Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Michigan, 32566 [05-11025]
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Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Office, 925 Weiss Drive, Steamboat
Springs, Colorado 80487, during normal
working hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
except holidays).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanne Sanfilippo (970–870–2210) or
Andy Cadenhead (970–870–2220),
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests,
925 Weiss Drive, Steamboat Springs,
Colorado 80487 or Karl Mendonca (970–
947–2811), Bureau of Land
Management, Glenwood Springs Field
Office, 50629 Highway 6 & 24,
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between
2002 and 2003, Mountain Pine Beetle
(MPB) activity in the drought-stressed
Gore Pass Geographic Area increased
20-fold. A multidisciplinary, focused
assessment was completed that
identified the probability of a largescale, high intensity beetle epidemic
and fires that will threaten hydrologic
flows, timber, wildlife habitats,
developed recreation sites,
administrative sites, the transportation
system, heritage sites, off-site urban
development, and other values. The
interdisciplinary team identified
potential management actions using
prevention, suppression, and salvage
strategies to reduce the beetle
infestations and minimize adverse
effects to resources.
Insect epidemics are one of the
natural processes in forested
landscapes. Some uses of the forest are
compromised by tree mortality resulting
from insect attacks. Recreation, wood
product production, scenery, wildlife
habitats and water resources are all
adversely affected by large scale insect
epidemics and the subsequent increased
risk of these areas to large high intensity
wildfires.
The purpose of the Proposed Action
is to reduce the size and intensity of an
existing and imminent mountain pine
beetle epidemic, and to reduce the
future risk of large-scale high intensity
wildfires within the Rock Creek
Analysis Area.
The Medicine Bow-Routt National
Forests is the lead agency. The
Glenwood Springs Field Office of the
Bureau of Land Management is the joint
lead agency for the Rock Creek
Integrated Management Project.
To assist the Forest Service and the
Bureau of Land Management in
identifying and considering issues and
concerns on the proposed action,
comments on the draft EIS should be as
specific as possible. It is also helpful if
comments refer to specific pages or
chapters of the draft statement.
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Comments may also address the
adequacy of the draft EIS or the merits
of the alternatives formulated and
discussed in 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 at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing
these points. Comments received,
including the 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.
Healthy Forests Restoration Act
Predecisional Review (Objection)
Process HFRA [Section 105(a)] replaces
the USDA Forest Service’s and Bureau
of Land Management’s administrative
appeals process with an objection
process that occurs before the decision
approving authorized fuel-reduction
projects under the act. Participation in
the predecisional review process is
limited to individuals and organizations
who have submitted specific written
comments related to the proposed
authorized hazardous fuel reduction
project during the opportunity for
public comment provided when an
environmental (EA) or EIS is being
prepared for the project [Section
105(a)(3), 36 CFR 218.6].
Written objections, including any
attachments, must be filed with the
reviewing officer within 30 days after
the publication date of the legal notice
of the EA or final EIS in the newspaper
of record [Section 218.4(b)]. It is the
responsibility of the objectors to ensure
that their objection is received in a
timely manner.
Dated: April 8, 2005.
Oscar P. Martinez,
District Ranger, Yampa Ranger District,
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, USDA
Forest Service.
Dated: April 8, 2005.
Jamie Connell,
Area Manager, Glenwood Springs Field
Office, USDI Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Proposed Changes to
Section IV of the Field Office Technical
Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service in Michigan
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) in
AGENCY:
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Michigan, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed changes in NRCS-Michigan
FOTG, Section IV for review and
comment.
SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in
Michigan to issue revised conservation
practice standards in Section IV of the
FOTG. The revised standards include:
Access Road (560)
Closure of Waste Impoundments (360)
Forage Harvest Management (511)
Heavy Use Protection Area (561)
Irrigation System, Sprinkler (442)
Manure Transfer (634)
Nutrient Management (590)
Pasture and Hay Planting (512)
Prescribed Grazing (528)
Sediment Basin (350)
Stream Crossing (578)
Stripcropping (585)
Structure for Water Control (587)
Subsurface Drain (606)
Waste Facility Cover (347)
Well Decommissioning (351)
DATES: Comments will be received for a
30-day period commencing with this
date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to Kevin Wickey,
Assistant State ConservationistTechnology, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 3001 Coolidge
Road, Suite 250, East Lansing, MI
48823. Copies of these standards will be
made available upon written request.
You may submit electronic requests and
comments to
Kevin.Wickey@mi.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Wickey (517) 324–5279.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
393 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made after
enactment of the law, to NRCS state
technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland
provisions of the law, shall be made
available for public review and
comment. For the next 30 days, the
NRCS in Michigan will receive
comments relative to the proposed
changes. Following that period, a
determination will be made by the
NRCS in Michigan regarding disposition
of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made.
Dated: May 13, 2005.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, East Lansing,
Michigan.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office
Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in
Michigan
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Michigan, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in NRCS-Michigan
FOTG, Section IV for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Michigan to issue revised
conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised
standards include:
Access Road (560)
Closure of Waste Impoundments (360)
Forage Harvest Management (511)
Heavy Use Protection Area (561)
Irrigation System, Sprinkler (442)
Manure Transfer (634)
Nutrient Management (590)
Pasture and Hay Planting (512)
Prescribed Grazing (528)
Sediment Basin (350)
Stream Crossing (578)
Stripcropping (585)
Structure for Water Control (587)
Subsurface Drain (606)
Waste Facility Cover (347)
Well Decommissioning (351)
DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
this date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Kevin Wickey,
Assistant State Conservationist-Technology, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 250, East Lansing, MI
48823. Copies of these standards will be made available upon written
request. You may submit electronic requests and comments to
Kevin.Wickey@mi.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Wickey (517) 324-5279.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 393 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after
enactment of the law, to NRCS state technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland provisions of the law, shall be made
available for public review and comment. For the next 30 days, the NRCS
in Michigan will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Michigan regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made.
Dated: May 13, 2005.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, East Lansing, Michigan.
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