Final Record of Decision for the Revised Land Management Plan for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, 1945-1946 [2024-30342]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the
Revised Land Management Plan for the
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the
Revised Land Management Plan for the
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.
AGENCY:
Heath Perrine, Acting Forest
Supervisor for the Nez Perce-Clearwater
National Forests, Northern Region,
signed the final Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Revised Land
Management Plan (LMP) for the Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests. The
final ROD documents the rationale for
approving the Revised LMP and is
consistent with the Reviewing Officers’
responses to objections and instructions.
DATES: The Revised LMP for the Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests will
become effective 30 days after the
publication of this notice of approval in
the Federal Register (36 CFR
219.17(a)(1)).
SUMMARY:
To view the final ROD,
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), Revised LMP, and other related
documents, please visit the Nez PerceClearwater National Forests website at:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/nezperce
clearwater/landmanagement/planning/
?cid=FSEPRD1206684. The Forest
Service will also publish a legal notice
of approval in the newspaper of record,
Lewiston Morning Tribune, and post a
copy of this legal notice on the Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests’
website listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Daugherty, Forest Planner, Nez PerceClearwater National Forests, by email at
sara.daugherty@usda.gov or by phone at
(208) 963–4206.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339,
24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests in the
Northern Region spans six ranger
districts and covers approximately four
million acres across seven counties in
north central Idaho, stretching from the
Bitterroot Mountains on the Idaho and
Montana border to the east, Salmon
River to the south, Hells Canyon to the
west, and the Palouse Prairie and North
Fork Clearwater River basin to the
north. The Nez Perce-Clearwater
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Land Management Plan Direction for
Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across
the National Forest System;
Withdrawal
Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice; withdrawal.
The United States Department
of Agriculture is withdrawing its notice
of intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the Land
Management Plan Direction for OldGrowth Forest Conditions Across the
National Forest System.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer McRae, Planning Team Leader,
at 202–791–8488.
Individuals who use
telecommunications devices for the
hearing impaired may call 711 to reach
the Telecommunications Relay Service,
24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
Christopher French,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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National Forests range in elevation from
1,000 to over 8,900 feet and support
diverse ecosystems and uses. The Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests
contain habitats essential for a wide
variety of species and serves critical
headwaters of the Clearwater River. The
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
also provide opportunities for
recreation, timber harvesting, livestock
grazing, and mineral development that
contribute to the quality of life and
economies of the surrounding
communities.
The Revised LMP was shaped by the
best available scientific information,
current laws, and public, governmental,
and tribal input. It was developed
pursuant to the 2012 Forest Service
Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and will
replace the current Forest Plans that
were released in 1987. The Revised LMP
includes desired conditions, objectives,
standards, guidelines, management
approaches, management area
allocations, and land suitability for
project and activity decision-making,
which will guide resource management
activities on the Nez Perce-Clearwater
National Forests. It also includes
wilderness recommendations and
identifies eligible and suitable wild and
scenic river segments.
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National
Forests initiated LMP revision in 2013
and engaged with the public and tribal,
federal, state, and local governments.
The Forests consulted with the Nez
Perce Tribe during the planning process,
ensuring tribal-related plan direction
accurately reflects the Nez PerceClearwater National Forests’ tribal trust
relationship and ensures that the Treaty
with the Nez Perce of 1855 is honored.
Between 2012 and 2020, the Nez PerceClearwater National Forests conducted
26 formal public comment and informal
public feedback opportunities. The
Forests received and analyzed more
than 33,000 public comments.
Hundreds of people attended 45 inperson and virtual public meetings,
open houses, and webinars.
A 90-day public comment period on
the draft LMP and associated draft EIS
was initiated on December 20, 2019, and
subsequently extended 30 days. The
Forests used these comments to inform
and the preferred alternative for the
FEIS and Revised Plan. A draft ROD,
Revised LMP, and FEIS were released
on November 28, 2023, initiating a 60day objection filing period that closed
January 29, 2024. The Forest Service
received approximately 275 eligible
objections to the draft ROD and 5
objections filed by 13 individuals and
organizations to the list of species of
conservation concern. The Reviewing
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Jacqueline Emanuel,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
2025. Based on FY 2024 appropriated
funding, the Agency estimates that
approximately $26 million will be
available, for FY 2025. These grant
funds will be made available to eligible
applicants to construct broadband
networks that provide service on a
community-oriented connectivity basis
in rural areas. All applicants are
responsible for any expenses incurred in
developing their applications.
