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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, 

Baker County, Oregon; North Fork 

Burnt River Mining 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplement to a final environmental 

impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service 

will prepare a supplemental 

environmental impact statement (SEIS) 

to address the order of Judge Paul 

Papak, United States District Court, 

District of Oregon (Hells Canyon 

Preservation Council, and Northwest 

Environmental Defense Center v. 

Richard J. Haines, Steve Ellis, and 

United States Forest Service, August 4, 

2006). Specifically the court found that 

the April 2004 North Fork Burnt River 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

was deficient because the Agency: (1) 

Did not require a certificate of 

compliance under 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1), 

also referred to as 401 under the Clean 

Water Act, prior to approvals of the 

Plans of Operations, (2) failed to ensure 

that authorized mining activities will 

comply with 313 of the Clean Water 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1323(a), on the 303(d) 

listed waters for water-quality limited 

for sedimentation, (3) failed to 

adequately analyze the selection of 

buffer widths for the riparian habitat 

conservation areas (RHCAs) and as such 

is inconsistent with INFISH standard 

MM–1, (4) failed to adequately analyze 

the necessity of new roads and whether 

alternatives exist and to provide specific 

assurances that the new road 

construction will comply with INFISH 

standard MM–2, (5) incorrectly 

determined that settling ponds are not 

structures subject to INFISH standard 

MM–2 and therefore failed to perform 

the required analysis under MM–2 as to 

alternative locations; and (6) failed to 

adequately analyze whether mining and 

private property access needs, 

administrative use and needs of other 

forest users are warranted exceptions to 

the open-road density guidelines of the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Land 

Management Plan. 

The SEIS will provide additional 

information and analysis to address the 

deficiencies noted by the court in the 

2004 FEIS, and record the analysis of a 

proposed non-significant projectspecific amendment to the WallowaWhitman National Forest’s Land and 

Resource Management Plan (LRMP) to 

change Standard #12 and Standard #13 

for Management Area 1(LRMP pg. 4–58), 

and Standard #9 for Management Area 

3, 3a (LRMP pg. 4–62) to reflect a more 

realistic and achievable open road 

density for these management areas in 

subwatersheds 83B, 83C, 83D, 83E, 83F 

and 83G within the North Fork Burnt 

River Mining planning area in light of 

the current and projected land uses and 

management activities for the 

foreseeable future. 

DATES: Comments on the scope of the 

analysis must be postmarked by April 6, 

2007, and should be addressed to the 

Responsible Official below. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions to Steve Ellis, Forest 

Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forest, PO Box 907, Baker City, OR, 

97814, or fax comments to (541) 523– 

1315. Written comments may be 

delivered to the office in Baker City, at 

1550 Dewey Avenue during normal 

business hours, up through 5 p.m. April 

6, 2006. 

ELECTRONIC COMMENTS: Comments may 

also be e-mailed to: commentspacificnorthwest-wallowa-whitmanwhitmanunit@fs.fed.us, by 5 p.m. April 

6, 2007. Those submitting electronic 

copies must do so only to the e-mail 

address listed above, must put the 

project name in the subject line, and 

must either submit comments as part of 

the e-mail message or as an attachment 

only in one of the following three 

formats: Microsoft Word, rich text 

format (rtf) or Abobe Portable Document 

Format (pdf). E-mails submitted to email addresses other than the one listed 

above or in other formats that those 

listed or containing viruses will be 

rejected. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be considered part of the public record 

on this proposed action and will be 

available for public inspection. 

Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), 

any person may request the agency to 

withhold a submission from the public 

record by showing how the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) permits such 

confidentiality. Persons requesting such 

confidentiality should be aware that, 

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be 

granted in only very limited 

circumstances, such as to protect trade 

secrets. The Forest Service will inform 

the requester of the agency’s decision 

regarding the request for confidentiality, 

and where the request is denied, the 

agency will return the submission and 

notify the requester that the comments 

may be resubmitted with or without 

name and address within 10 days. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). To file a 

complaint of discrimination, write to 

USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410, or call 

(800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720– 

6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sophia Miller, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forest, Wallowa Mountains Office, 

88401 Hwy 82, Box A, Enterprise, OR, 

Phone: (541) 426–5540. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scoping is 

not required for supplements to 

environmental impact statements (40 

CFR 1502.9(c)(4)). However, at their 

discretion the Agency is inviting 

comments at this time. Comments are 

sought to help the Agency identify 

specific information needs and 

analytical methodologies necessary to 

fully address the court identified 


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deficiencies. For comments to be most 

useful, they should be as specific as 

possible and submitted in writing by the 

date identified above. 

A notice will be prepared and 

circulated to affected Federal, State, and 

local agencies, affected tribes and 

individuals and organizations 

previously expressing an interest in the 

2004 FEIS. 

The Forest Supervisor for the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is 

the Responsible Official. The 

Responsible Official will decide 

whether or not to (1) Incorporate the 

supplemental analysis into the FEIS, 

and (2) amend the LRMP to change 

specific LRMP standards and guidelines 

for open road densities in 

subwatersheds 83B, 83C, 83D, 83E, 83F 

and 83G within the North Fork Burnt 

River Mining planning area. 

The Responsible Official will also 

document the decision and reasons for 

the decision in the Record of Decision. 

This Record of Decision will replace 

and supercede the vacated 2004 Record 

of Decision for the North Fork Burnt 

River Mining FEIS. This decision will 

be subject to Forest Service Appeal 

Regulations (36 CFR part 215). 

Dated: February 13, 2007. 

Steven A. Ellis, 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–750 Filed 2–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 1, 

2007, 3 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

624 9th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20425, Via Teleconference, Public CallIn number: 1–800–597–7623, Access 

Code Number: 9548257, Federal Relay 

Service: 1–800–877–8339. 

STATUS: 

Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Approval of Minutes of February 9, 

2007 Meeting 

III. Management and Operations 

• FY 2008 Budget Request 

IV. Future Agenda Items 

V. Adjourn 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Christopher Byrnes, Office 

of the Staff Director, (202) 376–7700. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–808 Filed 2–16–07; 3:22 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: Allocation of Resources for Fire 

Service and Medical Emergency Service. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 4,167. 

Number of Respondents: 128. 

Average Hours per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collected will be used to identify 

resource allocation strategies which 

most effectively mitigate community fire 

and health risks. The data will be 

collected in a format suitable for 

advance regression analysis. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–5167 or 

via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–2870 Filed 2–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcement of the American 

Petroleum Institute’s Standards 

Activities 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to develop or 

revise standards and request for public 

comment and participation in standards 

development. 

SUMMARY: The American Petroleum 

Institute (API), with the assistance of 

other interested parties, continues to 

develop standards, both national and 

international, in several areas. This 

notice lists the standardization efforts 

currently being conducted by API 

committees. The publication of this 

notice by the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) on 

behalf of API is being undertaken as a 

public service. NIST does not 

necessarily endorse, approve, or 

recommend the standards referenced. 

ADDRESSES: American Petroleum 

Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) 

682–8000, http://www.api.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All 

contact individuals listed in the 

supplementary information section of 

this notice may be reached at the 

American Petroleum Institute. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The American Petroleum Institute 

develops and publishes voluntary 

standards for equipment, materials, 

operations, and processes for the 

petroleum and natural gas industry. 

These standards are used by both 

private industry and by governmental 

agencies. All interested persons should 

contact the appropriate source as listed 

for further information. 

Pipeline Committee 

1165, 1st Edition: SCADA Display 

Standard 

1110, 5th Edition: Pressure Testing of 

Liquid Petroleum Pipelines 

For Further Information Contact: 

Andrea Johnson, Standards Department, 

e-mail: johnsona@api.org. 

Committee on Marketing 

RP 1550, 1st Edition: Recommended 

Practice for the Application of 

Aviation Fuel Filtration Systems 

RP 1598, 1st Edition: Guidelines for the 

Selection of Electronic Sensors for 

Monitoring Aviation Fuel Quality 


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