Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 5 / Tuesday, January 8, 2008 / Notices 1317 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Transfer of Farm Records 

Between Counties. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0253. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision. 

Abstract: Farm owners or operators 

may elect to transfer farm records 

between counties when the principal 

dwelling of the farm operator has 

changed, a change has occurred in the 

operation of the land, or a change that 

would cause the receiving 

administrative county office to be more 

accessible such as a new highway and 

relocation of the county office building 

site. The transfer of farm records is also 

required when an FSA county office 

closes. FSA County Committees from 

both the transferring and receiving 

county must approve or disapprove all 

proposed farm transfers. In some cases, 

the State Committee and/or the National 

Office must also approve or disapprove 

proposed farm transfers. 

Estimate of Burden: Average 10 

minutes per response. 

Type of Respondents: Owners and 

operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,500 hours. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information from those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget Approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 2, 

2008. 

Glen L. Keyyp, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, OR; 

Westside Rangeland Analysis 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement to authorize livestock grazing 

within the Westside Rangeland Analysis 

Area on the Wallowa Valley Ranger 

District of the Wallowa-Whitman 

National Forest. 

DATES: Written comments concerning 

the proposed action should be received 

by February 11, 2008. Send written 

comments and suggestions to Wallowa 

Valley District Ranger, WallowaWhitman National Forest, 88401 

Highway 82, Box A, Enterprise, OR 

97828. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Glassford, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forest, Wallowa Mountains Office, 

88401 Hwy 82, Box A, Enterprise, OR, 

Phone: (541) 426–5689. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need 

The purpose of and need for this 

action is to allocate forage for 

commercial livestock grazing. The 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Land 

and Resource Management Plan allows 

for livestock forage production where 

forage is in excess to basic plant and soil 

needs, wildlife needs, and where other 

specific resource conditions are to be 

achieved or maintained. While livestock 

grazing has been ongoing for many years 

in the Westside Rangeland Analysis 

Area, this grazing has been addressed 

through annual operating instructions 

which have not been subjected to a 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) analysis process. Thus, the 

NEPA process for this group of 

allotments is being initiated. 

Proposed Action 

The Westside Rangeland Analysis 

Area (63,507 acres) is located 

approximately 20 miles north of 

Enterprise, Oregon and is the portion of 

National Forest System lands within the 

Wallowa Valley Ranger District 

generally located west of State Highway 

3. The proposal will result in Allotment 

Management Plans for the six allotments 

within the Westside Rangeland Analysis 

Area: Buck Creek Allotment, Day Ridge 

Allotment, Mud Creek Allotment, North 

Powwatka Allotment, South Powwatka 

Allotment, and Tope Creek Allotment. 

Specific elements of the Proposed 

Action are as follows: 

Authorize a total of 1579 head-months 

of livestock grazing on the 22,718-acre 

Buck Creek Allotment between June 1 

and October 31. 

Authorize a total of 100 head-months 

of livestock grazing on the 2,765-acre 

Day Ridge Allotment between May 15 

and June 15. 

Authorize a total of 3,528 headmonths of livestock grazing on the 

11,032-acre Mud Creek Allotment 

between May 15 and September 15. 

Authorize a total of 774 head-months 

of livestock grazing on the 8074-acre 

North Powwatka Allotment between 

April 15 and November 15. 

Authorize a total of 1171 head-months 

of livestock grazing on the 11,455-acre 

South Powwatka Allotment between 

June 1 and October 31. 

Authorize a total of 429 head-months 

of livestock grazing on the 7,463-acre 

Tope Creek Allotment between June 1 

and September 30. 

Responsible Official 

The Wallowa Valley District Ranger, 

Barbara C. Van Alstine, will be the 

responsible official for making the 

decision and providing direction for the 

analysis. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether or not to authorize commercial 

livestock grazing within the Westside 

Rangeland Area. The responsible official 

will also decide whether or not to select 

the proposed action as stated or 

modified, or to select an alternative to 

it, any mitigation measures needed and 

any monitoring that may be required. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent begins the 

scoping process in the development of 

the environmental impact statement. 

Public participation is especially 

important at several points during the 

development of the EIS. The Forest 

Service is seeking information, 

comments, and coordination with the 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

tribal governments and individuals or 

organizations who may be interested in 

or affected by the proposed action. The 

public is asked to provide the 

responsible official with written 

comments describing their concerns 

about this project. The most useful 

comments to developing or refining the 

proposed action would be site specific 

concerns and those that pertain to 

authorizing livestock grazing within the 

Westside Rangeland Analysis Area that 

meets the Purpose of and Need for 


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Action. See DATES above for the mailing 

address for written comments. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected to be filed with 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) and to be available to the public 

for review by May 2008. EPA will 

publish a notice of availability of the 

draft EIS in the Federal Register. The 

comment period on the draft EIS will 

extend 45 days from the date the EPA 

notice appears in the Federal Register. 

