39612 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The Lolo National Forest Plan, 1986, 

provides overall guidance for land 

management activities in the project 

area. The purposes of the Cedar-Thom 

project are to: (1) Restore vegetative 

conditions that are resistant to 

undesirable effects of fire, insects, 

disease, and drought; (2) Reduce forest 

fuels in wildland urban interface (WUI) 

and non-WUI areas and re-establish fire 

as a disturbance process on the 

landscape; (3) Improve or maintain big 

game winter range; (4) Enhance 

watershed health with improvements to 

fish habitat and stream function; and (5) 

Enhance recreation opportunities and 

establish trail travel management 

designations consistent with land 

management objectives. 

Proposed Action 

The Cedar-Thom project area of 

approximately 58,000 acres is located 

southwest of Superior, Montana within 

TI5N, R27W; TI5N, R28W; TI6N, R27W; 

TI6N, R28W; TI7N, R26W; T 1 7N, 

R27W, P.M.M. Within this area, the Lolo 

National Forest proposes the following 

activities to achieve the purpose and 

need for the project: (1) Timber harvest 

on approximately 6758 acres; (2) noncommercial mechanical vegetation 

treatments on about 2290 acres; (3) 

Prescribed burning on approximately 

9550 acres; (4) temporary road 

construction (5 miles) and long-term 

specified road construction (6 miles); (5) 

Road decommissioning (116 miles), 

road storage (9 miles), and gate closure 

(6 miles); (6) Culvert replacements; (7) 

Restoration of selected stream segments; 

(8) Riparian vegetation planting; (9) 

Removal of a 500-foot segment of 

historic railroad grade that infringes on 

Cedar Creek; (10) Roadside weed 

spraying; (11) Development of an 8-mile 

ATV trail using primarily existing road 

prisms; (12) Construction of an 

equestrian trailhead for the Thompson 

Creek trail (#173); (13) Construction of 

a non-motorized trail from Mink Peak to 

Lost Lake; and (14) Change the travel 

management status on trails that are 

currently designated as both motorized 

and non-motorized to non-motorized 

only. 

If, after the completion of the 

environmental analysis and review of 

public comments the Responsible 

Official decides to select an action 

alternative, implementation could begin 

in 2012 and would continue for several 

years. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Forest Supervisor will decide 

whether to implement the proposed 

action, take an alternative action that 

meets the purpose and need, or take no 

action. The decision may include a sitespecific amendment to the Lolo 

National Forest Plan to allow 

approximately 215 acres of fuel 

reduction treatments that would include 

the removal of commercial-sized trees 

within Management Area 11, in which 

the Forest Plan limits tree cutting to that 

required to eliminate safety hazards or 

permit trail construction. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Information on the 

proposed action will be posted on the 

Forest Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

rl/lolo/projects/. 

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. 

Dated: July 31, 2009. 

Deborah L.R. Austin, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–18934 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Trinity County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Trinity County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet at 

the Trinity County schools office 

conference room on August 17, 2009 

from 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss proposed projects 

under Title II of the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2008. 

DATES: Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Trinity County Office of Education, 

201 Memorial Drive, Weaverville, CA 

96093. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Resource Advisory Committee 

Coordinator John Heibel at 530–226– 

2524 or jheibel@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Public 

input sessions will be provided and 

individuals will have the opportunity to 

address the Trinity County Resource 

Advisory Committee. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Scott G. Armentrout, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–18617 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold a 

meeting on August 25, 2009 at The 

Chateau, 955 Fairway Blvd., Incline 

Village, NV 89451. This Committee, 

established by the Secretary of 

Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. 

DATES: The meeting will be held August 

25, 2009, beginning at 1 p.m. and 

ending at 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

The Chateau, 955 Fairway Boulevard, 

Incline Village, NV 89451. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO

REQUEST AN ACCOMMODATION (ONE WEEK

PRIOR TO MEETING DATE) CONTACT: Linda 

Lind, Lake Tahoe Basin Management 

Unit, Forest Service, 35 College Drive, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 

543–2787. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda include: (1) 

Discussion of the Tahoe Science 

Consortium review of capital projects 

for monitoring and adaptive 

management opportunities; (2) review of 

the Erosion Control Program process 

and priorities; and (3) Public Comment. 

All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the Committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 


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