[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25197-25198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10471]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Shasta Trinity National Forest, South Fork Management Unit,
California Salt Timber Harvest and Fuels Hazard Reduction Project
AGENCY: USDA Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: This notice revises the previous notice of intent, published
on March 26, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 59, pages 15966 through 15968, to
prepare an environmental impact statement for the Salt Timber Harvest
and Fuels Reduction Project (Salt Project). A supplemental
environmental impact statement will be prepared for the Salt Project to
supplement wildlife management indicator assemblage analysis. This
notice and supplement pertains only to the wildlife management
indicator assemblage analysis for the Salt Project.
DATES: The draft supplemental environmental impact statement is
expected July 2010, there will be a public comment period on the draft
and then the final supplemental environmental impact statement is
expected May 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobbie DiMonte Miller, Shasta-Trinity
National Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002; telephone
(530) 226-2425, e-mail [email protected]. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service is proposing to prepare a
supplement to the final environmental impact statement for the Salt
Project in accordance with FSH 1909.15, Chapter 10, Section 18.1 and
Section 18.2.
J. Sharon Heywood, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Supervisor,
signed a Record of Decision on October 20, 2009, based on the Salt
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). On December 21,
2009, Denise Boggs filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Conservation
Congress, Citizens for Better Forestry, Environmental Protection
Information Center and Kiamath Forest Alliance. On February 5, 2010,
Appeal Reviewing Officer (ARO) Tern Marceron, Forest Supervisor at Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit, recommended that the Forest Supervisor's
decision be affirmed on all issues with the exception of wildlife
management indicator assemblage analysis. The ARO determined that the
Salt Project FEIS did not document the effects of project alternatives
on key habitat components consistent with the Shasta-Trinity National
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The Appeal Deciding Officer
agreed with the ARO's analysis. This notice pertains only to the
supplement of management indicator assemblage effects information and
analyses.
Purpose and Need for Action
Because the supplement will only address the additional wildlife
management indicator assemblage information and analyses, the purpose
and need for action remains the same as described in the October 2009
Salt Project FEIS, Chapter 1, pages 3 through 16.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is the same as described in Chapter 1 of the
October 2009 Salt Project FEIS (Chapter 1, pages 16 & 17). That
document is available on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Web site at
www.fs.usda.gov/stnf. Under Highlights click on Ongoing NEPA projects.
Responsible Official
J. Sharon Heywood, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Supervisor, 3644
Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The Responsible Official will review the supplemental information
and determine what, if any, modifications should be made to the October
20, 2009, decision. A new decision will be issued.
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Scoping Process
Scoping is not required for supplements to environmental impact
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4). A history of scoping and public
involvement to date, starting in 2006, is detailed in Chapter 1 of the
October 2009 Salt Project FEIS (Chapter 1, pages 17-18).
Dated: April 28, 2010.
Scott G. Armentrout,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2010-10471 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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