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National Forest Land and Resource

Management Plan (1991). The

construction of any improvements or

new facilities authorized in the new

master plan will be dependent upon

future site specific environmental

analysis and decisions.

The Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA) has requested the Forest

Service analyze the improvements to the

Mt. Hood Meadows access road through

the ski area EIS, rather than through a

separate environmental document. As a

cooperating agency, FHWA will review

the supplemental EIS and sign a ROD

for its approval and funding actions

related to the access road. The decision

on the road improvements will be sitespecific, not conceptual, and would

authorize construction of any

improvements. FHWA decisions would

be implemented in accordance with 23

CFR Part 771.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to Roberta Moltzen, Forest Supervisor,

Mt. Hood National Forest, 2955 NW

Division Street, Gresham, Oregon 97030.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ken Davis, Hood River Ranger District,

Mt. Hood National Forest, 6780 Hwy.

35, Mt. Hood-Parkdale, Oregon 97041,

Telephone: (541) 352–6002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

original proposed action was to

establish Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area

as a full-season destination resort with:

a capacity of 15,000 persons; 1,500 units

of overnight housing on National Forest

System lands; 12 lifts and 1,166

developed acres of skiing; 46.3 acres of

parking; and miscellaneous winter and

summer uses. An expansion of the

existing permit area by 855 acres was

also proposed.

The May 1995 Record of Decision

would have authorized expansion of Mt.

Hood Meadows from a day-use ski area

to a full-season regional resort with: a

maximum capacity of 15,000 persons;

500 units of overnight housing on

National Forest System lands; 14 lifts

and 1,165 developed acres of skiing;

parking based upon an average car

occupancy and transit ridership

formula; and miscellaneous winter and

summer uses. An expansion of the

permit area by 796 acres would have

been authorized.

Since the reversal of the May 1991

decision, additional cultural resource

analysis has been conducted; the

Northwest Forest Plan has designated

portions of the proposed permit

expansion area as Late Successional

Reserve and Tier II Watershed; and

additional facilities authorized under

the ski area’s 1978 Master plan (Gulch

chairlift and Hood River Meadows base

area expansion) have been approved

and constructed. In May 1995, Mt. Hood

Meadows resort submitted a revised

application for a new Master Plan.

FHWA has also requested that

improvement of the Mt. Hood Meadows

access road be analyzed in the ski area

EIS, rather than through a separate

environmental document.

The new proposed action would

expand the existing day-use ski area to

a full-season ski/recreation area with: a

capacity of 15,210 persons; 15 chairlifts,

an unspecified number of surface lifts

and associated ski terrain; 36.9 acres of

parking; overnight use of skier service

facilities for ski/snowboard camps;

miscellaneous winter uses; and summer

recreation facilities and uses. An

expansion of the existing permit area by

796 acres is proposed. The new

proposed action includes amending the

Mt. Hood National Forest Land and

resource Management Plan to permit ski

area expansion and adoption of a new

master plan.

FHWA proposes to improve 0.7 mile

of Oregon Highway 35 and 0.6 mile of

the Mt. Hood Meadows access road

(Forest Road 3555) to improve safety

and to accommodate projected growth

in traffic levels and expansion of the ski

area. These improvements will be

analyzed through the supplemental EIS.

The FHWA will make a separate ROD

for the road improvements.

The supplement will be prepared and

circulated in the same manner as the

draft and final EIS (40 CFR 1502.9).

Comments received on the draft

supplemental EIS will be considered in

the preparation of the final supplement.

The draft supplement is expected to be

available for public review and

comment in April 1996. The comment

period on the draft supplement will be

45 days from the date the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

notice of availability appears in the

Federal Register.

The Forest Service believes it is

important at this early stage to give

reviewers notice of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. First,

reviewers of the draft supplement to the

EIS must structure their participation in

the environmental review of the

proposal so that it is meaningful and

alerts an agency to the reviewer position

and contentions. Vermont Yankee

Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S.

519.533 (1978). Also environmental

objections that could be raised at the

draft supplemental stage but that are not

raised until after completion of the final

Supplemental 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, 490f. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.

Wis. 1980).

Comments on the draft supplement

should be as specific as possible. It is

also helpful if comments refer to

specific pages or chapters of the draft

supplement. Comments may also

address the adequacy of the supplement

or the merits of the alternatives

formulated and discussed in the

supplement. 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.

At the end of the comment period on

the draft supplement, comments will be

analyzed and considered by the Forest

Service in preparing the final

Supplemental EIS. The final

supplement is scheduled to be

completed by July 1996.

