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includes authorizing livestock grazing
on allotments within the Thunder
Basin Analysis Area of the Thunder
Basin National Grasslands, that will
meet or move toward desired resource
conditions.
—Define an allotment specific starting
point in which management is
believed to be capable of meeting or
moving toward desired conditions in
a timely manner.
—Monitor to evaluate both
implementation and effectiveness of
management actions.
In all cases, management will use
vegetation management tools that will
meet LRMP Objectives, Standards and
Guidelines, and maintain or move
existing resource conditions toward
Geographic Area desired conditions. If
monitoring indicates that practices are
being properly implemented and that
resource trends are moving toward
meeting desired conditions in a timely
manner, management may continue. If
monitoring indicates that there is a need
to modify management practices,
adaptive options as analyzed in the EIS
will be selected and implemented.
Possible Alternatives
(1) No action.
(2) Continued current management.
Responsible Official
Robert M. Sprentall, District Ranger,
Douglas Ranger District, 2250 East
Richards Street, Douglas, Wyoming
82633, is the official responsible for
making the decision on this action. He
will document his decision and rational
in a Record of Decision.
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Nature of Decision To Be Made
The Responsible Official will consider
the results of the analysis and its
findings and then document the final
decision in a Record of Decision (ROD).
The decision will determine whether or
not to authorize livestock grazing on all,
part, or none of the allotments within
the Thunder Basin analysis Area, and if
so, what adaptive management design
criteria, adaptive options, and
monitoring will be implemented so as to
meet or move toward the desired
conditions in the defined timeframe.
Scoping Process
The Forest Service has publicly
scoped the proposed action in August
2006 as the Thunder Basin Analysis
Area Vegetation Management
Environmental Assessment. Individuals
who submitted comments on this
scoping will still have standing. These
comments have been reviewed and are
being considered as the analysis
continues.
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Preliminary Issues
The Forest Service has identified the
following preliminary issues: (1)
Current impacts to soil resources from
the continuing drought, and livestock
and wildlife grazing/browsing; (2)
Potential impacts to livestock grazing
permits on National Grasslands.
Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process which guides the
development of the draft environmental
impact statement.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review: A draft EIS will
be prepared for comment. The comment
period on the draft environmental
statement will be 45 days from the date
the Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the notice of availability in
the Federal Register. While public
participation is strictly optional at this
stage, the Forest Service believes that it
is important to give reviewers notice of
several court rulings related to public
participation in the subsequent
environmental review process. First,
reviewers of draft 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 objections
that could be 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 draft environmental
impact statement comment period so
that 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 on
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 chapters of the draft
statement. Comments also may 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. In addressing these
points, reviewers may wish to refer to
the Council on Environmental Quality
regulations which implement the
procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 40 CFR
1503.3.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Misty A. Hays,
Deputy District Ranger.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Intergovernmental Advisory
Committee Meeting, Northwest Forest
Plan
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental
Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest
Forest Plan (NWFP), has scheduled a
meeting on March 20, 2007 from 8 a.m.
to 12 noon. at the DoubleTree Hotel &
Executive Meeting Center, 1000 NE
Multnomah, Portland, Oregon 97232,
(503) 281–6111, in the Multnomah
Conference room. We will provide
participants with updates on several
ongoing projects of interest including
monitoring, agency plan revisions,
research activities, etc.
The meeting is open to the public and
fully accessible for people with
disabilities. A 10-minute time slot is
reserved for public comments at 8:10
a.m. Interpreters are available upon
request at least 10 days prior to the
meeting. Written comments may be
submitted for the meeting record.
Interested persons are encouraged to
attend.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this meeting may
be directed to Kath Collier, Management
Analyst, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333
SW. First Avenue, P.O. Box 3623,
Portland, OR 97208 (telephone: 503–
808–2165).
Dated: February 20, 2007.
Anne Badgley,
Designated Federal Official.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Meeting, Northwest Forest
Plan
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest
Forest Plan (NWFP), has scheduled a meeting on March 20, 2007 from 8
a.m. to 12 noon. at the DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center,
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon 97232, (503) 281-6111, in the
Multnomah Conference room. We will provide participants with updates on
several ongoing projects of interest including monitoring, agency plan
revisions, research activities, etc.
The meeting is open to the public and fully accessible for people
with disabilities. A 10-minute time slot is reserved for public
comments at 8:10 a.m. Interpreters are available upon request at least
10 days prior to the meeting. Written comments may be submitted for the
meeting record. Interested persons are encouraged to attend.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding this meeting may
be directed to Kath Collier, Management Analyst, Regional Ecosystem
Office, 333 SW. First Avenue, P.O. Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208
(telephone: 503-808-2165).
Dated: February 20, 2007.
Anne Badgley,
Designated Federal Official.
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