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Commuted Traveltime Periods: Overtime Services Relating to Imports and Exports

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

We are amending the regulations concerning overtime services provided by employees of Plant Protection and Quarantine by adding commuted traveltime allowances for travel between Hilo, HI, and five new locations in Hawaii. Commuted traveltime allowances are the periods of time required for Plant Protection and Quarantine employees to travel from their dispatch points and return there from the places where they perform Sunday, holiday, or other overtime duty. The Government charges a fee for certain overtime services provided by Plant Protection and Quarantine employees and, under certain circumstances, the fee may include the cost of commuted traveltime. This action is necessary to inform the public of commuted traveltime for these locations.

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations that provide for the payment of compensation to owners of commercial stone fruit orchards and fruit tree nurseries whose trees or nursery stock were destroyed to eradicate plum pox.

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations for the importation of unshu oranges from Kyushu Island and Honshu Island, Japan, into the United States.

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations intended to prevent the interstate spread of fruit flies from Hawaii.

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations under which eligible owners may receive payments to replace trees removed because of citrus canker.

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Double-Crested Cormorant Management in the United States; Record of Decision

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice advises the public of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's record of decision for the DoubleCrested Cormorant Management in the United States final environmental impact statement.

Vaccination of Wild Bison; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to subcutaneous vaccination of wild, freeranging bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area with Strain RB51 vaccine to help prevent the spread of brucellosis. The environmental assessment documents our review and analysis of environmental impacts associated with the vaccination and provides a basis for our conclusion that vaccination of the bison will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. We are making the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact available to the public for review and comment.
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Direct and Counter Cyclical Program; Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for Peanuts, Pulse

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This document also corrects the regulations published by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) entitled ``Direct and Counter Cyclical Program'' and ``Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments.'' Corrections are necessary for provisions that conflict with statute or other program requirements and are intended to ensure that Agency regulations are properly written and implemented. These changes will apply retroactively to actions taken under the subject regulations since their effective date.

South Fork Wildfire Salvage Project, Boise National Forest, ID

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Cascade Ranger District of the Boise National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a resource management project in the South Fork Salmon River. The entire project area is located within watersheds that drain directly into the South Fork Salmon River or its tributaries, downstream of Warm Lake. The project area is located 25 miles northeast of Cascade, Idaho, and about 120 miles north of Boise, Idaho.

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The agency invites written comments and suggestions on the scope of the analysis. The agency also hereby gives notices of the environmental analysis and decisionmaking process that will occur on the proposal so interested and affected people are aware of how they may participate and contribute to the final decision. At this time no public meetings to discuss the project are planned.

Proposed Action: The primary objective of the project is to capture the value of firekilled and imminently dead timber not needed to maintain or improve postfire eco