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time students and summer only
participants; or, 300 hours of on-theground, hands-on direct service for nonfull time student participants. Program
maximum term of service of 3,500 hours
of on-the-ground, hands-on direct
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conservation professionals; or (b)
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of conservation professionals on
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and dedicated attention.
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include ‘‘hands-on’’ direct impact
and/or helps young people connect with
America’s Great Outdoors. Some
programs may include work that is
primarily indoors—for example,
science, policy or program internships—
that have a clear benefit to natural,
cultural or historic resources.
7. Participant outcomes. Program
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prepare participants to be successful in
the 21st century workforce; (b)
community skill development to help
participants acquire an ethic of service
to others and learn to become better
resource and community stewards; and
(c) a connection, improvement or
restoration of the natural or cultural/
urban environment or a greater
understanding of our natural, cultural or
historic resources.
8. Leveraged investment. Program
leverages public investment through
either financial or in-kind support, to
the extent possible. Exceptions may be
made to support new, smaller, or federal
programs that increase diversity and
inclusion.
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Through this ‘‘notice of interest’’
process, all respondents that currently
meet each of the criteria listed in all
21CSC principles will be designated as
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Designation as a 21CSC member
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and limitations for member
organizations and the Federal agencies
represented on the 21CSC National
Council.
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21CSC member organizations.
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21CSC member organization.
3. Ability to utilize the 21CSC brand
to promote affiliation as a member
organization.
4. Career and youth development
opportunities with federal agencies for
participants of member organizations,
where available.
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webinars and other outreach to agency
field staff to increase awareness of how
agency natural, cultural or historic
resource management needs can be
supported or met by youth and veterans
conservation corps, where appropriate.
6. Neither this announcement, nor
letters of interest submitted in response
to this announcement, obligates any
Federal agency represented on the
21CSC National Council to enter into a
contractual agreement with any
respondent.
7. Federal agencies represented on the
21CSC National Council reserve the
right to establish a partnership based on
organizational priorities and capabilities
found by way of this announcement or
other searches, if determined to be in
the best interest of the government.
8. This Notice does not preclude any
Federal agencies from entering into
agreements or partnerships with non21CSC organizations.
9. The 21CSC National Council
expects that aggregate data from all the
participating Federal agencies regarding
21CSC accomplishments will be
required for annual Performance
Accountability Reports. 21CSC member
organizations should be prepared to
report informational data and
accomplishments outcomes on an
annual basis. Data collection may
include information such as: project/
program type; project location; project
outcomes; participant outcomes;
funding amount/resources; age range of
participants; number of youth engaged;
number of veterans engaged; number of
hours participants worked; number of
participants converted to jobs, etc.
Key Notice Dates & Highlights: An
interagency team will review
submissions and respond by September
30, 2014. Letters will be reviewed
quarterly and the member organization
directory will also be updated quarterly.
Organizations may be removed at any
time by written request. Membership
will last through the 2014 calendar year;
more information regarding membership
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beyond this period will be forthcoming
by August 2014. This notice is being
published by the USDA Forest Service
on behalf of the National Council, and
21CSC member organizations
recognized through this process will be
acknowledged by all signatories to the
National Council Memorandum of
Understanding.
Dated: April 7, 2014.
Leslie A.C. Weldon,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2014–08101 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Willamette National Forest, McKenzie
River Ranger District; Oregon; Green
Mountain Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Green Mountain Project
is proposed to increase stream-side
vegetative diversity, increase in-stream
habitat complexity and productivity,
shift the age-class and structural
diversity of the forest in the project area
landscape, and provide forest products.
Proposed activities to achieve the
purpose of the project include forest
management treatments across
approximately 5,154 acres (∼4.9% of the
analyzed landscape). Treatments
include ∼3,588 acres of variable forest
thinning (including 1,859 acres of
riparian reserve thinning) and ∼1,250
acres of regenerating forest habitat
creation through harvests that may
include shelterwood harvests, two-aged
systems, group selections, variable
retention harvests, and seed tree
harvests. Road work would be part of
the actions associated with the proposed
activities and would include: Road
maintenance/reconstruction (∼137
miles), temporary road construction
(∼21 miles), new road construction (∼0.5
miles), road decommissioning (∼9.6),
road closure amendments, and one
potential bridge replacement.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by May
12, 2014. The draft environmental
impact statement is expected August
2014 and the final environmental
impact statement is expected October
2014.
