Thorne Bay Ranger District; Alaska; Big Thorne Project Environmental Impact Statement, 7807-7809 [2011-3072]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Thorne Bay Ranger District; Alaska;
Big Thorne Project Environmental
Impact Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Big Thorne Project located
on Prince of Wales Island, part of the
Thorne Bay Ranger District of the
Tongass National Forest. This proposal
is the multi-year timber sale component
of a larger stewardship effort that will
include opportunities such as
restoration and enhancement activities
that will be identified through other
environmental analyses. The overall
effort will be implemented through the
use of various contracting authorities
available to the Forest Service,
including timber sale, service, and
stewardship contracts, by combining
some of the timber harvest activities of
this project with restoration and
enhancement activities to be analyzed
separately. This EIS will consider the
cumulative effects of the timber harvest
activities and reasonably foreseeable
stewardship activities in the area.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
March 14, 2011. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in August 2011 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected in February 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Thorne Bay Ranger District, Tongass
National Forest, Attn: Big Thorne
Project EIS, P.O. Box 19001, Thorne
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Bay, AK 99919–0001. Comments may be
hand-delivered to the Thorne Bay
Ranger District, 1312 Federal Way,
Thorne Bay, AK 99919–0001, Attn: Big
Thorne Project EIS. Comments may also
be sent via e-mail to: comments-alaskatongass-thornebay@fs.fed.us or via
facsimile to 907–828–3309, Attn: Big
Thorne Project EIS. In all
correspondence, please include your
name, address, and organization name if
you are commenting as a representative
of an organization.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Anderson, District Ranger, Thorne
Bay Ranger District, PO Box 19001,
Thorne Bay, AK 99919–0001, (907) 828–
3210 or James Kelly, Team Leader,
Thorne Bay Ranger District, PO Box
19001, Thorne Bay, AK 99919–0001,
(907) 828–3220.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
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Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the Big
Thorne Project is to implement the
Tongass Land Management Plan,
aligned with the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Strategic Plan FY 2010–2015 and the
Tongass National Forest transition
strategy. The USDA Strategic Plan
identifies key priorities and desired
outcomes, such as the goals of rural
prosperity and preservation and
maintenance of forests, as well as means
and strategies to achieve them. This
project will help to provide an
economically viable, reliable, long-term
supply of timber that will support jobs
for the communities of Southeast Alaska
and facilitate the transition to a
sustainable forest industry based on
young-growth management. Forest
restoration and enhancement activities
on Prince of Wales Island will be
integrated during project
implementation to further accomplish
the goals of the Strategic Plan. These
activities could include the repair of
road culverts that do not meet current
standards for the passage of fish;
recreation activities such as trail
improvement; and wildlife and fisheries
habitat improvement such as thinning
or stream restoration.
Proposed Action
The Forest Service is proposing a
multi-year timber sale project as part of
a larger stewardship effort. The
proposed action would harvest timber
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from approximately 5,800 acres of
forested land using various sizes of
timber sales, offered over a period of
about 10 years, within the roaded land
base on Prince of Wales Island. This
harvest would include approximately
600 acres in Phase 2 lands of the
Tongass Timber Adaptive Management
Strategy and will be reserved for small
timber sales. Approximately 37 miles of
National Forest System and temporary
roads would be constructed and about
26 miles of existing roads would be
reconstructed. Preliminary analysis
shows that an estimated 100 million
board feet of sawtimber and utility
wood could be made available to
industry for harvest. Existing log
transfer facilities would be used as
needed. Harvest would include
helicopter, ground-based, and cable
yarding systems and could include
even-aged, even-aged with reserves,
two-aged with reserves, and unevenaged harvest prescriptions to achieve
stand objectives. All proposed activities
would meet the standards and
guidelines of the Tongass Land
Management Plan.
While the Forest Service is proposing
timber harvest in this project area and
other areas on Prince of Wales Island, a
collaborative process is ongoing to
develop restoration and enhancement
projects. The projects from this
collaborative effort will be integrated
with this timber sale project during
implementation to provide stewardship
opportunities. The effects of the
reasonably foreseeable restoration and
enhancement projects will be
considered in this analysis, but are not
part of this proposed action.
