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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Wayne National Forest: Athens, Gallia,
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe,
Morgan, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Vinton
and Washington Counties; Ohio;
Assessment Report of Ecological,
Social and Economic Conditions,
Trends and Sustainability for the
Wayne National Forest
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Wayne National Forest
(Wayne), located in the Unglaciated
Allegheny Plateau of southeast Ohio, is
initiating the forest planning process
pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule.
This process will result in a revised and
updated Natural Resource Land
Management Plan for the Wayne, often
referred to as the Forest Plan, which
will guide all resource management
activities on the Wayne for
approximately the next fifteen years.
The current Wayne Forest Plan was
completed in 2006.
The plan revision process
encompasses three stages: Assessment,
plan development, and implementation
and monitoring. This notice announces
the initiation of the assessment phase,
the first stage of the plan revision
process. The assessment shall rapidly
identify and consider relevant and
readily accessible information about
ecological, social and economic
conditions and trends in the planning
area. Findings will be documented in an
assessment report that will be available
for public comment.
DATES: In the spring and summer of
2018, the public is invited to participate
in the assessment phase of the revision
process, for which public engagement
opportunities will be posted on the
Wayne Forest Plan Revision website
located at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
wayne/landmanagement/planning.
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Information will also be sent to
electronic mailing lists, social media,
and media outlets. If members of the
public are interested in learning more,
please visit the Forest Plan Revision
website and select the link to subscribe
to updates on the Wayne Forest Plan
Revision. Information can also be
obtained by sending an email to
WaynePlanRevision@fs.fed.us.
The draft assessment report for the
Wayne National Forest is expected to be
completed by August 2018 and will be
posted on the Wayne Forest Plan
Revision website listed above for
review. The final assessment report is
expected to be completed by October
2018. The assessment will inform the
need for changes required in the
existing forest plan. Wayne National
Forest will then initiate procedures
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and prepare and
evaluate a revised Forest Plan.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Wayne National Forest, Attn: Plan
Revision, 13700 US HWY 33,
Nelsonville, OH 45764. Written
comments may also be sent via email to
WaynePlanRevision@fs.fed.us, or via
facsimile to 740–753–0118. All
correspondence, including names and
addresses when provided, will be
placed in the record and will be
available for public inspection and
copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori
Swiderski, Revision Project Director,
740–753–0859, WaynePlanRevision@
fs.fed.us. 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: The
National Forest Management Act
(NFMA) of 1976 requires that every
National Forest System (NFS) unit
develop a Land and Resource
Management Plan, often called a Forest
Plan. On April 9, 2012, the Forest
Service finalized its land management
planning rule, referred to as the 2012
Planning Rule (26 CFR 219), which
describes requirements for the planning
process and provides programmatic
direction to National Forests and
National Grasslands for developing and
implementing their forest plans. Forest
Plans describe the strategic direction for
management of forest resources, and are
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adaptive and amendable as conditions
change over time, in order to remain
relevant for their intended application
period of 10–15 years.
Similar to the 2008 Planning Rule, the
2012 Planning Rule requires each
national forest to outline desired
conditions for each management area,
specify objectives to achieve those
conditions, and engage the public
extensively throughout the plan revision
process. However, the 2012 Planning
Rule diverges from previous iterations
in several guiding concepts and
substantive components, particularly in
relying on the concept of ecological
integrity to frame plan assessment,
develop plan components, and fulfill
monitoring requirements. Based on
current estimates, it is expected to take
two years to produce a revised Forest
Plan.
Pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule,
the revision process encompasses three
stages: Assessment, plan revision and
monitoring.
Assessment—This notice announces
the start of the first stage of the process,
during which updated information from
the public, other federal agencies, and
non-governmental parties, as well as
still-applicable data from the previous
revision effort will be compiled in a
succinct assessment report. Information
relevant to the assessment report may
include the current, changed, and
changing status of ecological, social and
economic conditions within the
planning area and their interconnected
relationships within the context of the
broader landscape. The development of
the assessment includes opportunities
for the public to contribute information
and engage in the planning process to
build a common understanding prior to
entering formal plan revision.