SUMMARY:
Send written comments to
57600 McKenzie HWY, McKenzie
Bridge, OR 97413. Comments may also
be sent via email to comments-
ADDRESSES:
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pacificnorthwest-willamettemckenzieriver@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile
to 541–822–7254. District open-house
public meetings will be held at the
McKenzie River district office (57600
McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie Bridge, OR
97413) on April 24, 2014 and May 1,
2014 from 1 p.m.–7 p.m. Green
Mountain open-house meetings will be
held on May 2, 2014 and May 9, 2014
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at locations
to be determined (please contact our
office at 541–822–3381 for updated
information). These meetings provide
additional opportunity for you to submit
any scoping comments you may have.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Guenther Castillon at gcastillon@
fs.fed.us or at 541–822–7214.
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:
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Purpose and Need for Action
The Green Mountain project area is
approximately 98,225 acres in size,
located around Forest Road 19 above
Cougar Dam. The district’s resource
specialists reviewed this landscape and
identified it to have the greatest need
across the McKenzie River District for
work that would benefit riparian and
aquatic resources. An analysis of the
landscape also shows a lack of age-class
diversity and associated habitat
diversity, especially those affecting very
old and very young forest-dependent
species. Also approximately 79% of the
forested stands in the project area are
overstocked from a tree health
perspective. There is opportunity to
thin, reduce the number of trees, and
increase the size and structure of the
remaining forest over time. The
productivity and site conditions of
forests in the project area allow for the
production of forest products while
being sensitive to the ecology of the area
and meeting other important natural
values and services.
The Purpose of this project is to
provide forest products, increase
stream-side vegetative diversity,
increase in-stream habitat complexity
and productivity, and shift the age-class
and structural diversity of the forest in
the project area landscape.
Proposed Action
Vegetation—We propose to thin
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words, 94 lines (3.7% of the Project
Area) and regenerate ∼1,250 acres (1.3%
of the Project Area). We propose to use
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thinning across the majority of the
project and these treatments would
incorporate some untreated areas (skips)
and create gaps of up to three acres with
variable spacing of remaining trees. We
would design the regeneration harvest
to increase forest-age diversity across
the Project Area. The type of
regeneration harvests would vary and
may potentially include: Shelterwood
harvests, two-aged systems, group
selection harvests, variable retention
harvests, and seed tree harvests. The age
of stands proposed to be thinned ranges
from 15 to 148 years, average stand age;
and the age of stands proposed to be
regenerated range from 15–135 years.
Douglas-fir trees have an average
lifespan of 500 years with individuals
exceeding 1,000 years. These treatments
would occur on stands that are 3 to 30%
of their average maximum age. The
overall total area treated under both
treatment categories would be
approximately 5,154 acres (∼4.9% of the
Project Area).
Streams—Approximately 44% of the
total project area has a riparian reserve
designation that overlaps with other
management allocations. We are not
proposing regeneration harvests within
riparian reserves. We are proposing
about 1,859 acres of thinning within
riparian reserves (these acres include
no-cut buffers adjacent to the stream
channel, which reduces the actual total
number of riparian acres treated). We
proposed harvest or cutting within
riparian reserves to increase in-stream
productivity by increasing hardwood
trees and light availability. We would
also create snags and down wood to add
structural diversity. We would use a
combination of thinning, cut and leave
treatments, gap creations
(approximately 8 acres total across all
riparian treatments), and no-cut stream
buffers.
Roads—We propose to remove forest
products and include associated road
work across the project area. We would
include approximately 137 miles of road
maintenance/reconstruction that would
include the installment of
approximately 200 culverts (primarily
replacements). We would also propose
to store and hydrologically stabilize
approximately 21 miles of road, and
decommission approximately 9.6 miles
of road. The existing seasonal closure on
Forest Service (FS) roads 1900–430 and
1900–431 would be proposed for
removal. The current closure on FS road
1927–240 would be reduced in extent
by moving the current closure (gate)
location at the intersection with FS road
1927 to a new location at approximately
mile point 6.7 down the 240 road. We
would propose construction of 9.5 miles
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of temporary road. These temporary
roads would be restored to their
previous function and closed after all
project activities are completed. To
address an existing bridge failure we
would propose either installing a
temporary bridge (FS road 1980–204), or
we would build new road across
approximately 0.5 mile and
decommission 0.7 mile of road behind
the old bridge.
