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Plan). Segments of the designated road 

system would be reconstructed to 

improve drainage, reduce sediments, 

ensure fish passage and provide 

improved public safety before log 

hauling could occur. 

3. Treating slash created from timber 

harvest by broadcast burn or pile burn. 

All treatments are planned within 

Desired Future Condition (DFC) area 1B. 

The management emphasis for DFC 1B 

is scheduled wood fiber production and 

use, livestock production, and other 

commodity outputs. 

Possible Alternatives 

Alternative 2—No Action Alternative 

This alternative is required under 

NEPA regulations and also serves as a 

baseline of information for comparison 

of other alternatives. Though this 

alternative does not respond to the 

purpose and need for action, it does 

address some issues. 

Responsible Official 

Jay Dunbar, District Forest Ranger, 

Greys River Ranger District, Afton, 

Wyoming. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

This decision will be whether or not 

to implement specific vegetation 

management projects and associated 

road improvements, as allowed in the 

LRMP and LSA. The decision would 

include any mitigation measures needed 

in addition to those prescribed in the 

LRMP. 

Scoping Process 

The Forest Service is seeking 

information, comments, and assistance 

from individuals, organizations, tribal 

governments, and federal, state, and 

local agencies interested in or affected 

by this project. In addition, comments 

submitted on the March 9, 2007 scoping 

effort will also be considered in 

preparation of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement. Public participation 

will be solicited by notifying in person 

and/or by mail known interested and 

affected publics. News releases will be 

used to give the public general notice. 

Public participation activities would 

include requests for written comments. 

The first formal opportunity to comment 

is to respond to this notice of intent, 

which initiates the scoping process (40 

CFR 1501.7). Scoping includes: (1) 

Identifying potential issues, (2) 

narrowing the potential issues and 

identifying significant issues of those 

that have been covered by prior 

environmental review, (3) exploring 

alternatives in addition to No Action, 

and (4) identifying potential 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action and alternatives. 

Preliminary Issues 

The Forest Service has identified the 

following potential issues. Your input is 

especially valuable here. It will help us 

determine which of these merit detailed 

analysis. It will also help identify 

additional issues related to the proposed 

action that may not be listed here. 

Issue 1—The effects of vegetative 

treatment on lynx foraging habitat, 

security cover for elk and other habitat, 

including Snake River cutthroat trout 

habitat. 

Issue 2—The effects of vegetative 

treatment on forest health, specifically 

the high proportion of older age class 

conifer stands and declining tree 

condition, including high dwarf 

mistletoe infection levels in lodgepole 

pine. 

Issue 3—The effects of vegetative 

treatment on fuel loading. High fuel 

loadings exist in dead and down 

material, as well as from recent 

mortality losses, due to mountain pine 

beetle and long-term site productivity. 

Issue 4—The effects of roads and 

harvest activities on water quality. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review 

The Draft EIS (DEIS) is proposed to be 

filed with the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and to be available for 

public comment in the winter of 2008. 

At that time, the EPA will publish a 

notice of availability for the DEIS in the 

Federal Register. The comment period 

on the DEIS will be 45 days from the 

date the EPA 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 courts (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 4, 2007. 

Heidi Whitlatch, 

Acting District Forest Ranger. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Meeting 

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 17, 

2007. 1 p.m.–2:45 p.m. 

Place: Office of Cuba Broadcasting, 

Conference Room, 4201 NW. 77th Ave., 

Miami, FL 33166. 

Closed Meeting: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in closed session to review 

and discuss a number of issues relating 

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. 

They will address internal procedural, 

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well 

as sensitive foreign policy issues 

relating to potential options in the U.S. 

international broadcasting field. This 

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meeting is closed because if open it 

likely would either disclose matters that 

would be properly classified to be kept 

secret in the interest of foreign policy 

under the appropriate executive order (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)) In 

addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6)) 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Carol 

Booker at (202) 203–4545. 

Dated: October 9, 2007. 

Carol Booker, 

Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–5118 Filed 10–12–07; 12:01 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–428–840, A–580–860, A–570–920, C–570–

921) 

Notice of Extension of the Deadline for 

Determining the Adequacy of the 

Antidumping Duty Petitions: 

Lightweight Thermal Paper from 

Germany, the Republic of Korea, and 

the People’s Republic of China; and 

the Countervailing Duty Petition: 

Lightweight Thermal Paper from the 

People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Minoo Hatten at (202) 482–1690 and 

Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482–0665 

(Republic of Korea); Blanche Ziv at 

(202) 482–4207, Hallie Zink at (202) 

482–6907, and Scott Holland at (202) 

482–1279 (People’s Republic of China), 

Victoria Cho at (202) 482–5075 and 

Christopher Hargett at (202) 482–4161 

(Germany), AD/CVD Operations, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

EXTENSION OF INITIATION OF 

INVESTIGATIONS 

The Petitions 

On September 19, 2007, the 

Department of Commerce (Department) 

received antidumping and 

countervailing duty petitions filed by 

Appleton Papers, Inc. (petitioner) on 

behalf of the domestic industry 

producing lightweight thermal paper. 

See Antidumping Duty Petitions on 

Lightweight Thermal Paper from 

Germany, the Republic of Korea, and 

the People’s Republic of China and 

Countervailing Duty Petition on 

Lightweight Thermal Paper from the 

People’s Republic of China (September 

19, 2007) (Petitions). 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petition 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

that a petition be filed by or on behalf 

of the domestic industry. Section 

732(c)(4)(A) of the Act provides that the 

Department’s industry support 

determination be based on whether a 

minimum percentage of the relevant 

industry supports the petition. A 

petition meets this requirement if the 

domestic producers or workers who 

support the petition account for: (i) at 

least 25 percent of the total production 

of the domestic like product; and (ii) 

more than 50 percent of the production 

of the domestic like product produced 

by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the petition. Moreover, section 

732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provides that, if 

the petition does not establish support 

of domestic producers or workers 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product, the Department shall: (i) poll 

the industry or rely on other 

information in order to determine if 

there is support for the petition, as 

required by subparagraph (A), or (ii) if 

there is a large number of producers, 

determine industry support using a 

statistically valid sampling method to 

poll the industry. 

Extension of Time 

Section 732(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act 

provides that within 20 days of the 

filing of an antidumping duty petition, 

the Department will determine, inter 

alia, whether the petition has been filed 

by or on behalf of the U.S. industry 

producing the domestic like product. 

Section 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provides 

that the deadline for the initiation 

determination, in exceptional 

circumstances, may be extended by 20 

days in any case in which the 

Department must ‘‘poll or otherwise 

determine support for the petition by 

the industry.’’ Because it is not clear 

from the petition whether the industry 

support criteria have been met, the 

Department has determined to extend 

the time for initiating an investigation in 

order to poll the domestic industry. 

The Department will need additional 

time to analyze the domestic producers’

responses to the Department’s request 

for information. Therefore, it is 

necessary to extend the deadline 

determining the adequacy of the 

petition for a period not to exceed 40 

days from the filing of the petition. As 

a result, the initiation determination 

will now be due no later than October 

29, 2007. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

The Department will contact the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

and will make this extension notice 

available to the ITC. 

Dated: October 09, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–20345 Filed 10–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–533–838 

Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from 

India: Extension of Time Limit for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yang Jin Chun or Richard Rimlinger, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–5760 and (202) 

482–4477, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

At the request of an interested party, 

the Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated the administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on carbazole violet pigment 23 from 

India for the period December 1, 2005, 

through November 30, 2006. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Request for Revocation in 

Part, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 2007). On 

August 22, 2007, we extended the due 

date for the completion of the 

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