Superior National Forest, LaCroix and Kawishiwi Ranger Districts, Minnesota Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project Environmental Impact Statement, 15284-15286 [05-5908]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economic Research Service
Notice of Intent of Seek Approval To
Collect Information
Economic Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. No. 104–13) and Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR
44978, August 29, 1995), this notice
announces the Economic Research
Service’s (ERS) intention to request
renewal of approval for annual
information collection on supplemental
food security questions in the Current
Population Survey, commencing with
the December 2005 survey. These data
will be used: to monitor household level
food security and food insecurity in the
United States; to assess food security
and changes in food security for
population subgroups; to assess the
need for, and performance of, domestic
food assistance programs; to improve
the measurement of food security; and
to provide information to aid in public
policy decision making.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 30, 2005 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Mark Nord,
Food Assistance Branch, Food and
Rural Economics Division, Economic
Research Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1800 M Street NW., Room
N–2180, Washington, DC 20036–5831.
Tel. 202–694–5433. Submit electronic
comments to marknord@ers.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Annual Food
Security Supplement to the Current
Population Survey, beginning in
December 2005.
Type of Request: Approval to collect
information on household food
insecurity.
OMB Number: 0536–0043.
Expiration Data: N/A
Abstract: The U.S. Census Bureau will
supplement the December Current
Population Survey, beginning in 2005,
with questions regarding household
food shopping, food sufficiency, coping
mechanisms and food scarcity, and
concern about food sufficiency. A
similar supplement has been appended
to the CPS annually since 1995. The last
collection was in December 2004.
Copies of the information to be collected
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can be obtained from the address in the
preamble.
ERS is responsible for conducting
studies and evaluations of the Nation’s
food assistance programs that are
administered by the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS), U.S. Department of
Agriculture. The Department spends
about $46 billion each year to ensure
access to nutritious, healthful diets for
all Americans. The Food and Nutrition
Service administers the 15 food
assistance programs of the USDA
including Food Stamps, Child Nutrition,
and WIC programs. These programs,
which serve 1 in 5 Americans, represent
our Nation’s commitment to the
principle that no one in our country
should lack the food needed for an
active healthy life. They provide a safety
net to people in need. The programs’
goals are to provide needy persons with
access to a more nutritious diet, to
improve the eating habits of the Nation’s
children, and to help America’s farmers
by providing an outlet for the
distribution of food purchased under
farmer assistance authorities.
These data will be used to monitor the
prevalence of food security and the
prevalence and severity of food
insecurity among the Nation’s
households. The prevalence of these
conditions as well as year-to-year trends
in their prevalence will be estimated at
the national level and for population
subgroups. The data will also be used to
monitor the amounts that households
spend for food and their use of
community food pantries and
emergency kitchens. These statistics
along with research based on the data
will be used to identify the causes and
consequences of food insecurity, and to
assess the need for, and performance of,
domestic food assistance programs. The
data will also be used to improve the
measurement of food security and to
develop measures of additional aspects
and dimensions of food security. This
consistent measurement of the extent
and severity of food insecurity will aid
in policy decision making. The
supplemental survey instrument was
developed in conjunction with food
security experts nationwide as well as
survey method experts within the
Census Bureau. This supplemental
information will be collected by both
personal visit and telephone interviews
in conjunction with the regular monthly
CPS interviewing. All interviews,
whether by personal visit or by
telephone, are conducted using
computers.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this data collection is
estimated to average 7.6 minutes for
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each household that responds to the
laborforce portion of the CPS.
Respondents: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 7,155 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments
should be sent to the address in the
preamble. All responses to this notice
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Susan Offutt,
Administrator, Economic Research Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Superior National Forest, LaCroix and
Kawishiwi Ranger Districts, Minnesota
Echo Trail Area Forest Management
Project Environmental Impact
Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Echo Trail Area Forest
Management Project. The Record of
Decision will disclose how the Forest
Service will manage vegetation to meet
landscape ecosystem objectives in the
Project Area. The project Area
encompasses about 126,000 acres of
National Forest System land. The
Proposed Action would provide
approximately 80 million board feet of
timber to local and regional timber
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markets; harvest approximately 16,006
acres of mature and overmature stands
in the Jack Pine/Black Spruce, Drymesic Red and White Pine, and
Lowland Conifer landscape ecosystems;
thin about 838 acres of pine; do timber
stand improvement activities on about
287 acres and diversity planting on
about 981 acres; and provide road
access across National Forest System
land to State and county forested lands.
