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Vol. 74, No. 164 

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Superior National Forest, Gunflint 

Ranger District, Minnesota; South Fowl 

Lake Snowmobile Access Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this project is 

to develop a safe, legal snowmobile 

access from the McFarland Lake area to 

South Fowl Lake on the Gunflint Ranger 

District, Superior National Forest. This 

project was previously scoped and 

analyzed in an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in 2005. A Decision 

Notice on the project was issued in 

February 2006. The decision was 

litigated and the Minnesota District 

Court required that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) be prepared to 

‘‘evaluate more thoroughly the sound 

impact in the BWCAW’’. This Notice of 

Intent begins the process for completing 

the required EIS and fulfilling the court 

order. Your comments on scoping this 

EIS will be most useful if they contain 

new information or issues on the scope 

of this project that were not submitted 

in previous comments on this project. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

September 24, 2009. The Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected January 2010, and the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected April 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Dennis Neitzke, Gunflint District 

Ranger, RE: South Fowl Lake 

Snowmobile Access Project EIS, at 2020 

W. Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN 

55604. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to comments-eastern superiorgunflint@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

(218) 387–3246. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Taylor, Forest Environmental 

Coordinator, at (218) 626–4368 or 

prtaylor@fs.fed.us. Go to http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/superior/ 

projects/sf.php for the previously 

prepared EA and Decision Notice for 

this project. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of this project is to 

develop a safe, legal snowmobile access 

from the McFarland Lake area to South 

Fowl Lake on the Gunflint Ranger 

District, Superior National Forest. This 

access would fill the public’s desire of 

access without threatening private land 

or damaging the wilderness resources. 

The Forest Service is undertaking this 

project because the Tilbury Trail is not 

legal, is closed, and a safe route does not 

exist. A route designated by the Forest 

Service, in cooperation with the 

Minnesota DNR and Cook County, will 

restrict use to a safer route, better able 

to handle the existing use. 

This project was previously scoped 

and analyzed in an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in 2005. A Decision 

Notice on the project was issued 

February 2006. The decision was 

litigated and the Minnesota District 

Court required that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) be prepared to 

‘‘evaluate more thoroughly the sound 

impact in the BWCAW’’ (Civil No. 06– 

3357 JRT/RLE page 28). This Notice of 

Intent begins the process for completing 

the required EIS and fulfilling the court 

order. A more complete history of this 

project is available through the EA and 

Decision Notice at http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

r9/forests/superior/projects/sf.php. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is described as 

Alternative 2 in the previously 

completed Environmental Assessment 

for this project. The snowmobile trail 

begins at McFarland Lake and travels to 

the east. The public parking area for the 

John Lake would be used to service this 

trail. It crosses the Arrowhead Trail, the 

Border Route hiking trail, and the 

former Tilbury trail before moving 

southeast, ascending to a bench on the 

ridge above the Royal River. The route 

follows the ridge in an east-southeast 

direction about 1.3 miles, then downslope northeast to level ground and 

directly east to South Fowl Lake. The 

total length would be approximately 

2.22 miles (2.8 acres opened), with 1.62 

miles on Federal land and .6 miles on 

State land. The entire length would be 

new construction, completely outside 

the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 

Wilderness. One thousand feet of the 

route where it ascends the west side of 

the ridge would be the standard 16-foot 

clearing, but the remainder would be a 

maximum of 10 feet (8-foot tread) to 

minimize resource impacts. The John 

Lake public parking area is satisfactory 

as a snowmobile trailhead and would be 

graded and resurfaced with crushed 

gravel. 

Possible Alternatives 

Several Alternatives were identified 

by scoping for the previously completed 

EA. These will be brought forward into 

the EIS. These include the proposed 

action alternative, a no action 

alternative, a south route, and a 

shortened route. Detailed descriptions 

and maps of these alternatives may be 

found in the EA (available at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/superior/ 

projects/sf.php). 

Responsible Official 

Gunflint District Ranger. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether to 

or not to develop a safe, legal 

snowmobile access from the McFarland 

Lake area to South Fowl Lake on the 

Gunflint Ranger District, Superior 

National Forest. The decision will 

include: 

1. What actions would be used to 

address the purpose and need; 

2. Where and when those actions 

would take place; 

3. What mitigation measures and 

monitoring requirements would be 

required. 

