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domestic citrus industry, including the 

individual farmers who comprise the 

base of that industry, APHIS must act 

quickly to expand the Federal order. 

APHIS has completed an assessment 

of the environmental impacts 

anticipated from the implementation of 

a new Federal order for the domestic 

quarantine of citrus greening disease 

and Asian citrus psyllid. There is now 

scientific evidence showing that orange 

jasmine (Murraya paniculata) and 

related species are hosts of citrus 

greening as well as the Asian citrus 

psyllid. Previously, orange jasmine was 

regulated only as a host of the Asian 

citrus psyllid. The new Federal order 

will add Murraya spp. to the citrus 

greening host list. The main difference 

in the new Federal order is the 

expansion of the citrus greening 

quarantined area in Florida and the 

distinction made between citrus 

greening and Asian citrus psyllid 

quarantine areas. 

APHIS’ review and analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the implementation of 

the new Federal order are documented 

in detail in an environmental 

assessment titled ‘‘Movement of 

Regulated Articles from a Citrus 

Greening Quarantine Zone’’ (October 

2007). We are making this 

environmental assessment available to 

the public for review and comment. We 

will consider all comments that we 

receive on or before the date listed 

under the heading DATES at the 

beginning of this notice. 

Due to the serious and destructive 

nature of citrus greening disease, it is 

necessary to expand the number of 

counties in Florida from which the 

movement of plants that are hosts of 

citrus greening is present in order to 

prevent the further spread and 

infestation. It is also necessary to 

expand the areas quarantined due to the 

presence of Asian citrus psyllid so that 

host plants can be treated and inspected 

before being moved interstate. Since 

citrus greening is a highly injurious 

citrus disease, and the Asian citrus 

psyllid is harmful both as the insect 

vector of the disease and as a significant 

citrus pest in its own right, APHIS has 

determined that it may be necessary to 

immediately address both the disease 

and the associated insect pest. This will 

be accomplished by the restriction of 

hosts of citrus greening from areas 

where the disease is present, and the 

regulation and treatment of plants that 

are hosts of the psyllid from those areas 

where the insect is present and may be 

spread through the movement of 

infested nursery stock. Therefore, 

APHIS may have to begin the expanded 

citrus greening regulatory program in 

Florida immediately and issue a finding 

of no significant impact for the 

environmental assessment before the 

comment period on the environmental 

assessment concludes. Nevertheless, all 

comments received on the 

environmental assessment will be 

evaluated and responded to after the 

comment period has ended. 

The environmental assessment may 

be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web 

site or in our reading room (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the environmental 

assessment by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

title of the environmental assessment 

when requesting copies. 

The environmental assessment has 

been prepared in accordance with: (1) 

The National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC this 30th day of 

October 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–21679 Filed 11–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Superior National Forest, Kawishiwi 

Ranger District, MN, Glacier Project 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the Glacier Project. The 

proposed activities would manage forest 

vegetation composition, structure, and 

spatial patterns (including habitat defragmentation), and the transportation 

system associated with these activities. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

November 30, 2007. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in January 2008 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in May 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Mark E. Van Every, Kawishiwi District 

Ranger, Glacier Project EIS, 1393 Hwy 

169, Ely, MN 55731. Send electronic 

comments to comments-easternsuperior-kawishiwi@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Duffy, Glacier Project Leader, 

1393 Hwy 169, Ely, MN 55731, 

Telephone (218) 365–2097. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of the Glacier Project is 

to move the area towards the vegetation 

and landscape ecosystem desired 

conditions described in the 2004 

Superior National Land and Resource 

Management Plan. 

Proposed Action 

The Proposed Action would manage 

forest vegetation composition, structure, 

and spatial patterns and the 

transportation system associated with 

these activities. Proposed activities 

include: creating young forest on 

approximately 5,500 acres, improving 

stand structure and within-stand 

diversity on approximately 2,500 acres, 

and restoring stand conditions through 

a variety of non-harvest activities such 

as planting, biomass removal, and 

conducting prescribed burns to reduce 

risk of wildfire on approximately 5,200 

acres. The project has been specifically 

designed to: 

• Maintain existing patches of mature 

forest greater than 300 acres that would 

not lose interior forest qualities during 

the next ten years. 

