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was performed, and showed that the 

structure, composition, arrangement, 

and dynamics of the present vegetation 

indicate an area highly susceptible to 

experiencing severe fire events. 

A strong need for treatment exists. A 

community, important infrastructure 

and a major transportation corridor 

represent values that are at risk. The 

area’s infrastructure is located above, 

and in the path of major fire travel 

routes. The community is situated 

amongst vegetation that is poised to 

burn with severity. 

It is unlikely that high severity fire 

events can be stopped from occurring in 

fire regime 4; however, through the 

implementation of fuels reduction 

treatments property, infrastructure, and 

lives may be more effectively protected. 

Treatments resulting in modified fuel 

configurations in strategic locations can 

lessen the impacts of a major fire event 

to the people, infrastructure, and travel 

routes within Tollgate. 

The following project objectives were 

identified based on the intent of the 

2004 Healthy Forest Restoration Act, the 

Umatilla County CWPP, and goals 

brought forth through public 

collaborative efforts: 

• Lower fire hazard, by reducing 

overall fuel load and reducing the 

vertical and horizontal continuity of 

fuels within the project planning area. 

• Improve protection to adjacent 

private lands and public/private 

infrastructure from a wildfire event. 

• Provide safe egress of local 

residents and safe ingress/egress for 

firefighters during wildfire events. 

• Effect immediate change in fire 

behavior within the Tollgate WUI by 

reducing fuels and creating strategic fuel 

breaks. 

Proposed Action 

The Forest Service proposes to 

conduct fuels reduction activities on 

approximately 4,400 acres within the 

Tollgate project planning area. Fuel 

reduction efforts would be implemented 

through the use of commercial timber 

harvest (3,050 acres) and noncommercial thinning (1,350 acres). Fuel 

reduction prescriptions include crown 

reduction, dead and down material 

removal, and ladder fuel reduction. 

The project also includes fuel 

reduction activities in three (3) Riparian 

Habitat Conservation Areas (RHCAs) of 

strategic importance. There are 

treatments proposed along Oregon State 

Highway 204, designed to improve the 

defensibility of this important travel 

corridor. Treatments are also proposed 

within the Lookingglass Inventoried 

Roadless Area (IRA). The proposed 

treatments are targeted on the edge of 

IRA boundary where it coincides with 

private inholdings and Forest Road 

6400. No actions are proposed within 

either the North Fork Umatilla 

Wilderness or Walla Walla River 

Inventoried Roadless Area. 

Responsible Official 

Walla Walla District Ranger. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide: 

(1) Whether fuels reduction activities 

should occur, and if so, how much, 

when and where. 

(2) What monitoring and mitigation 

measures should be taken or are needed. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

A public meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 6 pm. 

The meeting will be held at the Tollgate 

Trailfinders Clubhouse located off OR 

Hwy. 204. The clubhouse is adjacent to 

the Tollgate store and across from the 

Tamarack Inn. All interested members 

of the public are welcome to attend. For 

more information about this meeting, 

please contact Kimpton Cooper using 

the contact information listed above. 

It should be noted that HFRA set up 

a pre-decisional objection process. 

Individual wishing to have standing to 

participate in the objection process must 

submit written comments either at this 

time (public scoping) or during the 

comment period for the Draft EIS. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Michael Rassbach, 

District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26223 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wrangell-Petersburg Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Wrangell-Petersburg 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Wrangell, Alaska. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 10–343) and 

in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is to review project 

proposals and make project funding 

recommendations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, 

October 29th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 

on Saturday, October 30th from 7:30 

a.m. to 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the James and Elsie Nolan Center in 

Wrangell, Alaska. Written comments 

should be sent to Christopher Savage, 

Petersburg District Ranger, P.O. Box 

1328, Petersburg, Alaska 99833, or 

Robert Dalrymple, Wrangell District 

Ranger, P.O. Box 50, Wrangell, AK 

99929. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to csavage@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 907–772–5995. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Petersburg Ranger District office at 12 

North Nordic Drive or the Wrangell 

Ranger District office at 525 Bennett 

Street during regular office hours 

(Monday through Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 

p.m.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Savage, Petersburg District 

Ranger, P.O. Box 1328, Petersburg, 

Alaska 99833, phone (907) 772–3871, 

e-mail csavage@fs.fed.us, or Robert 

Dalrymple, Wrangell District Ranger, 

P.O. Box 51, Wrangell, AK 99929, phone 

(907) 874–2323, e-mail 

rdalrymple@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

Evaluation of project proposals and 

recommendation of projects for funding. 

Persons who wish to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. A public input session will 

be provided beginning at 1 p.m. on 

October 29th and 8 a.m. on October 

30th. 

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Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Christopher S. Savage, 

District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26227 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

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: National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA). 

Title: NTIA/FCC Web-Based 

Frequency Coordination System. 

OMB Control Number: 0660–0018. 

Agency Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Burden Hours: 750. 

Average Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Number of Respondents: 3,000. 

Needs and Uses: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) hosts a Webbased system that collects specific 

identification information (e.g., 

company name, location and projected 

range of the operation, etc.) from 

applicants seeking to operate in existing 

and planned radio frequency (RF) bands 

that are shared on a co-primary basis by 

Federal and non-Federal users. The 

Web-based system provides a means for 

non-Federal applicants to rapidly 

determine the availability of RF 

spectrum in a specific location, or a 

need for detailed frequency 

coordination of a specific newly 

proposed assignment within the shared 

portions of the radio spectrum; and 

replaced the manual RF assignment 

process used by the Federal 

Communications Commission and 

NTIA. The system helps expedite the 

coordination process for non-federal 

applicants while assuring protection of 

government data relating to national 

security and replaced the . 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; state or local 

government. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

(202) 395–5887. 

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 6616, 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 Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk 

Officer, Fax number (202) 395–5167 or 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26248 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

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: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Applications and Reporting 

Requirements for the Incidental Take of 

Marine Mammals by Specified 

Activities (other than Commercial 

Fishing Operations) under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0151. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 71. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) application, 399 hours; IHA 

interim draft report, 310 hours; IHA 

draft annual report, 422 hours; IHA final 

annual report, 163 hours; Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) initial application 

(preparation for regulations), 1,100 

hours; LOA annual application, 70 

hours; LOA draft annual report, 220 

hours; LOA final annual report, 65 

hours; LOA draft comprehensive report, 

625 hours; LOA final comprehensive 

report, 300 hours. 

Burden Hours: 26,410. 

Needs and Uses: The Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA; 16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) prohibits the ‘‘take’’ 

of marine mammals unless otherwise 

authorized or exempted by law. Among 

the provisions that allow for lawful take 

of marine mammals, sections 

101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA direct 

the Secretary of Commerce to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by United States (U.S.) 

citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing), 

within a specified geographical region, 

if certain findings are made and either 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, a notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted: (1) If the Secretary, 

acting by delegation through the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), finds that the taking will have 

a negligible impact on the species or 

stock(s) and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant), and 

(2) if the permissible methods of taking 

and requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such takings are set forth. 

Issuance of an incidental take 

authorization (ITA) under section 

101(a)(5)(A) or (D) of the MMPA 

requires three sets of information 

collection: (1) A complete application 

for an ITA, as set forth in NMFS’ 

implementing regulations at 50 CFR 

216.104, which provides the 

information necessary for NMFS to 

make the necessary statutory 

determinations; (2) information relating 

to required monitoring; and (3) 

information related to required 

reporting. These collections of 

information enable NMFS to: (1) 

Evaluate the proposed activity’s impact 

on marine mammals; (2) arrive at the 

appropriate determinations required by 

the MMPA and other applicable laws 

prior to issuing the authorization; and 

(3) monitor impacts of activities for 

which take authorizations have been 

issued to determine if predictions 

regarding impacts on marine mammals 

were valid. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

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 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

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