Wilderness Evaluation Direction for National Forest System Land Management Planning, 45647 [05-15573]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Wilderness Evaluation Direction for
National Forest System Land
Management Planning
AGENCY:
Notice of Availability of a Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Caney-Coon
Creek Watershed Site No. 2 in Coal
County, OK
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of issuance of interim
directive.
ACTION:
The Forest Service has issued
an interim directive (ID) 1902.2–2005–
10 to Forest Service Handbook 1909.12,
section 71.12, to guide agency
employees in identifying and evaluating
potential wilderness areas during land
management planning. This ID revises
ID 1902.12–2005–8, issued March 23,
2005.
SUMMARY:
DATES: ID 1902.12–2005–10 was
effective on July 26, 2005.
ID 1902.12–2005–10 is
available electronically from the Forest
Service via the World Wide Web/
Internet at https://www.fs.fed.us/im/
directives or at https://www.fs.fed.us/
emc/nfma/index.htm. You may request
a compact disc (CD) copy of the ID by
contacting Regis Terney by email
(rterney@fs.fed.us) or by phone at 1–
866–235–6652 or 202–205–1552.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regis Terney, Planning Specialist,
Ecosystem Management Coordination
Staff, Forest Service (202) 205–1552.
Direction
in the parent text to Forest Service
Handbook 1909.12, section 7.11b
(parent text is coded as a 1-digit chapter,
while IDs 1909.12–2005–8 and 1909.12–
2005–10 are coded as 2-digit chapters)
provided (in paragraph 4) that ‘‘The
location of the area is conducive to the
perpetuation of wilderness values.
Consider the relationship of the area to
sources of noise, air, and water
pollution, as well as unsightly
conditions that would have an effect on
the wilderness experience.
The amount and pattern of Federal
ownership is also an influencing
factor.’’ This direction was mistakenly
left out of ID 1909.12–2005–8. The
issuance of ID 1909.12–2005–10
incorporates this direction back into ID
1909.12–2005–8, section 71.12, as a new
paragraph 4 and renumbers previous
paragraphs 4 through 7 as paragraphs 5
through 8 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 27, 2005.
Dale N. Bosworth,
Chief.
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Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) in
Oklahoma, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Finding of No
Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969; the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR Part 1500); and the Natural
Resources Conservation Service
Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the
Natural Resources Conservation Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives
notice that an environmental impact
statement is not being prepared for the
Caney-Coon Creek Watershed Site No. 2,
Coal County, Oklahoma.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.
Darrel Dominick, State Conservationist,
Natural Resources Conservation Service,
100 USDA, Suite 206, Stillwater,
Oklahoma 74074, (405) 742–1206.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
environmental assessment of this
federally assisted action indicates that
the project will not cause significant
local, regional, or national impacts on
the environment. As a result of these
findings, M. Darrel Dominick, State
Conservationist, has determined that the
preparation and review of an
environmental impact statement is not
needed for this project. The project
purposes are flood control and
municipal water supply. The planned
works of improvement include the
rehabilitation of one aging floodwater
retarding structure to meet current
safety criteria and performance
standards for a high hazard dam.
The Notice of a Finding Of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) has been
forwarded to the Environmental
Protection Agency and to various
Federal, State, and local agencies and
interested parties. A limited number of
copies of the FONSI are available to fill
single copy requests at the above
address. Basic data developed during
the environmental assessment are on
file and may be reviewed by contacting
M. Darrel Dominick.
No administrative action on
implementation of the proposal will be
taken until 30 days after the date of this
publication in the Federal Register.
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Dated: July 27, 2005.
M. Darrel Dominick,
State Conservationist, Oklahoma.
(This activity is listed in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance under No.
10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention, and is subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with State
and local officials.)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Indian Creek Watershed Supplemental
Watershed Plan & Environmental
Assessment Number 1 Pottawattamie
County, IA.
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Finding of No
Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section
102(2)(c)of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR part 1500); and the Natural
Resources Conservation Service
Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the
Natural Resources Conservation Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives
notice that an environmental impact
statement is not being prepared for the
Indian Creek Watershed Supplemental
Watershed Plan and Environmental
Assessment Number 1, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Van Klaveren, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 210 Walnut
Street, 693 Federal Building, Des
Moines, IA 50309–2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
environmental assessment of this
federally assisted action indicates that
the project will not cause significant
impacts on the environment. As a result
of these findings, Richard Van Klaveren,
State Conservationist, has determined
that the preparation and review of an
environmental impact statement are not
needed for this project.
The purpose of the project is to
provide continued gully stabilization
and sediment control while improving
public safety. The rehabilitation of Site
2 of the Indian Creek Watershed project
is necessary because seven houses
occupied by approximately 25 people
are in the breach inundation area of the
dam. One business is also located in the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Wilderness Evaluation Direction for National Forest System Land
Management Planning
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of interim directive.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service has issued an interim directive (ID)
1902.2-2005-10 to Forest Service Handbook 1909.12, section 71.12, to
guide agency employees in identifying and evaluating potential
wilderness areas during land management planning. This ID revises ID
1902.12-2005-8, issued March 23, 2005.
DATES: ID 1902.12-2005-10 was effective on July 26, 2005.
ADDRESSES: ID 1902.12-2005-10 is available electronically from the
Forest Service via the World Wide Web/Internet at https://www.fs.fed.us/
im/directives or at https://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/index.htm. You may
request a compact disc (CD) copy of the ID by contacting Regis Terney
by email (rterney@fs.fed.us) or by phone at 1-866-235-6652 or 202-205-
1552.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regis Terney, Planning Specialist,
Ecosystem Management Coordination Staff, Forest Service (202) 205-1552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Direction in the parent text to Forest
Service Handbook 1909.12, section 7.11b (parent text is coded as a 1-
digit chapter, while IDs 1909.12-2005-8 and 1909.12-2005-10 are coded
as 2-digit chapters) provided (in paragraph 4) that ``The location of
the area is conducive to the perpetuation of wilderness values.
Consider the relationship of the area to sources of noise, air, and
water pollution, as well as unsightly conditions that would have an
effect on the wilderness experience.
The amount and pattern of Federal ownership is also an influencing
factor.'' This direction was mistakenly left out of ID 1909.12-2005-8.
The issuance of ID 1909.12-2005-10 incorporates this direction back
into ID 1909.12-2005-8, section 71.12, as a new paragraph 4 and
renumbers previous paragraphs 4 through 7 as paragraphs 5 through 8
respectively.
Dated: July 27, 2005.
Dale N. Bosworth,
Chief.
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