Goose Creek Watershed Livestock Grazing Analysis on the Tongue Ranger District, Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan and Johnson Counties, WY, 33393-33394 [E8-13060]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Goose Creek Watershed Livestock
Grazing Analysis on the Tongue
Ranger District, Bighorn National
Forest, Sheridan and Johnson
Counties, WY
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service,
will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to update range
management planning on seven (7)
cattle and horse allotments in the Goose
Creek area, which will result in
development of new allotment
management plans (AMPs). The agency
gives notice of the full environmental
analysis and decision-making process
that will occur on the proposal so that
interested and affected people may
become aware of how they may
participate in the process and contribute
to the final decision.
DATES: Comments and input regarding
the proposal were requested from the
public, other groups and agencies, via a
legal notice published in the Casper
Star-Tribune November 7, 2007.
Additional comments may be made at
the addresses below, and would be most
helpful if submitted within thirty days
of the publication of this notice. Based
on past actions of this type, the
Responsible Official has determined
that an environmental impact statement
will be prepared for this project. The
draft environmental impact statement is
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expected March 2009, and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected June 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Clarke McClung, Tongue District
Ranger, 2013 Eastside Second Street,
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Walters-Clark, Interdisciplinary
Team Leader, Bighorn National Forest,
phone (307) 674–2600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
allotments are located approximately 25
miles by road, west of Sheridan,
Wyoming in the Big Goose drainage.
National Forest System lands within the
Bighorn National Forest will be
considered in the proposal. The purpose
of the analysis is to determine if
livestock grazing will continue on the
analysis area. If the decision is to
continue livestock grazing, then
updated management strategies
outlining how livestock will be grazed
will be developed to assure
implementation of the 2005 Revised
Bighorn National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan (Forest
Plan) management direction. The
analysis will consider actions that
continue to improve trends in
vegetation, watershed conditions, and
ecological sustainability relative to
livestock grazing within the allotments.
Management actions are proposed to be
implemented beginning in the year
2011.
The Bighorn Forest Plan identifies
livestock grazing as an appropriate use
and makes initial determinations for
land scapable and suitable for grazing
by domestic livestock. The seven
allotments involved are: Big Goose,
Little Goose, Rapid Creek, Little Goose
Canyon, Walker Prairie, Tourist, and
Stull Lakes.
Purpose and Need for Action: The
purpose of this project is to determine
if livestock grazing will continue to be
authorized on the seven allotments, and
if it is to continue, how to best utilize
adaptive management strategies to
maintain or achieve desired conditions
and meet forest plan objectives.
Livestock grazing is currently occurring
on most of the allotments under existing
allotment management plans (AMPs)
and through direction provided in the
Annual Operating Instructions (AOI).
Portions of the Stull Lakes allotment are
vacant; however, livestock grazing is
occurring on the Antler Creek portion.
Continuation of livestock grazing will
require the review of existing
management strategies and, if necessary,
updating them to implement forest plan
direction and meet Section 504 of
Public Law 104–19 (Rescission Bill,
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signed 7/27/95). The results of this
analysis may require modifying term
grazing permits. Modification will be
documented in updated AMPs for the
allotments.
Proposed Action: The proposed action
is to continue livestock grazing using
adaptive management strategies to meet
or move toward Forest Plan and
allotment-specific desired conditions.
This includes changing livestock
management strategies and construction
of additional improvements (fences and
water developments).
Possible Alternatives: Two additional
alternatives have been identified to date:
(1) No action; remove livestock grazing
from these allotments, and (2) No
change; continuance of current
management strategies.
Responsible Official: Clarke McClung,
District Ranger, Tongue Ranger District,
Bighorn National Forest, 2013 Eastside
2nd Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.
Nature of Decision To Be Made: The
Responsible Official will consider the
results of the analysis and its finding
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, 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: Formal scoping for
this project occurred in November 2007.
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, 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 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,
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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 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 may also address the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21.
Dated: June 4, 2008.
Clarke McClung,
Tongue District Ranger.
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campground facilities. Funds from the
use of these developed campground
facilities will be used for the continued
operation and maintenance of Pine Bar
and Mill Canyon Campgrounds.
DATES: Pine Bar and Mill Canyon
Campgrounds will become available for
use May 25, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, CaribouTarghee National Forest, 1405 Hollipark
Dr., Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maury Young, Recreation Technician,
208–847–8953, or Bart Andreasen,
Recreation Fee Coordinator, 208–624–
1165.
The
Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement
Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed
the Secretary of Agriculture to publish
a six month advance notice in the
Federal Register whenever new
recreation fee areas are established. The
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
currently has 41 other developed
campgrounds. These campgrounds are
well used and are very popular during
the summer and fall seasons. A business
analysis of these two campgrounds has
shown that people desire having this
sort of developed recreation experience
in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
A market analysis indicates that the
$8.00 per night fee is both reasonable
and acceptable for this sort of recreation
experience.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Date: June 6, 2008.
Larry Timchak,
Caribou-Targhee National Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
International Trade Administration
Forest Service
[Application No. 08–00008]
Notice of New Fee Sites; Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VIII,
Pub. L. 108–447)
Caribou-Targhee National
Forest, USDA Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of new fee sites.
AGENCY:
The Soda Springs Ranger
District of the Caribou-Targhee National
Forest will begin charging a $8.00 fee for
overnight camping at the Pine Bar and
Mill Canyon Campgrounds on the Soda
Springs Ranger District. There will also
be a $2.00 fee for an extra vehicle.