DATES: The application window opens
on February 20, 2025. Completed
applications for grants must be
submitted electronically by no later than
11:59 a.m. eastern time (ET), April 21,
2025.
ADDRESSES: All applications must be
submitted electronically at: https://
www.rd.usda.gov/community-connect.
This funding opportunity will also be
posted to https://www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randall Millhiser, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Loan
Origination and Approval, Rural
Utilities Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Mail Stop 1590, Room 4121–S,
Washington, DC 20250–1590, telephone:
(202) 720–0800, email:
Randall.Millhiser@usda.gov.
For inquiries regarding eligibility
concerns, please contact the Community
Connect Program Staff at https://
www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
telecommunications-programs/
community-connect-grants#contact.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Federal Awarding Agency Name:
Rural Utilities Service.
Funding Opportunity Title:
Community Connect Grant Program.
Announcement Type: Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Funding Opportunity Number:
RDRUS–CC–2025.
Assistance Listing: 10.863.
Dates: Completed electronic
applications must be filed through
https://www.rd.usda.gov/communityconnect. The application window opens
on February 20, 2025. Completed
applications for grants must be
submitted electronically by no later than
11:59 a.m. ET, April 21, 2025. Late or
incomplete applications will not be
accepted.
Rural Development Key Priorities: The
Agency encourages applicants to
consider projects that will advance the
following key priorities (more details
available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/
priority-points):
• Creating More and Better Markets.
Assisting rural communities to recover
Officers held objection resolution
meetings with objectors and interested
persons in May 2024. Based on these
meetings and a review of the objections,
the Reviewing Officer for the list of
species of conservation concern issued
a written response to objectors on
September 26, 2024. The Reviewing
Officer for the LMP issued a written
response to objectors on September 27,
2024. The instructions from the
Reviewing Officers were addressed in
the ROD, Revised LMP, and FEIS.
Cooperating Agencies
The following entities have
participated in the planning process as
cooperating agencies: State of Idaho
(Office of Species Conservation),
Clearwater County, and Idaho County.
Government to Government Consulting
Agency
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National
Forests consulted with the Nez Perce
Tribe throughout the planning process
of the revised Plan.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for
approving the Revised LMP is Heath
Perrine, Acting Forest Supervisor, Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests. The
Responsible Official for approving the
list of species of conservation concern is
Leanne Marten, Regional Forester,
Northern Region.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket #: RUS–24–TELECOM–0037]
Notice of Funding Opportunity for the
Community Connect Grant Program
for Fiscal Year 2025
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS or the Agency), a Rural
Development (RD) agency of the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), announces the acceptance of
applications under the Community
Connect Grant (CCG) program for fiscal
year (FY) 2025. This notice is being
issued prior to passage of an FY 2025
appropriations act in order to allow
applicants sufficient time to prepare
their applications and give the Agency
time to process applications within FY
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economically through more and better
market opportunities and through
improved infrastructure.
• Advancing Racial Justice, PlaceBased Equity, and Opportunity.
Ensuring all rural residents have
equitable access to RD programs and
benefits from RD funded projects.
• Addressing Climate Change and
Environmental Justice. Reducing climate
pollution and increasing resilience to
the impacts of climate change through
economic support to rural communities.
A. Program Description
1. Purpose of the Program. The
program provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants that will provide
service at or above the broadband grant
speed to all premises in rural,
economically-challenged communities
where broadband service does not exist.
The deployment of broadband services
on a ‘‘community-oriented
connectivity’’ basis stimulates economic
development and provides enhanced
educational and health care
opportunities in rural areas.
2. Statutory and Regulatory Authority.
The CCG program is authorized under
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE
Act) and implemented by 7 CFR part
1739.
3. Definitions. The definitions
applicable to this notice are published
at 7 CFR 1739.3 and repeated within the
FY 2025 CCG Program Application
Guide (Application Guide) available at:
https://www.rd.usda.gov/communityconnect.
4. Application of Awards. Awards
under the CCG program will be made on
a competitive basis using specific
review criteria contained in 7 CFR
1739.16. The Agency will review,
evaluate and score applications received
in response to this notice based on the
provisions found in 7 CFR 1739.17 and
as indicated in this notice. The Agency
advises all interested parties that the
applicant bears the full burden in
preparing and submitting an application
in response to this notice.
B. Federal Award Information
Type of Award: Grants.
Fiscal Year Funds: FY 2025.
