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Vol. 70, No. 196 

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Modoc Resource Advisory 

Committee, Alturas, California, USDA 

Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committees Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

393) the Modoc National Forest’s Modoc 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

Monday, November 7, 2005, January 9, 

2006 and February 6, 2006 in Alturas, 

California for business meetings. The 

meetings are open to the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting November 7 begins at 

6 p.m., at the Modoc National Forest 

Office, Conference Room, 800 West 12th 

St., Alturas. Agenda topics will include 

existing and future projects that meet 

the intent of Pub. Law 106–393. Time 

will also be set aside for public 

comments at the beginning of the 

meeting. 

The business meeting January 9 

begins at 6 p.m.; at the Modoc National 

Forest Office, Conference Room, 800 

West 12th St., Alturas. Agenda topics 

will include existing and future projects 

that meet the intent of Public Law 106– 

393. Time will also be set aside for 

public comments at the beginning of the 

meeting. 

The business meeting February 6 

begins at 6 p.m.; at the Modoc National 

Forest Office, Conference Room, 800 

West 12th St., Alturas. Agenda topics 

will include existing and future projects 

that meet the intent of Public Law 106– 

393. Time will also be set aside for 

public comments at the beginning of the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan 

Sylva, Forest Supervisor and Designated 

Federal Officer, at (530) 233–8700; or 

Public Affairs Officer Louis J. Haynes at 

(530) 233–8846. 

Stanley G. Sylva, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 05–20451 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 03–101–5] 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Petition for Deregulation of Genetically 

Engineered Glyphosate-Tolerant 

Creeping Bentgrass; Request for 

Additional Information 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is seeking 

information to develop an 

environmental impact statement as part 

of its consideration of a petition 

received from Monsanto Company and 

The Scotts Company. The petition 

requests a determination of 

nonregulated status for engineered 

creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) 

that is glyphosate tolerant. We are 

preparing this environmental impact 

statement in accordance with 7 CFR 

372.5 and 40 CFR 1501.3 and 1501.4. 

We are seeking specific information 

about glyphosate use to control grasses. 

We are primarily interested in the 

details of those programs that focus on 

weed management in nonagricultural 

lands. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and, in the 

‘‘Search for Open Regulations’’ box, 

select ‘‘Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’’ from the agency 

drop-down menu, then click on 

‘‘Submit.’’ In the Docket ID column, 

select APHIS–2005–0029 to submit or 

view public comments on APHIS 

Docket ID 03–101–5. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 03–101–5, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 03–101–5. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Comments 

submitted in response to the previous 

notices cited in this document may be 

viewed on the Internet on the following 

Web sites; there is no need to resubmit 

those previously submitted comments 

in response to this notice. Comments on 

Docket No. 03–101–1 and Docket No. 

03–101–2 are available at https:// 

web01.aphis.usda.gov/Bentgrass.nsf. 

Comments on Docket No. 03–101–4 are 

available on the Regulations.gov Web 

site (see ‘‘Federal eRulemaking Portal’’ 

above) or at http://docket.epa.gov/

edkfed/do/EDKStaffCollectionDetail

View?objectId=0b0007d4806fe549. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Susan M. Koehler, BRS, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238; (301) 734–4886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is preparing an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

with respect to a possible decision to 

remove engineered creeping bentgrass 

with glyphosate resistance (Scotts/ 

Monsanto event ASR368) from 

regulation under 7 CFR part 340. We are 

seeking specific information about 

glyphosate use to control grasses in 

vegetation management programs that 

focus on publicly or privately owned, 

non-agricultural lands. These locations 

may include areas like parks or 

recreation areas, highway roadsides, 

pipeline pumping stations, or electrical 

substations. The types of habitats in 

which we are most interested are