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assessment of the expected impacts of 

the use of herbicides, in addition to 

other vegetation treatment methods 

(fire, mechanical, manual, and 

biological) on up to approximately 

5,030,000 acres of public lands per year. 

Together, these documents will: 

• Consider reasonably foreseeable 

activities, particularly hazardous fuels 

reduction treatments, emergency 

stabilization and rehabilitation efforts, 

noxious weed, and invasive terrestrial 

plant species management. 

• Address human health and 

ecological risk for proposed use of 

chemical herbicides on public lands. 

• Provide a cumulative impact 

analysis of the use of chemical 

herbicides in conjunction with other 

treatment methods. 

The EIS is neither a land-use plan nor 

a land-use plan amendment. The EIS 

and ER will provide a comprehensive 

programmatic NEPA document and 

environmental report to allow effective 

tiering and incorporation by reference of 

baseline cumulative impact assessment 

to be used for other new, revised or 

existing land use and activity level 

plans that involve vegetation 

modification or maintenance. This EIS 

does not affect the status of the 

herbicide court injunction in Oregon. 

The analysis area includes only 

surface estate public lands administered 

by 11 BLM state offices: Alaska, 

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 

Montana (Dakotas), New Mexico 

(Oklahoma/Texas/Nebraska), Nevada, 

Oregon (Washington), Utah and 

Wyoming. 

Ed Shepard, 

Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and 

Planning. 

[FR Doc. 05–22343 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

South Delta Improvements Program, 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

and notice of public workshops and 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the California 

Department of Water Resources (DWR) 

have made available for public review 

and comment the Draft EIS/EIR for the 

South Delta Improvements Program 

(SDIP). 

The proposed SDIP would (1) 

construct and operate a fish control gate 

at the Head of Old River; (2) construct 

and operate up to 3 flow control gates 

(one each in Middle River, Grant Line 

Canal, and Old River, near the Tracy 

Pumping Plant) to maintain adequate 

water quality and water levels available 

for agricultural diversions in the south 

Delta, downstream of the Head of Old 

River; (3) dredge various channels 

within the south Delta to improve 

conveyance; (4) construct extensions of 

up to 24 shallow agricultural diversions; 

(5) increase water deliveries by 

increasing the maximum diversion 

through the existing intake gates at 

Clifton Court Forebay to 8,500 cubic feet 

per second; and (6) implement an 

interim operations regime between 

December 15 and March 15 until the 

permanent gates are fully operable. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

Draft EIS/EIR on or before February 7, 

2006 to the address provided below. 

Public meetings will be held to discuss 

the purpose and content of the Draft 

EIS/EIR. The public meetings will be 

held as follows: 

• December 6, 2005, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., 

Sacramento, CA. 

• December 7, 2005, 7 to 9 p.m., 

Stockton, CA. 

• December 8, 2005, 7 to 9 p.m., 

Oakland, CA. 

• December 13, 2005, 7 to 9 p.m., 

Visalia, CA. 

• December 14, 2005, 1 to 3 p.m., Los 

Angeles, CA. 

Three public hearings have been 

scheduled to receive oral or written 

comments regarding the project’s 

environmental effects: 

• January 18, 2005, 1 to 4 p.m., 

Sacramento CA. 

• January 24, 2005, 1 to 3 p.m., Los 

Angeles, CA. 

• January 25, 2005, 1 to 4 p.m., 

Stockton, CA. 

ADDRESSES: The locations of the public 

meetings are: 

• Resources Auditorium, 1416 Ninth 

Street, Sacramento, CA. 

• American Legion Post 803, 3110 

West Lane, Stockton, CA. 

• CSU East Bay Oakland Conference 

Room, 1000 Broadway, Oakland, CA. 

• Mill Creek Auditorium, 3100 West 

Main, Visalia, CA. 

• Junipero Serra State Building, 

Carmel Room 225, 320 West Fourth 

Street, Los Angeles, CA. 

The locations of the public hearings 

are: 

• CALFED, Bay Delta Room, 5th 

Floor, 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento CA 

(need driver’s license to enter the 

building; no picture phones allowed). 

• Junipero Serra State Building, 

Carmel Room 225, 320 West Fourth 

Street, Los Angeles, CA. 

• Department of General Services 

Auditorium, 31 East Channel Street, 

Stockton, CA. 

