Notice of Forest Service Land Management Plans To Be Amended To Incorporate Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures, 12792 [2012-5048]

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5048]


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2012 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Forest Service Land Management Plans To Be Amended To 
Incorporate Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice, Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a Notice of 
Intent (NOI) on December 9, 2011 [76 FR 77008] to prepare environmental 
impact statements (EISs) and supplemental environmental impact 
statements to incorporate greater sage-grouse conservation measures 
into land use plans and land management plans. The BLM is the lead 
agency for this action and in the preparation of these EISs and 
Supplemental EISs and the Forest Service is participating as a 
cooperating agency. On February 10, 2012 [77 FR 7178] the BLM published 
a Notice of Correction that changed the names of the regions that are 
coordinating the Environmental Impact Statements and Supplemental EISs, 
extended the scoping period, and added 11 Forest Service Land 
Management Plans to this process. This notice has been published to 
ensure all stakeholders, interested in Forest Service activities, are 
aware of the Notice of Intent published by the BLM and are provided a 
complete list of potentially impacted forests and grasslands.

DATES: Consistent with the February 10, 2012, BLM Notice of Correction, 
comments on issues as part of the public scoping process for the EISs/
SEISs may be submitted in writing until March 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the greater sage-grouse 
planning effort by any of the following methods:
     Rocky Mountain Region: Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/eastern.html. Email: sageeast@blm.gov. Fax: 
307-775-6042. Mail: Eastern Region Project Manager, BLM Wyoming State 
Office, 5353 Yellowstone, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009.
     Great Basin Region: Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/western.html. Email: sagewest@blm.gov. Fax: 775-
861-6747. Mail: Western Region Project Manager, BLM Nevada State 
Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada 89502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have 
your name added to our mailing list, contact:
     Johanna Munson, Rocky Mountain Region Project Manager, 
telephone 307-775-6329; address 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 
82009; email jmunson@blm.gov, or:
     Lauren Mermejo, Great Basin Region Project Manager, 
telephone 775-861-6400; address 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, NV 
89520; email lmermejo@blm.gov, or
     Glen Stein, Forest Service Project Manager, telephone 801-
625-5281; address 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401; email 
gstein@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although the majority of all scoping 
meetings have been completed, the date(s) and location(s) of any 
additional scoping meetings will be announced at least 15 days in 
advance through local media, newspapers, and the BLM Web site for the 
Rocky Mountain Region at https://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/eastern.html, and for the Great Basin Region at https://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/western.html. Comments that 
are specific to a particular area, Resource Management Plan, or Land 
Management Plan should be identified as such. The BLM will provide 
additional opportunities for public participation upon publication of 
the Draft EISs/SEISs.
    Following are the list of National Forests and Grassland 
potentially impacted:

Within the Rocky Mountain Region

     Colorado
    [cir] Routt National Forest
     Utah
    [cir] Ashley National Forest
    [cir] Manti-Lasal National Forest
    [cir] Wasatch-Cache National Forest
    [cir] Uinta National Forest
     Wyoming
    [cir] Thunder Basin National Grassland
    [cir] Bridger-Teton National Forest
    [cir] Medicine Bow National Forest

Within the Great Basin Region

     Idaho
    [cir] Boise National Forest
    [cir] Salmon National Forest
    [cir] Challis National Forest
    [cir] Targhee National Forest
    [cir] Curlew National Grassland
    [cir] Caribou National Forest
    [cir] Sawtooth National Forest
     Montana
    [cir] Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
     Nevada
    [cir] Humboldt National Forest
    [cir] Toiyabe National Forest
     Utah
    [cir] Dixie National Forest
    [cir] Fishlake National Forest

    Dated: February 21, 2012.
Faye L. Krueger,
Associate Deputy Chief, NFS.
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