Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Collect Information; Correction, 20855 [05-8031]
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Friday, April 22, 2005
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To
Collect Information; Correction
USDA, Agricultural Research
Service, National Agricultural Library.
AGENCY:
Notice and request for
comments; correction.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This document corrects the
National Agricultural Library’s Notice of
Intent to Seek Approval to Collect
Information. The notice was published
in the Federal Register of March 28,
2005. This correction provides the
correct e-mail address for submitting
comments to the National Library.
Correction
In the Federal Register of March 28,
2005, in FR Doc. 05–6026, on page
15613, in the third column, correct the
ADDRESSES section to read as follows:
Address all comments
concerning this notice to Mary Ann
Leonard, Special Projects Coordinator,
Information Research Services Branch,
National Agricultural Library, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD
20705–2351, telephone (301) 504–6500
or fax (301) 504–6409. Submit electronic
comments to mleonard@nal.usda.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: April 11, 2005.
Antoinette A. Betschart,
Associate Administrator for Agricultural
Research Service.
[FR Doc. 05–8031 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Mission Brush, Idado Panhandle
National Forests, Boundary County, ID
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
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Notice of intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will
prepare a Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Mission
Brush project. The Notice of Availability
of the Draft EIS for the Mission Brush
project was published in the Federal
Register (68 FR 53730) on September
12, 2003 and the notice of the Final EIS
(69 FR 31613) was published on June 4,
2004. The Record of Decision on this
project was administratively appealed to
the Regional Forester per 36 CFR part
215. The Regional Forester affirmed my
decision on August 30, 2004. However,
due to information that has been
identified since the availability of the
final EIS and ROD, I have determined
the need for a supplement. The
proposed action is unchanged from the
final EIS. A Supplemental EIS is being
prepared to address analysis issues
raised through the recent opinion issued
through the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit in Lands Council v.
Powell, 395 F.3d 1015–1046 (9th Cir.
2005).
DATES: Scoping is not required for
supplements to environmental impact
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4)). There
was extensive public involvement in the
development of the proposed action, the
2003 Draft EIS and the 2004 Final EIS
and the Forest Service is not inviting
comments at this time.
ADDRESSES: Bonners Ferry Ranger
District, 6286 Main Street, Bonners
Ferry, ID 83805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doug Nishek, Project Team Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Bonners Ferry
Ranger District at 208–267–5561.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Mission Brush Record of Decision
(ROD) was released at the same time as
the Final EIS and the legal notice of
decision was published in the
newspaper of record on June 1, 2004.
The ROD selected Alternative 2 and
authorized vegetation treatments on a
total of approximately 4036 acres
through a combination of even-aged and
uneven-aged regeneration cuts, partial
cuts and tree girdling; fuels treatments
on approximately 3900 acres, ecosystem
prescribed burning on approximately
238 acres, five miles of temporary road
construction to be decommissioned after
use, 13 miles of existing roads to be
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decommissioned, 39 miles of existing
roads to be improved, and five miles of
existing roads to be placed in storage,
and improvement of facilities at Brush
Lake Campground.
The Record of Decision was appealed.
Following administrative review, the
decision was affirmed and the
appellant’s requested relief denied by
the Appeal Deciding Officer for the
Northern Region of the USDA Forest
Service on August 30, 2004 with the
following requirement:
I fine the Forest Supervisor has made a
reasoned decision and has complied with all
laws, regulations, and policy. After careful
consideration of the above factors, I affirm
the Forest Supervisor’s decision to
implement the Mission Brush project. Your
requested relief is denied. However, because
of the recent 9th Circuit Opinion in Lands
Council vs. Powell (Lands Council v. Powell,
395 F.3d 1015–1046 (9th Cir. 2005)), I am
directing the Forest to delay implementation
of this project until further notice.
The Supplemental EIS will contain
information relating to prior and
reasonably foreseeable timber harvests
in the project’s cumulative effects area,
water quality and fisheries analysis, soil
conditions, stands of old growth trees,
and wildlife analysis methodologies. No
modifications to the activities
authorized by the June 2004 Record of
Decision are proposed under this
Supplemental EIS (SEIS). The SEIS is
intended to provide additional
evaluation of the natural resources
listed above and provide that
information to the public.
The purpose and need for the Mission
Brush project includes considerations
for vegetation, aquatic ecosystems,
wildlife, and recreation. The vegetation
goal is to trend the composition,
structure, and diversity of landscape
patterns toward desired future
conditions by providing tree species and
stocking levels similar to historic
conditions that resist insects, diseases,
and stand-replacing wildfire(s), and
improve landscape patterns by creating
openings that more closely resemble
those that occurred historically. For the
aquatic ecosystem the goal is to
maintain and improve watershed and
fisheries in the Mission Creek and Brush
Creek drainages. Wildlife goals are to
promote the long-term persistence and
stability of wildlife habitat and
biodiversity by trending toward
vegetation that more closely resembles
the historic range of variability and
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Collect Information;
Correction
AGENCY: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural
Library.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects the National Agricultural Library's
Notice of Intent to Seek Approval to Collect Information. The notice
was published in the Federal Register of March 28, 2005. This
correction provides the correct e-mail address for submitting comments
to the National Library.
Correction
In the Federal Register of March 28, 2005, in FR Doc. 05-6026, on
page 15613, in the third column, correct the ADDRESSES section to read
as follows:
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Mary Ann
Leonard, Special Projects Coordinator, Information Research Services
Branch, National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue,
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351, telephone (301) 504-6500 or fax (301) 504-
6409. Submit electronic comments to mleonard@nal.usda.gov.
Dated: April 11, 2005.
Antoinette A. Betschart,
Associate Administrator for Agricultural Research Service.
[FR Doc. 05-8031 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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