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Vol. 73, No. 157 

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests; 

Arizona; Heber Wild Horse Territory 

Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) to evaluate the 

environmental impacts of developing 

and implementing a Territory Plan for 

the Heber Wild Horse Territory. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

September 15, 2008. The Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected by May 2009 and the final 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected November 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Heber Wild Horse Territory Plan 

Analysis, c/o Deryl Jevons, Acting 

Forest Supervisor, P.O. Box 640, 

Springerville, AZ 85938, or send e-mail 

comments to comments-southwesternapache-sitgreaves@fs.fed.us, using the 

subject heading Heber Wild Horse 

Territory Plan Analysis. For further 

information, mail correspondence to 

Denise Van Keuren, Interdisciplinary 

Team Leader, Apache-Sitgreaves 

National Forests, P.O. Box 640, 

Springerville, AZ 85938. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Van Keuren, Interdisciplinary 

Team Leader, Apache-Sitgreaves 

National Forests (see address above). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

There is a need for developing a 

Heber Wild Horse Territory 

Management Plan, to be in compliance 

with the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 

Burros Act of 1971, as amended by 

Federal Land Policy Management Act of 

1976 and Public Rangelands 

Improvement Act of 1978, regulation at 

36 CFR, part 222, subpart B, 

222.21(a)(4), and the Forest Service’s 

manual direction at FSM 2263.1. In 

addition, Item 4 of the ‘‘In Defense of 

Animals, et al. vs. United States Forest 

Service, et al.’’ Stipulation Agreement 

dated March 13, 2007 directs the Forest 

Service to develop a Heber Wild Horse 

Territory Management Strategy, in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 

Act of 1971, which requires a Territory 

Management Plan. 

Proposed Action 

Develop and implement a plan for the 

Heber Wild Horse Territory, setting 

parameters for determining horse 

numbers, when and how to gather 

horses, which horses would be 

authorized for the Territory, population 

and ecological monitoring. The Heber 

Wild Horse Territory and its boundaries 

were established in 1973 following 

passage of the Wild Free-Roaming 

Horses and Burros Protection Act of 

1971. The territory was designated as an 

area of about 19,700 acres used by a 

known band of horses, south of Heber, 

Arizona. There has not yet been a plan 

developed for the Territory. 

Possible Alternatives 

The only other alternative identified 

at this time is No Action—do not 

develop a Territory Plan. 

Responsible Official 

Deryl Jevons, Acting Forest 

Supervisor, Apache-Sitgreaves National 

Forests, P.O. Box 640, Springerville, AZ 

85938. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made in this 

analysis is whether or not to develop a 

plan for the Heber Wild Horse Territory, 

and if so, the main parameters of the 

plan. In addition, the Responsible 

Official may elect to require certain 

mitigation measures to minimize 

environmental impacts. 

Scoping Process 

Scoping was initiated in 2007, with a 

public notice and two open house 

meetings in March 2007, both in 

Overgaard, AZ. Planned scoping efforts 

include mailing out a scoping letter and 

making it available on the National 

Forest Web page for the Heber Wild 

Horse Territory. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent updates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the Environmental 

Impact Statement. Public participation 

is important at several points during the 

analysis process. The first point is the 

scoping process (40 CFR 1501.7). The 

scoping process includes, but is not 

limited to: (1) Identifying potential 

issues; (2) identifying issues to be 

analyzed in depth; (3) eliminating 

insignificant issues or those that have 

been covered by a relevant previous 

environmental analysis; (4) exploring 

additional alternatives; and (5) 

identifying potential direct, indirect and 

cumulative environmental effects of the 

alternatives. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

prepared for comment. 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 

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 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 

when it can meaningfully consider them 


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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. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21. 

Dated: July 30, 2008. 

Deryl D. Jevons, 

Acting Forest Supervisor, Apache-Sitgreaves 

National Forests. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act 

AGENCY: Allegheny National Forest, 

USDA Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of New Fee Site. 

SUMMARY: The Allegheny National 

Forest is planning to charge from $100–

$150 per night fee for rental of the 

Farnsworth Cabin. This cabin has not 

been available to the public for 

recreation use prior to Spring 2009. This 

historic cabin was built by the Civilian 

Conservation Corp in the 1940’s. Rentals 

of other cabins on the Allegheny 

National Forest have shown that the 

public appreciates and enjoys the 

availability of historic rental cabins. 

DATES: Farnsworth Cabin will become 

available for recreation rental Spring, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, 

Allegheny National Forest, P.O. Box 

847, Warren PA 16365. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tonika Goins, Recreation Team Leader 

for Bradford District, 29 Forest Service 

Drive, Bradford, PA 16701, phone (814) 

363–6049, or mail 

tonikagoins@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement 

Act (title VIII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed 

the Secretary of Agriculture to publish 

a six month advance notice in the 

Federal Register whenever new 

recreation fee areas are established. The 

new fee will be reviewed by a 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee prior to a final decision and 

implementation. A market analysis 

indicates that the $100 to $150/per night 

fee is both reasonable and acceptable for 

this sort of unique recreation 

experience. People wanting to rent 

Farnsworth Cabin will need to do so 

through the National Recreation 

Reservation Service, at http:// 

www.reserveusa.com or by calling 

1–877–444–6777. The National 

Recreation Reservation Service charges 

a $9 fee for reservation. 

Dated: August 6, 2008. 

Leanne Marten, 

Forest Supervisor (Allegheny National 

Forest). 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Annual Retail Trade Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0013. 

Form Number(s): SA–44, SA–44A, 

SA–44C, SA–44E, SA–44N, SA–44S, 

SA–45, SA–45C, SA–721A, SA–721E, 

SA–722A and SA–722E. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 11,845. 

Number of Respondents: 20,971. 

Average Hours Per Response: 34 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Annual Retail 

Trade Survey (ARTS) provides the only 

continuing official measure of annual 

total retail sales, e-commerce sales, endof-year inventories, sales/inventory 

ratios, purchases, inventory valuation 

methods, gross margin, and end-of-year 

accounts receivables for retailers and 

annual sales and e-commerce sales for 

accommodation and food services firms 

in the United States. 

The data collected in the ARTS 

provide a current statistical picture of 

the retail and food services and 

accommodations portions of consumer 

activity. Also, the estimates compiled 

from this survey provide valuable 

information for economic policy 

decisions and actions by government 

and are widely used by private 

businesses, trade organizations, 

professional associations, and others for 

market research and analysis. The sales 

and receipts data are used by the Bureau 

of Economic Analysis (BEA) in 

determining the consumption portion of 

the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

The BEA is the primary Federal user 

of the data collected in the ARTS and 

the information collected is critical to 

the quality of several of BEA’s key 

programs. The data on retail sales are 

used to prepare detailed annual 

personal consumption expenditures 

estimates; merchandise inventories, 

valuation methods and merchandise 

purchases are used to prepare annual 

estimates of change in the business 

inventory component of GDP. Sales, 

merchandise purchases, inventories, 

inventory valuation and sales tax data 

are used to prepare estimates of GDP by 

industry and to derive industry output 

for the input-output accounts. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 182, 224 and 225. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: August 7, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18647 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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