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a shortage of veterinarians; and (2) areas 

of veterinary practice that the Secretary 

determines have a shortage of 

veterinarians, such as food animal 

medicine, public health, epidemiology, 

and food safety. This section also added 

that priority should be given to 

agreements with veterinarians for the 

practice of food animal medicine in 

veterinarian shortage situations. 

Section 1415A of the NARETPA 

requires the Secretary, when 

determining the amount of repayment 

for a year of service by a veterinarian, 

to consider the extent to which such 

determination affects the ability of 

USDA to maximize the number of 

agreements from the amounts 

appropriated and provides an incentive 

to serve in veterinary service shortage 

areas with the greatest need. This 

section also provides that loan 

repayments may consist of payments of 

the principal and interest on 

government and commercial loans 

received by the individual for the 

attendance of the individual at an 

accredited college of veterinary 

medicine resulting in a degree of Doctor 

of Veterinary Medicine or the 

equivalent. Loans eligible for repayment 

include loans for tuition expenses; other 

reasonable educational expenses, 

including fees, books, and laboratory 

expenses, incurred by the individual; or 

reasonable living expenses as 

determined by the Secretary. In 

addition, the Secretary is directed to 

make such additional payments to 

participants as the Secretary determines 

appropriate for the purpose of providing 

reimbursements to participants for 

individual tax liability resulting from 

participation in this program. Finally, 

this section requires USDA to 

promulgate regulations within 270 days 

of the enactment of FCEA. The Secretary 

delegated the authority to carry out this 

program to CSREES. 

CSREES is holding a public meeting 

to obtain comments to use in developing 

the proposed regulations for the 

VMLRP. The meeting is open to the 

public. Written comments and 

suggestions on issues that may be 

considered during the meeting may be 

submitted to the CSREES Docket Clerk 

at the address above. 

Implementation Plans 

To meet the legislatively-mandated 

date to promulgate regulations (i.e., 

within 270 days of enactment or March 

14, 2009), CSREES plans to promulgate 

two regulations: Determination of 

Veterinary Shortage Situations for the 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment 

Program; and Veterinary Medicine Loan 

Repayment Program (VMLRP)—

Administrative Provisions. CSREES 

plans to release a Solicitation for 

VMLRP Applications by May 31, 2009. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

August 2008. 

Colien Hefferan, 

Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–20144 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Cibola National Forest; New Mexico; 

McKinley County Easement for Forest 

Roads 191 and 191D 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service has initiated 

the process to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for a road 

easement issuance to McKinley County 

for Forest Roads (FRs) 191 and 191D. 

The proposed action would grant an 

easement to McKinley County for FRs 

191 and 191D and reassign an existing 

easement (dated December 21, 2001, 

from David Polich et al.) to the Forest 

Service across private land within 

Section 9, T 13 N, R 16 W, NMPM to 

McKinley County. The granting of the 

right-of-way allows McKinley County to 

upgrade the roads and take over their 

maintenance. The upgrade would make 

these portions of FR 191 and FR191D, 

approximately 2.78 miles, all-weather 

roads. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 30 

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, or fax (505) 

346–3901. Copies of the proposed 

action, project location map, or the 

Environmental Impact Statement, when 

available, may be obtained from the 

Cibola National Forest, 2113 Osuna 

Road, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110–

1001; or from the Mount Taylor Ranger 

District Office (Cibola NF), 1800 Lobo 

Canyon Road, Grants, NM 87020 or 

electronically from the Forest Service 

Web site at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/ 

cibola/projects/nepa_reports.shtml. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, mail 

correspondence to Keith Baker, NEPA 

Coordinator, Cibola National Forest, 

2113 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM 

87113–1001 or phone (505) 346–3820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

There is a need to provide for public 

safety and adequate access to private 

inholdings. The desired condition is to 

have FR191 and FR191D under a 

County easement. This would allow 

McKinley County to upgrade FR191D to 

County ‘‘B–2’’ type road standards, with 

an aggregate surface in place of a paved 

surface. An upgrade of this nature 

would make FR191D an all-weather 

road but maintain it as a rural road. It 

would also place these roads under 

McKinley County jurisdiction, which 

would be appropriate due the existing 

and anticipated traffic type and volume 

from the private landowners who live in 

the area and use the road. The current 

road condition limits access for public 

services, such as school buses and fire 

and emergency service vehicles to reach 

these people. An improved, all-weather 

road would allow safe, year-round 

access for the people living on private 

land and provide access for public 

services and emergency service 

vehicles. 