Available Funds: The Agency
estimates that approximately $26
million will be available for FY 2025,
based on FY 2024 amounts. RUS may at
its discretion, increase the total level of
funding available in this funding round
from any available source provided the
awards meet the requirements of the
statute which made the funding
available to the agency.
Minimum Award: $100,000.
Maximum Award: $5,000,000.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the Revised Land Management Plan for
the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the Revised Land Management Plan for the
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.
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SUMMARY: Heath Perrine, Acting Forest Supervisor for the Nez Perce-
Clearwater National Forests, Northern Region, signed the final Record
of Decision (ROD) for the Revised Land Management Plan (LMP) for the
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. The final ROD documents the
rationale for approving the Revised LMP and is consistent with the
Reviewing Officers' responses to objections and instructions.
DATES: The Revised LMP for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
will become effective 30 days after the publication of this notice of
approval in the Federal Register (36 CFR 219.17(a)(1)).
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD, Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), Revised LMP, and other related documents, please visit the Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/nezperceclearwater/landmanagement/planning/?cid=FSEPRD1206684.
The Forest Service will also publish a legal notice of approval in the
newspaper of record, Lewiston Morning Tribune, and post a copy of this
legal notice on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests' website
listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Daugherty, Forest Planner, Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests, by email at [email protected]
or by phone at (208) 963-4206.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-
8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in
the Northern Region spans six ranger districts and covers approximately
four million acres across seven counties in north central Idaho,
stretching from the Bitterroot Mountains on the Idaho and Montana
border to the east, Salmon River to the south, Hells Canyon to the
west, and the Palouse Prairie and North Fork Clearwater River basin to
the north. The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests range in elevation
from 1,000 to over 8,900 feet and support diverse ecosystems and uses.
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests contain habitats essential
for a wide variety of species and serves critical headwaters of the
Clearwater River. The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests also
provide opportunities for recreation, timber harvesting, livestock
grazing, and mineral development that contribute to the quality of life
and economies of the surrounding communities.
The Revised LMP was shaped by the best available scientific
information, current laws, and public, governmental, and tribal input.
It was developed pursuant to the 2012 Forest Service Planning Rule (36
CFR 219) and will replace the current Forest Plans that were released
in 1987. The Revised LMP includes desired conditions, objectives,
standards, guidelines, management approaches, management area
allocations, and land suitability for project and activity decision-
making, which will guide resource management activities on the Nez
Perce-Clearwater National Forests. It also includes wilderness
recommendations and identifies eligible and suitable wild and scenic
river segments.
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests initiated LMP revision in
2013 and engaged with the public and tribal, federal, state, and local
governments. The Forests consulted with the Nez Perce Tribe during the
planning process, ensuring tribal-related plan direction accurately
reflects the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests' tribal trust
relationship and ensures that the Treaty with the Nez Perce of 1855 is
honored. Between 2012 and 2020, the Nez Perce-Clearwater National
Forests conducted 26 formal public comment and informal public feedback
opportunities. The Forests received and analyzed more than 33,000
public comments. Hundreds of people attended 45 in-person and virtual
public meetings, open houses, and webinars.
A 90-day public comment period on the draft LMP and associated
draft EIS was initiated on December 20, 2019, and subsequently extended
30 days. The Forests used these comments to inform and the preferred
alternative for the FEIS and Revised Plan. A draft ROD, Revised LMP,
and FEIS were released on November 28, 2023, initiating a 60-day
objection filing period that closed January 29, 2024. The Forest
Service received approximately 275 eligible objections to the draft ROD
and 5 objections filed by 13 individuals and organizations to the list
of species of conservation concern. The Reviewing
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Officers held objection resolution meetings with objectors and
interested persons in May 2024. Based on these meetings and a review of
the objections, the Reviewing Officer for the list of species of
conservation concern issued a written response to objectors on
September 26, 2024. The Reviewing Officer for the LMP issued a written
response to objectors on September 27, 2024. The instructions from the
Reviewing Officers were addressed in the ROD, Revised LMP, and FEIS.
Cooperating Agencies
The following entities have participated in the planning process as
cooperating agencies: State of Idaho (Office of Species Conservation),
Clearwater County, and Idaho County.
Government to Government Consulting Agency
The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests consulted with the Nez
Perce Tribe throughout the planning process of the revised Plan.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for approving the Revised LMP is Heath
Perrine, Acting Forest Supervisor, Nez Perce-Clearwater National
Forests. The Responsible Official for approving the list of species of
conservation concern is Leanne Marten, Regional Forester, Northern
Region.
Jacqueline Emanuel,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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