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stands near private property. Treatment 

would consist of thinning trees less than 

8′′ DBH and removing brush within 

treatment areas. Commercial biomass 

would be a by-product of this treatment. 

Fuel treatments would augment ongoing road brush treatment projects 

funded by the Community Wildfire 

Protection Plan (CWPP) located in the 

northwest corner of the project area. 

• All previously managed plantations 

would be treated, either with 

commercial thinning or timber stand 

improvements (TSI). Both treatments are 

designed to reduce stand density, 

decrease competition and improve 

growing space for residual trees. 

Commercially thinned plantations 

would consist of thinning trees greater 

than 8′′ DBH. Plantations without a 

commercial saw-log component (TSI) 

would consist of thinning trees less than 

8′′ DBH and reducing brush. 

Commercial biomass would be a byproduct of TSI treatments. 

• Off-site ponderosa pine plantations 

would be thinned to promote growth of 

naturally occurring tree species. 

• Douglas-fir/tanoak plantations 

would be thinned, and most of the 

planted pine within these plantations 

would be removed, while a portion of 

the hardwood component would be 

maintained. 

• Pure stands of Douglas-fir would be 

thinned to increase growing space for 

overstocked early seral stands. Stands 

that once contained a significant black 

oak component would be thinned to 

encourage black oak regeneration. 

• Douglas-fir and white fir stands 

with viable oak and pine would be 

thinned to reduce overall stand density, 

and trees that compete with healthy 

hardwoods and pines would be 

removed to increase their viability and 

promote their regeneration. 

All treatments would maintain tree 

species mix of hardwoods and conifers. 

Maps and tables detailing the 

proposed action can be found at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r5/sixrivers/. 

In addition, maps will be available for 

viewing at: 

Mad River Ranger District, 741 

Highway 36 (28 miles east of 

Bridgeville), Bridgeville, CA 95526; 

phone: 707–574–6233. 

Responsible Official 

Thomas Hudson, District Ranger, Mad 

River Ranger District, 741 Highway 36, 

Bridgeville, CA 95526. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether to adopt and implement the 

proposed action, an alternative to the 

proposed action, or take no action. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 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, 

those who only submit anonymous 

comments will not have standing to 

appeal the subsequent decision under 

36 CFR part 215. 

Dated: January 11, 2011. 

Tyrone Kelley, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–884 Filed 1–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Fishlake National Forest; Utah; Oil and 

Gas Leasing EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Corrected Notice of Intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement for the Oil and Gas Leasing 

Analysis. The original notice was 

published on July 7, 2006. 

SUMMARY: The Fishlake National Forest 

(FNF) is preparing an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to disclose the 

potential effects of a proposal to make 

lands administered by the FNF available 

for oil and gas leasing, and to determine 

what lease stipulations would apply to 

those lands. The proposal also includes 

amending the FNF Land and Resource 

Management Plan (LRMP) to update 

management direction for minerals 

management, specifically oil and gas. 

The scope of the analysis is forest-wide. 

A Notice of Intent (NOI) was first 

published for this proposal on July 7, 

2006, Volume 71, No. 130, pages 38602– 

38604. Due to the length of time that has 

passed since the first NOI was 

published, the FNF is publishing this 

Corrected NOI. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis were received during the 

initial scoping period in 2006, and are 

being considered in the preparation of 

this EIS. New or additional comments 

should be received within 30 days from 

the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. The draft EIS is 

expected April 2011 and the final EIS is 

expected October 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Shelly Dyke, Team Leader, Fishlake 

National Forest, 115 E. 900 North, 

Richfield, Utah 84701; phone (801) 597– 

7633; fax (435) 896–0374; e-mail: 

forest_service_act2@fs.fed.us. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to sdyke@fs.fed.us. Please include ‘‘Oil 

and Gas Leasing Analysis’’ on the 

subject line. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received, 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 those who submit 

comments anonymously would not be 

considered to have standing in the 

process. Those who commented during 

the initial scoping period need not 

resubmit comments, unless there are 

additional comments they wish to make. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Zappell, Public Affairs Officer at (435) 

896–1070. 

Technical Contact: Diane Freeman, 

Ecosystem Staff Officer at (435) 896– 

1050. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

Agency regulations at 36 CFR 228.102 

require the Forest Service to analyze 

lands under their jurisdiction that have 

not already been analyzed for oil and 

gas leasing. None of the lands 

administered by the FNF have 

previously been analyzed for oil and gas 

leasing. In analyzing lands for oil and 

gas leasing, the Forest Service must 

comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing 

Reform Act (FOOGLRA) of 1987 

establishes consent authority to the 

Forest Service for leasing, prior to the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

offering National Forest System lands 

for lease. The BLM Utah State Office has 

received several Expressions of Interest 

(EOI) for leasing portions of the FNF. In 

order to facilitate the BLM processing 

and responding to those EOIs, the FNF 

must first complete a leasing analysis to 

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determine which lands to identify for 

leasing, and what additional 

stipulations, if any would apply to those 

lands. Finally, the FNF LRMP has not 

yet been revised; therefore an 

amendment is needed to update 

direction for protecting surface 

resources relative to minerals 

management, specifically oil and gas 

exploration and development. 

