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advance of the renewal date of the

agreement.

A review of the revenue collected for

application and inspection fees and

contract fees indicates that the fees

collected are insufficient to meet costs

incurred by CCC for warehouse

examinations and contract origination

administrative functions. Accordingly,

beginning with the 1995–96 contract

year, the fees are changed by increasing

by 30 percent those fees applicable to

the 1994–95 contract year.

Determination

The fees set forth herein will be

collected by the Commodity Credit

Corporation (CCC) from non-Federally

licensed warehouse operators in States

which do not have a Cooperative

Agreement with CCC for warehouse

examination services and who have

entered into a storage agreement with

CCC or who are seeking to enter into a

storage agreement with CCC.

Application and Inspection Fees

The fee will be computed at the rate

of $13 for each 10,000 bushels of storage

capacity or fraction thereof, but the fee

will be not less than $130 nor more than

$1,300.

Contract Fees

The contract fee will be collected by

CCC from warehouse operators who

have entered into or will enter into a

storage agreement with CCC but who do

not have a Federal warehouse license or

a State warehouse license issued by a

State having a Cooperative Agreement

with CCC for warehouse examination

services.

TWELVE-MONTH CONTRACT FEE

SCHEDULE

Location capacity (bushels)

Contract

fees

(dollars)

1 to 150,000 ............................. $130

150,001 to 250,000 .................. 260

250,001 to 500,000 .................. 390

500,001 to 750,000 .................. 520

750,001 to 1,000,000 ............... 650

1,000,001 to 1,200,000 ............ 780

1,200,001 to 1,500,000 ............ 910

1,500,001 to 2,000,000 ............ 1,040

2,000,001 to 2,500,000 ............ 1,170

2,500,001 to 5,000,000 ............ 1,300

5,000,001 to 7,500,000 ............ 1,430

7,500,001 to 10,000,000 .......... 1,560

10,000,001 + ............................ 1 1,560

1Plus $40 per million bushels above

10,000,000 or fraction thereof.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on March 3,

1995.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 95–5994 Filed 3–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

Forest Service

Pilot Creek Environmental Impact

Statement, Six Rivers National Forest,

Humboldt County, CA; Revised Notice

of Intent

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS).

SUMMARY: The Forest Service published

a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

in the Federal Register (56 FR 3068) on

January 15, 1991 for the proposed

timber management project in the Pilot

and Torrey Compartments of the Mad

River Ranger District. The draft EIS was

delayed due to a change in project

objectives. A revised NOI was published

in the Federal Register (57 FR 30715) on

June 19, 1992. The objectives of the

project were modified to implement a

strategy that would accelerate the

development of late seral habitat

characteristics and result in timber

production. The draft EIS was expected

to be available for public review in June

1993. The draft EIS was delayed due to

anticipated changes resulting from

President Clinton’s Forest Conference

held in April of 1993.

As a result of the Forest Conference,

The Record of Decision for

Amendments to Forest Service and

Bureau of Land Management Planning

Documents Within the Range of the

Northern Spotted Owl (ROD) was signed

on April 13, 1994. Subsequently, as

required by the ROD, a Watershed

Analysis for the Pilot Creek watershed

was developed. Survey protocol

requirements were also completed for

marbled murrelet within the Pilot Creek

project area.

The objectives of the Pilot Creek

project have been modified to bring the

project in line with ecosystem

management concepts and to be

consistent with direction contained

within the ROD and the Six Rivers

National Forest Land and Resource

Management Plan (LRMP), scheduled

for implementation April 1995.

The revised project objectives are to:

1. Maintain existing late seral conifer

stands.

2. Accelerate the development of late

seral characteristics within conifer

stands.

3. Restore currently degraded

conditions which pose risks to riparian

and aquatic ecosystems.

4. Maintain or enhance oak woodland

habitat.

5. Reduce the risk of catastrophic loss

due to wildfire.

6. Contribute to the short-term

demand for timber and the socioeconomic well-being of local

communities.

Substantial scoping has been

conducted on this project and includes

public meetings, written

correspondence, field trips and one-onone discussions. The driving issues that

were used to develop project

alternatives focused on water quality

and the released roadless area. Five

alternatives were developed that will be

redesigned to incorporate the expanded

objectives and brought into consistency

with the ROD and LRMP.

The project area has been expanded to

encompass the entire Pilot Creek

watershed and now covers 25,442 acres.

The project area is within the Hayfork

Adaptive Management Area which, as

described in the ROD, is designed for

the development, testing, and

application of forest management

practices.

The draft EIS is now expected to be

filed with the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and available for public

review in June 1995. At that time the

EPA will publish a notice of availability

of the draft EIS in the Federal Register.

The final EIS is now scheduled to be

completed in November 1995.

