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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER seeks nominations of individuals to be foreign signatory spinner associations— contains documents other than rules or considered for selection as Committee six (6) votes. The members of the re- proposed rules that are applicable to the members. established Committee will elect a public. Notices of hearings and investigations, DATES: Written nominations must be Chairperson of the Committee. committee meetings, agency decisions and The Secretary of Agriculture invites received on or before November 2, 2012. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of those individuals, organizations, and petitions and applications and agency ADDRESSES: Nominations and statements of organization and functions are groups affiliated with the categories applications materials should be sent to listed above to nominate individuals for examples of documents appearing in this Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, section. membership on the re-established Cotton & Tobacco Programs, AMS, Committee. Nominations should USDA, 3275 Appling Road, Room 11, describe and document the proposed AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Memphis, TN 38133. member’s qualifications for membership FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to the Committee and list their name, James Knowlton, Designated Federal title, address, telephone, and fax Board of Directors Executive Session Official; Phone: (901) 384–3030; Email: number. The Secretary of Agriculture Meeting [email protected]. seeks a diverse group of members that represent a broad spectrum of persons Meeting: African Development SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant interested in providing suggestions and Foundation, Board of Directors to the Federal Advisory Committee Act ideas on how USDA can tailor its Executive Session Meeting. (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given programs to meet the needs of the cotton Time: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 5 that the Secretary of Agriculture intends to re-establish the Committee for two industry. p.m. to 6:30 p.m. All individuals who wish to nominate Place: Teleconference. years and the Committee would be composed of foreign and domestic themselves can obtain the application Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012. form at www.usda.gov/ Status: representatives of the cotton industry. The purpose of the Committee would be advisory_committees.xml. Applicants 1. Closed session, Thursday, October should also include their resumes in 11, 2012, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to review official Universal Standards for U.S. Upland cotton prepared by their submission. Lloyd O. Pierson, USDA and make recommendations to Equal opportunity practices in President & CEO, United States African the Secretary of Agriculture regarding accordance with USDA policies will be Development Foundation. establishment or revision of the followed in all appointments to the [FR Doc. 2012–24335 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] standards established under the United Committee. To ensure that BILLING CODE P States Cotton Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 51 recommendations of the Committee take et seq.). The Deputy Administrator of into account the needs of the diverse the Agricultural Marketing Service’s groups served by USDA, membership will include to the extent possible, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cotton and Tobacco Programs will serve as the Committee’s Executive Secretary. individuals with demonstrated ability to Agricultural Marketing Service Industry members will be appointed represent minorities, women and by the Secretary of Agriculture and persons with disabilities. [Doc. #AMS–CN–12–0048] serve a two (2) year term. Membership Dated: September 28, 2012. Advisory Committee on Universal will consist of representatives from the David R. Shipman, Cotton Standards cotton industry. The U.S. cotton Administrator, Agricultural Marketing industry’s membership would be Service. AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, comprised of twelve (12) producers and [FR Doc. 2012–24352 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] USDA. ginners, six (6) representatives of BILLING CODE 3410–02–P ACTION: Notice of Re-establishment of merchandising firms, and six (6) the U.S. Department of Agriculture representatives of textile manufacturers. (USDA) Advisory Committee on These representatives would be DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Universal Cotton Standards and a appointed by the Secretary of Request for Nominations. Agriculture. Each member would have Forest Service one vote. Accordingly, voting privileges SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of will be divided as follows: U.S. cotton Monroe Mountain Aspen Ecosystems Agriculture (USDA) intends to re- producers and ginners—twelve (12) Restoration Project Fishlake National establish the Advisory Committee on votes; U.S. merchandising firms—six (6) Forest; Sevier and Piute Counties; UT Universal Cotton Standards votes; U.S. textile manufacturers—six AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. (Committee). The Committee is (6) votes. There would be two ACTION: Notice; Intent to prepare necessary and in the public interest. The committee members designated from environmental impact statement. Committee reviews official Universal each of the foreign signatory Standards for American Upland cotton associations. These committee members SUMMARY: The Forest Service will prepared by USDA and would make would be designated by the respective prepare an environmental impact recommendations to the Secretary of associations. Voting privileges would be statement (EIS) to document the Agriculture regarding the establishment divided as follows: foreign signatory analysis and disclose the environmental or revision of standards. USDA also merchant associations—six (6) votes; impacts of proposed land management

