Department of Agriculture May 20, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado and Kansas, Oil and Gas Leasing Environmental Impact Statement
The Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) are initiating the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). The EIS will disclose the effects of updating the potential oil and gas areas available and unavailable for lease, the appropriate and applicable lease stipulations, and post-lease oil and gas development that is reasonably foreseeable as a consequence of conducting a leasing program on the PSICC. The proposed action includes the following elements: identifying what lands will be available for oil and gas leasing; what stipulations need to be attached to oil and gas leasing for the protection of other resources; and what forest/ grasslands plan amendments to the 1984 PSICC Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) may be needed to incorporate the revised oil and gas leasing decision. The EIS will document changed conditions and new information since the PSICC 1992 Oil and Gas Leasing Final EIS and Record of Decision, and incorporate that information into the analysis of potential effects of leasing on other resources. Changes in conditions and information since the 1992 leasing EIS and decision include new and improved oil and gas drilling, completion, and production technology; proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species; increased urban development adjacent to the Forest boundary; and promulgation of a rule to protect roadless areas in Colorado. The scope of the analysis is Forest and Grassland-wide.
Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
The Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee will tentatively meet in Glenwood Springs, CO. The purpose of the meeting is to review proposals for a standard amenity fee area change and new fee projects. These fee proposals will include new rentals for Fitton and Off Cow Camp cabins located on the Rio Grande National Forest and an area change at East Maroon Wilderness Portal, West Maroon Wilderness Portal and Maroon Lake on the White River National Forest. Proposals, updates, and other information can be found on the Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee Web site at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ r2/rac-colorado.
Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information Order; Assessment Rate Increase
This proposed rule invites comments on amending the Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order) to increase the assessment rate from $12 to $18 per ton (an increase of $0.003 per pound). The Order is administered by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) with oversight by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under the program, assessments are collected from domestic producers and importers and used for research and promotion projects designed to maintain and expand the market for highbush blueberries in the United States and abroad. Additional funds would allow the USHBC to expand its health research activities and promotional efforts. The USHBC uses its health information in its promotion messaging to help build demand for blueberries. Increasing demand would help move the growing supply of blueberries, which would benefit producers and consumers.
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