The transportation system would also be
analyzed to provide roads for forest
resource management. A range of
alternatives, including a no-action
alternative, will be developed to
respond to significant issues. The
proposed project is located on the
LaCroix and Kawishiwi Ranger Districts,
Cook and Ely, Minnesota, Superior
National Forest. In addition , the
Proposed Action may create temporary
openings greater than 1,000 acres.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of this project must be received by May
9, 2005. The draft environmental impact
statement is expected October 2005. The
final environmental impact statement is
expected March 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District
Ranger, Echo Trail Area Forest
Management Project EIS, LaCroix
Ranger District, 320 North Highway 53,
Cook, MN 55723. For further
information, mail correspondence to
Carol Booth, Project Leader, at the
address above. Send electronic
comments to comments-easternsuperior-la-croix@fs.fed.us. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for how to send electronic
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District
Ranger, or Carol Booth, Echo Trail Area
Project Leader at ADDRESSES above or
telephone: (218) 666–0020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of the Echo Trail Area
Forest Management Project is to move
the area towards the vegetation and
landscape ecosystem desired conditions
described in the 2004 Superior National
Forest Plan.
Proposed Action
The proposed action would include
clearcut harvesting with reserve trees
about 16,006 acres and thinning about
838 acres, resulting in an estimated 80
million board feet available for timber
sales. In addition, about 34 miles of road
would be added to the transportation
system and about 51 miles of road
would be decommissioned. Special use
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road permits for about 12 miles of roads
would be issued to the State and county.
access some treatment units to
implement Forest Service activities.
Responsible Officials
Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District
Ranger, 320 North Highway 53, Cook,
MN 55723 and Mark E. Van Every,
Kawishiwi District Ranger, 118 South
4th Ave. East, Ely, MN 55731.
Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. Written comments
will be solicited through a scoping
package that will be sent to the project
mailing list. For the Forest Service to
best use the scoping input, comments
must be received by May 9, 2005.
Include name, address, and title of the
project with your comments.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review: A draft
environmental impact statement will be
prepared for comment. The comment
period on the draft environmental
impact statement will be 45 days from
the date the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes the notice of
availability in the Federal Register.
The Forest Service believes, at this
early stage, that it is important to give
reviewers notice of several court rulings
related to public participation in the
environmental review process. First,
reviewers of draft environmental impact
statements must structure their
participation in the environmental
review of the proposal so that it is
meaningful and alerts an agency to the
reviewer’s position and contentions.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.
NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553, (1978). Also,
environmental objects that could have
been raised at the draft environmental
impact statement stage but that are not
raised until after completion of the final
environmental impact statement may be
waived or dismissed by the courts. City
of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016,
1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin
Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp.
1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of
these court rulings, it is very important
that those interested in this proposed
action participate by the close of the 45day comment period so that substantive
comments and objections are made
available to the Forest Service at a time
when it can meaningfully consider them
and respond to them in the final
environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in
identifying and considering issues and
concerns of the proposed action,
comments on the draft environmental
impact statement should be as specific
as possible. It is also helpful if
comments refer to specific pages or
chapter of the draft statement.
Comments may also address the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement or the merits of the
alternatives formulated and discussed in
Nature of Decision To Be Made
An environmental analysis for this
project area will evaluate site-specific
issues, consider alternatives, and
analyze the potential effects of the
proposed action and alternatives. The
scope of the project is limited to
decisions concerning activities within
the Echo Trail Project Area that meet the
purpose and need and desired
conditions. An environmental impact
statement will provide the deciding
officials (Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix
District Ranger and Mark Van Every,
Kawishiwi District Ranger) with the
information needed to make the
following decisions for the Echo Trail
Area Forest Management Project:
1. What actions would be used to
address the purpose and need.