The Responsible Official, Forest

Supervisor Roberta Moltzen will

consider the comments, responses,

environmental consequences discussed

in the final Supplemental EIS, and

applicable laws, regulations, and

policies. The responsible official will

document the decision and rationale for

the Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area in the

Record of Decision. The Forest Service

decision will be subject to Forest

Service Appeal Regulations (36 CFR

Part 217).

Dated: January 19, 1996.

Roberta Moltzen,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 96–1383 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Deposting of Stockyard; Crockett

Livestock Sales Co., Inc.; Maury City,

Tennessee; Correction

On November 29, 1995, a notice was

published in the Federal Register (95

FR 29119) giving notice of the deposting

for certain stockyards listing their

facility number, name, location, and

date of posting.

This notice is to correct the notice for

deposting of Crockett Livestock Sales,

Inc., Maury City, Tennessee. The market

below is still posted with the posting

number, name, address and posting

date.

TN–140—Crockett Livestock Sales Co.,

Inc.; Maury City, Tennessee, January

28, 1960.
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Done at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of

January 1996.

Daniel L. Van Ackeren,

Director, Livestock Marketing Division.

[FR Doc. 96–1416 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN-P

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

BS–3A Caernarvon Diversion Outfall

Management Project, Plaquemines

Parish, Louisiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural

Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, gives notice

that an Environmental Impact Statement

is not being prepared for the Caernarvon

Diversion Outfall Management Project,

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 3737 Government

Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302;

telephone number (318) 473–7751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of the

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

Environmental Impact Statement is not

needed for this project.

This project proposes to improve the

utilization of fresh water, sediments,

and nutrients from the Mississippi

River, via the Caernarvon Diversion

Structure, on approximately 23,800

acres of intermediate marsh in

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Project

measures include the construction of

variable-crested weirs, earthen plugs,

flow-thru culverts, and 12,000 feet of

spoil bank maintenance.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

federal, state, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Donald W. Gohmert.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

Donald W. Gohmert,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 96–1249 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

Rural Utilities Service

Barry Electric Cooperative; Finding of

No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has

made a finding of no significant impact

(FONSI) with respect to a request by

Barry Electric Cooperative to use its

general funds to construct a new

headquarters facility in Barry County,

Missouri. The FONSI is based on a

borrower’s environmental report (BER)

submitted to RUS by Barry Electric

Cooperative. RUS conducted an

independent evaluation of the report

and concurs with its scope and content.

In accordance with RUS Environmental

Policies and Procedures, 7 CFR Part

1794.61, RUS has adopted the BER as its

environmental assessment for the

project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence R. Wolfe, Senior

Environmental Protection Specialist,

Engineering and Environmental Staff,

RUS, Ag. Box 1569, Washington, D.C.

20250–1569, telephone (202) 720–1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

headquarters facility is proposed to be

located just north of Cassville adjacent

to Highway 37 in Section 17, Township

23 North, Range 27 West. The size of the

proposed site for the headquarters

facility is approximately 30 acres of

which 10 acres would be developed.

The headquarters facility would

consist of a 7,000 square foot office, a

35,000 square foot warehouse and 850

square foot covered storage building,

and approximately 36,000 square feet of

open storage area for poles,

transformers, dumpsters, service and

field employee vehicles, radio antenna,

and salvage. The facility will also

include parking for the cooperative

employees and the public and a drive

through depository window.

The buildings to be constructed will

be pre-engineered metal. The parking

and drive lanes will be a hard surface

of either asphalt or concrete. The

covered and open storage area will be

surfaced with crushed rock and

surrounded by a chain-link fence.

RUS considered the alternative of

taking no action that would approve

Barry Electric Cooperative’s

construction of the proposed

headquarters facility.

Copies of the BER and FONSI are

available for review at, or can be

obtained from, RUS at the address

provided herein or from Mr. Earle W.

Shiveley, Barry Electric Cooperative,

P.O. Box 307, 100 Main Street,

Cassville, Missouri 65625, telephone

(417) 847–2131.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Adam M. Golodner,

Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.

[FR Doc. 96–1417 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development

Administration

Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms

for Determination of Eligibility To

Apply for Trade Adjustment

Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development

Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: To give firms an opportunity to

comment.

Petitions have been accepted for filing

on the dates indicated from the firms

listed below.

LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD 11/21/95–01/17/95

Firm name Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Chaffin Manufacturing, Inc ........................ 1001 S. Echo, P.O. Box 975, Holdenville,

OK 74848.

11/27/95 Oilfield pumps.