Information gathered will be
documented in an assessment report
that forms the basis for the need for
change document, which identifies
changes to be included in the new plan
to provide management direction
adaptable enough to address changing
environmental, social and economic
conditions.
For the first phase, the Wayne has
posted helpful resources, including the
current Forest Plan, the 15 required
assessment topics, and the Citizen’s
Guide to National Forest Planning, on
the Wayne Forest Plan website listed in
the DATES section.
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During this assessment phase, the
Wayne invites other government
agencies, non-governmental parties, and
the public to share relevant information
that will help develop an understanding
of conditions and trends of the
assessment topics that are useful to
making decisions about the revised plan
content. This will include governmental
or non-governmental assessments,
plans, monitoring reports, studies, and
other sources of relevant information
about existing and changed conditions,
trends, and perceptions of social,
economic and ecological systems in the
planning area. The Wayne will host a
variety of public outreach forums in the
spring and summer of 2018 to facilitate
this effort, and the public is encouraged
to participate and provide meaningful
contributions. The Wayne is seeking
local knowledge of social values,
available data resources, areas of use,
and activities, goods and services
produced by lands within the Wayne
that will help identify gaps in the
current management plan, inform the
need for change, and highlight priority
issues that should be addressed in this
revision. This will then lead to the next
step of the revision process and inform
desired conditions, standards and
guidelines, land suitability
determinations, and other components
that will become part of the revised
plan. Public participation is an essential
step toward understanding current
conditions, available data, and feedback
needed to support an overall strategic,
efficient and effective revision process.
Several guiding principles, developed
to overcome stakeholder-identified
challenges, will drive public
engagement throughout the plan
revision process. These guiding
principles include providing direct and
transparent communication through a
variety of methods, maintaining focused
public involvement, building
relationships, and promoting sharing,
learning and understanding between the
agency, partners and the public. These
guiding principles will help the Wayne
ensure that public engagement in the
current assessment phase and
throughout the plan revision process
will be functional, accessible, and
representative.
Plan Revision—Using the need for
change as a foundation, the Wayne, in
coordination with partners and the
public, will then begin the plan revision
phase of the process. During this phase,
participants will develop a vision
statement and goals that will lead the
forest into the future, specifying desired
conditions and objectives to help
achieve these goals. The Wayne will
engage the public to identify issues and
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develop plan alternatives. Finally, in
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act, a proposed
action, an environmental impact
statement (EIS), and eventually a
revised Forest Plan will be completed,
with announced opportunities for
public review and comment. The plan is
a programmatic document that will
guide and define development of onthe-ground projects. However, the plan
itself is not a decision document.
Monitoring—As part of the plan
revision, the public will assist the Forest
Service in developing a monitoring
program, which will be carried out after
the revised plan is approved and will
continue through the life of the plan.
The monitoring program should be
designed to help evaluate progress
towards meeting the desired conditions
and objectives established by the Forest
Plan, and may include monitoring
questions that address the status of
watershed conditions, visitor use and
satisfaction, effects of management
activies, and more. Monitoring efforts
should be within the financial and
technical capability of the agency and
will help the Forest Service and the
public evaluate the effectiveness of the
Forest Plan by providing feedback and
helping determine whether any changes
in the plan are necessary.
To identify as much relevant
information as possible, the Wayne is
encouraging contributors to share their
concerns and perceptions of the
conditions and trends in social,
economic and environmental systems
within the Wayne planning area.
Meetings, review and comment periods,
and other opportunities for public
engagement throughout the plan
revision process will be publicized,
with announcements posted on the
Wayne’s planning website at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/wayne/
landmanagement/planning. Information
will also be sent out to the Forest’s
mailing list. If anyone is interested in
being included in these notifications,
please send an email to
WaynePlanRevision@fs.fed.us.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for the
revision of the Forest Plan for Wayne
National Forest is Anthony V. Scardina,
Forest Supervisor, Wayne National
Forest, 13700 US HWY 33, Nelsonville,
OH 45764.
Dated: March 10, 2018.
Chris French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–054]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the
People’s Republic of China: Amended
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Countervailing Duty
Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (the
ITC), Commerce is issuing a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil)
from the People’s Republic of China
(China). In addition, Commerce is
amending its final CVD determination
with respect to aluminum foil from
China, to correct ministerial errors.