Responsible Official: Willamette
forest supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Given the purpose and need, the
scope of the decision to be made by the
responsible official will be as follows:
• Do the proposed actions comply
with all applicable laws governing
Forest Service actions?
• Do the proposed actions comply
with the applicable Standards and
Guidelines found in the Willamette
Land and Resource Management Plan
(LRMP)?
Æ If not, will the action amend the
LRMP?
• Does the Environmental Impact
Statement have sufficient site-specific
environmental analysis to make an
informed decision?
• Do the proposed actions meet the
purpose and need for action?
With these assurances the responsible
official must decide:
• Whether or not to select the
proposed action or one of any other
potential alternatives that may be
developed, and what, if any, additional
actions should be required.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. District open-house
public meetings will be held for your
convenience at the McKenzie River
district office (57600 McKenzie Hwy,
McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413) on April
24, 2014 and May 1, 2014 from 1 p.m.–
7 p.m. Green Mountain open-house
meetings will be held on May 2, 2014
and May 9, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. at locations to be determined
(please contact our office at 541–822–
3381 for updated information). All of
these meetings provide an opportunity
to gain more information regarding this
proposed project and also provide an
opportunity for you to submit any
scoping comments you may have. We
are interested in your comments on the
following questions:
• Are there alternative ways to meet
the purpose of the project other than the
proposed action we offer, which you
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would like the Forest Service to
consider and analyze?
• Is there any information about the
project area, which you believe is
important in the context of the proposed
activities that you would like the Forest
Service to consider?
• What specifically are the potential
effects of this proposal that you are
particularly concerned about? For
example, rather than simply stating that
you would like a change in a proposed
activity or that you would not like an
activity to take place, it is most helpful
to understand why you desire this.
What are your underlying concerns with
an activity or action; what are the effects
from the activity that concern you? 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: April 3, 2014.
Meg Mitchell,
Forest Supervisor, Willamette National
Forest.
[FR Doc. 2014–07968 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–M
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meeting
April 22, 2014, 5:30
p.m.–8:30 p.m. CDT.
PLACE: Southside Community Center
205 Tokio Road, West, TX 76691.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB) will convene
a public meeting on April 22, 2014,
starting a 5:30 p.m. at the Southside
Community Center, 205 Tokio Rd, West,
TX 76691. At the public meeting, the
board will hear preliminary findings
from the CSB’s investigation team into
the April 17, 2013, fire and massive
explosion which occurred at the West
Fertilizer Company/Adair Grain facility
in West, Texas, that killed 14 people
and injuring injured more than 250
neighboring residents and emergency
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responders. Twelve of the fatalities were
volunteer firefighters and two were
members of the public.
The sudden blast at the facility led to
the widespread damage and the
destruction of over 150 buildings
including an apartment complex, three
schools, a nursing home, and a hospital
in the surrounding community.
This public meeting is intended to
provide the residents of West, TX and
other members of the public with
information into how this incident
occurred and how similar future
incidents can be prevented or mitigated.
The CSB has invited several
stakeholders in the emergency response
community to provide their insights
into this incident.
Following the staff presentation and
expert panel presentation the Board will
hear comments from the public. All staff
presentations are preliminary and are
intended solely to allow the Board to
consider in a public forum the issues
and factors involved in this case. No
factual analyses, conclusions, or
findings presented by staff should be
considered final.
Additional Information
The meeting is free and open to the
public. If you require a translator or
interpreter, please notify the individual
listed below as the ‘‘Contact Person for
Further Information,’’ at least five
business days prior to the meeting.
The CSB is an independent federal
agency charged with investigating
accidents and hazards that result, or
may result, in the catastrophic release of
extremely hazardous substances. The
agency’s Board Members are appointed
by the President and confirmed by the
Senate. CSB investigations look into all
aspects of chemical accidents and
hazards, including physical causes such
as equipment failure as well as
inadequacies in regulations, industry
standards, and safety management
systems.