The restoration and enhancement
activities will be generated from other
planning documents, including the
Cobble Landscape Assessment, Luck
Lake Watershed Restoration Plan, the
Prince of Wales and Surrounding
Islands Access Travel Management
Plan, and possibly others. In addition,
because this project extends over several
years, the Forest Service will integrate
the project during implementation with
future restoration and enhancement
projects, including projects developed
as a result of the Prince of Wales Island
Young Growth Thinning Feasibility
Study now being conducted. Examples
of specific restoration and enhancement
opportunities would include roads and
transportation activities (e.g., repairing
‘‘red pipes’’ or bridges, erosion control,
vegetation removal, or road relocation);
recreation activities (e.g., campground
and trails improvements, picnic sites, or
vegetation management); young-growth
stand improvement; and wildlife and
fisheries habitat improvement projects
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(e.g., beach fringe thinning, or
placement of large woody debris in
streams).
Possible Alternatives
The proposed action includes an
estimated 100 million board feet from
approximately 5,800 acres within the
roaded land base of east-central Prince
of Wales Island. Scoping comments will
be used by the Forest Service to develop
a range of alternatives in response to
significant issues. A no-action
alternative will be analyzed.
Responsible Official
The responsible official for the
decision on this project is the Forest
Supervisor, Tongass National Forest,
Federal Building, 648 Mission Street,
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The responsible official will decide
whether or not to authorize timber
harvest and associated road
construction on Prince of Wales Island
in the Big Thorne Project area.
Preliminary Issues
Preliminary potential issues which
may be analyzed in the EIS include: The
potential effects of the project on the
Southeast Alaska timber supply,
supporting the timber industry during
the transition from old-growth harvest
to young-growth management, road
management, economic and rural
stability, subsistence, deer, watersheds
and fish, scenery, and inventoried
roadless areas.
Permits or Licenses Required
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Review Spill Prevention Control
and Countermeasure Plan.
State of Alaska, Department of
Environmental Conservation
• Certification of Compliance with
Alaska Water Quality Standards (401
Certification);
• Storm water discharge permit/
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System review under
Section 402 of the Clean Water Act
(402).
State of Alaska, Department of Natural
Resources (DNR)
• Solid Waste Disposal Permit;
• Authorization for occupancy and
use of tidelands and submerged lands.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. A scoping document
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will be posted on the Tongass National
Forest public Web site at: https://
www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/projects/
projects.shtml and a scoping letter will
be mailed out in early February 2011.
Individuals who want to be on the
project mailing list should contact the
Thorne Bay Ranger District at the
address above. The scoping package will
be available at future public open house
meetings planned to be held in Thorne
Bay, Coffman Cove, Craig, and Naukati,
Alaska in late February or early March
2011. These meetings will be
announced in the paper of record, the
Ketchikan Daily News, as well as the
Island News, Thorne Bay, Alaska.
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.
Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
become part of the public record for this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered, however.
The meeting will be held at
the Lake Tahoe Community College,
Aspen Room, 1 College Drive, South
Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.
For Further Information or to Request
an Accommodation (One Week Prior to
Meeting Date) Contact: Arla Hains, Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest
Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake
Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to
be covered on the agenda on February
28, 2011: (1) New member orientation,
and (2) public comment.
All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal
Advisory Committee meetings are open
to the public. Interested citizens are
encouraged to attend at the above
address. Issues may be brought to the
attention of the Committee during the
open public comment period at the
meeting or by filing written statements
with the secretary for the Committee
before or after the meeting. Please refer
any written comments to the Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the
contact address stated above.
ADDRESSES:
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Agenda
topics for meetings include the
presentation of new project proposals
and selection of proposals. If the
meeting location is changed, notice will
be posted in local newspapers,
including the Mineral Independent.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 3, 2011.
Sharon Sweeney,
Designated Federal Official.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tuolumne-Mariposa Counties
Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The Tuolumne-Mariposa
Counties Resource Advisory Committee
will meet on March 7, 2011, at the City
of Sonora Fire Department, in Sonora,
California. The purpose of the meeting
is to convene the Tuolumne-Mariposa
Counties Resource Advisory Committee
for 2011, review membership and
meeting dates, and determine outreach
assignments to gather project proposals.
Forest Service
DATES:
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Advisory Committee Meeting
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGENCY:
Dated: February 1, 2011.
Forrest Cole,
Forest Supervisor.
Dated: February 8, 2011.
Jeff Marsolais,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
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The meeting will be held March
7, 2011, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal
Advisory Committee will hold a
meeting on February 28, 2011 at the
Lake Tahoe Community College, Aspen
Room, 1 College Drive, South Lake
Tahoe, CA 96150. This Committee,
established by the Secretary of
Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64
FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice
to the Secretary on implementing the
terms of the Federal Interagency
Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region
and other matters raised by the
Secretary.
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SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
February 28, 2011 beginning at 12:30
p.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
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Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393, as amended by H.R. 1424 January
3, 2008) the Lob National Forest’s
Mineral County Resource Advisory
Committee will meet on February 23,
March 30, April 13, and May 11, 2011
at 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in Superior,
Montana for a business meeting. The
meeting is open to the public.
DATES: February 23, 2011, March 30,
2011, April 13, 2011, and May 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Superior Ranger District Office, 209
W. Riverside Ave, Superior, MT 59872.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Sweeney, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), District Ranger, Superior
Ranger District, Lob National Forest at
(406) 822–4233.
SUMMARY:
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory
Committee
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The meeting will be held at
the City of Sonora Fire Department
located at 201 South Shepherd Street, in
Sonora, California (CA 95370).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beth
Martinez, Committee Coordinator,
USDA, Stanislaus National Forest,
19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA
95370, (209) 532–3671; EMAIL
bethmartinez@fs.fed.us.
Agenda
items to be covered include: (1)
Welcome and introductions; (2) Review
membership and meeting dates; (3)
Determine outreach assignments to
gather project proposals; (4) Public
comment. The meeting is open to the
public. Those in attendance will be
provided the opportunity to address the
Committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 3, 2011.
Christina M. Welch,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Thorne Bay Ranger District; Alaska; Big Thorne Project
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Big Thorne
Project located on Prince of Wales Island, part of the Thorne Bay
Ranger District of the Tongass National Forest. This proposal is the
multi-year timber sale component of a larger stewardship effort that
will include opportunities such as restoration and enhancement
activities that will be identified through other environmental
analyses. The overall effort will be implemented through the use of
various contracting authorities available to the Forest Service,
including timber sale, service, and stewardship contracts, by combining
some of the timber harvest activities of this project with restoration
and enhancement activities to be analyzed separately. This EIS will
consider the cumulative effects of the timber harvest activities and
reasonably foreseeable stewardship activities in the area.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received
by March 14, 2011. The draft environmental impact statement is expected
in August 2011 and the final environmental impact statement is expected
in February 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Thorne Bay Ranger District,
Tongass National Forest, Attn: Big Thorne Project EIS, P.O. Box 19001,
Thorne
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Bay, AK 99919-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered to the Thorne Bay
Ranger District, 1312 Federal Way, Thorne Bay, AK 99919-0001, Attn: Big
Thorne Project EIS. Comments may also be sent via e-mail to: comments-alaska-tongass-thornebay@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 907-828-3309,
Attn: Big Thorne Project EIS. In all correspondence, please include
your name, address, and organization name if you are commenting as a
representative of an organization.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Anderson, District Ranger,
Thorne Bay Ranger District, PO Box 19001, Thorne Bay, AK 99919-0001,
(907) 828-3210 or James Kelly, Team Leader, Thorne Bay Ranger District,
PO Box 19001, Thorne Bay, AK 99919-0001, (907) 828-3220.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the Big Thorne Project is to implement the
Tongass Land Management Plan, aligned with the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Strategic Plan FY 2010-2015 and the Tongass
National Forest transition strategy. The USDA Strategic Plan identifies
key priorities and desired outcomes, such as the goals of rural
prosperity and preservation and maintenance of forests, as well as
means and strategies to achieve them. This project will help to provide
an economically viable, reliable, long-term supply of timber that will
support jobs for the communities of Southeast Alaska and facilitate the
transition to a sustainable forest industry based on young-growth
management. Forest restoration and enhancement activities on Prince of
Wales Island will be integrated during project implementation to
further accomplish the goals of the Strategic Plan. These activities
could include the repair of road culverts that do not meet current
standards for the passage of fish; recreation activities such as trail
improvement; and wildlife and fisheries habitat improvement such as
thinning or stream restoration.