DATES: Applicable April 19, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yasmin Bordas, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3813.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Period of Investigation: The period of
investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016,
through December 31, 2016.
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(a),
705(d), and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on March 5, 2018,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register an affirmative final
determination in the CVD investigation
of aluminum foil from China.1
Interested parties submitted timely filed
allegations that Commerce made certain
ministerial errors in the final CVD
determination of aluminum foil from
China. Section 705(e) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.224(f) define ministerial errors
as errors in addition, subtraction, or
other arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
type of unintentional error which the
administering authority considers
ministerial. We reviewed the allegations
and determined that we made certain
1 See Certain Aluminum Foil from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018)
(Final Determination), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum (Final Decision
Memorandum).
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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Wayne National Forest: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson,
Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Vinton and Washington
Counties; Ohio; Assessment Report of Ecological, Social and Economic
Conditions, Trends and Sustainability for the Wayne National Forest
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Wayne National Forest (Wayne), located in the Unglaciated
Allegheny Plateau of southeast Ohio, is initiating the forest planning
process pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule. This process will result in
a revised and updated Natural Resource Land Management Plan for the
Wayne, often referred to as the Forest Plan, which will guide all
resource management activities on the Wayne for approximately the next
fifteen years. The current Wayne Forest Plan was completed in 2006.
The plan revision process encompasses three stages: Assessment,
plan development, and implementation and monitoring. This notice
announces the initiation of the assessment phase, the first stage of
the plan revision process. The assessment shall rapidly identify and
consider relevant and readily accessible information about ecological,
social and economic conditions and trends in the planning area.
Findings will be documented in an assessment report that will be
available for public comment.
DATES: In the spring and summer of 2018, the public is invited to
participate in the assessment phase of the revision process, for which
public engagement opportunities will be posted on the Wayne Forest Plan
Revision website located at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wayne/landmanagement/planning.
Information will also be sent to electronic mailing lists, social
media, and media outlets. If members of the public are interested in
learning more, please visit the Forest Plan Revision website and select
the link to subscribe to updates on the Wayne Forest Plan Revision.
Information can also be obtained by sending an email to
[email protected].
The draft assessment report for the Wayne National Forest is
expected to be completed by August 2018 and will be posted on the Wayne
Forest Plan Revision website listed above for review. The final
assessment report is expected to be completed by October 2018. The
assessment will inform the need for changes required in the existing
forest plan. Wayne National Forest will then initiate procedures
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and prepare
and evaluate a revised Forest Plan.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Wayne National Forest, Attn: Plan
Revision, 13700 US HWY 33, Nelsonville, OH 45764. Written comments may
also be sent via email to W[email protected], or via facsimile
to 740-753-0118. All correspondence, including names and addresses when
provided, will be placed in the record and will be available for public
inspection and copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Swiderski, Revision Project
Director, 740-753-0859, [email protected]. 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: The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of
1976 requires that every National Forest System (NFS) unit develop a
Land and Resource Management Plan, often called a Forest Plan. On April
9, 2012, the Forest Service finalized its land management planning
rule, referred to as the 2012 Planning Rule (26 CFR 219), which
describes requirements for the planning process and provides
programmatic direction to National Forests and National Grasslands for
developing and implementing their forest plans. Forest Plans describe
the strategic direction for management of forest resources, and are
adaptive and amendable as conditions change over time, in order to
remain relevant for their intended application period of 10-15 years.
Similar to the 2008 Planning Rule, the 2012 Planning Rule requires
each national forest to outline desired conditions for each management
area, specify objectives to achieve those conditions, and engage the
public extensively throughout the plan revision process. However, the
2012 Planning Rule diverges from previous iterations in several guiding
concepts and substantive components, particularly in relying on the
concept of ecological integrity to frame plan assessment, develop plan
components, and fulfill monitoring requirements. Based on current
estimates, it is expected to take two years to produce a revised Forest
Plan.
Pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule, the revision process
encompasses three stages: Assessment, plan revision and monitoring.
