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proposing a new Agreement between 

the City and the Forest Service to 

identify preferred administrative 

arrangements for their joint management 

of the Bull Run Watershed Management 

Unit. The purpose and hope of the 

Agreement is to document a new and 

more relevant relationship between the 

City and the Forest Service for the longterm stewardship of the Bull Run 

Watershed Management Unit that is 

built on a firm foundation of citizen 

involvement. 

The final Agreement is scheduled to 

be available in June 2007. In completing 

the Agreement, the Forest and the City 

will respond to comments received 

during the comment period. The Agency 

officials are Gary Larsen, Forest 

Supervisor, Mt. Hood National Forest 

for the Forest Service, and the City 

official is Randy Leonard, 

Commissioner-in-Charge, City of 

Portland Water Bureau for the City of 

Portland. 

(Authority: Sec. 2, Pub. L. 95–200, 91 

Stat. 1425 (16 U.S.C. 482b) 

Dated: February 12, 2007. 

Gary L. Larsen, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Becker Vegetation Management 

Project, Boise National Forest, Idaho 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Boise Ranger District of 

the Boise National Forest will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for a resource management project 

in the Crooked River Watershed. The 

14,500 acre project area is located 

approximately 18 miles northeast of 

Idaho City, Idaho, and about 48 miles 

northeast of Boise, Idaho. 

The agency invites written comments 

and suggestions on the scope of the 

analysis. The agency also hereby gives 

notice of the environmental analysis 

and decision-making process that will 

occur on the proposal so interested and 

affected people are aware of how they 

may participate and contribute to the 

final decision. At this time no public 

meetings to discuss the project are 

planned. 

Proposed Action: The primary 

purposes of the project are: (1) Manage 

the stand density, structure, and species 

composition to provide conditions that 

are more resistant to insect and disease 

infestations and uncharacteristic 

wildfire. Move towards the Forest Plan 

vegetation desired conditions, and 

maintain or increase the large tree 

component. (2) Modify stand density, 

structure, and species composition, to 

restore suitable habitat for white-headed 

woodpecker and flammulated owls. (3) 

Provide commercial timber that will 

contribute to the annual harvest of 

expected timber volume on the Boise 

National Forest while moving towards 

attaining the Forest Plan desired 

vegetative conditions. (4) Reduce tree 

stocking & brush within plantations in 

order to maintain good tree growth and 

vigor, to reduce fire hazard by removal 

of developing ladder fuels, and to 

reduce future susceptibility to insects 

and disease infestations. (5) Improve 

water quality and aquatic habitat by 

reducing long term sedimentation 

caused by existing roads. 

The Proposed Action would 

commercial harvest trees, and in some 

areas use a combination of commercial 

harvest thinning and pre-commercial 

thinning from approximately 1,970 

acres in the 14,500 acre project area. 

Regeneration harvest would occur on 

approximately 1,100 acres where insect 

and disease infestation is particularly 

severe. In addition approximately 4,700 

acres would have only pre-commercial 

removal of small diameter trees 

(including 1,688 acres of plantations). 

Within these areas of mechanical 

vegetation treatment, aspen clones 

would be managed by removing and 

reducing conifer competition in the 

immediate vicinity. Brush removal 

would occur within approximately 450 

additional acres of conifer plantations. 

An estimated 14.0 MMBF of timber 

would be harvested using ground-based 

yarding systems. 

Prescribed burning would occur 

within approximately 12,000 acres of 

project area to breakup the horizontal 

and vertical fuel continuity to reduce 

the chance of uncharacteristic stand 

replacement fires. Approximately 1,550 

acres would be a natural fuels burn area 

where no mechanical treatment would 

occur, these acres would include target 

areas and conditional or incidental burn 

areas. A burn block of approximately 

10,620 acres would target mechanically 

treated areas (commercial and precommercial thinning) and also include 

conditional or incidental burn areas. 

Approximately 15 acres would be 

targeted for native plant restoration. 

Whitebark pine restoration and 

enhancement is proposed in a 40 acre 

area around the summit of Pilot Peak. 

The proposed action would 

decommission and remove these from 

the transportation system approximately 

22 miles of currently authorized roads. 

Approximately 3.7 miles of temporary 

road would be constructed, and 

approximately 0.8 miles of new road 

would be constructed. Approximately 

6.5 miles of road currently not 

authorized would be improved by 

construction and added to the 

transportation system. Approximately 

15.6 miles of road would be closed 

(these would remain as authorized 

roads) that are currently open, and 10.9 

miles of closed road would be opened. 

