Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 55101 

Extension Act of 1996 was signed. One 

of the provisions of the Act was the 

authorization of the section 538 

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing 

Program (GRRHP), adding the program 

to the Housing Act of 1949. The purpose 

of the GRRHP is to increase the supply 

of affordable rural rental housing 

through the use of loan guarantees that 

encourage partnerships between the 

Rural Housing Service (RHS), private 

lenders and public agencies. RUS will 

approve qualified lenders to participate 

and monitor lender performance to 

ensure program requirements are met. 

RHS will collect information from 

lenders on the eligibility cost, benefits, 

feasibility, and financial performance of 

the proposed project. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RHS will collect information from 

lenders to manage, plan, evaluate, and 

account for Government resources. The 

GRRHP regulation and handbook will 

provide lenders and agency staff with 

guidance on the origination and 

servicing of GRRHP loans and the 

approval of qualified lenders. RHS will 

use the information to evaluate a 

lender’s request and make 

determination that the interests of the 

government are protected. Failure to 

collect information could have an 

adverse impact on the agency ability to 

monitor lenders and assess program 

effectiveness and effectively guarantee 

loans. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 150. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly; Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,393. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18630 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 05–069–1] 

Public Meeting; National Animal 

Identification System 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service will hold a public 

meeting concerning the animal 

movement tracking database component 

for the National Animal Identification 

System. The purpose of the meeting is 

to initiate dialogue about this initiative 

with industry stakeholders, including 

representatives of national organizations 

that represent livestock and poultry 

production sectors, livestock producers, 

and other interested individuals. This 

notice provides information on the 

discussion topics as well as the date, 

time, and place of the meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, October 12, 2005, from 8:30 

a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Radisson Hotel & Suites Kansas 

City—City Center, 1301 Wyandotte 

Street, Kansas City, MO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Neil Hammerschmidt, Coordinator, 

National Animal Identification System, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 200, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; phone (301) 734–

0739, fax (301) 734–7963, or e-mail: 

Neil.E.Hammerschmidt 

@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Animal Identification System 

(NAIS) has made steady progress in 

2005. Over 109,000 premises have been 

registered in the NAIS, setting the 

foundation for the animal identification 

components. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) has reviewed over 600 

comments on the draft strategic plan 

and draft program standards. There is 

significant support from the industry to 

move forward as proposed in the draft 

strategic plan, in particular, to 

implement a phased-in program in the 

proposed time frame. There was also 

support, especially from cattle 

producers, for having the animal 

tracking database maintained outside 

the Federal Government. 

After considerable discussion 

regarding the design and administration 

of the animal tracking database, we have 

concluded that having multiple industry 

program databases ‘‘feed’’ a centralized, 

privately held repository with all animal 

movement data can be achieved and can 

meet the needs of our animal health 

programs. 

To initiate the necessary dialogue 

with the industry, we will hold a public 

meeting on October 12, 2005. At the 

meeting, we will discuss the 

relationship between the industry and 

USDA that would have to be in place for 

such a system to function effectively. 

Among the options to be discussed is 

the formation of a new entity 

representing all sectors of the 

production industry to lead the effort to 

develop, and provide ongoing oversight 

of, a private animal tracking data 

repository. USDA and State 

representatives will define the system 

specifications and user requirements 

that the animal tracking database must 

meet to support ongoing animal health 

surveillance programs and traceback 

investigations. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

September 2005. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–18760 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Urban & Community Forestry 

Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Urban and 

Community Forestry Advisory Council 

will meet in Sacramento, California, 

October 18–20, 2005. The purpose of the 

meeting is to discuss emerging issues in 

urban and community forestry. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 18–20, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn Sacramento Northeast, 

5321 Date Avenue, Sacramento, CA 

95841. Individuals who wish to speak at 

the meeting or to propose agenda items 

must send their names and proposals to 

Suzanne M. del Villar, Executive 

Assistant, National Urban and 

Community Forestry Advisory Council, 

P.O. Box 1003, Sugarloaf, CA 92386–

1003. Individuals may fax their names 

and proposed agenda items to (909) 

585–9527. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne M. del Villar, Urban and 

Community Forestry Staff, (909) 585–

9268, or via e-mail at 

sdelvillar@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Council 

discussion is limited to Forest Service 

staff and Council members; however, 

persons who wish to bring urban and 

community forestry matters to the 

attention of the Council may file written 

statements with the Council staff before 

or after the meeting. Public input 

sessions will be provided. 

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Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Robin L. Thompson, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 05–18658 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 05–18648 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 05–18659 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.