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nonprofit private school food authority;

a public or nonprofit private residential

summer camp; a unit of local,

municipal, county, or State government;

a public or private nonprofit college or

university currently participating in the

National Youth Sports Programs

(NYSP); or a private nonprofit

organization which develops a summer

or other school vacation program

providing food service similar to that

offered during the school year—receives

reimbursement for serving nutritious

well-balanced meals to eligible children

at food service sites.

Estimate of Burden: The reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated at 204,395 burden hours.

The major areas of the reporting burden

are attributed to the processing of

applications for participation by State

agencies, sponsors and camps; and

program monitoring of sites by State

agencies and sponsors, including the

inspection of food preparation facilities;

i.e., 63,189 and 86,779 hours,

respectively. The recordkeeping burden

is estimated at 17,574 burden hours.

Free and reduced price eligibility

determination for participants in camps

and sites not identified as areas in

which poor economic conditions exist,

comprises the majority of the

recordkeeping burden, i.e., 16,694

hours.

Respondents: State agencies,

sponsors, food service management

companies, camps, households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

79,350 respondents.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 4.2 responses.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 221,969 burden hours.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

William E. Ludwig,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–16357 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P

Forest Service

Cascade Pt. Access Rd. and

Development, Tongass National

Forest, Chatham Area, Juneau Ranger

District, Juneau, AK

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) to disclose the environmental

impacts of authorizing construction of

approximately 3 miles of new road on

National Forest System (NFS) lands near

Echo Cove, approximately 40 miles

north of Juneau, Alaska. The proposed

action is to issue a road easement

authorizing Goldbelt, Inc., an urban

Native Corporation authorized by the

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to

construct a 28 ft. wide gravel road for

the purpose of accessing Goldbelt, Inc.

private lands. Initial development on

the private land would include a 3 acre

staging area and an equipment and log

transfer bulkhead on the beach.

Although the development on private

land would not be subject to Forest

Service authorization, it would require

a US Army, Corps of Engineers, Section

404 permit for fill in wetlands, as well

as a Section 10 permit for a structure

below Mean High Water in Berners Bay.

Proposed road construction would also

probably require a Section 404 permit

for fill in wetlands. Since the proposed

road construction would likely result in

development on private land, both will

be considered in this EIS. The Corps of

Engineers has consented to be a

cooperating agency.

Dunn Environmental Services, of

Juneau Alaska, has been selected as a

3rd party contractor to prepare the EIS.

The Forest Service is seeking

information and comments from

Federal, State, and local agencies as

well as individuals and organizations

who may be interested in, or affected by,

the proposed action.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope

of this analysis should be received on or

before July 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or

requests for additional information to:

Jennette de Leeuw, USDA Forest

Service, Juneau Ranger District, 8465

Old Dairy Rd., Juneau, Alaska, 99801,

(907) 586–8800; or Art Dunn, Dunn

Environmental Services, 19890 Cohen

Dr., Juneau Alaska 99801 (907) 463–

3243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose and need for the proposed

action is to provide access to Goldbelt,

for development of privately owned

lands in Echo Cove. Reasonably

foreseeable actions on Goldbelt, Inc.

private land include: a fast ferry to

Haines and Skagway; a lodge/restaurant,

a convenience store and gas station;

electrical and water/sewage facilities,

and commercial fishing support

facilities. A Master Plan for Goldbelt,

Inc. lands at Echo Cove has been

submitted to the City and Borough of

Juneau for review and approval. The

activities mentioned above are

described in detail in that document.

Other activities planned could include

housing and related facilities for

workers at the historic Jualin Mine

Exploration site, approximately 5 miles

away. No proposal for development of

the Jualin Mine has been received, and

only continued exploration at the site

will be considered as reasonably

foreseeable.

The no action and proposed action

alternatives will be considered, as well

as alternatives which address significant

issues and meet the purpose and need

for the proposed action.

The proposed road alignment is

located on a 100 ft. wide strip of NFS

land acquired from Goldbelt, Inc. in a

land trade in 1984, to preserve Forest

Service land access to NFS lands to the

north. An Environmental Assessment

for a proposed timber sale at that time

also examined several alternative

alignments and chose this proposed

alignment as the most feasible.

Preliminary issues that have been

identified include impacts to

recreational opportunities in Echo Cove

and the National Forest System lands

around Berners Bay (Congressionally

Legislated LUD II); disruption of brown

and black bear habitat, mountain goat

wintering habitat, and pacific herring

spawning habitat; and visual and noise

impacts to Pt. Bridget State Park,

approximately 2 miles west of Cascade

Pt.

