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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 206 

Friday, October 24, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest; 

Idaho; Johnson Bar Fire Salvage 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement— 

corrected. 

SUMMARY: This is a corrected notice. 

This notice updates the scoping period 

from 30 days to 45 days and gives notice 

that the proposed project will be subject 

to 36 CFR 218 subpart A and B 

regulations. The original notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 16, 2014 pages 62098–62099. 

The Forest Service gives notice of its 

intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Johnson Bar 

Fire Salvage Project. The Proposed 

action would utilize ground based 

(tractor and skyline) and helicopter 

logging systems to harvest trees killed 

by the Johnson Bar Fire. Harvested areas 

would be replanted with early seral 

species such as ponderosa pine, western 

white pine and western larch. 

Approximately 3 miles of roads would 

be decommissioned to reduce sediment 

related impacts to the watershed. The 

EIS will analyze the effects of the 

proposed action and alternatives. The 

Nez Perce-Clearwater Forests invites 

comments and suggestions on the issues 

to be addressed. The agency gives notice 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) analysis and decision 

making process on the proposal so 

interested and affected members of the 

public may participate and contribute to 

the final decision. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

December 8, 2014. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in March 2015 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected July 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Mike Ward or Tam White, 

Interdisciplinary Team Leaders; 502 

Lowry Street, Kooskia, Idaho 83539. 

Comments may also be sent via email to 

comments-northern-nezperce-moosecreek@fs.fed.us 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Ward, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, (208) 926–6413 or Tam White, 

Interdisciplinary Team Leader (208) 

926–6416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

objective of the Johnson Bar Fire 

Salvage Project would be to recover the 

economic value of the timber burned in 

the fire and move the area towards 

desired species compositions 

(ponderosa pine, western white pine 

and western larch) through reforestation 

as well as improve watershed 

conditions. 

Purpose: Provide a sustained yield of 

resource outputs at a level that will help 

support the economic structure of local 

communities and provide for regional 

and national needs (Nez Perce Forest 

Plan, II–1) 

Need: There is a need to utilize dead 

trees resulting from the fire in a timely 

manner to provide social and economic 

benefits before they lose commercial 

value and merchantability, which 

would contribute to the supply of 

timber for local, regional, and national 

needs. 

Purpose: Reduce potential sediment 

inputs into the aquatic ecosystem. 

Need: Sediment input from gravel and 

native surface roads can flow into 

streams, negatively affecting fish habitat 

and water quality. Improvement of 

watershed function and stream 

conditions can be accomplished by 

reducing road densities and repairing 

existing roads and culverts to reduce 

sediment and improve drainage. 

The Proposed Action would: Salvage 

harvest approximately 4,000 acres of 

dead trees within the approximate 

13,000 acre fire area. Harvesting 

operations would primarily utilize 

skyline and helicopter logging systems 

with a small component of ground 

based tractor skidding where 

appropriate. Openings are likely to 

exceed 40 acres. 

Approximately 23 segments of 

temporary roads would be built to 

provide line machine access from 

existing system roads. These spurs 

generally average approximately 0.16 

miles each and would be removed 

following harvest. 

Fire killed or ‘‘dead’’ trees for the 

purposes of this project are determined 

using guidelines that determine 

mortality by the amount of scorch and 

fire severity surrounding the roots and 

lower trunk. Field validation of these 

guidelines indicates they are accurate 

for the forest types and fire severity in 

the project area. All live trees will be 

generally retained however incidental 

removal may occur to facilitate harvest 

operations. 

Reforestation would plant long lived 

early seral tree species such as 

ponderosa pine, western white pine and 

western larch. This strategy would 

allow us to continue towards the goal of 

restoring more resilient tree species 

across the landscape. Seventeen to 

thirty-three tons per acre of standing 

and down large woody debris would be 

left across the treatment area to provide 

soil microclimate and habitat, long term 

nutrients, soil stability, and snag 

habitat. For safety reasons, retention 

would generally occur in clumps rather 

than individual snags distributed across 

the units. Retention would generally 

favor the largest snags. Approximately 3 

miles of unneeded roads may be 

decommissioned by placing them in a 

hydrologically stable condition. This 

may involve a range of road 

decommissioning methods from culvert 

removal to full recontouring. 

As they are developed, additional 

information and maps will be posted to 

‘‘NEPA Projects’’ page on the Forests 

Web site: http://data.ecosystemmanagement.org/nepaweb/project_

list.php?forest=110117. 

Responsible Official and Lead Agency 

The USDA Forest Service is the lead 

agency for this proposal. The Nez PerceClearwater Forest Supervisor is the 

responsible official. 

