Lolo National Forest; Montana; Center Horse Landscape Restoration EIS, 43046-43047 [2012-17890]

Download as PDF 43046 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 141 / Monday, July 23, 2012 / Notices authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation with States, to carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests and noxious weeds that are new to or not widely distributed within the United States. This authority has been delegated to the Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS carries out this program primarily by treating infested lands by aerial spraying of pesticides from aircraft. Need and Use of the Information: Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance Form (PPQ–816) is used by the Plant Protection and Quarantine personnel who are involved with contracts for aerial application services for emergency pest outbreaks. The form is used to document that the pilot and aircraft meet contract specifications. If APHIS did not collect this information or collected it less frequently, APHIS would not be able to verify if APHIS contracts for aerial application services met specifications. Description of Respondents: Individuals or households. Number of Respondents: 15. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 4. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–17868 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P notice in the Federal Register. The draft environmental impact statement is expected May 2013 and the final environmental impact statement is expected March 2014. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Center Horse Landscape Restoration Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, 3583 Highway 83, Seeley Lake, MT 59868. Comments may also be sent via email to comments-northern-lolo-seeleylake@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 406– 677–3902. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tami Paulsen, Project Leader, (406) 329–3731. 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 Center Horse Landscape Restoration Project is being designed to: (1) Improve/restore forest composition, spatial arrangement and structure, (2) restore fire adapted ecosystems, (3) improve water quality, restore or enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and conserve and improve soil resources, and (4) right size the existing transportation network to meet public and administrative needs while at the same time eliminating unneeded or environmentally impactive roads and trails. Proposed Action DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Lolo National Forest; Montana; Center Horse Landscape Restoration EIS Forest Service, USDA. Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. AGENCY: ACTION: The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to implement restoration activities, including vegetation management, road and trail management, and watershed improvement activities within the Monture, Dunham, Shanley, Cottonwood and Spring Creek drainages, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Powell County, Montana. This EIS will tier to the Lolo National Forest Plan Final EIS (April 1986). DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received by 30 days from date of publication of this mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:21 Jul 20, 2012 Jkt 226001 The Center Horse Landscape Restoration project area of approximately 61,300 acres is located east of Seeley Lake, Montana within T16N, R11W; T16N, R12W; T16N, R13W; T16N, R14W; T17N, R12W; T17N, R13W, T17N, R14W, P.M.M. Within this area, the Lolo National Forest proposes the following activities to achieve the purpose and need for the project: (1) Timber harvest and prescribed burning on approximately 5000 acres; (2) Commercial/noncommercial mechanical vegetation treatments and prescribed burning on about 1500 acres; (3) Precommercial thinning and prescribed burning on about 1325 acres; (4) Ecosystem maintenance burning preceded by hand slashing on approximately 8650 acres; (5) whitebark pine restoration on about 70 acres; (6) temporary road construction (about 5 miles); (7) re-route 5 road segments to improve fish habitat; (8) add existing roads to system (about 23.5 miles), add existing roads to system and store (about 8 miles), construct PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 system road for re-route (about 2.5 miles), convert road to trail (about 10 miles), road decommissioning (about 160 miles), reconstruct road and add to system for alternate route (about 2.5 miles), reconstruct system road for alternate route (about 0.5 miles), store existing system road (about 7 miles), and change travel management (about 0.5 miles); (9) development and rehabilitation work at two existing gravel pits; (10) culvert replacements/ removals; (11) evaluate 40 miles of user created non-system trails for inclusion into trail system inventory; (12) weed treatment, (13) soil resource improvement projects including weed treatment, landing and skid trail rehabilitation, and shrub and tree planting. If, after the completion of the environmental analysis and review of public comments the Responsible Official decides to select an action alternative, implementation could begin in 2015 and would continue for several years. Responsible Official Lolo National Forest Supervisor. Nature of Decision To Be Made The Forest Supervisor will decide whether to implement the proposed action, take an alternative action that meets the purpose and need, or take no action. A site-specific amendment to the Lolo National Forest Plan is not anticipated. Preliminary Issues Preliminray