Preliminary scoping comments on the

proposal were solicited from February 8

through March 1, 1996. An open house

meeting was held on February 8, 1996

in Centennial Hall, Juneau, Alaska. Over

70 written comments were received in

response to the meeting.

Because of this extensive public

involvement and information from a

number of existing studies in the area

for other proposals, the draft EIS should

be available for public distribution in

late August of 1996. The final EIS is

scheduled to be completed in October of

1996. It is anticipated that permit

applicants for Sec. 404 and Sec. 10

Corps of Engineers permits will be

incorporated in the DEIS.

The comment period on the DEIS will

be 45 days from the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes the notice of a availability in

the Federal Register.

Gary Morrison, the Forest Supervisor,

Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area,

is the official responsible for making the

decision. The decision to be made is

whether or not to issue a road easement

for construction of an access road on

National Forest System land as

proposed, and if the easement is

granted, decide the mitigation measures

that will be required. The US Army,

Corps of Engineers will issue a separate

decision document, based on the
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common EIS, regarding permits under

their jurisdiction.

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

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 the 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

comment 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 on the

draft environmental impact statement

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 environmental

impact statement 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.

The Final EIS and Record of Decision

is expected to be released in August

1996. The Forest Supervisor, Chatham

Area, Tongass National Forest will, as

the responsible official for the EIS, will

make a decision regarding this proposal

considering the comments, responses,

and environmental consequences

discussed in the Final Eis, and

applicable laws, regulations, and

policies. The decision and supporting

reasons will be documented in the

Record of Decision.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Gary Morrison,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 96–16364 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Deschutes Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Deschutes PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on July 19, 1996 at

the Prineville BLM office in Prineville,

Oregon (3050 E.Third St.) Start time is

9:00 a.m. Agenda items include: (1)

Consideration of rangelands standards

and guidelines for the Province; (2)

Preview of Eastside Ecosystems DEIS;

and (3) Open public forum. All

Deschutes Province Advisory

Committee meetings are open to the

public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harry Hoogesteger, Province Liaison,

USDA, Fort Rock Ranger District, 1230

N.E. 3rd, Bend, Oregon 97701, 541–383–

4704.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

Sally Collins,

Deschutes National Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 96–16359 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Inviting Preapplications for Technical

Assistance for Rural Transportation

Systems: Correction

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice, correction.

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBS) corrects a

notice published June 10, 1996 (61 FR

29340). This action is taken to extend all

dates in the submission process by 15

days and remove ineligible entities

which were inadvertently included in

the original notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carole S. Boyko, Rural Development

Specialist, Specialty Lenders Division,

Room 2245 South Agriculture Building,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–3220,

telephone: (202) 720–1400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

10, 1996, the Rural BusinessCooperative Service published a notice

to invite preapplications for technical

assistance for rural transportation

systems. As published, the notice

contains errors as to statutory reference,

eligible entities, and an office address

which may be misleading and is in need

of clarification. In addition, it has been

determined that required submission

dates should be extended by 15 days.

Accordingly, the notice published

June 10, 1996 (61 FR 29340), is

corrected as follows:

DATES: The deadline for receipt of a

preapplication in the Rural

Development State Office is July 15,

1996. Preapplications received after that

date will not be considered for FY 1996

funding.

ADDRESSES: The address for New

Mexico, page 29341, column 2, sixth

down, should read: ‘‘State Director,

Rural Development, 6200 Jefferson

Street, NE, Room 255, Albuquerque, NM

87109.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first

paragraph, column 3, page 29341, is

corrected by removing ‘‘and 310B (j)’’

following the words ‘‘Refer to section

310B (c)’’.

The second paragraph, column 3, is

amended by removing the words

‘‘assisting public bodies and private’’

and inserting the words ‘‘assisting the

private’’.

FISCAL YEAR 1996 PREAPPLICATION

SUBMISSION: This subsection is amended

by changing the dates ‘‘July 1, 1996,’’

‘‘July 15, 1996,’’ and ‘‘August 15, 1996,’’

to read ‘‘July 15, 1996, ‘‘ July 30, 1996,’’

and ‘‘August 30, 1996,’’ respectively.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Inga Smulkstys,

Deputy Under Secretary, Operations and

Management Rural Development.

[FR Doc. 96–16358 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–U

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the North Carolina Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the North

Carolina Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and recess at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday,

July 18, 1996, at the Charlotte

Convention Center, 501 S. College

Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss

a draft report on racial tensions in North

Carolina. The meeting will reconvene at

1:00 p.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. to

hear from invited guests, including the

governor, State representatives, mayors,

police and fire chiefs, redigious