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the boundaries of any inventoried 

roadless area or any areas considered for 

inclusion to the National Wilderness 

System as recommended by the 

Clearwater National Forest Plan or by 

any past of present legislative 

wilderness proposals. 

Purpose and Need for Action is to: (1) 

Reduce stream sediment (i.e. reduce 

road densities and control erosion 

sources on roads to be retained, 

especially in RHCAs) and remove 

barriers to fish passage and other 

aquatic organisms to allow for 

unrestricted access to historic habitats; 

(2) restore white pine and larch 

(regeneration harvest), improve stand 

vigor (commercial thinning), and start 

the trend to improve species diversity 

and balance vegetative successional 

stages across the landscape to create 

stand conditions that are resilient and 

allow for rapid recovery after 

disturbances; and (3) promote a trend in 

the balance of successional stages 

toward the historical range and promote 

a trend towards increased wildlife 

security. 

The Proposed Action would address 

improvements to the area’s watershed, 

vegetation, and wildlife habitat. 

Watershed improvements include: (1) 

Decommissioning 6 miles of system 

roads and 65 miles of non-system roads; 

(2) improving and/or reconstructing up 

to 5 miles of existing roads to fix erosion 

problems; and (3) replacing 40 

undersized culverts. 

Up to 30 miles of existing roads 

would need improvement or 

reconstruction, up to 60 miles of 

existing roads would need 

reconditioning; all for logging access. 

No new road construction is anticipated 

at this time. Opportunities for 

precommercial thinning will be 

identified later in the process. 

Improvements to wildlife habitat 

would include (1) conducting vegetation 

treatments to promote better 

successional stage balance. This action 

would correspond directly to the 

proposed commercial thinning and 

regeneration harvest activities; (2) 

restricting road access (closed to all 

vehicles year round) on 14.5 miles of 

existing roads to improve elk security. 

Proposed access restrictions are a result 

of a Road and Trail Analysis being 

completed for this project; and (3) 

designating additional stands for 

management as mature and old growth 

forest habitats. 

Possible Alternatives the Forest 

Service will analyze include a ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative in which none of the 

proposed activities would be 

implemented. Additional alternatives 

that meet the project purpose and need 

may be considered in response to issues 

raised by the public during scoping. 

The Responsible Official is the Forest 

Supervisor of the Clearwater National 

Forest, 12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 

83544. The Responsible Official will 

decide if the proposed project will be 

implemented and will document the 

decision and reasons for the decision in 

a Record of Decision. That decision will 

be subject to Forest Service Appeal 

Regulations. The responsibility for 

preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been 

delegated to Douglas Gober, District 

Ranger, North Fork Ranger District, 

12730 Highway 12, Orofino, ID 83844. 

The Scoping Process for the EIS is 

being intiated with this notice, and 

written comments regarding the analysis 

should be received within 30 days 

following the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. Additional 

scoping will follow the release of the 

DEIS, expected in October 2010. 

Preliminary Issues identified that 

could be affected by proposed activities 

include: Air quality, economic 

feasibility, fish habitat, heritage 

resources, old growth habitat, soil 

productivity, spread of noxious weeds, 

threatened/endangered/sensitive and 

management indicator species of 

wildlife and plants, tribal treaty rights, 

water quality, and wildlife habitat. 

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 Clearwater National Forest 

publishes a legal notice in the Lewiston 

Morning Tribune (Lewiston, Idaho), the 

Forest’s paper of record. A notice of 

availability will also be published 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: January 4, 2010. 

Rick Brazell, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0037] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Milk and Milk Products 

AGENCY: Office for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office for Food Safety, 

and the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), are sponsoring a 

public meeting on January 13, 2010. The 

objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the 9th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Milk and Milk 

Products (CCMMP) of the Codex 


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Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

which will be held in Auckland, New 

Zealand, February 1–5, 2010. The 

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety 

and the AMS recognize the importance 

of providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 9th Session of the 

CCMMP and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, January 13, 2010, from 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 3074, South Agriculture 

Building, USDA, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Documents 

related to the 9th Session of the CCMMP 

will be accessible via the World Wide 

Web at the following address: http:// 

www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 9th Session 

of the CCMMP, Duane R. Spomer, AMS, 

invites interested U.S. parties to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

following e-mail address: 

Susan.Sausville@ams.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan M. Sausville, Chief, AMS, Dairy 

Standardization; Telephone: (202) 720– 

9382; Fax: (202) 720–2643; e-mail: 

Susan.Sausville@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Codex was established in 1963 by two 

United Nations organizations, the Food 

and Agriculture Organization and the 

World Health Organization. Through 

adoption of food standards, codes of 

practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure that fair practices are used 

in trade. 

The CCMMP was established to 

elaborate codes and standards for milk 

and milk products. The CCMMP is 

hosted by the Government of New 

Zealand. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the agenda for 

the 9th Session of the CCMMP will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

1. Matters Referred by the Codex and 

other Codex committees and task forces. 

2. Draft Amendment to the Codex 

Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX 

STAN 243–2003) pertaining to drinks 

based on fermented milk. 

3. Report of the working group on the 

proposed draft standard for processed 

cheese. 

4. Maximum levels for annatto 

extracts in Codex standards for milk and 

milk products. 

5. Report of the International Dairy 

Federation and the International 

Organization for Standardization 

Working Group on Methods of Analysis 

and Sampling for Milk and Milk 

Products. 

6. Inconsistent presentation of food 

additive provisions in Codex standards 

for milk and milk products. 

7. Consistency of the Model Export 

Certificate for Milk and Milk Products 

with the Generic Model Official 

Certificate (Annex to the Guidelines for 

Design, Production, Issuance and Use of 

Generic Official Certificates.) 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the meeting. Members of the public 

may access these documents (see 

ADDRESSES) 

Public Meeting 

At the January 13, 2010 public 

meeting, draft United States positions 

on the agenda items will be described 

and discussed, and attendees will have 

the opportunity to pose questions and 

offer comments. Written comments may 

be offered at the meeting or sent to 

Susan Sausville (see ADDRESSES.) 

Written comments should state that they 

relate to activities of the 9th Session of 

the CCMMP. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online 

through the FSIS Web page located at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2009_Notices_Index/. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, and other types of 

information that could affect or would 

be of interest to constituents and 

stakeholders. The Update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through the Listserv and Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader and more diverse 

audience. In addition, FSIS offers an 

electronic mail subscription service 

which provides automatic and 

customized access to selected food 

safety news and information. This 

service is available at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/ 

email_subscription/. Options range from 

recalls to export information to 

regulations, directives and notices. 

Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves, and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

Done at Washington, DC, on January 5, 

2010. 

Karen Stuck, 

U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. 2010–218 Filed 1–6–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in the membership of the Senior 

Executive Service Performance Review 

Board for the Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). 

DATES: Effective January 8, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, Office of 

General Counsel, (202) 261–7600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(1) requires each agency to 

establish, in accordance with 

regulations prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management, a performance 

review board (PRB). The PRB reviews 

initial performance ratings of members 

of the Senior Executive Service (SES) 

and makes recommendations as to final 

annual performance ratings for senior 

executives. Because the CSB is a small 

independent Federal agency, the SES 

members of the CSB’s PRB are drawn 

from other Federal agencies. 

The Chairperson of the CSB has 

appointed the following individual to 

the CSB Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board: 

PRB Member—Gary L. Halbert, 

General Counsel, National 

Transportation Safety Board. 

Mr. Halbert replaces Curtis Bowling 

(Director of Environmental Readiness 

and Safety, Office of the Secretary of 

Defense/Chairman, Department of 


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