The Federal Register

Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

We are advising the public that we have prepared a finding of no significant impact relative to a new Federal order that restricts the interstate movement of regulated articles from areas quarantined for citrus greening disease and the Asian citrus psyllid. The finding of no significant impact is based on an environmental assessment that we prepared to document our review and analysis of the potential environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the new Federal order. In a notice published in the Federal Register on November 2, 2007, we made the environmental assessment available to the public for review and comment, but noted that we may have to begin an expanded citrus greening regulatory program in Florida immediately and issue a finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment before the comment period on the environmental assessment concludes.

List of Newspapers To Be Used by the Alaska Region for Publication of Legal Notices of Decisions Subject to

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

This notice lists the newspapers that Forests and the Regional Office of the Alaska Region will use to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 217. The intended effect of this action is to inform interested members of the public which newspapers will be used to publish legal notice of decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 217, thereby allowing them to receive constructive notice of a decision, to provide clear evidence of timely notice, and to achieve consistency in administering the appeals process.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland; Wyoming; Inyan Kara Analysis Area

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Forest Service is analyzing the management of rangeland vegetation resources, which includes livestock grazing, on the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the Thunder Basin National Grasslands. NFS lands that comprise the Inyan Kara Analysis Area Vegetation Management Phase II will be assessed to determine how existing resource conditions compare to the desired conditions outlined in the Thunder Basin National Grassland Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP). A management strategy will be developed in order to maintain or improve rangeland and vegetation conditions toward LRMP desired conditions.

Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board Public Meeting Dates Announced

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has announced its meeting dates for 2008. These meetings are open to the public, and public comment is accepted at any time in writing and at the pleasure of the Board chair at each meeting for verbal comments. Persons wishing to speak may be given three minutes to address the Board.

Meeting dates are the third Wednesday of each month unless otherwise indicated:
January 3.
February 20.
March 19.
April 16.
May 21.
June 18.
July (No Meeting).
August 20 (Summer Field TripTBA).
September 17.
October 15.
November 19.
December (No Meeting).
January 6, 2009 (Tentative).

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in north central Texas, and the applicant for south central California. Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid) and Plainview Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Plainview) applied for counties in Texas, and California Agri Inspection Company, Ltd. (California Agri) applied for counties in California that were open for designation.

Opportunity for Designation in Georgia, Cedar Rapids (IA), and Montana Areas, and Request for Comments on the

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The designations of the official agencies listed below will end on June 30, 2008. We are asking persons interested in providing official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an application for designation. We are also asking for comments on the quality of services provided by these currently designated agencies: Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia); MidIowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (MidIowa); and Montana Department of Agriculture (Montana).

Designation for the Columbus (OH), Farwell (TX), and Decatur (IN) Areas

Mon, Dec 3 2007 11:00:00 GMT

We are announcing designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): Columbus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Columbus); Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell); and Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (Northeast Indiana).