Overnight camping at other
campgrounds on the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest has shown that the
public appreciates and enjoys the
availability of developed recreation
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Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of Application for an
Export Trade Certificate of Review from
American Sugar Export Company LLC.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Export Trading Company
Affairs (‘‘ETCA’’), International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, has received an application
for an Export Trade Certificate of
Review (‘‘Certificate’’). This notice
summarizes the conduct for which
certification is sought and requests
comments relevant to whether the
Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International
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Trade Administration, by telephone at
(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free
number) or e-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce to issue Export
Trade Certificates of Review. An Export
Trade Certificate of Review protects the
holder and the members identified in
the Certificate from state and federal
government antitrust actions and from
private treble damage antitrust actions
for the export conduct specified in the
Certificate and carried out in
compliance with its terms and
conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the
Export Trading Company Act of 1982
and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the
Secretary to publish a notice in the
Federal Register identifying the
applicant and summarizing its proposed
export conduct.
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written
comments relevant to the determination
whether a Certificate should be issued.
If the comments include any privileged
or confidential business information, it
must be clearly marked and a
nonconfidential version of the
comments (identified as such) should be
included. Any comments not marked
privileged or confidential business
information will be deemed to be
nonconfidential. An original and five (5)
copies, plus two (2) copies of the
nonconfidential version, should be
submitted no later than 20 days after the
date of this notice to: Export Trading
Company Affairs, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 7021–X H,
Washington, DC 20230. Information
submitted by any person is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552).
However, nonconfidential versions of
the comments will be made available to
the applicant if necessary for
determining whether or not to issue the
Certificate. Comments should refer to
this application as ‘‘Export Trade
Certificate of Review, application
number 08–00008.’’ A summary of the
application follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: American Sugar Export
Company LLC (‘‘ASEC’’), 1875
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004.
Contact: Robert C. Cassidy, Counsel to
the Applicant, Telephone: (202) 863–
7282.
Application No.: 08–00008.
Date Deemed Submitted: May 29,
2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Goose Creek Watershed Livestock Grazing Analysis on the Tongue
Ranger District, Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan and Johnson
Counties, WY
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to update range management planning on seven (7) cattle
and horse allotments in the Goose Creek area, which will result in
development of new allotment management plans (AMPs). The agency gives
notice of the full environmental analysis and decision-making process
that will occur on the proposal so that interested and affected people
may become aware of how they may participate in the process and
contribute to the final decision.
DATES: Comments and input regarding the proposal were requested from
the public, other groups and agencies, via a legal notice published in
the Casper Star-Tribune November 7, 2007. Additional comments may be
made at the addresses below, and would be most helpful if submitted
within thirty days of the publication of this notice. Based on past
actions of this type, the Responsible Official has determined that an
environmental impact statement will be prepared for this project. The
draft environmental impact statement is expected March 2009, and the
final environmental impact statement is expected June 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Clarke McClung, Tongue District
Ranger, 2013 Eastside Second Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Walters-Clark,
Interdisciplinary Team Leader, Bighorn National Forest, phone (307)
674-2600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The allotments are located approximately 25
miles by road, west of Sheridan, Wyoming in the Big Goose drainage.
National Forest System lands within the Bighorn National Forest will be
considered in the proposal. The purpose of the analysis is to determine
if livestock grazing will continue on the analysis area. If the
decision is to continue livestock grazing, then updated management
strategies outlining how livestock will be grazed will be developed to
assure implementation of the 2005 Revised Bighorn National Forest Land
and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) management direction. The
analysis will consider actions that continue to improve trends in
vegetation, watershed conditions, and ecological sustainability
relative to livestock grazing within the allotments. Management actions
are proposed to be implemented beginning in the year 2011.
The Bighorn Forest Plan identifies livestock grazing as an
appropriate use and makes initial determinations for land scapable and
suitable for grazing by domestic livestock. The seven allotments
involved are: Big Goose, Little Goose, Rapid Creek, Little Goose
Canyon, Walker Prairie, Tourist, and Stull Lakes.
Purpose and Need for Action: The purpose of this project is to
determine if livestock grazing will continue to be authorized on the
seven allotments, and if it is to continue, how to best utilize
adaptive management strategies to maintain or achieve desired
conditions and meet forest plan objectives. Livestock grazing is
currently occurring on most of the allotments under existing allotment
management plans (AMPs) and through direction provided in the Annual
Operating Instructions (AOI). Portions of the Stull Lakes allotment are
vacant; however, livestock grazing is occurring on the Antler Creek
portion. Continuation of livestock grazing will require the review of
existing management strategies and, if necessary, updating them to
implement forest plan direction and meet Section 504 of Public Law 104-
19 (Rescission Bill, signed 7/27/95). The results of this analysis may
require modifying term grazing permits. Modification will be documented
in updated AMPs for the allotments.
Proposed Action: The proposed action is to continue livestock
grazing using adaptive management strategies to meet or move toward
Forest Plan and allotment-specific desired conditions. This includes
changing livestock management strategies and construction of additional
improvements (fences and water developments).
Possible Alternatives: Two additional alternatives have been
identified to date: (1) No action; remove livestock grazing from these
allotments, and (2) No change; continuance of current management
strategies.
Responsible Official: Clarke McClung, District Ranger, Tongue
Ranger District, Bighorn National Forest, 2013 Eastside 2nd Street,
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.
Nature of Decision To Be Made: The Responsible Official will
consider the results of the analysis and its finding 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, 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: Formal scoping for this project occurred in
November 2007.
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, 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 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,
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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 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 may also address the adequacy of the draft
environmental impact statement 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook
1909.15, Section 21.
Dated: June 4, 2008.
Clarke McClung,
Tongue District Ranger.
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