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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 112 

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Privacy Act System of Records; APHIS 

National Animal Identification System 

(NAIS); Notice of Indefinite Suspension 

of Effective Date 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed new system of records 

notice; notice of indefinite suspension 

of effective date. 

SUMMARY: This notice suspends 

indefinitely the effective date for the 

proposed new Privacy Act system of 

records entitled ‘‘National Animal 

Identification System (NAIS), USDA/ 

APHIS–16,’’ published at 73 FR 23412 

on April 30, 2008. 

DATES: This notice of suspension is 

hereby effective immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Barbara S. Good, Attorney-Advisor, 

Office of the General Counsel, General 

Law Division, Room 3311 South 

Agriculture Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1415. Ms. Good 

may also be reached at 202–720–8045, 

or barbara.good@ogc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although 

USDA published notice under the 

Privacy Act of this proposed new 

system with an effective date of June 9, 

2008, in an intervening civil action 

entitled ‘‘Mary-Louise Zanoni v. United 

States Department of Agriculture, Civil 

Action No.: 08–939 (EGS),’’ the U.S. 

District Court District of Columbia has 

ordered USDA to transmit a notice to 

the Federal Register suspending the 

effective date of June 9, 2008, pending 

further order of the Court. This notice 

reflects compliance with the District 

Court’s order of June 4, 2008, to suspend 

the effective date of the notice of new 

Privacy Act system. 

Report on a New System of Records: 

A report on this indefinite suspension of 

the effective date for a proposed new 

system of records, required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(r), as implemented by OMB 

Circular A–130, was sent to the 

Chairman, Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, 

United States Senate; the Chairman, 

Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, House of 

Representatives; and the Administrator, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. 

Dated: June 6, 2008. 

Edward T. Schafer, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–13065 Filed 6–9–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

2008-Crop Marketing Assistance Loans 

and Loan Deficiency Payments for 

Loan Commodities Except Cotton and 

Peanuts 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) will extend 

Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) and 

Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) for the 

2008 crop. The loan commodities 

covered by this Federal Register Notice 

include: wheat, corn, grain sorghum, 

barley, oats, soybeans, rice, sunflower 

seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, 

flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame 

seed, graded and non-graded wool, 

mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, and 

small chickpeas. As a result of this 

notice, CCC will be able to commence 

administration of 2008-crop MAL and 

LDP provisions and announce 

applicable 2008-crop loan rates, 

schedules of premiums and discounts, 

and other related rates. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Thompson, Director, Price 

Support Division, Farm Service Agency, 

USDA, STOP 0512, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0512; telephone: (202) 720–7901 or fax: 

(202) 690–3307; e-mail: 

candy.thompson@wdc.usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

CCC administers the loan program 

including MAL and LDP, which 

provides short-term financing to allow 

farmers to pay their bills soon after 

harvest and facilitate orderly marketing 

throughout the rest of the year. The loan 

program also provides significant 

income support when market prices are 

below statutory loan rates. Current 

regulations for MAL and LDP apply to 

the 2002 through 2007 crop years. 

The Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–234) (2008 

Farm Bill) authorized the continuation 

of MAL and LDP, under the regulations 

found at 7 CFR parts 1421, 1425, and 

1434, for all loan commodities for the 

2008 through 2012 crops. 

With the pending harvest of 2008- 

crop loan commodities, this notice 

announces that CCC will implement 

immediately MAL and LDP provisions 

for 2008-crop wheat, corn, grain 

sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, rice, 

sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, 

safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, 

crambe, sesame seed, graded and nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, 

lentils, and small chickpeas based on 

the current regulation in: 

• 7 CFR Part 1421, Grains and 

Similarly Handled Commodities— 

Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan 

Deficiency Payments for the 2002 

through 2007 Crop Years; 

• 7 CFR Part 1425, Cooperative 

Marketing Associations; and 

• 7 CFR Part 1434, Nonrecourse 

Marketing Assistance Loan and LDP 

Regulations for Honey. 

CCC plans to amend the applicable 

regulations to reflect changes provided 

by the 2008 Farm Bill by August 31, 

2008. 

In addition, as a result of this notice, 

CCC will be able to announce applicable 

2008-crop loan rates, schedules of 

premiums and discounts, and other 

related rates. 

Environmental Review 

FSA has determined that this change 

would not constitute a major Federal 

action that would significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 7 CFR 

Part 799, Environmental Quality and 

Related Environmental Concerns— 


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Compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act, 

implementing the regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), no 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 3, 2008. 

