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additional public meetings are

scheduled at this time.

Comments from the public and other

agencies will be used to prepare the

Draft Supplemental EIS. The scoping

process to date has identified the

following preliminary issues:

1. What is the potential for

development of acid mine drainage and

mobilization of heavy metals from

geologic materials exposed by mining

activities?

2. How would existing mine facilities

and activities be changed to prevent,

control or treat ARD? What are the long

term maintenance requirements of these

facilities along with their predicted

long-term viability and stability and

how would bonding reflect these

changes?

3. What is the potential for adverse

impacts to water quality downstream of

project facilities due to ARD and how

would water quality be maintained and

beneficial uses protected?

4. Would fish and their habitat be

affected by ARD discharges into area

streams? What are the potential impacts

to fish species listed as threatened or

endangered under the Endangered

Species Act?

5. Would water monitoring be

adequate to detect and allow for the

correction of any water quality problems

resulting from the proposed action?

This list may be verified, expanded,

or modified based on additional scoping

for this proposal.

In order to implement the project, the

proponent, TCMC, must obtain approval

or consultation of their proposed

modification from other regulatory

agencies including the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA), National

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),

Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), Idaho

Department of Health and Welfare

(IDHW) and the Idaho Department of

Water Resources (IDWR).

Implementation may take place through

the selection of an alternative from the

Supplemental EIS.

The Challis National Forest is the lead

agency in this environmental analysis

and Supplemental EIS. The Salmon

District office of the Bureau of Land

Management is a cooperating agency.

The Draft Supplemental EIS is

expected to be filed with the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

and available for public review in late

July 1995. At that time, the EPA will

publish a Notice of Availability of the

Draft Supplemental EIS in the Federal

Register. The comment period on the

Draft Supplemental EIS will be 45 days

from the date the EPA’s notice of

availability appears in the Federal

Register. It is very important that those

interested in this proposal participate at

that time. To be most helpful, comments

on the Draft EIS should be as specific as

possible. The Final Supplemental EIS is

scheduled to be completed by

December, 1995.

The Forest Service believes, at this

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, Ind. 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.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments should be as specific as

possible. 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.

I am the responsible official for this

environmental impact statement. My

address is Salmon and Challis National

Forests, P.O. Box 729, Salmon, Idaho

83467.

Dated: February 3, 1995.

Charles C. Wildes,

Forest Supervisor, Challis National Forest.

[FR Doc. 95–3217 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Wildcat River Advisory Commission;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Wildcat River Advisory

Commission will meet at the Jackson

Town Hall in Jackson, New Hampshire,

on March 8, 1995. The purpose of the

meeting is to review the draft river

management plan for administration of

the designated Wild and Scenic Wildcat

River. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

requires the establishment of an

advisory commission to advise the

Secretary of Agriculture on

administration of the river. Interested

members of the public may obtain

copies of the draft plan from the Saco

Ranger District office. The public is

encouraged to attend the meeting and

may provide written comment on the

plan to the commissioners c/o the

district office.

DATES: The meeting will be held March

8, 1995, at 7:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Jackson Town Hall, Route 16B,

Jackson, New Hampshire.

Send written comments to David Pratt

III, Assistant District Ranger, Saco

Ranger District, White Mountain

National Forest, 33 Kancamagus

Highway, Conway, NH 03818.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Pratt III, Assistant District Ranger,

Saco Ranger District, (603) 447–5448.

Dated: February 1, 1995.

Rick D. Cables,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 95–3264 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Forms Under Review by Office of

Management and Budget

February 3, 1995.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35) since the last list was

published. This list is grouped into new

proposals, revisions, extension, or

reinstatements. Each entry contains the

following information:

(1) Agency proposing the information

collection; (2) Title the information

collection; (3) Form numbers(s), if

applicable; (4) Who will be required or

asked to report; (5) An estimate of the

number of responses; (6) An estimate of

the total number of hours needed to

provide the information; (7) Name and

telephone number of the agency contact

person.

Questions about the items in the

listing should be directed to the agency

person named at the end of each entry.

Copies of the proposed forms and

supporting documents may be obtained

from: