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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

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Notices Federal Register

31502

Vol. 61, No. 120

Thursday, June 20, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 14, 1996.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted the following information

collection requirement(s) to OMB for

review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding these information collections

are best assured of having their full

effect if received within 30 days of this

notification. Comments should be

addressed to: Desk Officer for

Agriculture, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Officer, USDA,

PACC–IRM, Ag Box 7630, Washington,

D.C. 20250–7630. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling (202) 720–6204 or (202) 720–

6746.

• Rural Development

Title: Borrower Supervision, Servicing

and Collection of Single Family Housing

Loan Accounts, 7 CFR 1951–G.

Summary: This program enables rural

residents of low and moderate income

to become homeowners of an adequate

but modest dwelling. It also enables

very low income owner-occupants to

obtain loans to remove safety and health

hazards from their homes.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information requested includes

borrower financial information such as

household income, assets and liabilities

and monthly expenses. The information

is vital to determine if borrowers qualify

for the services offered and to assure

that they receive all assistance for which

they are eligible.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 29,000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 11,638.

• National Agricultural Statistics

Services

Title: Stocks Report.

Summary: Information is collected on

stocks of grain, rice, potatoes, peanuts,

hops, and dry beans. Estimates of stocks

provide essential statistics on supplies

and contributes to orderly marketing.

Need and Use of the Information: The

data is used by USDA to administer

various programs, including foreign

trade, marketing, nutrition, economic

analysis, and administration of farm

programs.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 13,218.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Monthly; Quarterly.

Total Burden Hours: 14,766.

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Domestic Quarantines.

Summary: The information collected

is necessary to determine compliance

with domestic quarantines. Quarantines

are necessary to regulate movement of

articles from infested/infected areas to

non-infested/non-infected areas.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information obtained is used to

determine compliance with regulations

and for issuance of forms, permits,

certificates, and other required

documents. The information helps

prevent the spread of insect infestation

throughout the United States.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 174,101.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 99,027.

Emergency processing of this

submission has been requested by June

14, 1996.

• Food and Consumer Service

Title: Food Security Supplement to

the Correct Population Survey—II.

Summary: This survey will collect

data on household food expenditures,

food assistance, and food adequacy that

will allow FCS to measure and analyze

the extent of food insecurity and hunger

in the U.S.

Need and Use of the Information: The

purpose is to obtain reliable data from

a large representative national sample of

people in order to track the prevalence

of food insecurity and hunger. The data

will assist in better identifying the

dimension of national food-security

problems, monitoring hunger in these

conditions, planning nutritional and

other health related policies and

assessing the impacts of policies

undertaken.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 8,330.

• Foreign Agricultural Service

Title: Financing Commercial Sales of

Agricultural Commodities Under Title I,

P.L. 480.

Summary: Title I of the Agricultural

Trade Development and Assistance Act

of 1954 provides for U.S. Government

financing of sales of U.S. agricultural

commodities to foreign countries.

Need and Use of the Information: The

data is needed to administer the

program within the guidelines set forth

under this Act.

Description of Respondents: Business

and other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 103.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 538.

Larry Roberson,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–15769 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Forest Service

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Thunder Mountain Project, Dewey

Gold/Silver Mine, on the Krassel

Ranger District of the Payette National

Forest, Valley County, Idaho

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) for a proposal submitted

by USMX Inc. USMX’s proposal is to

develop a new open pit gold/silver mine

in the Thunder Mountain Mining

District located in Valley County, Idaho.

The mine would be located on private

and National Forest System (NFS) lands
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 120 / Thursday, June 20, 1996 / Notices 31503

within the Krassel Ranger District of the

Payette National Forest.

The EIS will focus on: (1)

construction of one mine pit, process

facility, and haul road or conveyer on

private land in the headwaters of Mule

Creek, (2) construction of one waste

dump on NFS land in the headwaters of

Mule Creek, (3) construction of a

dedicated heap facility on private land

in Venable Saddle, and (4) the

transportation of equipment and fuel

across NFS lands to the mine site. The

proposal will be referred to as the

Dewey Mine project.

The Forest Service invites comments

on the scope of the analysis to be

included in the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS). In addition,

the Forest Service gives notice that it is

beginning a full environmental analysis

of this proposal and that interested or

affected people may participate and

contribute to the final decision. Issues

raised will help establish the scope of

the environmental analysis and develop

the range of alternatives to be

considered. The Forest Service

welcomes any public or agency

comments on this proposal.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope

of the analysis must be received by July

21, 1996, to ensure timely

consideration. The Forest Service will

conduct three open-house scoping

meetings to allow interested parties an

opportunity to identify issues and

concerns. Representatives of the Forest

Service and USMX will be available to

answer questions about the proposed

Plan of Operations.