Proposed Action
The Forest Service is proposing a multi-year timber sale project as
part of a larger stewardship effort. The proposed action would harvest
timber from approximately 5,800 acres of forested land using various
sizes of timber sales, offered over a period of about 10 years, within
the roaded land base on Prince of Wales Island. This harvest would
include approximately 600 acres in Phase 2 lands of the Tongass Timber
Adaptive Management Strategy and will be reserved for small timber
sales. Approximately 37 miles of National Forest System and temporary
roads would be constructed and about 26 miles of existing roads would
be reconstructed. Preliminary analysis shows that an estimated 100
million board feet of sawtimber and utility wood could be made
available to industry for harvest. Existing log transfer facilities
would be used as needed. Harvest would include helicopter, ground-
based, and cable yarding systems and could include even-aged, even-aged
with reserves, two-aged with reserves, and uneven-aged harvest
prescriptions to achieve stand objectives. All proposed activities
would meet the standards and guidelines of the Tongass Land Management
Plan.
While the Forest Service is proposing timber harvest in this
project area and other areas on Prince of Wales Island, a collaborative
process is ongoing to develop restoration and enhancement projects. The
projects from this collaborative effort will be integrated with this
timber sale project during implementation to provide stewardship
opportunities. The effects of the reasonably foreseeable restoration
and enhancement projects will be considered in this analysis, but are
not part of this proposed action.
The restoration and enhancement activities will be generated from
other planning documents, including the Cobble Landscape Assessment,
Luck Lake Watershed Restoration Plan, the Prince of Wales and
Surrounding Islands Access Travel Management Plan, and possibly others.
In addition, because this project extends over several years, the
Forest Service will integrate the project during implementation with
future restoration and enhancement projects, including projects
developed as a result of the Prince of Wales Island Young Growth
Thinning Feasibility Study now being conducted. Examples of specific
restoration and enhancement opportunities would include roads and
transportation activities (e.g., repairing ``red pipes'' or bridges,
erosion control, vegetation removal, or road relocation); recreation
activities (e.g., campground and trails improvements, picnic sites, or
vegetation management); young-growth stand improvement; and wildlife
and fisheries habitat improvement projects (e.g., beach fringe
thinning, or placement of large woody debris in streams).
Possible Alternatives
The proposed action includes an estimated 100 million board feet
from approximately 5,800 acres within the roaded land base of east-
central Prince of Wales Island. Scoping comments will be used by the
Forest Service to develop a range of alternatives in response to
significant issues. A no-action alternative will be analyzed.
Responsible Official
The responsible official for the decision on this project is the
Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, Federal Building, 648
Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The responsible official will decide whether or not to authorize
timber harvest and associated road construction on Prince of Wales
Island in the Big Thorne Project area.
Preliminary Issues
Preliminary potential issues which may be analyzed in the EIS
include: The potential effects of the project on the Southeast Alaska
timber supply, supporting the timber industry during the transition
from old-growth harvest to young-growth management, road management,
economic and rural stability, subsistence, deer, watersheds and fish,
scenery, and inventoried roadless areas.
Permits or Licenses Required
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Review Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan.
State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation
Certification of Compliance with Alaska Water Quality
Standards (401 Certification);
Storm water discharge permit/National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System review under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act
(402).
State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Solid Waste Disposal Permit;
Authorization for occupancy and use of tidelands and
submerged lands.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides
the development of the environmental impact statement. A scoping
document
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will be posted on the Tongass National Forest public Web site at:
https://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/projects/projects.shtml and a scoping
letter will be mailed out in early February 2011. Individuals who want
to be on the project mailing list should contact the Thorne Bay Ranger
District at the address above. The scoping package will be available at
future public open house meetings planned to be held in Thorne Bay,
Coffman Cove, Craig, and Naukati, Alaska in late February or early
March 2011. These meetings will be announced in the paper of record,
the Ketchikan Daily News, as well as the Island News, Thorne Bay,
Alaska.
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.
Comments received in response to this solicitation, including names
and addresses of those who comment, will become part of the public
record for this proposed action. Comments submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered, however.
Dated: February 1, 2011.
Forrest Cole,
Forest Supervisor.
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