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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 158 

Thursday, August 14, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Cibola National Forest, Mount Taylor 

Ranger District, NM, Designation of the 

Proposed Rinconada Communication 

Site 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Cibola National Forest 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement to assess the designation and 

development of the proposed Rinconada 

Communication Site on the Mt. Taylor 

Ranger District. The Forest Service 

proposes to designate a three-acre 

Rinconada Communication Site that 

would serve present and future high 

power communication needs, and to 

permit the development of a facility 

within the site. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by days 

after the publication of the NOI. The 

draft environmental impact statement is 

expected November, 2008 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected March, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Nancy Rose, Forest Supervisor, Cibola 

National Forest, 2113 Osuna Road NE., 

Albuquerque, NM 87113. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, mail 

correspondence to Donald L. Hall, 

Cibola National Forest, 2113 Osuna 

Road NE., Albuquerque, NM 87113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The proposed high power 

transmission facility cannot be placed 

on the existing Microwave Ridge 

Communication Site, located 

approximately one-half mile to the 

north, because the existing site is 

designated as a low power facility. It is 

not feasible to co-locate low and high 

power facilities; therefore, the new 

communication site is being proposed. 

The Rinconada site would occupy the 

location for Microwave Ridge No. 2, 

which was identified in the Cibola 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan. 

Proposed Action 

The Cibola National Forest has 

accepted an application for 

development of an FM transmission 

facility by KDSK Radio, Inc. within the 

Mt. Taylor Ranger District. The Forest 

Service proposes to designate a threeacre Rinconada Communication Site 

which would serve present and future 

high power communication needs, and 

to permit the development of the KDSK 

facility within the site. The site would 

provide radio broadcasting service to 

the citizens of Grants, New Mexico and 

those who live, commute, and work in 

the surrounding, more rural areas of 

Cibola and Valencia Counties. KDSK 

Radio’s development would consist of 

an unlit, 180-foot, self-supporting tower 

with antennas, and an equipment 

building measuring 12 feet by 20 feet. 

The proposed Rinconada 

Communication Site is approximately 

1⁄2 mile south of the existing Microwave 

Ridge Communication Site, and is 

served by an existing power line and 

existing roads. The proposed site is 

located adjacent to Forest Service Road 

400 in T.11N., R.7W., Section 17, 

NMPM, Cibola County, New Mexico. 

Responsible Official 

Forest Supervisor Nancy Rose, Cibola 

National Forest, 2113 Osuna Road NE., 

Albuquerque, NM 87113. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Forest Supervisor will use the EIS 

process to develop the necessary 

information to make an informed 

decision on whether or not to designate 

the Rinconada Communication Site and 

permit the development of the KDSK 

facility within the site. 

Scoping Process 

Scoping will include NOI to Federal 

Register, listing in the Quarterly 

Schedule of Proposed Actions, letters to 

interested and affected individuals, 

agencies, and organizations, and legal 

notices. No public meeting is planned. 

Preliminary Issues 

One preliminary issue has been 

identified. The designation and 

development of the Rinconada 

Communication Site may affect the 

characteristics that make the Mount 

Taylor Traditional Cultural Property 

eligible for the National Register of 

Historic Places. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

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 

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 


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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: August 5, 2008. 

Nancy Rose, 

Forest Supervisor, Cibola National Forest. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Conduct an Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek approval to conduct two 

new information collections, the 2008 

On-Farm Renewable Energy Production 

Survey and the 2008 Organic 

Production and Marketing Survey. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 14, 2008 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–

NEW, 2008 On Farm-Renewable Energy 

Production Survey and the 2008 

Organic Production and Marketing 

Survey, by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number and title above 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–

ROM submissions to: NASS Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 5336A, Mail Stop 2024, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 

5336A, South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 2008 On-Farm Renewable 

Energy Production Survey, and 2008 

Organic Production and Marketing 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535—NEW. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Conduct two Information 

Collections as mandated by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. 

Abstract: The National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) of the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) will request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for both the On-Farm Renewable 

Energy Production Survey and the 

Organic Products Survey to be 

conducted as follow-on surveys from 

the 2007 Census of Agriculture. 

(1) The 2008 Energy Produced on 

Farms Survey will use as a sampling 

universe every respondent on the 2007 

Census of Agriculture who reported 

energy generation on the farm using 

wind or solar technology, methane 

digester, etc. This energy survey will 

provide a comprehensive inventory of 

farm-generated energy practices with 

detailed data relating to category or type 

of energy produced (wind, solar, 

hydropower, biomass, methane digester, 

geothermal, etc.), how much energy was 

generated, if any energy was sold onto 

a power grid, and the average payment 

received per kilowatt hour. Data 

collection will be in the Spring of 2009 

with a final report published in the Fall 

of 2009. Data will be published at both 

the U.S. and State level where possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 20 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, and 

farm managers self identified as 

producers of energy through the 2007 

Census of Agriculture. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,500 hours. 

(2) The 2008 Organic Production and 

Marketing Survey will use as a sampling 

universe every respondent on the 2007 

Census of Agriculture who reported 

organic production for sale in 2007. 

This survey will provide organic 

production by commodity, marketing 

practices (handling, distribution, retail, 

and consumer purchasing patterns), and 

prices received by organic producers. 

Data collection will be in the Spring of 

2009 with a final report published in the 

Spring of 2010. Data will be published 

at the U.S. and State level where 

possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 60 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, and 

farm managers self identified as organic 

producers through the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 15,500 hours. 

The primary objectives of the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service are to 

prepare and issue State and national 

estimates of crop production, livestock 

production, economic statistics, and 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture and to conduct the Census of 

Agriculture and its follow on surveys. 

This notice request is in response to a 

mandate in 7 U.S.C. 5925c, as amended 

by the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008, Section 10302, Public Law 

110–246. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) and Office of Management 

and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995). 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from the NASS OMB 

Clearance Officer at (202) 720–2248. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 


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