Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 105 / Wednesday, June 3, 2009 / Notices 26649 

Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

May 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–12928 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln 

County, MT; Flower Creek Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to disclose the 

environmental effects of fuel and 

vegetation management through 

commercial timber harvest, 

precommercial thinning and fuel 

grinding; road storage; temporary road 

construction; and trail construction. The 

project is located in the Flower Creek 

Watershed on the Libby Ranger District, 

Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln 

County, Montana, and south of Libby, 

Montana. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 45 

days from the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected December 2009 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected March 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Malcolm R. Edwards, District Ranger, 

Libby Ranger District, 12557 Hwy 37, 

Libby, MT 59923. Comments may also 

be sent via e-mail to commentsnorthern-kootenai-libby@fs.fed.us. 

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. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Beck, Team Leader, Libby 

Ranger District, 12557 Hwy 37, Libby, 

MT 59923; phone: (406) 293–7773. 

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: The 

project area is approximately 3 air miles 

south of Libby, Montana, within all or 

portions of T30N, R31W, Sections 3, 4, 

5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 

30; T30N, R32W, Sections 3, 14, 15, 20, 

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 

33, 34, 35 and 36 PMM, Lincoln County, 

Montana. The area contains the Flower 

Creek Watershed. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for this project 

is to: (1) Trend vegetation in the Flower 

Creek Watershed towards conditions 

that are resilient to fire thereby reducing 

the risk of stand replacing wildfire and 

associated post-fire effects to the 

municipal watershed. 

Proposed Action 

To meet this purpose and need this 

project proposes: 

(1) Vegetation treatments, including 

commercial timber harvest and 

associated fuel reduction, fuel reduction 

in stands that are not economically 

viable for commercial harvest, precommercial thinning, yarding tops to 

the landing in commercial harvest units, 

grinding landing piles and spot fuel 

grinding or mastication with and 

without associated timber harvest. 

Vegetation treatments total 990 acres of 

treated area. 

(2) Access management includes road 

storage and construction of temporary 

road. Approximately 1.81 miles of road 

storage is proposed. Approximately 1 

mile of temporary road construction to 

access treatment units is proposed. 

(3) Construction of a non-system trail 

tread to form a walking loop in the 

project area for a total of 0.23 miles. 

Possible Alternatives 

The Forest Service will consider a 

range of alternatives. One of these will 

be the ‘‘no action’’ alternative in which 

none of the proposed activities will be 

implemented. Additional alternatives 

will examine varying levels and 

locations for the proposed activities to 

achieve the proposal’s purposes, as well 

as to respond to the issues and other 

resource values. 

Responsible Official 

Forest Supervisor of the Kootenai 

National Forest, 31374 U.S. Highway 2 

West, Libby, MT 59923. As the 

Responsible Official, I will decide if the 

proposed project will be implemented. 

I will document the decision and 

reasons for the decision in the Record of 

Decision. I have delegated the 

responsibility for preparing the DEIS 

and FEIS to Malcolm R. Edwards, 

District Ranger, Libby Ranger District. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. A public meeting will 

be held June 16 in Libby, Montana 

followed by a public field trip on June 

18. 

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 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Paul Bradford, 

Forest Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–12724 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

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: Gulf of Mexico Electronic 

Logbook. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0543. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 300. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes for the initial installation and 1 

minute × 6 for the removal/ 

reinstallation of the electronic logbook 

(ELB). 


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