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activities, and corresponding information, including maps, may be not address underlying causes of the alternatives, within the Monroe found on the web at: www. fs.usda.gov/ lack of recruitment. Aspen is a keystone Mountain Aspen Ecosystems goto/fishlake/projects. species and historically was a landscape Restoration Project area. Proposed Actions—Aspen ecosystem dominant species on Monroe Mountain. The purpose of the Monroe Mountain restoration activities are proposed in Aspen ecosystems support the highest Aspen Ecosystems Restoration Project is order to restore and sustain aspen in the level of biodiversity for interior western to implement land management project area. The Richfield Ranger forests. Productivity of aspen ecosystem activities that are consistent with District has identified restoring all understories (grass, forbs, and shrubs) is direction in the Fishlake National Forest aspen ecosystems on Monroe Mountain higher than all other forest types. Land and Resource Management Plan as the primary purpose of this project. Individual aspen trees arise almost (Forest Plan) and respond to specific To accomplish this purpose, the District exclusively from root suckers and are needs identified in the project area. The has identified a need to address lack of relatively short-lived (i.e., 100–200 project-specific needs include fire and subsequent conifer years). Aspen is shade intolerant and addressing aspen decline to restore encroachment as one of the primary sprouts heavily following disturbance; persistent aspen communities of various underlying causes for aspen decline on such as fire, which removes shading age classes and sizes with biodiverse Monroe Mountain. To address lack of effects in areas where conifers have understories. fire and subsequent conifer become dominant and compete with The Monroe Mountain Aspen encroachment on Monroe Mountain, the aspen. Mechanical treatments can also Ecosystems Restoration Project area is Richfield District is considering a be an effective disturbance tool for located on National Forest System combination of mechanical and/or aspen restoration. lands, administered by the Richfield prescribed fire treatments that target Preliminary Issues—Comments from Ranger District, southeast of Richfield, approximately 55,106 acres of mixed American Indian tribes, the public, and Utah. The legal description for the conifer/aspen. Treatments would occur other agencies will be considered in project area is: multiple sections in over the next 10 years. identifying preliminary issues. The Ranges 1, 2, 21⁄2 and 3 West and in Restoring all aspen ecosystems on District has identified and is concerned Townships 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Monroe Mountain would result in about the following potential issues: South. multiple benefits, which include but are prescribed fire near private inholdings, DATES: Comments concerning the not limited to, improving water yield; mechanical treatments in Inventoried proposed land management activities improving and increasing habitat for Roadless Areas, effects on wildlife should be received by November 19, wildlife dependent upon aspen species, effects to watersheds and soils, 2012 to receive timely consideration in communities; dispersing the use of effects on vegetation (i.e. impacts to old the preparation of the draft EIS. aspen stands by ungulates; improving growth conifer stands, spruce native species diversity; reducing ADDRESSES: Send written comments plantations and aspen), effects from hazardous fuel accumulations; and concerning the proposed land insects and disease, effects on livestock reducing the risk for large scale, intense management activities or requests to be grazing management, overbrowsing of wildland fires, which in turn creates an placed on the project mailing list to: new aspen by domestic livestock and environment with less risk to public and Jason Kling, Attention: Monroe wild ungulates following treatments, firefighter safety. effects on cultural resources, and effects Mountain Aspen Restoration Project, Responsible Official—The District Richfield Ranger District, 115 East 900 from smoke from prescribed fire. Ranger of the Richfield District, Fishlake Public Participation—This notice of North, Richfield, Utah 84701. You are National Forest, Jason Kling, is the intent initiates the scoping process, welcome and encouraged to submit Responsible Official for making project- which will assist with the development electronic comments in acceptable level decisions from the project. of the environmental impact statement. formats [plain text (.txt), rich text (.rtf) Decision Space—Decision-making The Forest Service is seeking comments or Word (.doc)] to: comments-intermtn- will be limited to specific activities from Federal, State, and local agencies, [email protected]. relating to the proposed actions. The as well as local Native American tribes FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: primary decision to be made will be and other individuals or organizations Jason Kling, Richfield District Ranger, whether or not to implement the that may be interested in or affected by 115 East 900 North, Richfield, Utah proposed actions or another action the proposed actions. Comments 84701, phone (435) 896–9233, fax (435) alternative that responds to the project’s received in response to this notice will 896–9347, email: [email protected]. In purpose and needs. become a matter of public record. While addition, an Open House will be held at Project History—Unsustainable aspen public participation is welcome at any the Sevier County Administrative ecosystem conditions include, but are time, comments on the proposed actions Building in Richfield, Utah October 10, not limited to, conifer encroachment received within 45 days of this notice 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. due to reduced fire, and lack of will be especially useful in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The recruitment due to domestic and wild preparation of the draft EIS. Timely information presented in this notice is browsing by cattle, sheep, elk and deer. comments will be used to identify: included to help the reviewer determine Overbrowsing and absence of fire have potential issues with the proposed if they are interested in or potentially been identified as the primary actions, alternatives to the proposed affected by the proposed land underlying causes for aspen ecosystems actions that respond to the identified management activities. The information on Monroe Mountain being at risk. needs and significant issues, and presented in this notice is summarized. Aspen of 5–15 feet height potential environmental effects of the Those who wish to provide comments, (‘‘recruitment’’) are uncommon on proposed actions and alternatives or are otherwise interested in or affected Monroe Mountain, despite continued considered in detail. In addition, the by the project, are encouraged to obtain sprouting of aspen (‘‘regeneration’’). Due public is encouraged to contact and/or additional information from the contact to high cost and continual maintenance, visit Forest Service officials at any time identified in the FOR FURTHER fencing is not a long term sustainable during the planning process. INFORMATION CONTACT section. response option for protecting aspen The decisions associated with the Additionally, project detailed sprouts from overbrowsing, and does analysis of this project will be

