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Vol. 60, No. 64

Tuesday, April 4, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Wild and Scenic River Suitability Study

for Big Sheep Creek, East Eagle Creek,

Five Points Creek, North Fork

Catherine Creek, Swamp Creek, and

Upper Grande Ronde River, WallowaWhitman National Forest, Baker,

Union, and Wallowa Counties, OR; and

Granite Creek and Sheep Creek,

Payette and Nez Perce National

Forests, Adams and Idaho Counties, ID

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

legislative environmental impact

statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service

will prepare a legislative environmental

impact statement (LEIS) and wild and

scenic river study report to determine

the eligibility and address the suitability

of sections of Big Sheep Creek, East

Eagle Creek, Five Points Creek, North

Fork Catherine Creek, Swamp Creek,

and the Upper Grande Ronde River

within the Wallowa-Whitman National

Forest boundary in Baker, Union, and

Wallowa Counties, Oregon; and Granite

and Sheep Creek within the Payette and

Nez Perce National Forest boundaries

(administrated by the WallowaWhitman National Forest) in Adams and

Idaho Counties, Idaho for inclusion into

the National Wild and Scenic Rivers

System. The Forest Service invites

written comments and suggestions on

the suitability of these river sections.

The agency gives notice of the

environmental analysis and decision

making process that will occur on this

study so that interested and affected

people are aware of how they may

participate and contribute to the final

recommendation to Congress.

DATES: Comments concerning the study

of these rivers should be received by

May 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and

suggestions concerning the management

of the river to Robert M. Richmond,

Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman

National Forest, P.O. Box 907, Baker

City, Oregon 97814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and draft LEIS should be directed to

Steve Davis, Wild & Scenic River

Planning Team Leader, WallowaWhitman National Forest, P.O. Box 907,

Baker City, Oregon 97814; telephone

(503) 523–1316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

USDA, Forest Service agreed to study

the eligibility and suitability (if

eligibility is confirmed) of Big Sheep

Creek, East Eagle Creek, Five Points

Creek, Granite Creek, North Fork of

Catherine Creek, Sheep Creek, Swamp

Creek, and Upper Grande Ronde River

for possible inclusion in the National

Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Section

5(d)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers

Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–542, 82 Stat.

906, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1271–1287)

allows for the study of new potential

wild and scenic rivers not designated

under Section 3(a) or designated for

study under Section 5(a) of the Act.

Section 5(d)(1) states ‘‘In all planning

for the use and development of water

and related land resources,

consideration shall be given by all

Federal agencies involved to potential

national, wild, scenic, and recreational

river areas.’’ The study will consider

within the Wallowa-Whitman National

Forest boundary a 48-mile segment of

Big Sheep Creek from its headwaters

(including the North, Middle, and South

Forks) to the Imnaha Wild and Scenic

River boundary; a 15-mile segment of

East Eagle Creek from its headwaters to

the Eagle Wild and Scenic River

boundary; a 12-mile segment of the

mainstem of Five Points Creek from its

headwaters, just north of the confluence

with the Middle Fork of Five Points

Creek, to the National Forest boundary;

a 13.5-mile segment of the North Fork

of Catherine Creek, from its headwaters

to the National Forest boundary; a 16.5-

mile segment of Swamp Creek from the

National Forest boundary to the Joseph

Creek Wild and Scenic River boundary;

and a 27.5-mile segment of the Upper

Grande Ronde River from its headwaters

to the National Forest boundary. The

study will also consider within the

Payette and Nez Perce National Forest

boundaries (administered by the

Wallow-Whitman National Forest) a

12.5-mile segment of Granite Creek and

a 15.5-mile segment of the East and

West Forks of Sheep Creek from their

headwaters to the Snake Wild and

Scenic River boundary. The studies will

include lands generally within 1⁄4 mile

from each stream bank. Preliminary

alternatives include recommending wild

and scenic designation for each segment

and an alternative that recommends

none of the segments for designation.

Robert M. Richmond, Forest

Supervisor, Wallow-Whitman National

Forest is the responsible official for

preparing the suitability study. The

Secretary of Agriculture, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, room 200–A,

Administration Building, Washington,

DC 20250 is the responsible official for

recommendations for wild and scenic

river designation.

Public participation is especially

important at several points in the study

process. The first point is the scoping

process (40 CFR 1501.7). The Forest

Service is seeking information,

comments, and assistance from Federal

State, and local agencies, affected Indian

tribes, individuals and organizations

who may be interested in or affected by

the proposed action. The public input

will be used in preparation of the draft

LEIS.