Proposed Action 

The U.S. Forest Service, Cibola 

National Forest, Mount Taylor Ranger 

District proposes to grant an easement to 

McKinley County for access across 

forest lands and transfer an existing 

Forest Service easement across private 

land to the County. The right-of-way 

would be 2.78 miles long and 66 feet 

wide, covering approximately 22 acres. 

About 2.23 miles of the roads are on 

national forest lands. About one-quarter 

mile of the easement would be on FR 

191 from its intersection with New 

Mexico State Highway 400 to the 

intersection of FR191D. The remaining 

2.53 miles would be on FR191D from its 

intersection with FR191 to private land. 

Responsible Official 

The responsible official is Nancy 

Rose, Forest Supervisor, Cibola National 

Forest Supervisor’s Office, 2113 Osuna 

Road NE., Albuquerque, NM 87113–

1001. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether to 

implement the proposed action as 

described above, to vary the design of 

the proposed action to meet the purpose 

and need through some other 

combination of activities, or to take no 

action at this time. 

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Scoping Process 

The Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) emphasizes an early and 

open process for determining the scope 

of issues to be addressed and for 

identifying significant issues related to 

the proposed action. To meet the intent 

of the CEQ regulations, the Cibola 

National Forest will do the following to 

ensure early and open public 

involvement: (1) Include the proposed 

action on the list of projects for annual 

tribal consultation and address concerns 

identified during tribal consultation as 

part of the analysis, (2) submit the 

proposed action to the public during 

scoping, and request comments or 

issues (points of dispute, debate, or 

disagreement) regarding the potential 

effects, (3) include the proposal on the 

Cibola National Forest Schedule of 

Proposed Actions quarterly report, (4) 

use comments received to determine 

significant issues and additional 

alternatives to address within the 

analysis, (5) consult with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and the State 

Historical Preservation Office regarding 

potential effects to listed species and 

heritage sites as needed, and (6) prepare 

and distribute a draft environmental 

impact statement for a 45-day public 

comment period. No public meeting is 

planned. 

Preliminary Issues 

One preliminary issue has been 

identified. The project and other actions 

in the area could affect habitat for the 

Zuni bluehead sucker, a New Mexico 

state-endangered fish, which exists 

downstream from the project area. 

Comment Requested 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Comments should be 

focused on the nature of the action 

proposed and should be relevant to the 

decision under consideration. 

Comments received from the public will 

be evaluated for significant issues and 

used to assist in the development of 

additional alternatives, if any. 

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 

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 19, 2008. 

Nancy Rose, 

Forest Supervisor, Cibola National Forest. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Clarification of Scope of Procurement 

List Additions; 2008 Commodities 

Procurement List; Quarterly Update of 

the A-List and Movement of Products 

Between the A-List, B-List and C-List 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Publication of the quarterly 

update of the A-list and movement of 

products between the A-list, B-list and 

C-list as of October 1, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, in accordance with the 

procedures published on December 1, 

2006 (71 FR 69535–69538), has updated 

the scope of the Program’s procurement 

preference requirements for the 

products listed below between and 

among the Committee’s A-list, B-list and 

C-list. A-list products are suitable for 

the Total Government Requirement as 

aggregated by the General Services 

Administration, the B-list are those 

products suitable for the Broad 

Government Requirement as aggregated 

by the General Services Administration, 

and C-list products are suitable for the 

requirements of one or more specified 

agency(ies). The lists below track 

changes to A-, B-, C-designations that 

occurred between May 28, 2008 and 

August 29, 2008. 

DATES: The effective date for the 

quarterly update of the A-list and 

movement of products between and 

among the A-list, B-list and C-list is 

October 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily A. Covey, Telephone: (703) 603–

7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or e-mail 

cmtefedreg@jwod.gov. 

Products moved from B-list to A-list: 

None. 

Products moved from C-list to A-list: 

None. 

Products moved from A-list to B-list: 

None. 

Products moved from A-list to C-list: 

None. 

Products moved from B-list to C-list: 

None. 

Products moved from C-list to B-list: 

3M Skilcraft Easy Scrub Flat Mop -16′′ w/ 

pad hold, 7920–00–NIB–0470. 

3M Skilcraft Easy Scrub Flat Mop 18′′ pads, 

7920–00–NIB–0471 (White), 7920–00- 

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