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Request for Comments: The public is 

invited to submit comments and 

suggestions to the above address 

regarding the accuracy of the burden 

estimate, ways to minimize the burden, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, or any other 

aspect of this collection of information. 

Comments on issues covered by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act are most 

useful to OMB if received within 30 

days of publication of the Notice and 

Request for Comments, but should be 

submitted no later than 60 days from the 

date of this publication to be assured of 

consideration. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also be a matter of public 

record. Persons with disabilities who 

require an alternative means for 

communication of information (Braille, 

large print, audiotape, etc.) should 

contact USDA’s Target Center at (202) 

720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Dated: October 20, 2014. 

Philip C. Karsting, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25632 Filed 10–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Helena National Forest, Montana, 

Tenmile—South Helena Vegetation 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Helena National Forest is 

going to prepare an environmental 

impact statement for vegetation 

management actions in the Tenmile 

Municipal Watershed and the South 

Hills of the City of Helena east of the 

Continental Divide. The purpose of the 

project is to address the need to modify 

forest fuels accumulation in order to 

reduce the potential for high-severity 

wildfire effects within the City of 

Helena’s Municipal Watershed, 

wildland urban interface, and 

surrounding area as well as provide for 

firefighter and public safety. Treatment 

activities are proposed on both Forest 

Service and Bureau of Land 

Management Lands (BLM). 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

November 28, 2014. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected April 2015 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected May 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

William Avey Helena and Lewis & Clark 

National Forests Supervisor, Helena 

National Forest, 2880 Skyway Dr., 

Helena, MT 59602. Comments may also 

be sent via email to comments-northernhelena@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

406–449–5436 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allen Byrd Team Leader, at 406–449– 

5201. 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 purpose of the project is to 

maintain consistent quantity and quality 

of water within the municipal 

watershed and improve conditions for 

public and firefighters safety across the 

landscape in the event of a wildfire. In 

order to achieve this purpose, there is a 

need to create a mosaic of vegetation 

and fuel structure more resilient to 

disturbance which will provide for 

safer, more effective fire suppression 

actions. Reducing intensity of wildfires 

and increase fire suppression 

effectiveness would improve protection 

measures for the surrounding 

communities and key municipal 

watershed infrastructure. These actions 

would reduce the probability of postwildfire watershed impacts in the 

Tenmile municipal watershed. In 

addition, sources of anthropogenic 

sediment to streams need to be 

addressed in order improve water 

quality, watershed function, and other 

resource values in the project area. 

Proposed Action 

Approximately 24,946 acres are 

proposed for treatment (24, 020 acres on 

Forest Service lands and 926 acres on 

BLM lands) which include a 

combination of commercial harvest of 

trees, non-commercial vegetation 

treatments, and prescribed fire. 

Mechanical and/or hand treatment 

methods would be used to accomplish 

treatment objectives. Proposed 

treatment activities include: Roughly 

4,002 acres of Improvement Harvest; 