• Create one 300-plus-acre patch of 

young forest by harvesting a mature 

patch that will not meet interior forest 

characteristics in ten years. 

• Reduce fragmentation by proposing 

regeneration harvests adjacent to 

existing young stands, including those 

proposed to be harvested on other 

ownership. 

• Maintain and improve habitat 

needed for threatened, endangered, and 

sensitive species. 

Possible Alternatives 

Alternative 1 is the no-action 

alternative. Alternative 2, the Modified 

Proposed Action, was developed based 

on the proposed action that was 

included in the Scoping Report and 

incorporates comments from the public 

and additional field information. 

Alternative 3 was developed to address 

the significant issues raised by the 

public during the Scoping comment 


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period. The Responsible Official 

directed the interdisciplinary team to 

develop an alternative that would not 

harvest or build roads directly adjacent 

to the BWCAW and would not harvest 

in an area perceived to be at higher risk 

from non-native invasive species. 

Responsible Official 

Mark E. Van Every, Kawishiwi 

District Ranger, 1393 Hwy 169, Ely MN, 

55731. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

An environmental analysis for the 

Glacier Project will evaluate sitespecific issues, consider management 

alternatives, and analyze the potential 

effects of the proposed action and 

alternatives. The scope of the project is 

limited to decisions concerning 

activities within the Glacier Project Area 

that meet the Purpose and Need, as well 

as desired conditions. An 

environmental impact statement will 

provide the Responsible Official, Mark 

E. Van Every, with the information 

needed to decide which actions, if any, 

to approve. 

Scoping Process 

The District Ranger mailed the Glacier 

Project Scoping Report to area 

landowners and other interested 

individuals and groups in May 2007. 

Based on comments received during the 

scoping period and additional 

information gathered by resource 

specialists, the District Ranger has 

directed the Glacier Project 

Interdisciplinary Team to develop an 

Environmental Impact Statement. The 

public will be notified that an EIS is 

being developed and will have an 

additional opportunity to submit 

comments before the Draft EIS will be 

completed. The public will be notified 

of the significant issues and possible 

alternatives that will be used to disclose 

the effects of the project. A public 

meeting is planned during the comment 

period on the Draft EIS. 

Preliminary Issues 

For significant issues were identified 

based on comments the public 

submitted on the May 2007 Scoping 

Report. These issues involve vegetation 

and associated road management 

adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe 

Area Wilderness, project activities that 

have the potential to affect lynx and 

lynx habitat, concern about non-native 

invasive species, and impacts to Forest 

Plan Inventoried Roadless Areas. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

Easement or permission to cross nonfederal property may be needed to 

access some treatment units to 

implement Forest Service activities. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Written comments 

will be solicited through a notice that 

will be sent to the Glacier Project 

mailing list. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the draft environmental 

impact statement will be 45 days from 

the date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

The Forest Service believes, at this 

early stage, it is important to give 

reviewers notice of several court rulings 

related to public participation in the 

environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of draft environmental impact 

statements must structure their 

participation in the environmental 

review of the proposal so that it is 

meaningful and alerts an agency to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, 

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the draft environmental impact 

statement stage but that are not raised 

until after completion of the final 

environmental impact statement may be 

waived or dismissed by the court. City 

of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 

1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin 

Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 

1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of 

these court rulings, it is very important 

that those interested in this proposed 

action participate by the close of the 45- 

day comment period so that substantive 

comments and objections are made 

available to the Forest Service at a time 

when it can meaningfully consider them 

and respond to them in the final 

environmental impact statement. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement or the merits of the 

alternatives formulated and discussed in 

the statement. Reviewers may wish to 

refer to the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: October 26, 2007. 

Mark E. Van Every, 

Kawishiwi District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 07–5457 Filed 11–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List products 

and services to be furnished by 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received on or 

Before: December 2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 

47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose 

is to provide interested persons an 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

proposed actions. 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in the 

notice for each product or service will 

be required to procure the products and 

services listed below from nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 


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