The comment period on the draft

environmental impact statement will be

45 days from the date the EPA’s Notice

of Availability appears 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 a Draft EIS 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 stage but that are not

raised until after completion of the final

EIS 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
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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 EIS.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft EIS should be as

specific as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft statement.

Comments may also address the

adequacy of the draft EIS 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marcia Andre, District Ranger, Mad

River Ranger District, Star Route Box

300, Bridgeville, California 95526 or

telephone Janice Stevenson, Project

Planner (707) 574–6233.

Dated: February 22, 1995.

Harold J. Slate,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 95–5840 Filed 3–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

California Spotted Owl EIS

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

open house in which the public is

invited to participate in information

exchange regarding alternatives being

considered in the California Spotted

Owl Draft Environmental Impact

Statement, as they affect the Sequoia

National Forest area.

DATES AND TIME: April 10, from 7 p.m.

to 9:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: Kernville Elementary School,

13350 Sierra Way, Kernville, CA 93238.

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Judy Schutza, Hot Springs

Ranger District, Route 4, Box 548,

California Hot Springs, CA 93207. (805)

548–6503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest

Service has released a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

to amend the Pacific Southwest

Regional Guide and Sierran Province

Forest Plans with new management

direction for the California Spotted Owl.

The purpose of this meeting is to

exchange information with the public

regarding the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement and the preferred

alternative.

The meeting will be informally

structured. A member of the team that

prepared the DEIS will be available to

answer questions and discuss the DEIS.

Visual media depicting the alternatives

and selected environmental

consequences will be displayed.

Judy Schutza,

District Ranger.

[FR Doc. 95–5931 Filed 3–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 95–002N]

Exemption for Retail Stores;

Adjustment of Dollar Limitations

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the dollar limitation currently in effect

on the annual sales of poultry products

that can be sold by retail stores exempt

from Federal inspection requirements to

consumers other than household

consumers, such as hotels, restaurants

and similar institutions, has been

adjusted to conform with price change

for poultry products as indicated by the

Consumer Price Index. The dollar

limitation for poultry products

increased from $34,500 to $35,700 for

calendar year 1995. The dollar

limitation for meat products remains at

$38,900 for calendar year 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paula M. Cohen, Director, Regulations

Development, Policy, Evaluation and

Planning Staff, Food Safety and

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250,

(202) 720–7164.

Background

Federal inspection of meat and

poultry products prepared for sale or

distribution in commerce or in States

designated under section 301(c) of the

Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21

U.S.C. 661(c)) and section 5(c) of the

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA)

(21 U.S.C. 454(c)) is required by law and

administered by the Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS). However,

section 301(c)(2) of the FMIA (21 U.S.C.

661(c)(2)) and section 5(c)(2) of the PPIA

(21 U.S.C. 454(c)(2)) state that the

general requirement of routine Federal

inspection ‘‘* * * shall not apply to

operations of types traditionally and

usually conducted at retail stores * * *

when conducted at any retail store

* * * for sale in normal retail quantities

* * * to consumers * * *.’’

FSIS regulations (9 CFR 303.1(d) and

381.10(d)) define retail stores that

qualify for exemption from routine

Federal inspection under the FMIA or

PPIA. Under the regulations, whether an

establishment is an exempt retail

establishment depends, in part, upon

the percentage and volume of its trade

with consumers other than household

consumers, such as hotels, restaurants

and similar institutions. Accordingly,

the Federal meat and poultry products

inspection regulations state in terms of

dollars the maximum amount of meat

and poultry products which may be sold

to nonhousehold consumers if the

establishment is to remain an exempt

retail establishment. During calendar

year 1994, the maximum amount for

meat products was $38,900; for poultry

products, the amount was $34,500.

The Federal meat and poultry

products inspection regulations (9 CFR

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b)) further provide that

the dollar limitation on product sales by

retail stores to consumers other than

household consumers will be

automatically adjusted during the first

quarter of each calendar year whenever

the Consumer Price Index, published by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),

Department of Labor, indicates a change

during the previous year in the price of

the same volume of product exceeding

$500, upward or downward. The

regulations also require that notice of

the adjusted dollar limitation be

published in the Federal Register.

The BLS Consumer Price Index for

1994 indicates an average annual price

increase in meat products of 0.6 percent

and an average annual price increase in

poultry products of 3.4 percent. When

rounded off to the nearest $100, the

price increase for meat products

amounts to $200 and the price increase

for poultry products amounts to $1,200.

As a percentage of the existing dollar

limitation, change in excess of $500 is

indicated for poultry products only.

Accordingly, FSIS, in accordance

with §§ 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b) of the regulations,

has maintained the dollar limitation of

permitted sales of meat products at

$38,900 and raised the dollar limitation

of permitted sales for poultry products

from $34,500 to $35,700.