11,194 acres of Low Severity Prescribed 

Fire; 2,420 acres of Mixed Severity 

Prescribed Fire; 470 acres of 

Precommercial Thinning; 2,231 acres of 

Private Land Buffers; and 4,629 acres of 

Regeneration Harvest. Up to 40-miles of 

new temporary and/or short-term 

specified road construction and 

approximately 80 miles of 

reconstruction of existing system road 

would be necessary to implement the 

proposed action. Temporary roads will 

be obliterated (restored to natural 

contours) upon completion of fuels 

removal operations. Site-specific 

amendments to the Helena National 

Forest (HNF) Plan standards pertaining 

to elk hiding cover, elk winter range, 

and elk thermal cover may be necessary 

in order to meet the project’s purpose 

and need. Approximately 35 percent 

(8,803 acres) of the project area is 

located within the Jericho Mountain and 

Lazyman Gulch Inventoried Roadless 

Areas (IRAs). The Jericho Mountain IRA 

is 8,749 acres. Of this, 78 percent or 

6,902 acres are within the project area 

boundary. Treatment activities are 

proposed on 45 percent or 3,958 acres 

within the Jericho Mountain IRA. The 

Lazyman Gulch IRA is 11,848 acres and 

is entirely within the project area 

boundary. Treatment activities are 

proposed on 40 percent or 4,845 acres 

of the Lazyman Gulch IRA. Proposed 

treatment activities in IRAs would 

include a combination of commercial 

harvest of trees, non-commercial 

vegetation treatments, and prescribed 

fire. Mechanical and/or hand treatments 

methods would be utilized to 

accomplish treatment objectives within 

both IRAs. Commercial transport of 

timber is proposed on Forest Service 

System roads 1863 and 1863–E1 which 

are located within the Jericho Mountain 

IRA. The current maintenance level of 

these roads is capable of supporting 

commercial activities and no reconstruction of road features is 

necessary. Also, use of Forest Service 

system road 1864, located in the Jericho 

Mountain IRA, is proposed for the 

purpose of providing machine access 

into proposed treatment units. No 

commercial haul of timber is proposed 

on road 1864. No road construction of 

system or temporary roads is proposed 

within either IRA. The legal location of 

this project is: Township 10N RO6W 

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Section 36; T10N RO5W Section 31; 

T10N R4W Section 34 & 35; T9N R6W 

Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 

35, and 36; T9N R5W Sections 6, 7, 8, 

9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 

33, 34, 35 and 36; T9N R4W Sections 1, 

2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35; T8N 

R6W Sections 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 

25 and 26; T8N R5W Sections 1, 2, 3, 

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 

17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29 and 30; T8N 

R4W sections 5, 6, 7, and 8. 

Responsible Official 

Helena and Lewis & Clark National 

Forests Forest Supervisor (Lead Agency) 

Bureau of Land Management Butte Field 

Manager 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decisions to be made include: 

Whether to implement the proposed 

action or an alternative to the proposed 

action, what monitoring requirements 

would be appropriate to evaluate the 

implementation of this project, and 

whether a forest plan amendment would 

be necessary as a result of the decision 

for this project. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. In November 2014, a 

scoping notice (flyer) will be mailed to 

interested and affected parties directing 

them to the project’s information which 

will be posted to the Helena National 

Forest’s Web page (http://

www.fs.usda.gov/helena/). The Web 

page will contain detailed project 

information, identification of when 

public meetings will be scheduled, 

project proposal maps, and other 

pertinent project information. 

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. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in the 

administrative objection process or any 

judicial review. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

William Avey, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25687 Filed 10–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tongass Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Tongass Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet in 

Sitka, Alaska. The Committee is 

established consistent with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C. App. 2). The most up-to-date 

information concerning the Committee, 

including meeting times and agendas 

can be found by visiting the 

Committee’s Web site at: http://

www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/

TAC. The meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on: 

• November 19, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. (AKDT). 

• November 20, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. (AKDT). 

• November 21, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. (AKDT). 

All meetings are subject to change and 

cancellation. For status of the meetings 

prior to attendance, please visit the Web 

site listed in the SUMMARY section, or 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheet’ka Kwaa ́n Naa Kahı ́di, The 

Community House, 200 Katlian Street, 

Sitka, Alaska 99835. For more 

information on the meeting or to attend 

please visit the Web site listed in the 

Summary section, or contact Nicole 

McMurren at nmcmurren@fs.fed.us for 

further details. Written comments may 

be submitted as described under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. All 

comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Tongass National Forest Office. Please 

call ahead to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole McMurren, Committee 

Coordinator, by phone at 907–772–5875, 

or by email at nmcmurren@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 8:00 

a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to provide 

advice and recommendations on 

ecologically, socially, and economically 

sustainable forest management strategy 

on the Tongass National Forest with an 

emphasis on young growth 

management. Recommendations and 

advice may directly inform the 

development of a proposed action for 

modification of the 2008 Tongass Land 

Management Plan. 

Agenda: On November 19–21, the 

Committee is scheduled to begin 

development and evaluation of 

recommendation options and establish 

expectations for subcommittee work in 

December. In addition, there will be 

time allotted for oral public comment. 

Those interested in providing comment 

orally can register at the meeting. 

Anyone who would like to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee’s staff before or 

after the meeting. Written comments 

should be sent to Jason Anderson, 

Designated Federal Officer, Tongass 

National Forest, P.O. Box 309, 

Petersburg, Alaska 99833; by email to 

jasonanderson@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 907–772–5895. Summary/

minutes of the meeting will be posted 

on the Web site listed above within 45 

days after the meeting. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices 

or other reasonable accommodation for 

access to the facility or proceedings by 

contacting the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: October 21, 2014. 

Jason Anderson, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tongass National 

Forest. 

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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, October 29, 

2014, 3 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: Broadcasting Board of 

Governors, Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Closed Meeting of 

the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in a special session to further 

discuss and consider the Fiscal Year 

2016 budget. According to Office of 

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