Public Comment
Members of the public are invited to
make brief statements to the Board at
the conclusion of the staff presentation.
The time provided for public statements
will depend upon the number of people
who wish to speak. Speakers should
assume that their presentations will be
limited to five minutes or less, but
commenters may submit written
statements for the record.
Contact Person for Further Information
Hillary J. Cohen, Communications
Manager, hillary.cohen@csb.gov or (202)
446–8094. General information about
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the CSB can be found on the agency
Web site at: www.csb.gov.
Dated: April 7, 2014.
Rafael Moure-Eraso,
Chairperson.
[FR Doc. 2014–08325 Filed 4–9–14; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6350–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Information for
Self-Certification Under FAQ 6 of the
U.S.-European Union and U.S.Switzerland Safe Harbor Frameworks
International Trade
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before June 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to: David Ritchie or Nick Enz,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration,
U.S.-EU & U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor
Programs, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 20007, Washington, DC
20230; (or via the Internet at
safe.harbor@trade.gov); tel. 202–482–
4936 or 202–482–1512.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Safe Harbor self-certification form
is used by U.S. organizations in order to
certify their compliance with one or
both of the Safe Harbor Frameworks.
The form has been revised to provide
additional guidance and the option to
select Swiss Safe Harbor in the drop
down menu.
The European Union Directive on
Data Protection (EU Directive) and the
Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Willamette National Forest, McKenzie River Ranger District;
Oregon; Green Mountain Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Green Mountain Project is proposed to increase stream-side
vegetative diversity, increase in-stream habitat complexity and
productivity, shift the age-class and structural diversity of the
forest in the project area landscape, and provide forest products.
Proposed activities to achieve the purpose of the project include
forest management treatments across approximately 5,154 acres (~4.9% of
the analyzed landscape). Treatments include ~3,588 acres of variable
forest thinning (including 1,859 acres of riparian reserve thinning)
and ~1,250 acres of regenerating forest habitat creation through
harvests that may include shelterwood harvests, two-aged systems, group
selections, variable retention harvests, and seed tree harvests. Road
work would be part of the actions associated with the proposed
activities and would include: Road maintenance/reconstruction (~137
miles), temporary road construction (~21 miles), new road construction
(~0.5 miles), road decommissioning (~9.6), road closure amendments, and
one potential bridge replacement.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received
by May 12, 2014. The draft environmental impact statement is expected
August 2014 and the final environmental impact statement is expected
October 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 57600 McKenzie HWY, McKenzie
Bridge, OR 97413. Comments may also be sent via email to comments-
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pacificnorthwest-willamette-mckenzieriver@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile
to 541-822-7254. District open-house public meetings will be held at
the McKenzie River district office (57600 McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie
Bridge, OR 97413) on April 24, 2014 and May 1, 2014 from 1 p.m.-7 p.m.
Green Mountain open-house meetings will be held on May 2, 2014 and May
9, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at locations to be determined
(please contact our office at 541-822-3381 for updated information).
These meetings provide additional opportunity for you to submit any
scoping comments you may have.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guenther Castillon at
gcastillon@fs.fed.us or at 541-822-7214.
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 Green Mountain project area is approximately 98,225 acres in
size, located around Forest Road 19 above Cougar Dam. The district's
resource specialists reviewed this landscape and identified it to have
the greatest need across the McKenzie River District for work that
would benefit riparian and aquatic resources. An analysis of the
landscape also shows a lack of age-class diversity and associated
habitat diversity, especially those affecting very old and very young
forest-dependent species. Also approximately 79% of the forested stands
in the project area are overstocked from a tree health perspective.
There is opportunity to thin, reduce the number of trees, and increase
the size and structure of the remaining forest over time. The
productivity and site conditions of forests in the project area allow
for the production of forest products while being sensitive to the
ecology of the area and meeting other important natural values and
services.
The Purpose of this project is to provide forest products, increase
stream-side vegetative diversity, increase in-stream habitat complexity
and productivity, and shift the age-class and structural diversity of
the forest in the project area landscape.