issues include: (1) A significant portion of this analysis area is in the Bear-Marshall-Scapegoat-Swan Inventoried Roadless Area. While only noncommercial treatments ((i.e., ecosystem maintenance burning with incidental slashing (about 5,220 acres) and road decommissioning (about 3.2 miles)) are proposed in this IRA. Treatments in IRAs can be controversial; (2) Proposed activities could affect wildlife and wildlife habitat. Portions of the analysis area are within Lynx Analysis Units and the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Recovery Area; and, (3) The analysis area includes new acquisitions which need considerable restoration, particularly in terms of current numbers of roads, amount of invasive species, and altered forest conditions. They also present challenges due to limited availability of survey and inventory data and possible access limitations. Permits or Licenses Required Montana Stream Preservation Action—124 permit for instream work. E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 141 / Monday, July 23, 2012 / Notices Scoping Process This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides the development of the environmental impact statement. Information on the proposed action will be posted on the forest Web site at: fs.usda.gov/lolo. A public meeting will be held on July 26, 2012 at 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Ovando Fire Hall (700 Pine St., Ovando, MT) about the proposed project. 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 be part of the public record for this proposed action. Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered, however. Dated: July 16, 2012. Beverly A. Yelczyn, Acting Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 2012–17890 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Modoc County Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Modoc County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Alturas, CA. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 112–141) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the meeting is to review Resource Advisory Committee Project Applications. SUMMARY: The meetings will be held August 6th, August 20th and September 10th, 2012 at 6 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Modoc National Forest Office, Conference Room, 800 West 12th St., Alturas. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DATES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Anderson, Forest Supervisor and Designated Federal Officer, at (530) 233–8700; or Resource Advisory VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:21 Jul 20, 2012 Jkt 226001 Coordinator, Stephen Riley at (530) 233–8705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The business meeting on August 6th, August 20th, and September 10th, 2012 will begin at 6 p.m., at the Modoc National Forest Office, Conference Room, 800 West 12th St., Alturas, California 96101. Agenda topics will include voting and discussion of project proposals that meet the intent of Public Law 112–141. Time will also be set aside for public comments at the beginning of the meeting. Dated: July 16, 2012. Kimberly H. Anderson, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 2012–17883 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–50–2012] Foreign-Trade Zone 104—Savannah, GA; Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) and Expansion of Zone Under Alternative Site Framework An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Savannah Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 104, requesting authority to expand its service area and to expand the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on July 17, 2012. FTZ 104 was approved by the Board on October 6, 1983 (48 FR 46599, October 13, 1983) and reorganized under the ASF on January 12, 2011 (Board Order 1736, 76 FR 4865, January 27, 2011). The zone project currently has a service area that includes the counties of Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and Screven. The applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of the zone to PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 43047 include Columbia and Richmond Counties, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation. The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the Columbia, South Carolina Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The applicant is also requesting approval of current temporary Sites 18, 19 and 20 as usage-driven sites as follows: Site 18 (210 acres)—Deere & Company, 6030 Horizon Parkway, 234 John Deere Parkway, 700 Horizon South Parkway, and 6015 Horizon West Parkway, Groveton; Site 19 (26 acres)— Bennett Distribution Services, 2340 Doug Bernard Parkway, Augusta; and, Site 20 (12 acres)—Bennett Distribution Services, 922 Molly Pond Road Augusta. Sites 18–20 were temporarily approved until 5/31/2014. In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and information presented in the application and case record and to report findings and recommendations to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is September 21, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 9, 2012. A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ ftz. For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or (202) 482– 1346. Dated: July 17, 2012. Pierre Duy, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–17928 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43046-43047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17890]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Lolo National Forest; Montana; Center Horse Landscape Restoration 
EIS