2. Where and when those actions
would take place.
3. What mitigation measure and
monitoring requirements would be
required.
Scoping Process
Public participation will be an
integral component of the analysis
process, and will be especially
important at several points during the
analysis. The first is during the scoping
process. The Forest Service is seeking
information, comments, and assistance
from Federal agencies, State agencies,
local agencies, individuals, and
organizations that may be interested or
affected by the proposed activities. The
scoping process will include: (1)
Identification of potential issues, (2)
identification of issues to be analyzed in
depth, and (3) elimination of
insignificant issues, or those which have
been covered by a previous
environmental review. Based on the
results of scoping and the resource
capabilities within the project area,
alternatives, including a no-action
alternative, will be developed for the
draft environmental impact statement.
Permits or Licenses Required
The proposed action may create
temporary openings greater than 1,000
acres. A 60-day public notice and
review by the Regional Forester would
be needed for such action.
Easement or permission to cross nonfederal property may be needed to
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the statement. Reviewers may wish to
refer to the Council on Environmental
Quality regulations for implementing
the procedural provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act in
40 CFR 1503.3.
Comments received, including names
and addresses of those who comment,
will be considered part of the public
record on this proposal and will be
available for public inspection.
Comments submitted anonymously will
be accepted and considered. Pursuant to
7 CFR 1.27(d), any person may request
the agency to withhold a submission,
from the public record, by showing how
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
permits such confidentiality. Requesters
should be aware that, under FOIA,
confidentiality may be granted in only
very limited circumstances, such as to
protect trade secrets. The Forest Service
will inform the requester of the agency’s
decision regarding the request for
confidentiality. If the request is denied,
the agency will return the submission
and notify the requester that the
comments may be resubmitted with or
without name and address within seven
days.
In making the decision, the
responsible officials will consider the
comments, responses, disclosure of
environmental consequences, and
applicable laws, regulations, and
policies. The responsible officials will
state the rationale for the chosen
alternative in the Record of Decision.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Nancy S. Larson,
LaCroix District Ranger.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Mark E. Van Every,
Kawishiwi District Ranger.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Counties Payments Committee
Meeting
participation, followed by a business
session, open only to public attendance.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel, Rose
B Meeting Room, 2nd floor, 1100 Nugget
Avenue, Sparks, Nevada 89431.
Those who cannot be present may
submit written responses to the
questions, listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice, to
Randle G. Phillips, Executive Director,
Forest Counties Payments Committee,
PO Box 34718, Washington, DC 20043–
4713, or electronically to the
Committee’s Web site at https://
countypayments.gov/comments.html.
Comments must be received by May 1,
2005, to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent possible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randle G. Phillips, Executive Director,
Forest Counties Payments Committee, at
(202) 208–6574 or via e-mail at
rphillips01@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
320 of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 2001 created the
Forest Counties Payments Committee to
make recommendations to Congress on
a long-term solution for making Federal
payments to eligible States and counties
in which Federal lands are situated. The
Committee will consider the impact on
eligible States and counties of revenues
from the historic multiple use of Federal
lands; evaluate the economic,
environmental, and social benefits
which accrue to counties containing
Federal lands; evaluate the expenditures
by counties on activities occurring on
Federal lands, which are Federal
responsibilities; and monitor payments
and implementation of The Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393). In order to develop its
recommendations to Congress, the
Committee would like to hear from both
elected officials and the general public.
At the April 15 meeting in Sparks,
Nevada, the Committee asks that
respondents provide information that is
responsive to the following questions:
1. Schools
Identify specific examples of
expenditures for education resulting
SUMMARY: The Forest Counties Payments directly from payments received from
Committee will meet in Sparks, Nevada, Public Law 106–393 that would not
April 15, 2005. The purpose of the
have been possible without the funding
meeting is to discuss Section 320 of the
from this Act. Specify whether these, or
Interior and Related Agencies
other education services, would be
Appropriations Act of 2001.
discontinued or reduced when the
current Law expires in 2006 and, if
DATES: The meeting will be held on
April 15, 2005. The meeting will consist other funding sources would be
available to replace the funds currently
of a session from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.,
provided by Public Law 106–393.
which will be open to public
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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2. Roads
Identify examples of expenditures on
roads from payments from Pub. L. 106–
393 that would not have been possible
without the funding from this Act.