Three culverts that are currently 

posing a fish migration barrier will be 

replaced and one would be removed as 

part of road decommissioning. 

Possible Alternatives to the Proposed 

Action: One alternative to the Proposed 

Action that will be considered is a no 

action alternative. Other alternatives 

will likely be developed as issues are 

identified and information received. 

Decisions to be Made: The Boise 

National Forest Supervisor will decide 

the following: What amount and 

distribution of commercial tree harvest 

and pre-commercial tree thinning or 

removal should be implemented to 

achieve the project objectives? What 

amount of prescribed fire should be 

implemented to achieve the project 

objectives? What amount of plantation 

thinning or brush removal should be 

implemented to achieve the project 

objectives? Which roads should be 

adopted as part of the forest-wide 

minimum transporation system? What 

existing roads are needed for long term 

management of the area? What 

additional roads, if any, are needed to 

implement the action? What roads are 

not needed and should be 

decommissioned or obliterated? What 

roads currently open should be closed? 

What culverts that are currently 

functioning as fish migration barriers 

should be replaced? Should 

opportunities for aspen enhancement 

and whitebark pine restoration be 

implemented as part of the planned 

actions? Should opportunities for native 

plant restoration be implemented? 

DATES: Comments concerning the 

proposed project and analysis are 

encouraged and should be postmarked 

or received within 30 days following 

publication of this announcement in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to the Boise National Forest, 

ATTN: Daniel Schlender, 1249 South 

Vinnell Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709 

or sent electronically to commentsintermtn-boise-idaho-city@fs.fed.us. 

Electronic comments must be submitted 

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compatible with Microsoft Word. 

Comments received in response to this 

request will be available for public 

inspection and will be released in their 

entirety if requested pursuant to the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information can be obtained 

from Daniel Schlender at the address 

mentioned above or by calling (208) 

373–4245. 

Schedule: Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS), July 2007. Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 

October 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire 

project area lies within Management 

Area 7 (North Fork Boise River), 

discussed on pages III–166 through III–

177 in the 2003 Boise National Land 

and Resource Management Plan. The 

project area occurs within Management 

Prescription Category 5.2 (Commodity 

Production Emphasis within Forested 

Landscapes). 

The comment period on the DEIS 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 the DEIS 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 contention. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

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

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the DEIS stage but are raised 

until after completion of the FEIS may 

be waived or dismissed by the courts. 

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

1002 (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 

DEIS 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 FEIS. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the DEIS should be as 

specific as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft 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. 

Responsible Official: Richard A. 

Smith, Forest Supervisor, Boise 

National Forest, 1249 South Vinnell 

Way, Suite 200, Boise, ID 83709. 

Dated: February 1, 2007. 

Frank V. Guzman, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List a product and services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 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: Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

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

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 1, December 15, and 

December 22nd 2006, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice 

(71 FR 69537; 75496; 76966) of 

proposed additions to the Procurement 

List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products and 

services listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4. 

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: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Product 

Retractable ID Badge Holder 

NSN: 8455–00–NIB–0012–Black 

NPA: West Texas Lighthouse for the 

Blind, San Angelo, TX 

Contracting Activity: GSA, Southwest 

Supply Center, Fort Worth, TX 

Coverage: A-list—for the total 

Government requirement as specified by 

the General Services Administration 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Base Supply 

Center, U.S. Census Bureau Federal 

Building, Suitland, MD. 

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for 

the Blind, Winston-Salem, NC. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Census 

Bureau, Suitland, MD. 

Service Type/Location: Base Supply 

Center & Individual Equipment 

Element, Patrick Air Force Base/40 

CONS/LGCBA (1201 Edward H. White II 

Street), Patrick AFB, FL. 

NPA: L.C. Industries For The Blind, 

Inc., Durham, NC. 

Contracting Activity: 45th Contracting 

Squadron/LGCAA, Patrick AFB, FL. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial 

Services, U.S. Park Police, 661 Cowles 

Ave, Horse Mounted Patrol (HMP) 

Office (Excluding Horse Stable Area), 

San Francisco, CA. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial 

Services, U.S. Park Police—Presidio 

Park Police Locations, 1217 Ralston 

Avenue (Excluding Basement Area), San 

Francisco, CA. 

NPA: Toolworks, Inc., San Francisco, 

CA. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Park Police 

(Presidio of San Francisco), San 

Francisco, CA. 


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