The Federal Register

Privacy Act of 1974; Abolish Obsolete System of Records

Thu, Sep 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The records formerly maintained in this Privacy Act System of Records, USDA/FS05 Certified Cost Collectors are no longer maintained, and the System of Records is obsolete. Therefore, this system is being abolished and removed from the inventory of USDA System of Records in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Tuberculosis; Amend the Status of New Mexico From Accredited Free to Modified Accredited Advanced

Thu, Sep 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We are amending the regulations to remove a zone in New Mexico from the list of accreditedfree zones for bovine tuberculosis and reclassify the entire State as modified accredited advanced. Because two affected herds have been detected in New Mexico's accreditedfree zone since May 2007, the zone no longer meets our requirements for accreditedfree status. This action is necessary to reduce the likelihood of the spread of bovine tuberculosis within the United States.

Potato Cyst Nematode; Update of Quarantined Areas

Thu, Sep 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We are advising the public that we have made changes to the area in the State of Idaho that is quarantined to prevent the spread of potato cyst nematode. The description of the quarantined area was updated on June 27, 2008, when nine fields were released from designation as quarantined areas and four fields were added as quarantined areas.

Request for Proposals for Woody Biomass Utilization Grant--Forest Restoration Activities on National Forest System

Thu, Sep 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Technology Marketing Unit, located at the Forest Products Laboratory, requests proposals for forest product projects that increase the use of woody biomass from National Forest System lands. The woody biomass utilization grant program is intended to help improve forest restoration activities by using and creating markets for smalldiameter material and lowvalued trees removed from forest restoration activities, such as reducing hazardous fuels, handling insect and diseased conditions, or treating forestlands impacted by catastrophic weather events. These funds are targeted to help communities, entrepreneurs, and others turn residues from forest restoration activities into marketable forest products and/or energy products.

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Public Scoping in Preparation of

Thu, Sep 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or the Agency, is extending the public comment period for the public scoping in preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed action by Minnkota Power Cooperative (Minnkota Power), Otter Tail Power Company, and Minnesota Power to construct a 230 kV electric transmission line from Bemidji to Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

Rural Development and the State of Minnesota Office of Energy Security (OES) are jointly preparing an EIS to evaluate the potential impacts of the proposed transmission line pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 15001508), 36 CFR 800.2(a); section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 16 U.S