Proposed Action
Vegetation--We propose to thin ~3,588 acres 9958 characters, 1526
words, 94 lines (3.7% of the Project Area) and regenerate ~1,250 acres
(1.3% of the Project Area). We propose to use thinning across the
majority of the project and these treatments would incorporate some
untreated areas (skips) and create gaps of up to three acres with
variable spacing of remaining trees. We would design the regeneration
harvest to increase forest-age diversity across the Project Area. The
type of regeneration harvests would vary and may potentially include:
Shelterwood harvests, two-aged systems, group selection harvests,
variable retention harvests, and seed tree harvests. The age of stands
proposed to be thinned ranges from 15 to 148 years, average stand age;
and the age of stands proposed to be regenerated range from 15-135
years. Douglas-fir trees have an average lifespan of 500 years with
individuals exceeding 1,000 years. These treatments would occur on
stands that are 3 to 30% of their average maximum age. The overall
total area treated under both treatment categories would be
approximately 5,154 acres (~4.9% of the Project Area).
Streams--Approximately 44% of the total project area has a riparian
reserve designation that overlaps with other management allocations. We
are not proposing regeneration harvests within riparian reserves. We
are proposing about 1,859 acres of thinning within riparian reserves
(these acres include no-cut buffers adjacent to the stream channel,
which reduces the actual total number of riparian acres treated). We
proposed harvest or cutting within riparian reserves to increase in-
stream productivity by increasing hardwood trees and light
availability. We would also create snags and down wood to add
structural diversity. We would use a combination of thinning, cut and
leave treatments, gap creations (approximately 8 acres total across all
riparian treatments), and no-cut stream buffers.
Roads--We propose to remove forest products and include associated
road work across the project area. We would include approximately 137
miles of road maintenance/reconstruction that would include the
installment of approximately 200 culverts (primarily replacements). We
would also propose to store and hydrologically stabilize approximately
21 miles of road, and decommission approximately 9.6 miles of road. The
existing seasonal closure on Forest Service (FS) roads 1900-430 and
1900-431 would be proposed for removal. The current closure on FS road
1927-240 would be reduced in extent by moving the current closure
(gate) location at the intersection with FS road 1927 to a new location
at approximately mile point 6.7 down the 240 road. We would propose
construction of 9.5 miles of temporary road. These temporary roads
would be restored to their previous function and closed after all
project activities are completed. To address an existing bridge failure
we would propose either installing a temporary bridge (FS road 1980-
204), or we would build new road across approximately 0.5 mile and
decommission 0.7 mile of road behind the old bridge.
Responsible Official: Willamette forest supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Given the purpose and need, the scope of the decision to be made by
the responsible official will be as follows:
Do the proposed actions comply with all applicable laws
governing Forest Service actions?
Do the proposed actions comply with the applicable
Standards and Guidelines found in the Willamette Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP)?
[cir] If not, will the action amend the LRMP?
Does the Environmental Impact Statement have sufficient
site-specific environmental analysis to make an informed decision?
Do the proposed actions meet the purpose and need for
action?
With these assurances the responsible official must decide:
Whether or not to select the proposed action or one of any
other potential alternatives that may be developed, and what, if any,
additional actions should be required.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides
the development of the environmental impact statement. District open-
house public meetings will be held for your convenience at the McKenzie
River district office (57600 McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413)
on April 24, 2014 and May 1, 2014 from 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Green Mountain
open-house meetings will be held on May 2, 2014 and May 9, 2014 from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at locations to be determined (please contact
our office at 541-822-3381 for updated information). All of these
meetings provide an opportunity to gain more information regarding this
proposed project and also provide an opportunity for you to submit any
scoping comments you may have. We are interested in your comments on
the following questions:
Are there alternative ways to meet the purpose of the
project other than the proposed action we offer, which you
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would like the Forest Service to consider and analyze?
Is there any information about the project area, which you
believe is important in the context of the proposed activities that you
would like the Forest Service to consider?
What specifically are the potential effects of this
proposal that you are particularly concerned about? For example, rather
than simply stating that you would like a change in a proposed activity
or that you would not like an activity to take place, it is most
helpful to understand why you desire this. What are your underlying
concerns with an activity or action; what are the effects from the
activity that concern you? 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: April 3, 2014.
Meg Mitchell,
Forest Supervisor, Willamette National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2014-07968 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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