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storage and staging areas. Ruby is
proposing to use a 115 foot wide
construction right-of-way with a 50 foot
wide permanent ROW over the top of
the pipeline. All work sites would be
restored. The following Forest Plan
amendments are proposed:
1. General Forest Plan Standard and
Guideline for Soils Management, Forest
Plan pages 80 to 81. Add item (5) under
the Operational Considerations for
Surface Soil Condition which says:
During and immediately after
construction of the Ruby Pipeline the
soil conditions within the activity area
(construction right-of-way) will be
permitted to exceed the 20 percent
standard and guideline for detrimental
soil condition. The implementation of
Ruby’s Upland Erosion, Revegetation
and Mitigation Plan would reduce
erosion impacts and minimize impacts
to soil productivity.
2. General Forest Standard and
Guideline for Soils Management, Forest
Plan pages 83 and 84. Add a statement
under item 4, operational considerations
‘‘During installation of the Ruby
pipeline exposed mineral soil standards
displayed in Table 21 will be exceeded;
however with the extra mitigation
proposed in Ruby’s Upland Erosion,
Revegetation and Mitigation Plan, these
standards would be achieved.’’
3. Management Area 6—Scenic
Viewsheds: The pipeline crosses
through a portion of Management Area
6 when it crosses FR 3915; the area has
a VQO of foreground retention and
middleground partial retention. Item B
will be added to Land Uses on Forest
Plan page 154: B. The cleared corridor
needed to install the Ruby pipeline will
not immediately meet VQO objectives of
retention and partial retention.
Mitigation measures, including
vegetation management and restoration
actions, will occur to move the
construction corridor toward current
visual quality objectives over an
extended timeframe.
4. Management Area 14—Old Growth
habitat: The pipeline crosses through a
stand of dedicated old growth. The best
stands either meeting or soon to meet
old growth standards will be designated
as replacement.
5. Management Area 15—Fish and
Wildlife Habitat and Water Quality: The
crossing of seeps and springs is
expected to be uncommon. The pipeline
is known to cross one seasonal seep.
The following statement will be added
under Seeps and Springs, management
treatments on Forest plan page 204. (d)
Construction equipment necessary to
install the Ruby pipeline will be
permitted in the area of seeps and
springs. Implementation of Ruby’s
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Upland Erosion, Revegetation and
Mitigation Plan and special construction
measures would minimize impacts.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Responsible Official
Notice of Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee Meeting
The responsible official of the Forest
Plan amendments will be the Forest
Supervisor of the Frement Winema
National Forests.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Determine what forest plan standards
and guideline would need to be
amended to allow the construction of
the Ruby pipeline if FERC approves the
project. These amendments would
apply only to Ruby pipeline and are
expected to be limited in scope.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process for the forest plan
amendment. The decision will be tiered
to the analysis contained in the FERC
EIS for the Ruby Pipeline Project. FERC
has already performed the scoping
process for the EIS. This NOI is to
inform about the Fremont Winema
National Forest’s need to amend the
Fremont Forest Plan, which did not get
included in the original FERC NOI
scoping period for the Ruby Project. A
scoping letter will be mailed to those
currently on the Forests’ mailing list. No
other methods of scoping will be used.
The Fremont Forest Plan can be found
on the Forests’ Web page at https://
www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/projects/
forestplan/index.shtml. Comments
should be focused on the forest plan
amendments and not about the decision
whether to construct the pipeline or not.
There will be another opportunity to
comment on the construction aspect
when the DEIS is available in June 2008.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such manner that they are useful to the
agency’s preparation of the
environmental impact statement.
Therefore, comments should be
provided prior to the close of the
comment period and should clearly
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
contentions. The submission of timely
and specific comments can affect a
reviewer’s ability to participate in
subsequent administrative appeal or
judicial review.
March 11, 2009.
Karen Shimamoto,
Forest Supervisor.
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Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self
Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393), the Salmon-Challis National
Forest’s Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee will conduct a
business meeting which is open to the
public.
DATES: Friday, March 20, 2009,
beginning at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Salmon-Challis N.F. South
Zone Office, Highway 93, Challis, Idaho.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda
topics will include review and approval
of project proposals, and is an open
public forum.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William A. Wood, Forest Supervisor
and Designated Federal Officer, at 208–
756–5111.
Dated: March 11, 2009.
Larry Svalberg,
Acting Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis
National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Hood/Willamette
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet on Friday, April 24, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30
a.m. and will conclude at approximately
12 p.m. The meeting will be held at
Salem Office of the Bureau of Land
Management Office; 1717 Fabry Road
SE; Salem, Oregon; (503) 375–5646. The
tentative agenda includes: (1)
Orientation; (2) Election of chairperson;
(3) Decision on overhead rate for 2009
and 2010 projects; (4) Presentation of
2009 and 2010 Projects; and (5) Public
Forum.
The Public Forum is tentatively
scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Time
allotted for individual presentations
will be limited to 4–5 minutes. Written
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Salmon-Challis
National Forest's Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee will
conduct a business meeting which is open to the public.
DATES: Friday, March 20, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Salmon-Challis N.F. South Zone Office, Highway 93, Challis,
Idaho.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda topics will include review and
approval of project proposals, and is an open public forum.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William A. Wood, Forest Supervisor and
Designated Federal Officer, at 208-756-5111.
Dated: March 11, 2009.
Larry Svalberg,
Acting Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National Forest.
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