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have a monetary value equivalent to the 

substantial benefits to exporters who 

can fill their raw cane sugar allocations 

under the TRQ. CQEs have always been 

carefully handled as secure documents, 

and issued only to foreign governmentapproved certifying authorities. The 

Department does not plan to make CQEs 

available electronically in order to 

prevent a potential proliferation of 

invalid CQEs, which could undermine 

the integrity of the TRQ system. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Angeles National Forest, California; 

Tehachapi Renewable Transmission 

Project, Supplemental Draft EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare a Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS) to assess the impacts of the 

Station Fire and other project changes 

affecting National Forest System (NFS) 

lands. After the public review period for 

the SDEIS, the Forest Service will issue 

its Final EIS. Following release of the 

Final EIS, the Forest Service will issue 

a Record of Decision (ROD) to document 

the decision to either approve or deny 

the requested Special Use authorization 

for the Project in response to the 

application received from Southern 

California Edison for construction of a 

series of transmission system 

improvements to deliver electricity from 

new wind energy projects in eastern 

Kern County. The proposed project 

would be located in Kern, Los Angeles, 

and San Bernardino counties. The 

purpose of the project is to provide the 

electrical facilities necessary to reliably 

interconnect and integrate in excess of 

700 megawatts (MW) and up to 

approximately 4,500 MW of new wind 

generation in the Tehachapi Wind 

Resource Area, currently being planned 

or expected in the future, thereby 

assisting SCE and other California 

utilities to comply with California’s 

Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) 

goals in an expedited manner. It would 

also further address the reliability needs 

of the California Independent System 

Operator (CATS 0) controlled grid due 

to projected load growth in the Antelope 

Valley, and address existing constraints 

in the transmission system south of the 

Lugo Substation in Hesperia, California. 

As the NEPA Lead Agency for the 

project, the USDA Forest Service will 

conduct a detailed review of the impacts 

of the Station Fire which burned 

approximately 251 square miles of NFS 

lands in the Angeles National Forest 

between August 26, 2009 and October 

16, 2009. The burned area includes 

portions of Segments 6 and 11 of the 

project. An estimated 75% of the project 

area on National Forest lands was 

affected. 

Changes to the affected environment 

will be addressed to assess the impacts 

of the Station Fire. In addition, project 

changes affecting NFS lands, which may 

include new helicopter landing/staging 

sites (a.k.a. fly-yards), pulling/splicing 

locations, alternate access roads, and 

changes in tower design will be 

analyzed in the SDEIS. The USDA 

Forest Service is providing notice of this 

analysis so that interested and affected 

individuals are aware of how they may 

participate and contribute to the final 

decision on the TRTP by the Forest 

Service. 

DATES: The SDEIS is expected to be 

published May 1, 2010. A 45-day 

comment period will occur following 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register. Based on this schedule, 

comments on the information contained 

in the SDEIS would need to be received 

by June 15, 2010. The Final EIS is 

anticipated in September 2010. Project 

scoping was held in 2007. No additional 

scoping effort will occur as part of the 

SDEIS preparation process. 

ADDRESSES: To request a copy of the 

SDEIS or Final ETS and/or to send 

written comments, please write to the 

Angeles National Forest, c/o Aspen 

Environmental Group, 30423 Canwood 

Street, Suite 215, Agoura Hills, CA 

91301. Alternately, electronic comments 

may be sent to TRTP@aspeneg.com. 

Electronic comments must be submitted 

as part of the actual e-mail message, or 

as an attachment in plain text (.txt), 

Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format 

(.rtf), or portable document format 

(.pdf). Information about the 

Supplemental EIS and the 

environmental review process will be 

posted on the Internet at: http://www.fs.

fed.us/r5/angeles/projects/. This site 

will be used to post links to all public 

documents during the Supplemental EIS 

process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Justin Seastrand, Special Uses 

Coordinator, Forest Service, Angeles 

National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita 

Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006, phone: (626) 

574–5278. For additional information 

related to the project on non-NFS lands, 

contact John Boccio, California Public 

Utilities Commission (CNJC), .505 Van 

Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102; 

phone: (415) 703–2641. Project 

information can also be requested by 

leaving a voice message or sending a fax 

to the Project Information Hotline at 

(888) 331–9897. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

official will be Jody Noiron, Forest 

Supervisor, Angeles National Forest, 

701 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, 

CA, 91006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lead and 

Cooperating Agencies. The USDA Forest 

Service is the lead agency, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5(b), and 

is responsible for the preparation of the 

SDEIS and Final EIS. The Army Corps 

of Engineers is a cooperating agency. 

Comment. A SDETS will be prepared 

and available for public comment. The 

comment period on the SDEIS will be 

45 days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register. To assist 

the Forest Service in identifying and 

considering issues and concerns on the 

analysis of the changed environmental 

conditions due to the Station Fire and 

project changes since the publication of 

the Draft EIS, comments on the SDEIS 

should be as specific as possible. It is 

also helpful if comments refer to 

specific pages or chapters of the SDEIS. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the SDEIS. Comments 

received on the SDEIS, including names 

and addresses of those who comment, 

will be considered part of the public 

record and will be available for public 

inspection. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, those who submit 

anonymous comments will not have 

standing to appeal the subsequent 

decision under 36 CFR parts 215 and 

217. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 

1.27(d), any person may request the 

agency to withhold a submission from 

the public record by showing how the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

permits such confidentiality. Persons 

requesting such confidentiality should 

be aware that, under FOIA, 

confidentiality may be granted in only 

very limited circumstances, such as to 

protect trade secrets. The Forest Service 

will inform the requester of the agency’s 

decision regarding the request for 

confidentiality, and where the request is 

denied, the agency will return the 

submission and notify the requester that 

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the comments may be resubmitted with 

or without name and address within a 

specified number of days. 

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 a draft EIS 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)1. 

Also, environmental objections that 

could be raised at the draft EIS stage but 

that are not raised until after completion 

of the final EIS may be waived or 

dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon 

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 process 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 EIS. 

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. 

In the final EIS, the Forest Service is 

required to respond to substantive 

comments received during the comment 

period for the draft and supplemental 

draft EIS’s. The Forest Service is the 

lead agency and the responsible official 

is the Forest Supervisor, Angeles 

National Forest. The responsible official 

will decide whether and how to issue 

Special Use authorizations for the 

proposed project or alternatives. The 

responsible official will also decide how 

to mitigate impacts of these actions and 

will determine when and how 

monitoring of effects will take place. 

The Tehachapi Renewable 

Transmission Project decision and the 

reasons for the decision will be 

documented in the record of decision. 

That decision will he subject to Forest 

Service Appeal Regulations (35 CFR 

part 215). 

Dated: January 27, 2010. 

Marty Dumpis, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE P 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). 

Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (9 

a.m. to 3 p.m., times may be adjusted). 

Location: Jack Morton Auditorium, 

Media and Public Affairs Building, 

George Washington University, 805 21st 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20052. 

Please note that this is the anticipated 

agenda and is subject to change. 

Keynote: The Administrator will 

present an update from the front office 

of USAID, presenting his vision of 

USAID’s role in the development world, 

plus an update on the Haiti 

humanitarian efforts. 

The primary focus of the meeting will 

be on development partnerships and 

what USAID can do better in working 

with its development partners. There 

will be a panel discussion on this topic. 

Stakeholders. The meeting is free and 

open to the public. Persons wishing to 

attend the meeting can register online at 

http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/

acvfa or with Ben Hubbard at 

bhubbard@usaid.gov or 202–712–4040. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

Deborah Lewis, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, U.S. 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2641 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Request for Public Comment on a 

Commercial Availability Request Under 

the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade 

Agreement 

February 2, 2010. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Request for public comments 

concerning a request for modification of 

the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade 

Agreement (USSFTA) rules of origin for 

certain apparel articles 

SUMMARY: On October 29, 2008, the 

Government of the United States 

received a request from the Government 

of Singapore for consultations under 

Article 3.18.4(a)(i) of the USSFTA. 

Singapore is seeking agreement to revise 

the rules of origin for certain apparel 

articles to address availability of supply 

of certain fabrics in the territories of the 

Parties. The President may proclaim a 

modification to the USSFTA rules of 

origin for textile and apparel products 

after reaching an agreement with the 

Government of Singapore on the 

modification. CITA hereby solicits 

public comments on this request, in 

particular with regard to whether 

certain fabrics can be supplied by the 

domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner. 

Comments must be submitted by March 

10, 2010 to the Chairman, Committee for 

the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements, Room 3001, United States 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Bennett, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 

482–4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 202(o)(2) of the United 

States—Singapore Free Trade Agreement 

Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note) 

(USSFTA Implementation Act); Executive 

Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended. 

Background 

Under the USSFTA, the Parties are 

required to progressively eliminate 

customs duties on originating goods. 

See Article 2.2. The USSFTA provides 

that, after consultations, the Parties may 

agree to revise the rules of origin for 

textile and apparel products to address 

issues of availability of supply of fibers, 

yarns, or fabrics in the free trade area. 

See Article 3.18.4. In the consultations, 

each Party must consider data presented 

by the other party showing substantial 

production in its territory of the 

particular good. Substantial production 

has been shown if domestic producers 

are capable of supplying commercial 

quantities of the good in a timely 

manner. See Article 3.18.4. 

The USSFTA Implementation Act 

provides the President with the 

authority to proclaim modifications to 

the USSFTA rules of origin as are 

necessary to implement the Agreement 

after complying with the consultation 

and layover requirements of Section 103 

of the USSFTA Implementation Act. See 

Section 202(o)(2). Executive Order 

11651 established CITA to supervise the 

implementation of textile trade 

agreements and authorizes the 

Chairman of CITA to take actions or 

recommend that the United States take 

actions necessary to implement textile 

trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4, 

1972). 

On October 29, 2008, the Government 

of the United States received a request 

from the Government of Singapore, 

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