Teresa C. Lasseter, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 08–1334 Filed 6–5–08; 12:00 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

East Deer Lodge Valley Landscape 

Restoration Management 

Environmental Impact Statement, Deer 

Lodge County, MT 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) on a integrated restoration 

proposal to restore terrestrial and 

aquatic conditions by improving the 

health, vigor and resilience of forest 

stands of infected, dead and high risk 

trees; restoration and maintenance of 

grass and shrub communities through 

prescribed burning; the restoration of 

aspen age classes and diversity; 

improving recreation opportunities and 

grazing; capturing the economic value of 

the dead and dying mountain pine 

beetle infested and high risk trees; 

understory thinning, followed with 

prescribed burning, on small understory 

conifer trees; enhancing water quality 

and quantity and maintaining and 

restoring conditions for native fish 

populations. The integrated restoration 

EIS will also improve public safety and 

infrastructure by reconstructing, 

relocating, maintaining and improving 

signing, design and linkage of forest 

trails, road densities and travel 

management. The EIS will address the 

obliteration of roads as well as provide 

mitigation measures to avoid 

introducing and spreading invasive 

vegetation. The proposed action will 

occur on a project area of approximately 

39,000 acres of National Forest System 

land. The Forest Service will be using 

the Healthy Forest Restoration Act 

(HFRA). The East Deer Lodge Valley 

Landscape Restoration Project 

developed in response to the Healthy 

Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 

(PL 108–148). Title 1 of HFRA contains 

provisions to expedite hazardous fuel 

reduction and forest restoration projects 

on certain National Forest System lands 

at risk from wildland fire or are 

currently experiencing (or show 

imminent risk to) insect and disease 

epidemics (HFRA 2003, p. 15). Section 

1 02(a)(4) of the HFRA authorizes 

expedited vegetation management 

projects where conditions such as the 

existence of an insect or disease 

epidemic ‘‘* * * (poses) a significant 

threat to an ecosystem component, or 

forest or rangeland resource on the 

Federal land or adjacent non-Federal 

land.’’ (Ibid. p. 20). 

Title 1 of HFRA encourages federal 

agencies to involve state and local 

governments and citizens when 

developing plans and projects for 

vegetation treatment on federal and 

adjacent non-federal lands (Ibid., p. 7). 

A stewardship contract will be let upon 

reaching the project decision and 

implementation. The Record of Decision 

will disclose whether and where the 

Forest Supervisor decides to provide 

integrated restoration proposals for both 

the terrestrial and aquatic environments. 

DATES: A public mailing outlining the 

project timeline and public involvement 

opportunities is planned the summer 

and fall of 2008. Individuals who want 

to receive this mailing should contact us 

within 30 days of the publication of this 

NOI. To be most useful, comments 

concerning the scope of this project 

should be received by July 30, 2008. The 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

is anticipated in the spring or summer 

of 2009 followed by a 45-day public 

comment period. The Final 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Record of Decision should be completed 

by the spring of 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to the Pintler Ranger District, 

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 

Attn: Charlene Bucha Gentry, East Deer 

Lodge Valley Landscape Restoration 

Management EIS, 88 Business Loop, 

Philipsburg, MT 59858. The FAX 

number is (406) 859–3689. E-Mail 

comments can be submitted to the 

project leader, dfletcher@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposal and EIS 

should be directed to Charlene Bucha 

Gentry, District Ranger, Pintler Ranger 

District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

Forest, 88 Business Loop, Philipsburg, 

MT 59858; telephone (406) 859–3211 or 

David Fletcher, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 

Forest, Butte Ranger District/SO Annex, 

1820 Meadowlark Lane, Butte, MT 

59701 telephone (406) 494–0235. E-mail 

comments can be sent to 

dfletcher@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The 39,000 acre East 

Deer Lodge Valley Landscape 

Restoration Management Project is 

located in southwest Montana and is 

bounded by the Clark Fork River along 

Interstate 90 on the west and the 

Continental Divide above the Deer 

Lodge Valley on the east located within 

the Pintler Ranger District of the 

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 

Deer Lodge County. In 2006 a 

Memorandum of Understanding 

established the Forest Stewardship 

Partnership between a diverse group of 

individuals and the Forest Service to 

provide framework for cooperation and 

coordination between the Forest Service 

and the members of the Forest 

Stewardship Partnership to engage in 

joint project planning within the project 

area. 

Purpose and Need: The purpose and 

need for the East Deer Lodge Valley 

Landscape Restoration Management 

Project is to: (1) Restore terrestial and 

aquatic conditions and processes in the 

project area, including goals, objectives, 

management prescriptions, and 

standards and guidelines set forth in the 

Forest Plan; (2) respond to needs and 

opportunities identified in the East Deer 

Lodge Valley Landscape Assessment of 

2008; (3) capture the economic value of 

dead and dying mountain pine beetle 

infested and high risk trees; and (4) 

implement the Regional Integrated 

Restoration and Protection Strategy to 

help move the project area towards 

greater diversity, resiliency, and 

complexity; (5) incorporate Title 1 of 

HFRA which contains provisions to 

expediate hazardous fuel reduction and 

forest restoration projects on certain 

National Forest System lands that are at 

risk from wildland fire or are currently 

experiencing (or show imminent risk to) 

insect and desease epidemics (HFRA 

2003, p. 15). 

Proposed Action: The proposed action 

of the East Deer Lodge Valley Landscape 

Restoration Management Project is to: 

(1) Improve the health, vigor and 

resilience of up to approximately 2,200 

acres of forest stands of infected, dead 

and high risk trees; (2) treat 

approximately 13,900 acres of mixed 

conifer trees by a) cutting followed by 

prescribed burning to restore and 

maintain grass and shrub communities 

and b) reducing hazardous fuels that are 

at risk from wildfire; (3) prescribe 

thinning on approximately 600 acres of 

smaller understory trees situated under 

mature mixed conifer forests followed 

with prescribed burning. The majority 


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