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Dated: October 31, 2005. 

Sam J. Wilbanks, 

District Ranger.

[FR Doc. 05–22350 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Sanders County Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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

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

393) the Lolo and Kootenai National 

Forests’ Sanders County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet on 

November 17 at 7 p.m. in Thompson 

Falls, Montana for a business meeting. 

The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: November 17, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Thompson Falls Courthouse, 1111 

Main Street, Thompson Falls, MT 

59873.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randy Hojem, Designated Federal 

Official (DFO), District Ranger, Plains 

Ranger District, Lolo National Forest at 

(406) 826–3821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics include reviewing progress on 

current RAC projects, and receiving 

public comment. If the meeting location 

is changed, notice will be posted in the 

local newspapers, including the Clark 

Fork Valley Press, and Sanders County 

Ledger.

Dated: November 1, 2005. 

Randy Hojem, 

DFO, Plains Ranger District, Lolo National 

Forest.

[FR Doc. 05–22353 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Southeast Alaska Federal Subsistence 

Regional Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

DATES: December 1, 2005. 

Time And Location: 9 a.m., Alaska 

Standard Time, by teleconference. For 

how to participate, please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

that the Southeast Alaska Federal 

Subsistence Regional Advisory Council 

will hold a public meeting on December 

1, 2005. The public is invited to 

participate and to provide oral 

testimony.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Southeast Regional Advisory Council 

will meet by teleconference on 

December 1, 2005, for the purpose of 

reviewing and providing 

recommendations on proposals 

submitted to the Alaska Board of 

Fisheries, conferring on subsistence 

wildlife proposals, and discussing other 

matters affecting subsistence users in 

Southeast Alaska. This meeting is open 

to the public to provide testimony. To 

participate, call toll free, 1–800–369–

1643. The Teleconference Leader is Mr. 

Bob Schroeder and the Passcode is 

21119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 

Office of Subsistence Management, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 3601 C Street, 

Suite 1030, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; 

telephone (907) 786–3888. For questions 

related to subsistence management 

issues on National Forest Service lands, 

contact Steve Kessler, Subsistence 

Program Leader, 3601 C Street, Suite 

1030, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; 

telephone (907) 786–3592.

Dated: October 21, 2005. 

Thomas H. Boyd, 

Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.

Dated: October 20, 2005. 

Steve Kessler, 

Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest 

Service.

[FR Doc. 05–22313 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; 

Notice of Intent To Hold Public 

Scoping Meetings and Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Hold Public 

Scoping Meetings and Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) intends to hold public scoping 

meetings and prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) in connection 

with possible impacts related to a 

project being proposed by Basin Electric 

Power Cooperative, Inc. (Basin Electric), 

of Bismarck, North Dakota. The 

proposal consists of the construction 

and operation of a coal-fired electric 

generation facility referred to as the Dry 

Fork Station, consisting of a single 

maximum net 385 Megawatt (MW) unit, 

at a site in Gillette, Wyoming, and the 

construction of 130 miles of 230 kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line in Campbell and 

Sheridan counties, referred to as the 

Hughes Transmission Project.

DATES: RUS will conduct the two public 

scoping meetings in an open-house 

format on December 6, 2005, from 4 

p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Holiday Inn, 1809 

Sugarland Drive, Sheridan, Wyoming, 

and on December 7, 2005, from 4 p.m. 

to 7 p.m., at the Clarion Western Plaza, 

2009 S. Douglas Highway, Gillette, 

Wyoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Fristik, Senior Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Water and 

Environmental Programs, Rural 

Development, Utilities Programs, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop 

1571, Washington DC 20250–1571, 

telephone: (202) 720–5093 or e-mail: 

richard.fristik@wdc.usda.gov, or Jim K. 

Miller, Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative, Inc., 1717 East Interstate 

Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503–0564, 

telephone: (701) 223–0441 or e-mail: 

jkmiller@bepc.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Basin 

Electric proposes to construct and 

operate a (maximum net rating) 385 MW 

(422 MW maximum gross) base load 

coal-fired power plant and transmission 

line interconnection near Gillette, 

Wyoming. Basin Electric proposes to 

construct a facility in this area due to 

the proximity of the fuel source in the 

Powder River Basin (PRB) and delivery 

of the power to its membership. Basin 

Electric is requesting RUS to provide 

financing for the proposed project. 