At that time, copies of the draft EIS will 

be distributed to interested and affected 

agencies, organizations, and members of 

the public for their review and 

comment. It is very important that those 

interested in the management of the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

participate at that time. 

The final EIS is scheduled to be 

completed in September 2008. In the 

final EIS, the Forest Service is required 

to respond to substantive comments 

received during the comment period 

that pertain to the environmental 

consequences discussed in the draft EIS 

and applicable laws, regulations, and 

policies considered in making the 

decision regarding authorization of 

livestock grazing. 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 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. 

Substantive comments are defined as 

‘‘comments within the scope of the 

proposed action, specific to the 

proposed action, and have a direct 

relationship to the proposed action, and 

include supporting reasons for the 

Responsible Official to consider (36 CFR 

215.2). Submission of substantive 

comments is a prerequisite for eligibility 

to appeal under the 36 CFR part 215 

regulations. 

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. 

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: December 20, 2007. 

Barbara C. Van Alstine, 

Wallowa Valley District Ranger. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 52–2007)] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 202—Los Angeles, 

California, Area Application for 

Reorganization/Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Board of Harbor 

Commissioners of the City of Los 

Angeles, grantee of FTZ 202, requesting 

authority to reorganize and expand its 

zone in the Los Angeles area, adjacent 

to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Customs 

port of entry. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally filed on December 

19, 2007. 

FTZ 202 was approved on July 14, 

1994 (Board Order 693, 59 FR 37464, 7/ 

22/94), expanded on August 26, 1996 

(Board Order 842, 61 FR 46763, 9/5/96) 

and on July 9, 1999 (Board Order 1043, 

64 FR 38887, 7/20/99), and expanded/ 

reorganized on April 30, 2004 (Board 

Order 1331, 69 FR 26065, 5/11/04). The 

zone project currently consists of 22 

sites (5,704 acres) and a temporary site 

(10 acres) located at port facilities, 

industrial parks and warehouse 

facilities in Los Angeles, San 

Bernardino, Kern and Riverside 

Counties. (An expansion application is 

currently pending (Doc. 44–2006) to 

include a site (177 acres, Proposed Site 

23) within the Tejon Industrial Complex 

in Lebec.) 

The applicant is now requesting 

authority to reorganize and expand its 

zone project as follows. The changes 

will result in an overall net decrease of 

329.25 acres in zone acreage. 

Site 4 (Dominguez Technology 

Center)—Remove 35.4 acres (10 parcels) 

within the site due to changed 

circumstances (new site total—353.60 

acres); 

Site 5 (located at 300 W. Artesia 

Boulevard, Compton)—Remove the 

entire site from the zone project due to 

changed circumstances; 

New Proposed Site 5 (8.51 acres, 2 

parcels)—two warehouse facilities of 

3Plus Logistics located at 20250 South 

Alameda Street in Rancho Dominguez 

(6.13 acres) and at 2730 El Presidio 

Street in Carson (2.38 acres); 

Site 8 (located within Watson 

Industrial Center South, 1031/1035 

Watson Center Road, Carson)—Combine 

Site 8 and Site 10 (Watson Industrial 

Center South) to become Site 10 (new 

site total—325 acres); 

Site 9 (Harbor Gateway Industrial 

Area)—Expand the site to include 

Temporary Site 1 (10 acres) and include 

an additional 5.61 acres (Parcel A—

15.61 acres); expand to include an 

additional parcel at 1451 Knox Street in 

Torrance (Parcel C—7.26 acres); and, 

rename existing Site 9 as Parcel B (7 

acres) (new site total—29.87 acres); 

Site 11 (Watson Corporate Center)—

Expand the site to include an additional 

46.79 acres (3 contiguous parcels) 

located at 2417 East Carson Street in 

Carson (new site total—153.79 acres); 

Site 16 (Artesia Corridor Commerce 

Park)—Remove 9.8 acres within the site 

located at 1700 S. Wilmington Avenue, 

1401 W. Walnut Street and 1805 S. 

Wilmington Street in Compton due to 

changed circumstances (new total—

153.20 acres); 

Site 19 (Chino South Business Park)—

Remove 6.34 acres within the site 

located at 15982 San Antonio Avenue in 

Chino due to changed circumstances; 

and, expand the site to include an 

additional parcel (18.5 acres) located at 


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