[Federal Register: August 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan Revision. Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Beaverhead,
Butte-Silver Bow; Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Powell,
Madison and Gallatin Counties, MT
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
Forest, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to
document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of the
proposed action to revise and combine Land and Resource Management
Plans for the Beaverhead and Deerlodge National Forests. The proposal
seeks to integrate resource management and incorporate larger place-
based management areas. A Notice of Intent was published May 3, 2002,
in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 86, p. 22396. This is a revision
of that notice in order to provide a detailed proposed action for
public review and comment.
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: The public is invited to comment on the Proposed
Action or meet with Marty Gardner at any point in time during the 90-
day comment period beginning on August 22, 2003. Contact Marty at (406)
683-3680 or e-mail mgardner@fs.fed.us <mailto:mgardner@fs.fed.us>, to schedule a meeting. To get on
the mailing list contact Jack Degolia (406) 683-3984, or e-mail
jdegolia@fs.fed.us <mailto:
jdegolia@fs.fed.us>.
DATES: Initial comments concerning the proposed action should be
received in writing, no later than 90 days from the publication of this
notice of intent.
ADDRESSES: Please send comments to Herrera Environmental Consultants,
101 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Comments may also be
electronically submitted to shopkins@herrerainc.com <mailto:shopkins@herrerainc.com>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Gardner, Interdisciplinary Team
Leader, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 420 Barrett, Dillon, MT
59725, phone (406) 683-3860, or e-mail mgardner@fs.fed.us <mailto:mgardner@fs.fed.us>. Responsible Official: Bradley E. Powell, Regional Forest, Northern
Region, 200 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59807
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are revising the original Notice of
Intent (Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 86, page 22396, May 3, 2002), in
order to provide a detailed proposed action for public review and
comment. We are coordinating efforts with the Bureau of Land
Management, Tribes, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks as well as County
Commissioners. In order to generate meaningful dialogue with the public
we hope to meet with any interested groups or individuals upon request.
To request a presentation for meetings at any time during the analysis
and prior to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement call Marty
Gardner at (406) 683-3860 or e-mail mgardner@fs.fed.us <mailto:mgardner@fs.fed.us>. We plan no
formal public hearings at this time.
To assist the Forest Service with identification and consideration
of issues and concerns regarding the proposed action, comments should
be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if comments refer to
specific pages or sections of the proposed action. Reviewers may wish
to refer to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for
implementation of procedural provisions of the National Environmental
Policy Act at 40 CFR 1503.3.
Additional public comment will be accepted after publication of the
DEIS anticipated by December 2004. The Environmental Protection Agency
will publish the Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement in the Federal Register. The Forest will also publish
a legal notice of availability in the Montana Standard Newspaper,
Butte, Montana. The comment period on the Draft EIS will begin the day
after the legal notice is published. The Final EIS and Decision are
expected late in 2005.
Dated: August 6, 2003.
Bradley E. Powell,
Regional Forester.
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