The transmission line would consist 

of approximately 130 miles of 230kV 

transmission line that will connect the 

Hughes Substation east of Gillette, 

Wyoming, to the Carr Draw Substation 

west of Gillette and a proposed 

substation northeast of Sheridan, 

Wyoming. The proposed schedule 

developed by Basin Electric would 

place the transmission line in operation 

by the end of 2008, while the generating 

facility would be commercially 

operational by 2011. 

Alternatives to be considered by RUS 

include no action, purchased power, 

load management, renewable energy 

sources, distributed generation, and 

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alternative site locations. Comments 

regarding the proposed project may be 

submitted (orally or in writing) at the 

public scoping meetings or in writing 

within 30 days after the December 7, 

2005, scoping meeting to RUS at the 

address provided in this notice. 

Proposal development documents—

Alternative Evaluation Study, MacroCorridor Analysis and Site Selection 

Study—are available for public review 

at RUS or Basin Electric, at the 

addresses provided in this notice. These 

studies are also available at the 

Campbell County Public Library located 

at 2101 South 4J Road in Gillette, 

Wyoming; the Sheridan County Fulmer 

Public Library located at 335 W. Alger 

Street in Sheridan, Wyoming; the 

Clearmont Branch Library located at 

1240 Front Street, Clearmont, Wyoming; 

the Moorcroft Public Library located at 

105 E. Converse, Moorcroft, Wyoming; 

the Johnson County Library located at 

171 N. Adams, Buffalo, Wyoming; the 

PRECorp Corporate Headquarters 

located at 221 Main Street, Sundance, 

Wyoming; and at the Basin Electric 

office located at 2201 South Douglas 

Highway, Suite 160 in Gillette, 

Wyoming. 

From information provided in the 

studies mentioned above, and using 

input provided by government agencies, 

private organizations, and the public, 

RUS will prepare a Draft EIS. The Draft 

EIS will be available for review and 

comment for 45 days after distribution. 

A Final EIS will then be prepared that 

considers all comments received. The 

Final EIS will be available for review 

and comment for 30 days after 

distribution. Following the 30-day 

comment period, RUS will prepare a 

Record of Decision (ROD). Notices 

announcing the availability of the Draft 

and Final EIS and the ROD will be 

published in the Federal Register and in 

local newspapers. 

Any final action by RUS related to the 

proposed projects will be subject to, and 

contingent upon, compliance with all 

relevant Federal, State and local 

environmental laws and regulations and 

completion of the environmental review 

requirements as prescribed in the RUS 

Environmental Policies and Procedures 

(7 CFR Part 1794).

Dated: November 1, 2005. 

Nurul Islam, 

Acting Director, Engineering and 

Environmental Staff.

[FR Doc. 05–22278 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 110405A ]

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Capacity Committee on November 29, 

2005, to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 

31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 

02048; telephone: (508) 339–2200; fax: 

(508) 337–8677.

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Capacity Committee will review the 

Terms of Reference adopted by the 

Council. Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center (NEFSC) and National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff will 

present reports covering a range of 

subjects, including: overview of 

industry-funded buyback programs 

around the country as well as 

approaches that could be adopted in 

New England; definitions of capacity 

and the assessment of overcapacity; the 

Food and Agricultural Organization 

(FAO) overcapacity reduction initiative 

and NMFS commitment; institutional 

arrangements for managing capacity 

including collaborative management 

approaches; and, guiding principals and 

evaluation criteria for managing 

capacity. Council staff will provide a 

brief report on NMFS’ Overcapacity 

Workshop held in September. Following 

discussion of these items, the 

Committee will proceed with the initial 

development of capacity management 

alternatives for groundfish and scallop 

fisheries.

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978–

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: November 4, 2005.

Emily Menashes,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries,National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E5–6176 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS

Establishment of an Import Level and 

Staged Entry Procedures for 

Shipments of Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Socks (Categories 332/432/

632 part) Produced or Manufactured in 

the People’s Republic of China.

November 4, 2005.

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA).

ACTION: Directive to Commissioner, 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross 

Arnold, International Trade Specialist, 

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, (202) 482-

3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural 

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); 

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 

amended.

In the letter published below, the 

Chairman of CITA directs the 

Commissioner, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, to establish the 

following import level and staged entry 

procedures.

Pursuant to the Memorandum of 

Understanding, signed and dated