Initial scoping has occurred. Public

meetings have been held and comments

have been solicited by letters and

newspaper articles, starting in May of

1994. Additional scoping meetings are

planned. Federal, State, and local

agencies as well as the Confederated

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian

Reservation, the Nez Perce Tribe, user

groups, and other organizations

participated in scoping the issues that

should be considered. Additional

comments concerning the study of these

rivers are encouraged.

The draft LEIS is expected to be filed

with the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA), and available for public

review by June 1995. At that time, the

EPA will publish a notice of availability

of the draft LEIS in the Federal Register.

The comment period on the draft LEIS

will be 90 days from the date the EPA’s

notice of availability appears in the

Federal Register. It is very important

that those interested in the management

of this river participate at that time. To

be the most helpful, comments on the
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draft LEIS should be as specific as

possible, and may address the adequacy

of the statement or the merits of the

alternatives discussed (see The Council

on Environmental Quality Regulations

for implementing the procedural

provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR

1503.3). In addition, Federal court

decisions have established that

reviewers of draft LEIS must structure

their participation in the environmental

review of the proposal so that it is

meaningful and alerts an agency to the

reviewers’ 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 LEIS stage but that are

not raised until after completion of the

final LEIS may be waived or dismissed

by the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel,

803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1988) and

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490

f. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

The reason for this is to ensure 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 study and environmental

impact statement.

After the comment period ends on the

draft LEIS, comments will be analyzed

and considered by the Forest Service in

preparing the final LEIS. In the final

LEIS, the Forest Service will respond to

comments received. The final LEIS is

scheduled to be completed by October

1995. The Secretary will consider the

comments, responses, and consequences

discussed in the LEIS, applicable laws,

regulations, and policies in making a

recommendation to the President

regarding the suitability of these river

segments for inclusion into the National

Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The

final decision on inclusion of a river in

the National Wild and Scenic Rivers

System rests with the Congress of the

United States.

Dated: March 24, 1995.

Sterling J. Wilcox,

Acting Associate Deputy Chief.

[FR Doc. 95–8136 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3411–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 9–95]

Foreign-Trade Zone 93, Triangle J

Council of Governments; Application

for Subzone: AT&T/Custom

Manufacturing Services

(Telecommunication and Computer

Products) Whitsett, NC (Greensboro

area)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Triangle J Council of

Governments, grantee of FTZ 93,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the telecommunication and

computer products manufacturing plant

of Custom Manufacturing Services

(CMS), (subsidiary of AT&T

Corporation) in Whitsett (Guilford

County), North Carolina, adjacent to the

Greensboro Customs port of entry. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed

on March 27, 1995).

The CMS facility (3 buildings/210,000

sq. ft. on 19 acres) is located at 6537

Judge Adams Road, Whitsett, North

Carolina, 10 miles east of Greensboro.

The facility (400 employees) is used to

produce a variety of

telecommunications and computer

products, components and

subassemblies. Telecommunication

products include encryption devices,

speech compression devices, cellular

handsets and network equipment, ATM

and digital conferencing switches,

optical and voice recognition circuit

packs, teleconferencing bridges and

routers, and power equipment for voice

and data transmission. Computer

products include signal processing

computers, local-area network (LAN)/

wide-area network (WAN) equipment,

workstations, high resolution terminals,

printers, portable copiers, optical disk

drives, disk array controllers, and

memory modules. Most of the products

are manufactured under contract for

other AT&T plants and for other

telecommunication and computer

product manufacturers.

Foreign components currently

account for 15 percent of material used

in production. Items sourced from

abroad include cable assemblies,

computer parts and subassemblies, dial

pad assemblies, computer monitors and

displays, sheet glass, semiconductors,

integrated circuits, keypads, LCDs

(liquid crystal displays), LEDs (light

emitting diodes), microphones, power

supplies, printed circuit assemblies,

printed wiring boards, ringers, speakers,

switches, rectifiers, resistors,

transformers, transistors, capacitors,

connectors, diodes, and hardware,

including screws and bolts.

Zone procedures would exempt CMS

from Customs duty payments on foreign

components used in production for

export. On domestic sales, the company

would be able to choose the duty rate

that applies to the finished product

(duty rates, duty-free to 8.5%). The duty

rates on foreign components range from

duty-free to 10 percent. The application

indicates that zone procedures will

improve the plant’s international

competitiveness and will help increase

exports.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment is invited from

interested parties. Submissions (original

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the

Board’s Executive Secretary at the

address below. The closing period for

their receipt is June 5, 1995. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to June 18, 1995).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District

Office, 400 West Market Street, Suite

400, Greensboro, North Carolina

27401.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: March 28, 1995.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–8192 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation; Opportunity to Request

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to request

administrative review of antidumping or

countervailing duty order, finding, or

suspended investigation.