Hardcopy comments may be mailed to 

Mr. Paul Marshall, SDIP EIS/EIR 

Comments, State of California 

Department of Resources, Bay Delta 

Office, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, 

California, 95814. Electronic comments 

may be emailed to sdip 

comments@water.ca.gov, or posted on 

the SDIP Web site at http:// 

sdip.water.ca.gov. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the 

Draft EIS/EIR are available for public 

review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sharon McHale, Reclamation Program 

Manager, at 916–978–5086, or e-mail: 

smchale@mp.usbr.gov; or Mr. Paul A. 

Marshall, DWR Program Manager at 

916–653–2118, or e-mail at 

marshall@water.ca.gov. The Draft EIS/ 

EIR may be viewed at http:// 

sdip.water.ca.gov or at Reclamation’s 

Web site at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ 

nepa/nepa_projdetails.

cfm?Project_ID=316. To request a copy 

of the Draft EIS/EIR, please contact Ms. 

McHale as indicated above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EIS/EIR addresses facilities-related 

impacts including the effects of project 

construction and operation on 

hydrology, water quality, fish resources, 

recreation, vegetation and wildlife, 

visual resources, cultural resources, 

land use, geology, soils, seismicity, 

groundwater, traffic and circulation, air 

quality, noise, and public health and 

safety. Diversion-related impacts 

include the effects of increased 

diversions from the Bay Delta and 

associated changes in Reclamation’s 

operation of Central Valley Project 

(CVP) facilities and DWR’s operation of 

State Water Project (SWP) facilities. 

Project diversions therefore may directly 

or indirectly affect the Sacramento 

River, its tributaries, San Joaquin River, 

its tributaries, and Delta resources 

including water supply, fish and aquatic 

habitat, riparian vegetation and habitat, 

water quality, recreation, visual and 

cultural resources. The Draft EIS/EIR 

also evaluates potential growthinducing impacts for the CVP and SWP 

water service areas. An evaluation of 

cumulative hydrologic and water 

service area impacts associated with 

reasonably foreseeable actions is also 

included. 

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Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR are 

available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• California Department of Water 

Resources, Bay-Delta Office, 1416 Ninth 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Regional 

Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, 

CA 95825–1898, 916–978–5593. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, 

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, 

Denver, CO 80225, 303–445–2072. 

• Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

• Sacramento Public Library, 828 I 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

• Tracy Branch Library, 20 E. Eaton 

Ave., Tracy, CA 95376. 

• Lathrop Branch Library, 15461 

Seventh St. Lathrop, CA 95330. 

• Cesar Chavez Central Library, 60 N. 

El Dorado St. Stockton, CA 95202. 

• Shasta County Main Library, 1855 

Shasta Street Redding, CA 96001. 

• Oakland Main Library, 125 14th 

Street, Oakland CA 94612. 

• Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. 

5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071. 

• Visalia Branch Library—Main 

Library, 200 West Oak Avenue, Visalia, 

CA 93291–4993. 

Comments, including names and 

home addresses of respondents, will be 

made available for public review. 

Individual respondents may request that 

their home address be withheld from 

public disclosure, which will be 

honored to the extent allowable by law. 

There also may be circumstances in 

which respondent’s identity may also be 

withheld from public disclosure, as 

allowable by law. If you wish to have 

your name and/or address withheld, 

you must state so prominently at the 

beginning of your comment. All 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Dated: August 4, 2005. 

Allan Oto, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, MidPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–22259 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–05–040] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: November 17, 2005 at 

11 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meetings: None. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–340–E and H 

(Second Review) (Solid Urea From 

Russia and Ukraine)—briefing and vote. 

(The Commission is currently scheduled 

to transmit its determination and 

Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

December 2, 2005.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: None. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 8, 2005. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–22559 Filed 11–8–05; 2:56 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–05–039] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: November 15, 2005 at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meetings: None. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–669 (Second 

Review) (Cased Pencils From China)—

briefing and vote. (The Commission is 

currently scheduled to transmit its 

determination and Commissioners’

opinions to the Secretary of Commerce 

on or before November 30, 2005.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: None. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 8, 2005. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–22561 Filed 11–8–05; 2:56 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the ‘‘Job Openings and Labor Turnover 

Survey (BLS–1411).’’ A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 

individual listed below in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Addresses section below on or before 

January 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. 

Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212, telephone 

number 202–691–7628. (This is not a 

toll free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, 

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See 

ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: