66718 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 209 / Friday, October 29, 2010 / Notices 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078, FAX: (202) 

720–8435. 

Title: 7 CFR Part 1744, Subpart B, 

‘‘Lien Accommodations and 

Subordination Policy.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0126. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Recent changes in the 

telecommunications industry, including 

deregulation and technological 

developments, have caused RUS 

borrowers and other organizations 

providing telecommunications services 

in rural areas to consider undertaking 

projects that provide new 

telecommunications services and other 

telecommunications services not 

ordinarily financed by RUS. To facilitate 

the financing of those projects and 

services, this program helps to facilitate 

funding from non-RUS sources in order 

to meet the growing capital needs of 

rural Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1 hour per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and non-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 23. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202) 

720–8435. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 21, 2010. 

James R. Newby, 

Chief of Staff, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27269 Filed 10–28–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Helena National Forest; Montana; 

Blackfoot Travel Plan EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Helena National Forest is 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of 

proposed changes to the existing 

motorized public access routes and 

prohibitions within the Blackfoot travel 

planning area. Consistent with the 

Forest Service travel planning 

regulations, the resulting available 

public motorized access routes and 

areas would be designated on a Motor 

Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). Upon 

publishing the MVUM, public use of a 

motor vehicle other than in accordance 

with those designations would be 

prohibited. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

November 29, 2010. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected July 2011 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected January 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Helena National Forest Lincoln 

Ranger District, 1569 Hwy 200, Lincoln, 

MT 59639. Comments may also be sent 

via e-mail to comments-northernhelena-lincoln@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 406–362–4253. Please 

indicate the name ‘‘Blackfoot Travel 

Plan’’ in the subject line of your e-mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Heinert, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader (406) 362–7000 or e-mail 

jmheinert@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 Time, Monday through 

Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The overall objective of this proposal 

is to provide a manageable system of 

designated public motorized access 

routes and areas within the Blackfoot 

Travel area, consistent with and to 

achieve the purposes of Forest Service 

travel management regulations at 36 

CFR 212 Subpart B. The existing system 

of available public motor vehicle routes 

and areas in the Blackfoot Travel area is 

the culmination of multiple agency 

decisions over recent decades. Public 

motor vehicle use of the majority of this 

available system continues to be 

manageable and consistent with the 

current travel management regulation. 

Exceptions have been identified, based 

on public input and the criteria listed at 

36 CFR 212.55, and in these cases 

changes are proposed to meet the 

overall objectives. The decisions will 

ensure compliance with the Forest Plan 

and Interagency requirements for grizzly 

bear security and habitat within the 

recovery zone. 

Proposed Action 

The Helena National Forest proposes 

the following changes to the existing 

motorized public access routes and 

prohibitions within the Blackfoot travel 

planning area. Consistent with the travel 

planning regulations at 36 CFR 212 

Subpart B, the resulting available public 

motorized access routes and areas 

would be designated on a Motor Vehicle 

Use Map and the prohibition at 36 CFR 

261.13 would take effect. 36 CFR 261.13 

would prohibit public use of a motor 

vehicle other than in accordance with 

those designations. 

The proposed action would: 

• Change 1.8 miles of currently 

closed yearlong routes or user-created 

routes to open with seasonal 

restrictions. 

• Change 5.1 miles of seasonally 

restricted routes to having a different 

seasonal restriction. 

• Change 6.7 miles of currently 

closed yearlong or user-created routes to 

being open yearlong. 

• Change 9.4 miles of seasonally 

restricted routes to become open 

yearlong. 

• Put 82.1 miles of currently open 

routes into storage (where routes are 

self-maintaining in non-use status for up 

to 20 years by re-contouring access 

points, and removing culverts). 

• Change 2.5 miles of open seasonally 

or open yearlong routes to closed 

yearlong. 

• Close 7.9 miles (estimated) of usercreated routes. 

• Create 41.4 miles of new motorized 

trails from currently seasonally 

restricted, open yearlong, user-created, 

and previously decommissioned routes. 

• Create 1.5 miles of single-track 

motorized trail from currently doubletrack motorized trail. 

• Construct 1.6 miles of new road. 

• Place 65.5 miles of currently closed 

routes into storage. 

• Place 82.1 miles of currently open 

routes into storage. 

• Obliterate 8.1 miles of closed 

yearlong, open yearlong, or user-created 

routes. 

• Create 5.5 miles of non-motorized 

trails from currently closed or usercreated routes. 

• Create 1.5 miles of non-motorized 

trails from currently open or seasonally 

restricted routes. 

• Create 13.7 miles of non-motorized 

trails from currently single or doubletrack motorized routes. 

• Create 33 miles of mountain bike 

trails on Forest Service land (may also 

include non-motorized or motorized 

uses). 

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Responsible Official 

The Responsible Official is Kevin 

Riordan, Helena National Forest 

Supervisor. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether to 

implement the proposed action or meet 

the purpose and need for action through 

some other alternative. He will consider 

the comments, disclosures of 

environmental consequences, and 

applicable laws, regulations, and 

policies in making the decision and 

stating the rationale in the Record of 

Decision. 

Preliminary Issues 

Public input from previous scoping 

processes, and through input gathered 

from collaboration identified several 

areas of particular interest to the public. 

Many comments spoke specifically to 

the Continental Divide National Scenic 

Trail, the Helmville-Gould trail, grizzly 

bear, elk, and bull trout habitat and 

conflicts with motorized and nonmotorized uses. These topics generated 

the most public interest regarding 

motorized and non-motorized uses. 

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 a way that they 

are useful to the Agency’s preparation of 

the EIS. Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

Two opportunities to provide public 

comments in person will be provided. 

Staff members will be available on 

November 18 and November 30, 2010 

from 4 p.m.–7 p.m. MDT at the Lincoln 

Ranger District, 1569 Hwy 200 Lincoln, 

Montana to visit with the public and 

discuss site-specific comments. If an 

individual, group or organization has 

any questions or would like to set up a 

meeting or field trip please contact 

Jaclyn Heinert at the Lincoln Ranger 

District of the Helena National Forest 

(406) 362–7000. 

Dated: October 21, 2010. 

Kevin Riordan, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest; 

Idaho and Wyoming; Revision of the 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision of the Notice of Intent 

(NOI) to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Forest Plan Amendment to the 1997 

Revised Forest Plan for the Targhee 

National Forest, located in Bonneville, 

Clark, Fremont, Lemhi, Madison and 

Teton counties, ID, and Teton and 

Lincoln counties, WY. The previous 

Notices of Intent were published in the 

Federal Register on May 30, 2007 

(72(103):29948–29949, as ‘‘Big Bend 

Ridge Vegetation Management Project 

and Timber Sale Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Proposed Targhee Revised Forest Plan 

Amendment’’) and on May 21, 2008 

(73(99):29480–29481, as ‘‘Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Targhee Revised Forest Plan With 

Proposed Forest Plan Amendment’’). 

SUMMARY: The Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest (Forest) published two notices of 

intent (May 2007 and May 2008) to 

prepare a supplemental environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to amend the 

1997 Revised Forest Plan (1997 Plan) for 

the Targhee portion of the Forest 

(Targhee). The Forest has revised the 

proposed amendment and will prepare 

an EIS instead of a supplemental EIS to 

amend the 1997 Plan. The revised 

proposed amendment: (1) Provides 

direction to maintain the characteristics 

of old-growth forests where they exist 

and eliminate a ‘‘quota’’ for old-growth 

and late-seral forested vegetation by 

principal watershed or ecological 

subsection; (2) replaces requirements for 

maintaining ‘‘biological potential’’ with 

clear direction for snag retention to 

provide habitat for cavity-nesting birds; 

and (3) provides direction to maintain 

habitat in northern goshawk, boreal owl 

and great gray owl territories affected by 

vegetation projects. The Forest believes 

these new approaches to vegetation 

management would better provide 

wildlife habitat. The Forest seeks 

comments on the revised proposal in 

order to: (1) Clarify the issues, (2) decide 

how the proposed amendment may 

need to be modified, and (3) determine 

whether or not it is necessary to develop 

additional alternative(s) for analysis in 

the draft EIS. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of this analysis must be received by 

November 29, 2010. The draft EIS is 

expected in January 2011. The final EIS 

is expected in April 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Megan Bogle, Forest Planner, CaribouTarghee National Forest, P.O. Box 777, 

Driggs, Idaho 83422. Electronic 

comments can be sent to commentsintermtn-caribou-targhee@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Bogle, Forest Planner, CaribouTarghee National Forest, P.O. Box 777, 

Driggs, Idaho 83422. Additional 

information on the proposed Plan 

Amendment may be accessed by 

clicking on the ‘‘NEPA documents for 

projects’’ link on the Forest Web site: 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/caribou-targhee/ 

projects/. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 

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

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of and Need for the Action 

The 1997 Plan includes direction that 

has proven difficult to implement. 

Specifically, the 1997 Plan requires 

20 percent of forested vegetation be 

maintained in the old-growth and lateseral age classes in each principal 

watershed. After much deliberation, the 

Forest believes that 1997 Plan direction 

to maintain a certain amount of oldgrowth and late-seral vegetation does 

not reflect the ecological capability of 

the Targhee. Because of the stand 

characteristics of lodgepole pine and 

aspen cover types, and the frequency of 

natural change and disturbances in the 

ecosystem, some principal watersheds 

may never meet the 20 percent 

guideline. Consequently, the Forest 

proposes to amend the 1997 Plan to 

maintain old-growth forests where they 

actually occur. 

The concept of biological potential 

used in the 1997 Plan has also proven 

problematic because of conflicting 

requirements at the watershed scale and 

Management Prescription scale. Clear 

and practical direction is necessary to 

ensure that adequate numbers of snags 

and/or green trees having evidence of 

cavities, nesting activity, or decadence 

would be retained where commercial 

timber harvest occurs. 

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