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consistent with the Fishlake Land and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Dated: September 26, 2012. Resource Management Plan. Robbert Mickelsen, Estimated Dates for Filing—The draft Forest Service Branch Chief. [FR Doc. 2012–24210 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] EIS is expected to be filed with the Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites; BILLING CODE 3410–11–M Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Lands Recreation available for public review in May 2013. Enhancement Act A 45-day comment period will follow publication of a Notice of Availability of AGENCY: Caribou-Targhee National COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS the draft EIS in the Federal Register. Forest, USDA, Forest Service. Comments received on the draft EIS will Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting ACTION: Notice New Fee Site. be used in preparation of the final EIS, of the Illinois Advisory Committee expected in August 2013. A Record of Decision (ROD) will also be issued at SUMMARY: The Caribou-Targhee National Notice is hereby given, pursuant to that time along with the publication of Forest is proposing to begin charging the provisions of the rules and a Notice of Availability of the final EIS fees at the Al Taylor Cabin. Facilities at regulations of the U.S. Commission on and ROD in the Federal Register. the site have recently been Civil Rights (Commission), and the reconstructed and amenities have been Federal Advisory Committee Act Reviewer’s Obligation to Comment— added to improve services and (FACA), that a briefing meeting of the The Forest Service believes it is experiences. Fees are assessed based on Illinois Advisory Committee to the important at this early stage to give the level of amenities and services Commission will convene at 11 a.m. and reviewers notice of several court rulings provided, cost of operation and adjourn at 1 p.m. on October 30, 2012, related to public participation in the maintenance, market assessment, and at the DePaul University College of Law, environmental review process. First, public comment. Funds from fees would 1 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. reviewers of the draft EIS must structure be used for the continued operation and The purpose of the meeting is to host their participation in the environmental maintenance of these recreation sites. presentations on federal immigration review of the proposal in such a way law and Illinois policy and legislation The Al Taylor cabin recently came that it is meaningful and alerts an regarding immigrants. into Forest Service ownership. It is agency to the reviewer’s position and Members of the public are entitled to located approximately 35 miles NE of contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear submit written comments; the Dubois, Idaho and 10 miles NW of Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 513 comments must be received in the Kilgore, Idaho. Access is via a gravel (1978). Also, environmental objections regional office by November 9, 2012. 2WD road. The proposed fee would be that could be raised at the draft EIS The address is Midwestern Regional $35.00 per night and the cabin will stage but that are not raised until after Office, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, accommodate 5–8 people. completion of the final EIS may be Chicago, IL 60603. Persons wishing to waived or dismissed by the courts. City DATES: Send any comments about these email their comments or to present their of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, fee proposals by March 15, 2013 so comments verbally at the meeting, or 1022 (9th Cir, 1986), and Wisconsin comments can be compiled, analyzed who desire additional information Heritages Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. and shared with a Recreation Resource should contact Carolyn Allen, 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis., 1980). Because of Advisory Committee. New fees would Administrative Assistant, (312) 353– 8311 or by email: [email protected]. these court rulings, it is very important begin after April 2013. Hearing-impaired persons who will that those interested in this proposed ADDRESSES: Brent Larson, Forest attend the meeting and require the action participate by the close of the 45- Supervisor, Caribou-Targhee National services of a sign language interpreter day comment period of the draft EIS in Forest, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho should contact the Regional Office at order that substantive comments and Falls, Idaho 83401. least ten (10) working days before the objections are available to the Forest FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: scheduled date of the meeting. Service at a time when it can Records generated from this meeting meaningfully consider them and Brent Porter, Recreation Program Coordinator, (208–524–7500) or email at may be inspected and reproduced at the respond to them in the final EIS. To _ _ Midwestern Regional Office, as they assist the Forest Service in identifying ctnf fee [email protected]. Information about proposed fee changes become available, both before and after and considering issues and concerns on the meeting. Persons interested in the the proposed action, comments should can also be found on the Caribou- Targhee National Forest Web site: work of this advisory committee are be as specific as possible. Reviewers advised to go to the Commission’s Web http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/ctnf/ may wish to refer to the Council on site, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the passes-permits/recreation. Environmental Quality Regulations for Midwestern Regional Office at the above implementing the procedural provisions SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The email or street address. of the National Environmental Policy Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement The meeting will be conducted Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed pursuant to the provisions of the rules these points. the Secretary of Agriculture to publish and regulations of the Commission and FACA. Dated: September 24, 2012. a six month advance notice in the Federal Register whenever new Jason Kling, Dated in Washington, DC, September 27, recreation fee areas are established. 2012. District Ranger, Richfield Ranger District, Peter Minarik, Fishlake National Forest, 115 East 900 North, Once public involvement is complete, Richfield, Utah 84701. these new fees will be reviewed by a Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. [FR Doc. 2012–24317 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] Recreation Resource Advisory Committee prior to a final decision and [FR Doc. 2012–24217 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P implementation. BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

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