Preliminary Issues 

Issues identified in the previously 

completed EA include Threatened, 

Endangered and Sensitive Species; Soil 

Resources; Off-Highway Vehicles; Forest 

Vegetation; Wilderness Values; Human 

Use Patterns and Safety; Land 

Ownership and Economics. These 

issues will be carried forward for 

analysis in the Environmental Impact 

Statement. The Wilderness Values 

section will include further disclosure 

of effects of noise to the Boundary 

Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 


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Scoping Process 

This project was previously scoped 

for the preparation of the 2005 EA. The 

issues identified in scoping for the EA 

will be brought forward for effects 

disclosure in the EIS. In addition, 

response to comments submitted on the 

EA may be found at Appendix D to the 

Decision Notice (available at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/superior/ 

projects/sf.php). Your comments on 

scoping this EJS will be most useful if 

they contain new information or issues 

on the scope of this project that were 

not submitted in previous comments on 

this project. 

The scoping process will include: (1) 

Identification of potential issues; (2) 

identification of issues to be analyzed in 

depth; and (3) elimination of 

insignificant issues, or those which have 

been covered by a previous 

environmental review. Based on the 

results of scoping and the resource 

capabilities within the project area, 

alternatives, including a no-action 

alternative, will be developed for the 

draft environmental impact statement. 

A Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement will be prepared for 

comment. The comment period on the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

will be 45 days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register. It is important that 

reviewers provide their comments on 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement 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. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

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, anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

Dated: August 17, 2009. 

James W. Sanders, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–20341 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Siuslaw Resource Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Siuslaw Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Corvallis, OR. The purpose of the 

meeting is to hold RAC FY10 Business, 

Review 2009 Project Monitoring Results, 

Make recommendations for 2010 Title II 

Project Proposals. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 17, 2009 beginning at 8 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Siuslaw National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 4077 SW Research 

Way, Corvallis, Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joni 

Quarnstrom, Siuslaw Public Affairs 

Officer, Siuslaw National Forest, 541– 

750–7075 or write to Forest Supervisor, 

Siuslaw National Forest, 4077 SW 

Research Way, Corvallis, OR 97339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A public 

input period will begin before 2009 

project review. 

Dated: August 17, 2009. 

Teresa Raaf, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–20316 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) plans to hold its 

regular committee and Board meetings 

in Washington, DC, Wednesday through 

Friday, September 9–11, 2009, at the 

times and location noted below. 

DATES: The schedule of events is as 

follows: 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 

10:30–Noon Interim Report on Board’s 

Rulemaking Process. 

1:30–3 p.m. Technical Programs 

Committee. 

3–4 p.m. Budget Committee. 

Thursday, September 10, 2009 

1:30–3 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee 

Meetings (Closed to Public). 

3–4:30 p.m. Planning and Evaluation 

Committee (Closed to Public). 

Friday, September 11, 2009 

9:30–Noon Committee of the Whole: 

Board structure discussion. 

1:30–3 p.m. Board Meeting. 

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at 

the Embassy Suites DC Convention 

Center Hotel, 900 10th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding the 

meetings, please contact David Capozzi, 

Executive Director, (202) 272–0010 

(voice) and (202) 272–0082 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

Board meeting scheduled on Friday, 

September 11, the Access Board will 

consider the following agenda items: 

• Approval of the draft July 17, 2009 

Board Meeting Minutes. 

• Technical Programs Committee 

Report. 

• Budget Committee Report. 

• Planning and Evaluation Committee 

Report. 

• Accessible Design in Education 

Report. 

• Acoustics Report. 

• Airport Terminal Access Report. 

• Emergency Transportable Housing 

Report. 

• Information and Communications 

Technologies Report. 

• Outdoor Developed Areas Report. 

• Passenger Vessels Report. 

• Public Rights-of-Way Report. 

• Transportation Vehicles Report. 

• Election Assistance Commission 

Report. 

• Executive Director’s Report. 

• ADA and ABA Guidelines; Federal 

Agency Updates. 

All meetings are accessible to persons 

with disabilities. An assistive listening 

system, computer assisted real-time 

transcription (CART), and sign language 

interpreters will be available at the 

Board meeting. Persons attending Board 

meetings are requested to refrain from 

using perfume, cologne, and other 

fragrances for the comfort of other 

participants. 

David M. Capozzi, 

Executive Director. 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the South Carolina Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 


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