Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 248 / Thursday, December 27, 2001 / Notices 66871

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Siuslaw Resource

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on

January 25, 2002. The meeting will

begin at 9:30 a.m., in the Siuslaw Valley

Fire & Rescue Station, 2625 Highway

101 N., Florence, OR. Agenda items will

include: Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA) Overview; Roles and

Responsibilities for Advisory

Committees; Rules/Operational Guides/

Bylaws; ‘‘The RAC Guidebook;’’ How to

Stay Connected/Means of

Communication; Flow of Work (Future

Agendas & Meeting Dates); Project

Process & Contracting; Election of RAC

Chairperson; and Public Forum (at

approximately 3:20 p.m.). The meeting

is expected to adjourn at 4:00 p.m.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Stanley, Community

Development Specialist, Siuslaw

National Forest, 541/750–7210 or write

to Forest Supervisor, Siuslaw National

Forest, P.O. Box 1148, Corvallis, OR

97339.

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Gloria D. Brown,

Forest Supervisor.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

EQIP for GPAs, New Mexico

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, in New

Mexico, gives notice that an

environmental impact statement is not

being prepared for: Dry Cropland in

Parts of Curry, Quay, and Roosevelt

Counties, Santa Clara Pueblo Irrigated

Lands in Rio Arriba County. Irrigated

Cropland in Curry and Roosevelt

Counties, Socorro County Irrigated

Valley and Rio Cebolla in Rio Arriba

County.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rosendo Trevino III, State

Conservationist; Natural Resources

Conservation Service; 6200 Jefferson,

NE; Albuquerque, NM 87109–3734;

Telephone (505)761–4400.

Copies of these environmental

assessements are available from NRCS

in Albuquerque, NM and are also

available electronically on the NRCS

New Mexico Internet Homepage at:

http://www.nm.nrfcs.usda.gov/techserv/

ea.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessments of these

federally assisted action indicates that

the projects will not cause significant

local, regional, or national effects on the

human environment. As a result of these

findings, Rosendo Trevino III, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for these project. Basic data

developed during the environmental

assessment is on file and may be

reviewed by contacting Rosendo

Trevino III.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposed action

will be taken until 30 days after the date

of this publication in the Federal

Register.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Rosendo Trevino III,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 01–31744 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Description of System To Rank and

Approve Requests for Assistance for

Rehabilitation of Aging Watershed

Dams

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14 (f) of

the Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention Act (Pub. L. 83–566), as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1012); The Natural

Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, gives notice

that a system to rank and approve

requests for rehabilitation of watershed

dams has been prepared for use in

implementation of a rehabilitation

program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry W. Caldwell, National Policy

Coordinator for Aging Watershed

Infrastructure, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 100 USDA Suite

206, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074–2655.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 83–566 was amended by Section

313 of Public Law 106–472. One

provision of this amendment directed

the Secretary of Agriculture to establish

a system of ranking and approving

requests for rehabilitation of watershed

dams. A description of the system that

will be implemented in FY 2002 to

establish a priority ranking of all

applications for assistance received in a

state has been developed. Copies of the

description of this ranking and approval

system are available upon request at the

above address.

Roger L. Bensey,

Director, Watersheds and Wetlands Division.

[FR Doc. 01–31745 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

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AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of special public

business meeting in Washington, DC.

SUMMARY: As provided in Section 203 of

the Amtrak Reform and Accountability

Act of 1997 (Reform Act), the Amtrak

Reform Council (Council) gives notice of

a special public meeting of the Council.

On Friday, January 11, 2002, the

Council will hold a Business Meeting

from 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Eastern Standard

Time (EST) during which time the

Council members will discuss the

various options for restructuring

intercity rail passenger service.

During the last Council meeting on

December 14, 2001, the Council

discussed nine options for restructuring

Amtrak. The Council then instructed the

Council staff to reduce those options to

three, and the Council will discuss

those three options at the next Council

meeting on January 11, 2002. The

Council will determine, either at the

January 11th Meeting, in a later meeting,

or by a mail ballot, which option or

options to adopt. The final

recommendation will be submitted to

Congress on February 7, 2002.

The Amtrak Reform Council on

November 9, 2001 approved a resolution

finding that Amtrak would not achieve

operational self-sufficiency by

December 2, 2002 as required by the

Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act

of 1997. The Council’s finding started a

90-day clock in which the Council must

submit an action plan for a restructured

and rationalized national intercity rail

passenger system to Congress.