Assessment--This notice announces the start of the first stage of
the process, during which updated information from the public, other
federal agencies, and non-governmental parties, as well as still-
applicable data from the previous revision effort will be compiled in a
succinct assessment report. Information relevant to the assessment
report may include the current, changed, and changing status of
ecological, social and economic conditions within the planning area and
their interconnected relationships within the context of the broader
landscape. The development of the assessment includes opportunities for
the public to contribute information and engage in the planning process
to build a common understanding prior to entering formal plan revision.
Information gathered will be documented in an assessment report that
forms the basis for the need for change document, which identifies
changes to be included in the new plan to provide management direction
adaptable enough to address changing environmental, social and economic
conditions.
For the first phase, the Wayne has posted helpful resources,
including the current Forest Plan, the 15 required assessment topics,
and the Citizen's Guide to National Forest Planning, on the Wayne
Forest Plan website listed in the DATES section.
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During this assessment phase, the Wayne invites other government
agencies, non-governmental parties, and the public to share relevant
information that will help develop an understanding of conditions and
trends of the assessment topics that are useful to making decisions
about the revised plan content. This will include governmental or non-
governmental assessments, plans, monitoring reports, studies, and other
sources of relevant information about existing and changed conditions,
trends, and perceptions of social, economic and ecological systems in
the planning area. The Wayne will host a variety of public outreach
forums in the spring and summer of 2018 to facilitate this effort, and
the public is encouraged to participate and provide meaningful
contributions. The Wayne is seeking local knowledge of social values,
available data resources, areas of use, and activities, goods and
services produced by lands within the Wayne that will help identify
gaps in the current management plan, inform the need for change, and
highlight priority issues that should be addressed in this revision.
This will then lead to the next step of the revision process and inform
desired conditions, standards and guidelines, land suitability
determinations, and other components that will become part of the
revised plan. Public participation is an essential step toward
understanding current conditions, available data, and feedback needed
to support an overall strategic, efficient and effective revision
process.
Several guiding principles, developed to overcome stakeholder-
identified challenges, will drive public engagement throughout the plan
revision process. These guiding principles include providing direct and
transparent communication through a variety of methods, maintaining
focused public involvement, building relationships, and promoting
sharing, learning and understanding between the agency, partners and
the public. These guiding principles will help the Wayne ensure that
public engagement in the current assessment phase and throughout the
plan revision process will be functional, accessible, and
representative.
Plan Revision--Using the need for change as a foundation, the
Wayne, in coordination with partners and the public, will then begin
the plan revision phase of the process. During this phase, participants
will develop a vision statement and goals that will lead the forest
into the future, specifying desired conditions and objectives to help
achieve these goals. The Wayne will engage the public to identify
issues and develop plan alternatives. Finally, in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act, a proposed action, an environmental
impact statement (EIS), and eventually a revised Forest Plan will be
completed, with announced opportunities for public review and comment.
The plan is a programmatic document that will guide and define
development of on-the-ground projects. However, the plan itself is not
a decision document.
Monitoring--As part of the plan revision, the public will assist
the Forest Service in developing a monitoring program, which will be
carried out after the revised plan is approved and will continue
through the life of the plan. The monitoring program should be designed
to help evaluate progress towards meeting the desired conditions and
objectives established by the Forest Plan, and may include monitoring
questions that address the status of watershed conditions, visitor use
and satisfaction, effects of management activies, and more. Monitoring
efforts should be within the financial and technical capability of the
agency and will help the Forest Service and the public evaluate the
effectiveness of the Forest Plan by providing feedback and helping
determine whether any changes in the plan are necessary.
To identify as much relevant information as possible, the Wayne is
encouraging contributors to share their concerns and perceptions of the
conditions and trends in social, economic and environmental systems
within the Wayne planning area. Meetings, review and comment periods,
and other opportunities for public engagement throughout the plan
revision process will be publicized, with announcements posted on the
Wayne's planning website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/wayne/landmanagement/planning. Information will also be sent out to the
Forest's mailing list. If anyone is interested in being included in
these notifications, please send an email to
[email protected].
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for the revision of the Forest Plan for
Wayne National Forest is Anthony V. Scardina, Forest Supervisor, Wayne
National Forest, 13700 US HWY 33, Nelsonville, OH 45764.
Dated: March 10, 2018.
Chris French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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