Specify whether these, or other
transportation services, would be
discontinued or reduced when the
current Law expires in 2006, or if other
funding sources would be available to
replace them.
3. Resource Advisory Committees
Pursuant to the requirements of Pub.
L. 106–393, a county, or similar local
governing body, that receives $100,000
or more, must set aside between 15 and
20 percent of the total payment for Title
II, Title III, or a combination of the two
titles.
If your county received at least
$100,000, please describe the reasons
why your local governing body decided
not to set aside money for Title II,
public lands projects, and establish a
resource advisory committee. Please
describe any conditions or
circumstances that would have caused
your local governing body to set aside
money in Title II, and establish a
resource advisory committee.
4. Role of Resource Advisory
Committees
The projects of resource advisory
committees are determined by funds set
aside by counties and agreed to by the
members of the committee as described
in their charter.
Based on the experience you have
gained in working with resource
advisory committees, do you believe the
role of these committees could be
expanded beyond their current
responsibilities to address other
management activities on public lands?
If so, please provide examples. What
advantages would be gained from such
expansion?
5. Title III
There are currently six categories for
which expenditures of Title III funds are
permitted. These categories are: Search,
rescue, and emergency services on
Federal lands; community service work
camps for Federal lands; easement
purchases; forest related educational
opportunities; fire prevention and
county planning; and community
forestry. Are there other categories you
would like to see added to the list that
would permit expenditures of these
funds? Please provide your reasons.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Superior National Forest, LaCroix and Kawishiwi Ranger Districts,
Minnesota Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project Environmental
Impact Statement
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Echo Trail Area Forest
Management Project. The Record of Decision will disclose how the Forest
Service will manage vegetation to meet landscape ecosystem objectives
in the Project Area. The project Area encompasses about 126,000 acres
of National Forest System land. The Proposed Action would provide
approximately 80 million board feet of timber to local and regional
timber
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markets; harvest approximately 16,006 acres of mature and overmature
stands in the Jack Pine/Black Spruce, Dry-mesic Red and White Pine, and
Lowland Conifer landscape ecosystems; thin about 838 acres of pine; do
timber stand improvement activities on about 287 acres and diversity
planting on about 981 acres; and provide road access across National
Forest System land to State and county forested lands. The
transportation system would also be analyzed to provide roads for
forest resource management. A range of alternatives, including a no-
action alternative, will be developed to respond to significant issues.
The proposed project is located on the LaCroix and Kawishiwi Ranger
Districts, Cook and Ely, Minnesota, Superior National Forest. In
addition , the Proposed Action may create temporary openings greater
than 1,000 acres.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of this project must be received
by May 9, 2005. The draft environmental impact statement is expected
October 2005. The final environmental impact statement is expected
March 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District
Ranger, Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project EIS, LaCroix Ranger
District, 320 North Highway 53, Cook, MN 55723. For further
information, mail correspondence to Carol Booth, Project Leader, at the
address above. Send electronic comments to comments-eastern-superior-
la-croix@fs.fed.us. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for how
to send electronic comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District
Ranger, or Carol Booth, Echo Trail Area Project Leader at Addresses
above or telephone: (218) 666-0020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of the Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project is to
move the area towards the vegetation and landscape ecosystem desired
conditions described in the 2004 Superior National Forest Plan.
Proposed Action
The proposed action would include clearcut harvesting with reserve
trees about 16,006 acres and thinning about 838 acres, resulting in an
estimated 80 million board feet available for timber sales. In
addition, about 34 miles of road would be added to the transportation
system and about 51 miles of road would be decommissioned. Special use
road permits for about 12 miles of roads would be issued to the State
and county.