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on a proposal to implement restoration activities, 
including vegetation management, road and trail management, and 
watershed improvement activities within the Monture, Dunham, Shanley, 
Cottonwood and Spring Creek drainages, Lolo National Forest, Seeley 
Lake Ranger District, Powell County, Montana. This EIS will tier to the 
Lolo National Forest Plan Final EIS (April 1986).

DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received 
by 30 days from date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The draft environmental impact statement is expected May 2013 
and the final environmental impact statement is expected March 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Center Horse Landscape Restoration 
Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, 3583 Highway 83, Seeley Lake, MT 
59868. Comments may also be sent via email to comments-northern-lolo-seeley-lake@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 406-677-3902.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tami Paulsen, Project Leader, (406) 
329-3731.
    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 Center Horse Landscape Restoration Project is being designed 
to: (1) Improve/restore forest composition, spatial arrangement and 
structure, (2) restore fire adapted ecosystems, (3) improve water 
quality, restore or enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and conserve and 
improve soil resources, and (4) right size the existing transportation 
network to meet public and administrative needs while at the same time 
eliminating unneeded or environmentally impactive roads and trails.

Proposed Action

    The Center Horse Landscape Restoration project area of 
approximately 61,300 acres is located east of Seeley Lake, Montana 
within T16N, R11W; T16N, R12W; T16N, R13W; T16N, R14W; T17N, R12W; 
T17N, R13W, T17N, R14W, P.M.M. Within this area, the Lolo National 
Forest proposes the following activities to achieve the purpose and 
need for the project: (1) Timber harvest and prescribed burning on 
approximately 5000 acres; (2) Commercial/non-commercial mechanical 
vegetation treatments and prescribed burning on about 1500 acres; (3) 
Precommercial thinning and prescribed burning on about 1325 acres; (4) 
Ecosystem maintenance burning preceded by hand slashing on 
approximately 8650 acres; (5) whitebark pine restoration on about 70 
acres; (6) temporary road construction (about 5 miles); (7) re-route 5 
road segments to improve fish habitat; (8) add existing roads to system 
(about 23.5 miles), add existing roads to system and store (about 8 
miles), construct system road for re-route (about 2.5 miles), convert 
road to trail (about 10 miles), road decommissioning (about 160 miles), 
reconstruct road and add to system for alternate route (about 2.5 
miles), reconstruct system road for alternate route (about 0.5 miles), 
store existing system road (about 7 miles), and change travel 
management (about 0.5 miles); (9) development and rehabilitation work 
at two existing gravel pits; (10) culvert replacements/removals; (11) 
evaluate 40 miles of user created non-system trails for inclusion into 
trail system inventory; (12) weed treatment, (13) soil resource 
improvement projects including weed treatment, landing and skid trail 
rehabilitation, and shrub and tree planting.
    If, after the completion of the environmental analysis and review 
of public comments the Responsible Official decides to select an action 
alternative, implementation could begin in 2015 and would continue for 
several years.

Responsible Official

    Lolo National Forest Supervisor.

Nature of Decision To Be Made

    The Forest Supervisor will decide whether to implement the proposed 
action, take an alternative action that meets the purpose and need, or 
take no action. A site-specific amendment to the Lolo National Forest 
Plan is not anticipated.

Preliminary Issues

    Preliminray issues include: (1) A significant portion of this 
analysis area is in the Bear-Marshall-Scapegoat-Swan Inventoried 
Roadless Area. While only noncommercial treatments ((i.e., ecosystem 
maintenance burning with incidental slashing (about 5,220 acres) and 
road decommissioning (about 3.2 miles)) are proposed in this IRA. 
Treatments in IRAs can be controversial; (2) Proposed activities could 
affect wildlife and wildlife habitat. Portions of the analysis area are 
within Lynx Analysis Units and the Northern Continental Divide 
Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Recovery Area; and, (3) The analysis area 
includes new acquisitions which need considerable restoration, 
particularly in terms of current numbers of roads, amount of invasive 
species, and altered forest conditions. They also present challenges 
due to limited availability of survey and inventory data and possible 
access limitations.

Permits or Licenses Required

    Montana Stream Preservation Action--124 permit for instream work.

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Scoping Process

    This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides 
the development of the environmental impact statement. Information on 
the proposed action will be posted on the forest Web site at: 
fs.usda.gov/lolo. A public meeting will be held on July 26, 2012 at 
4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Ovando Fire Hall (700 Pine St., Ovando, MT) 
about the proposed project.
    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 be part of the public record 
for this proposed action. Comments submitted anonymously will be 
accepted and considered, however.

    Dated: July 16, 2012.
Beverly A. Yelczyn,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2012-17890 Filed 7-20-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P
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