Meetings will be held as follows:

June 26, 1996, 7:00 pm (MDT) at the

Payette National Forest Supervisor’s

Office, 800 West Lakeside Avenue, in

McCall, Idaho.

June 27, 1996, 7:00 pm (MDT) at

location to be announced, in Boise,

Idaho.

July 1, 1996, 7:00 pm (MDT) at the

Town Hall in Yellow Pine, Idaho.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

and suggestions to: Dewey Mine EIS,

Payette National Forest, P.O. Box 1026,

McCall, Idaho, 83638.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions about the proposed

action and DEIS to Fred Dauber, Krassel

District Ranger, Krassel District Office,

P.O. Box 1026, McCall, Idaho, 83638,

telephone (208) 634–0614.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USMX,

Inc., has submitted to the Payette

National Forest a proposed Plan of

Operations for a new mine to be located

in the Thunder Mountain Mining

District in Valley County, Idaho. The

Plan describes proposed development,

operational, and reclamation activities

for the Dewey Mine, an open pit

precious metal (gold and silver) mining

and cyanide heap leaching operation.

The proposal includes the following

components:

• Developing an open pit in the

vicinity of existing underground and

surface workings which were last

worked in the early 1980’s by the

Golden Reef Joint Venture.

• Constructing a synthetically lined

pad and loading it with ore to which a

sodium cyanide solution will be applied

in order to leach gold and silver values.

This pad will be at the location of the

former Sunnyside Mine on-off leach pad

used by Coeur d’Alene Mines

Corporation in the late 1980’s.

• Constructing one or more waste

rock dumps near the open pits.

• Constructing and maintaining one

or more soil stockpiles and an ore

stockpile.

• Constructing haul roads or

constructing a conveyor system to

transport ore from the pit to the crusher.

• Constructing storage ponds for

excess run-off and process solutions,

including a lined pond in the partially

backfilled Sunnyside Pit.

• Constructing or relocating one or

more buildings in which gold recovery

operations will occur and in which

diesel generators for power generation

will be located.

• Construction or relocation of

storage tanks for diesel fuel.

• Reclaiming the site, including

removal of roads and revegetation of the

waste rock dumps and heap.

Proposed mine development and

operation would affect approximately

223 acres within the Thunder Mountain

Mining District, a 5,980-acre enclave

within the Frank Church—River of No

Return Wilderness. Of this 223 acres,

80.9 acres are unpatented mining claims

on public lands and 142 acres are in

private ownership. All of the affected

acres have been disturbed to some

extent by previous mining activities

during the past 100 years. In addition,

development and operation of the mine

would require the use of approximately

100 miles of County and Forest System

roads.

The EIS will consider a range of

alternatives, including the no-action

alternative. Other alternatives will be

developed or modified to address issues

and mitigate impacts. Agencies and the

public have expressed preliminary

concerns regarding effects on: surface

and ground water, air quality, soils,

geology, wildlife, fisheries,

socioeconomic and social impacts,

recreation and visual resources, public

safety and transportation, and cultural

resources.

The Forest Service will further

expand and/or clarify issues based on

public input provided during the

scoping process. All interested and

affected members of the public may

participate in the scoping process. All

interested and affected members of the

public may participate in the scoping

process. This process will include:

1. Identification of issues.

2. Identification of issues to be analyzed

in depth.

3. Development of alternatives.

4. Identifying potential environmental

effects of the proposed action and

alternatives (i.e. direct, indirect, and

cumulative effects and connected

actions).

If requested, the Forest Service may

make a copy of all comments provided

in response to this Notice available to

the public. This will include names,

addresses, and any other personal

information provided with the

comments.

David F. Alexander, Forest

Supervisor, Payette National Forest,

McCall, Idaho, is the responsible official

for this action. The DEIS is expected to

be available for public review in May,

1997.

The comment period on the draft

environmental impact statement will be

45 days from the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes the notice of availability 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 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

reviewers position and contents.

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, Inc. 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
31504 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 120 / Thursday, June 20, 1996 / Notices

1The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive

Order 12924 (3 CFR, 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)),

extended by Presidential Notice of August 15, 1995

(50 FR 42767, August 17, 1995), continued the

Regulations in effect under the International

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A.

§§ 1701–1706 (1991 & Supp. 1996)).

2The March 25, 1996 Federal Register

publication redesignated the existing Regulations as

15 CFR Parts 768A–799A. In addition, the March

25 Federal Register publication restructured and

reorganized the Regulations, designating them as an

interim rule at 15 CFR Parts 730–774, effective

April 24, 1996.

3For purposes of this Order, ‘‘license’’ includes

any general license established in 15 CFR Parts

768A–799A.

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

raised by the proposed action,

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement or the merits of the

alternatives formulated 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.