Responsible Officials
Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District Ranger, 320 North Highway 53,
Cook, MN 55723 and Mark E. Van Every, Kawishiwi District Ranger, 118
South 4th Ave. East, Ely, MN 55731.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
An environmental analysis for this project area will evaluate site-
specific issues, consider alternatives, and analyze the potential
effects of the proposed action and alternatives. The scope of the
project is limited to decisions concerning activities within the Echo
Trail Project Area that meet the purpose and need and desired
conditions. An environmental impact statement will provide the deciding
officials (Nancy S. Larson, LaCroix District Ranger and Mark Van Every,
Kawishiwi District Ranger) with the information needed to make the
following decisions for the Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project:
1. What actions would be used to address the purpose and need.
2. Where and when those actions would take place.
3. What mitigation measure and monitoring requirements would be
required.
Scoping Process
Public participation will be an integral component of the analysis
process, and will be especially important at several points during the
analysis. The first is during the scoping process. The Forest Service
is seeking information, comments, and assistance from Federal agencies,
State agencies, local agencies, individuals, and organizations that may
be interested or affected by the proposed activities. The scoping
process will include: (1) Identification of potential issues, (2)
identification of issues to be analyzed in depth, and (3) elimination
of insignificant issues, or those which have been covered by a previous
environmental review. Based on the results of scoping and the resource
capabilities within the project area, alternatives, including a no-
action alternative, will be developed for the draft environmental
impact statement.
Permits or Licenses Required
The proposed action may create temporary openings greater than
1,000 acres. A 60-day public notice and review by the Regional Forester
would be needed for such action.
Easement or permission to cross non-federal property may be needed
to access some treatment units to implement Forest Service activities.
Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process which guides
the development of the environmental impact statement. Written comments
will be solicited through a scoping package that will be sent to the
project mailing list. For the Forest Service to best use the scoping
input, comments must be received by May 9, 2005. Include name, address,
and title of the project with your comments.
Early Notice of Importance of Public Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review: A draft environmental impact statement will be
prepared for comment. The comment period on the draft environmental
impact statement will be 45 days from the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes the notice of availability in the Federal
Register.
The Forest Service believes, at this early stage, that it is
important to give reviewers notice of several court rulings related to
public participation in the environmental review process. First,
reviewers of draft environmental impact statements must structure their
participation in the environmental review of the proposal so that it is
meaningful and alerts an agency to the reviewer's position and
contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519,
553, (1978). Also, environmental objects that could have been raised at
the draft environmental impact statement stage but that are not raised
until after completion of the final environmental impact statement may
be waived or dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d
1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490
F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of these court rulings,
it is very important that those interested in this proposed action
participate by the close of the 45-day comment period so that
substantive comments and objections are made available to the Forest
Service at a time when it can meaningfully consider them and respond to
them in the final environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in identifying and considering issues
and concerns of the proposed action, comments on the draft
environmental impact statement should be as specific as possible. It is
also helpful if comments refer to specific pages or chapter of the
draft statement. Comments may also address the adequacy of the draft
environmental impact statement or the merits of the alternatives
formulated and discussed in
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the statement. Reviewers may wish to refer to the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act in 40 CFR 1503.3.
Comments received, including names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the public record on this proposal
and will be available for public inspection. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and considered. Pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d),
any person may request the agency to withhold a submission, from the
public record, by showing how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
permits such confidentiality. Requesters should be aware that, under
FOIA, confidentiality may be granted in only very limited
circumstances, such as to protect trade secrets. The Forest Service
will inform the requester of the agency's decision regarding the
request for confidentiality. If the request is denied, the agency will
return the submission and notify the requester that the comments may be
resubmitted with or without name and address within seven days.
In making the decision, the responsible officials will consider the
comments, responses, disclosure of environmental consequences, and
applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The responsible officials
will state the rationale for the chosen alternative in the Record of
Decision.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Nancy S. Larson,
LaCroix District Ranger.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Mark E. Van Every,
Kawishiwi District Ranger.
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