest Service will make an extra 

effort to ensure that proposed changes 

in FSM 2200 and FSH 2209.13 are well 

communicated to the public and that 

the public has ample opportunity to 

comment on and be appropriately 

involved in those changes. 

Therefore, the 14 amended chapters 

and two ID chapters issued July 19, 

2005, and the two revised ID chapters 

issued again on August 19, 2005, are 

rescinded. Rangeland management 

direction in effect prior to the July 19, 

2005 releases is reinstated in full. 

Comment is also no longer requested on 

the proposed directives. The Forest 

Service’s objective is to clarify its 

rangeland management directives and 

explain the proposed changes while 

ensuring that a clear process for public 

comment is provided. Proposed 

rangeland management policy along 

with procedures for comment will be 

reevaluated prior to requesting future 

public comment. 

Dated: September 14, 2005. 

Ann Bartuska, 

Acting Chief. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.