The FEIS is scheduled to be

completed and available to the public

by August, 1997. The responsible

official will document the decision and

the reasons supporting it in a Record of

Decision. That decision will be subject

to appeal pursuant to 36 CFR 215.

Dated: June 12, 1996.

Jerry D. Greer,

Planning Branch Chief, Payette National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 96-15719 Filed 6-19-96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410-11-M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges; ISP

International Spare Parts GmbH; Order

The Office of Export Enforcement,

Bureau of Export Administration,

United States Department of Commerce

(BXA), having notified ISP International

Spare Parts GmbH (‘‘ISP’’) of its

intention to initiate an administrative

proceeding against it pursuant to

Section 13(c) of the Export

Administration Act of 1979, as amended

(50 U.S.C.A. app. §§ 2401–2420 (1991 &

Supp. 1996)) (the Act),1 and the Export

Administration Regulations (15 CFR

Parts 768–799 (1995), as amended (61

FR 12714 (March 25, 1996)) (the

Regulations),2 based on allegations that:

1. Between January 1991 and

December 1992, ISP conspired with a

U.S. company to ship U.S.-origin fuel

pumps to Libya, knowing that such

shipments were prohibited by the

Regulations, in violation of Section

787.3(b) of the Regulations; and

2. On three separate occasions, on or

about January 31, 1991, April 3, 1991,

and December 5, 1992, ISP caused,

aided or abetted the reexport of U.S.-

origin fuel pumps to Libya without the

required reexport authorization, in

violation of Section 787.2 of the

Regulations;

BXA and ISP having entered into a

Settlement Agreement pursuant to

Section 766.18(a) of the Regulations

whereby they agreed to settle this matter

in accordance with the terms and

conditions set forth therein, and the

terms of the Settlement Agreement

having been approved by me;

It is therefore ordered:

First, that a civil penalty of $40,000 is

assessed against ISP, which shall be

paid to BXA within 30 days of the date

of entry of this Order. Payment shall be

made in the manner specified in the

attached instructions.

Second, that, for a period of ten years

from the date of this Order, ISP may not,

directly or indirectly, participate in any

way in any transaction involving any

commodity, software or technology

(hereinafter collectively referred to as

‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from

the United States that is subject to the

Regulations, or in any other activity

subject to the Regulations, including,

but not limited to:

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using

any license,3 License Exception, or

export control document;

B. Carrying on negotiations

concerning, or ordering, buying,

receiving, using, selling, delivering,

storing, disposing of, forwarding,

transporting, financing, or otherwise

servicing in any way, any transaction

involving any item exported or to be

exported from the United States that is

subject to the Regulations, or in any

other activity subject to the Regulations;

or

C. Benefiting in any way from any

transaction involving any item exported

or to be exported from the United States

that is subject to the Regulations, or in

any other activity subject to the

Regulations.

Third, that no person may, directly or

indirectly, do any of the following:

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf

of the denied person any item subject to

the Regulations;

B. Take any action that facilitates the

acquisition or attempted acquisition by

a denied person of the ownership,

possession, or control of any item

subject to the Regulations that has been

or will be exported from the United

States, including financing or other

support activities related to a

transaction whereby a denied person

acquires or attempts to acquire such

ownership, possession or control;

C. Take any action to acquire from or

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted

acquisition from the denied person of

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been exported from the United

States;

D. Obtain from the denied person in

the United States any item subject to the

Regulations with knowledge or reason

to know that the item will be, or is

intended to be, exported from the

United States; or

E. Engage in any transaction to service

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been or will be exported from the

United States and that is owned,

possessed or controlled by a denied

person, or service any item, of whatever

origin, that is owned, possessed or

controlled by a denied person if such

service involves the use of any item

subject to the Regulations that has been

or will be exported from the United

States. For purposes of this paragraph,

servicing means installation,

maintenance, repair, modification or

testing.

Fourth, that, after notice and

opportunity for comment as provided in

§ 766.23 of the Regulations, any person,

firm, corporation, or business

organization related to the denied

person by affiliation, ownership,

control, or position of responsibility in

the conduct of trade or related services

may also be made subject to the

provisions of this Order.

Fifth, that as authorized by § 766.18 of

the Regulations, the ten-year denial

period set forth in paragraph SECOND

above shall be suspended for a period of

three years beginning seven years from

the date of entry of this Order, and shall

thereafter be waived, provided that,

during the period of suspension, ISP

commits no violation of the Act or any

regulation, order or license issued

thereunder.

Sixth, that this Order does not

prohibit any export, reexport, or other

transaction subject to the Regulations

where the only items involved that are

subject to the Regulations are the

foreign-produced direct product of U.S.-

origin technology.

Seventh, that the proposed Charging

Letter, the Settlement Agreement, and

this Order shall be made available to the

public. A copy of this Order shall be

published in the Federal Register.