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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 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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Chapter 

20, Section 21). 

Dated: November 20, 2007. 

Misty A. Hays, 

Deputy District Ranger. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board Public Meeting Dates 

Announced 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has 

announced its meeting dates for 2008. 

These meetings are open to the public, 

and public comment is accepted at any 

time in writing and at the pleasure of 

the Board chair at each meeting for 

verbal comments. Persons wishing to 

speak may be given three minutes to 

address the Board. 

Meeting dates are the third 

Wednesday of each month unless 

otherwise indicated: 

January 3. 

February 20. 

March 19. 

April 16. 

May 21. 

June 18. 

July (No Meeting). 

August 20 (Summer Field Trip—TBA). 

September 17. 

October 15. 

November 19. 

December (No Meeting). 

January 6, 2009 (Tentative). 

ADDRESSES: Meetings will begin at 1 

p.m. and end no later than 5 p.m. at the 

Forest Service Center, 8221 S. Highway 

16, Rapid City, SD 57702. 

Agendas: The Board will consider a 

variety of issues related to national 

forest management. Agendas will be 

announced in advance in the news 

media but principally concern 

implementing phase two of the forest 

land and resource management plan. 

The Board will consider such topics as 

integrated vegetation management (wild 

and prescribed fire, fuels reduction, 

controlling insect epidemics, invasive 

species), travel management (off 

highway vehicles, the new OHV rule, 

and related topics), and forest 

fragmentation, among others. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Carroll, Committee Management 

Officer, Black Hills National Forest, 

25041 North Highway 16, Custer, SD 

57730, (605) 673–9200. 

Dated: December 1, 2007. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Opportunity To Comment on the 

Applicants for the North Central Texas 

Region, and the South Central 

California Region 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on 

the applicants for designation to provide 

official services in north central Texas, 

and the applicant for south central 

California. Enid Grain Inspection 

Company, Inc. (Enid) and Plainview 

Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, 

Inc. (Plainview) applied for counties in 

Texas, and California Agri Inspection 

Company, Ltd. (California Agri) applied 

for counties in California that were open 

for designation. 

DATES: Comments must be postmarked 

or electronically dated on or before 

January 2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on these applicants. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to 

Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

• Fax: Send by facsimile transmission 

to (202) 690–2755, Attention: Karen 

Guagliardo. 

• E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 

Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

• Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen 

Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 

Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, 

STOP 3604, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

3604. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments and reading any comments 

posted online. 

Read Applications and Comments: All 

applications and comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

office above during regular business 

hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc., 

currently designated October 1, 2007 

through September 30, 2010, asked 

GIPSA to remove the north central 

Texas region from its assigned 

geographical area. The north central 

Texas region is comprised of the 

following nineteen counties: Archer, 

Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Cottle, Fisher, 

Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, King, 

Knox, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall, 

Taylor, Throckmorton, Wichita, and 

Wilbarger. 

In the September 4, 2007, Federal 

Register (72 FR 50654), GIPSA asked 

persons interested in providing official 

services in the north central Texas 

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