The purpose of this leasing analysis is 

to identify which lands would be 

available and approved for oil and gas 

leasing, to determine what standard or 

special lease stipulations would apply 

to which pieces of land for resource 

protection, to project the type and 

amount of post-leasing activity that 

would be reasonably foreseeable, and to 

analyze the potential impacts of 

reasonably foreseeable post-leasing 

activity. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to make all 

lands administered by the FNF available 

for lease. The following areas would be 

leased with the No Surface Occupancy 

(NSO) stipulation: All Research Natural 

Areas; Quitchupah Canyon Cultural 

Area; Areas with slopes greater than 35 

percent; North Horn sediment areas 

greater than 25 percent slope; Habitat 

within one mile of known threatened, 

endangered, or proposed (TEP) plants; 

Habitat of TEP species covered under a 

conservation agreement or recovery 

plan; Areas within 300 feet of riparian 

areas, wetlands, lakes, reservoirs, 

perennial streams, and springs; 

Municipal water source protection 

areas; Bald eagle winter concentration 

areas; Sage grouse leks and nesting 

habitat; Known colonies of pygmy 

rabbits; Key habitats for boreal toad; 

Developed recreation sites; Areas with a 

Primitive Recreation Opportunity 

Spectrum; Forest Service administrative 

sites and facilities; National Recreation 

Trails; Inventoried Roadless Areas as 

identified in the 2001 Roadless Area 

Conservation Rule. 

The following areas would be leased 

with a Timing Limitation (TL) 

stipulation: Sage grouse brood-rearing 

areas (May 1 to July 5); Goshawk nesting 

and nest replacement areas (March 1 to 

September 30); Big game wintering areas 

(January 1 to April 15); Big game calving 

and fawning areas (May 1 to July 5). 

The following areas would be leased 

with the Controlled Surface Use (CSU) 

stipulation: 

Unstable lands; Sensitive plant 

habitat within one mile of known sites; 

Campground water systems; Goshawk 

post-fledging areas; Raptor nest areas; 

High scenic integrity areas (including 

areas seen from Capital Reef National 

Park and Fremont Indian State Park); 

Areas with a Semi-Primitive Nonmotorized Recreation Opportunity 

Spectrum; Air quality non-attainment 

areas; Cultural resource areas. 

All other areas would be leased with 

standard lease terms and conditions. 

Lease notices (LN) would be included in 

leases to inform prospective bidders of 

restrictions required by law or 

regulation. 

Possible Alternatives 

In addition to the Proposed Action, 

the No Action alternative will be 

analyzed in detail. Under this 

alternative oil and gas leasing would 

occur under current management 

direction. Other alternatives could 

include a range of more restrictive lease 

stipulations placed on more acreage, 

and/or fewer acres approved for lease 

availability. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The USDA Forest Service is the lead 

agency. The USDI Bureau of Land 

Management, and the State of Utah are 

cooperating agencies. 

Responsible Official 

The responsible official is the Forest 

Supervisor of the Fishlake National 

Forest. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Forest Supervisor of the Fishlake 

National Forest will decide which lands 

administered by the FNF will be 

administratively available for oil and 

gas leasing, and what stipulations 

would be applied to future leases. The 

Forest Supervisor will also decide 

whether to approve a non-significant 

Forest Plan amendment to update 

management direction for leasable 

minerals. This decision will not result 

in ground-disturbing activities such as 

exploration, drilling, or field 

development. Any ground disturbing 

activity that may be proposed 

subsequent to leasing would require 

further site-specific review and 

environmental analysis prior to 

approval as outlined in current Federal 

regulations (36 CFR 228.107). 

Scoping Process 

The initial scoping period started 

when the NOI was published in 2006. 

There is an opportunity to submit 

additional comments not already 

submitted, for 30 days after publication 

of this Corrected NOI. 

A series of public meetings were held 

in July and August, 2006. No additional 

public meetings are planned at this 

time. The proposal has been listed on 

the FNF Schedule of Proposed Actions 

since 2006. 

Dated: January 6, 2011. 

Joseph G. Reddan, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–886 Filed 1–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ontonagon Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ontonagon Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in Ewen, 

Michigan. The Committee is meeting as 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

is to review and make recommendations 

on Title II Projects submitted by the 

public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 11, 2011, and will begin at 

9:30 a.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ewen-Trout Creek High School, 

14312 Airport Road, Ewen, Michigan. 

Written comments should be sent to 

Lisa Klaus, Ottawa National Forest, 

E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI 

49938. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to lklaus@fs.fed.us or via 

facsimile to 906–932–0122. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at Ottawa 

National Forest, E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, 

Ironwood, MI 49938. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Klaus, RAC coordinator, USDA, Ottawa 

National Forest, E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, 

Ironwood, MI, (906) 932–1330, ext. 328; 

e-mail lklaus@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 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) Review and approval of previous 

meeting minutes. (2) Review and 

approval of Operating Guidelines and 

Title II Project Evaluation Criteria. (3) 

Review and make recommendations for 

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