The Decision To Be Made is whether 

to adopt the proposed action, in whole 

or in part, or another alternative; and 

what mitigation measures and 

management requirements will be 

implemented. 

The Scoping Process for the EIS is 

being initiated with this notice. The 

scoping process will identify issues to 

be analyzed in detail and will lead to 

the development of alternatives to the 

proposal. The Forest Service is seeking 

information and comments from other 

Federal, State, and local agencies; Tribal 


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Governments; and organizations and 

individuals who may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action. 

Comments received in response to this 

notice, including the names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be a part of the project record and 

available for public review. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for comment. The second 

major opportunity for public input will 

be when the draft EIS is published. The 

comment period for the draft EIS will be 

45 days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register. The Draft EIS is 

anticipated to be available for public 

review in March 2015. 

Dated: October 17, 2014. 

Rick Brazell, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25319 Filed 10–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) plans to hold its 

regular committee and Board meetings 

in Washington, DC, Tuesday and 

Wednesday, November 18–19, 2014 at 

the times and location listed below. 

DATES: The schedule of events is as 

follows: 

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 

10:00–Noon Ad Hoc Committee 

Meetings: Closed to Public 

1:30–2:30 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee on 

Frontier Issues 

3:00–4:00 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee 

Meetings: Closed to Public 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 

9:30–10:00 a.m. Budget Committee 

10:00–11:00 a.m. Technical Programs 

Committee 

11:00–Noon Planning and Evaluation 

Committee 

1:30–3:00 p.m. Board Meeting 

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the 

Access Board Conference Room, 1331 F 

Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 

20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding the 

meetings, please contact David Capozzi, 

Executive Director, (202) 272–0010 

(voice); (202) 272–0054 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

Board meeting scheduled on the 

afternoon of Wednesday, November 19, 

2014, the Access Board will consider 

the following agenda items: 

• Approval of the draft July 9 and 

September 10, 2014 meeting minutes 

(vote) 

• Ad Hoc Committee Reports: SelfService Transaction Machines; 

Information and Communications 

Technologies; Accessible Design in 

Education; Public Rights-of-Way and 

Shared Use Paths; Passenger Vessels; 

Frontier Issues; Transportation 

Vehicles; and Medical Diagnostic 

Equipment 

• Budget Committee 

• Technical Programs Committee 

• Planning and Evaluation Committee 

• Election Assistance Commission 

Report 

• Executive Director’s Report 

All meetings are accessible to persons 

with disabilities. An assistive listening 

system, Communication Access 

Realtime Translation (CART), and sign 

language interpreters will be available at 

the Board meeting and committee 

meetings. Persons attending Board 

meetings are requested to refrain from 

using perfume, cologne, and other 

fragrances for the comfort of other 

participants (see www.access-board.gov/ 

the-board/policies/fragrance-freeenvironment for more information). 

David M. Capozzi, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25347 Filed 10–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8150–01–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 30, 

2014, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Meeting of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (Board) will be meeting at the 

time and location listed above. The 

Board will vote on a consent agenda 

consisting of the minutes of its August 

13, 2014 meeting and a resolution to 

propose Board meeting dates in 2015. 

The Board will consider establishing a 

new Board special committee on the 

future of the Voice of America. The 

Board will convene a panel discussion 

titled, ‘‘What’s the Secret to Media 

Brand Loyalty? Storytelling in the 

Digital Age.’’ 

This meeting will also be available for 

public observation via streamed 

webcast, both live and on-demand, on 

the agency’s public Web site at 

www.bbg.gov. Information regarding this 

meeting, including any updates or 

adjustments to its starting time, can also 

be found on the agency’s public Web 

site. 

The public may also attend this 

meeting in person at the address listed 

above as seating capacity permits. 

Members of the public seeking to attend 

the meeting in person must register at 

https://bbgboardmeetingoctober2014.

eventbrite.com by 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on 

October 29. For more information, 

please contact BBG Public Affairs at 

(202) 203–4400 or by email at 

pubaff@bbg.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Oanh Tran 

at (202) 203–4545. 

Oanh Tran, 

Director of Board Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25381 Filed 10–22–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8160–01–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: Non-commercial Permit and 

Reporting Requirements in the Main 

Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0577. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours per Response: Permit 

applications, 10 minutes; appeals, 2 

hours; trip logsheets, 20 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 102. 

Needs and Uses: Regulations at 50 

CFR 665, Subpart C, require that all 

participants (including vessel owners, 

operators, and crew) in the boat-based 

non-commercial bottomfish fishery in 


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