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Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for the project 

remains as described in Chapter 1, pages 

through 11, of the FEIS. The draft SEIS 

will provide additional analysis and 

supplemental information specific to 

the development of a reasonable range 

of alternatives. 

As noted in the FEIS (page 4) under 

Purpose and Need: The need for action 

was determined by comparing existing 

conditions in the field with the desired 

future condition as described in the 

Forest Plan (pages 4–165 through 4–168) 

for the Wildwood Management Area. 

Existing conditions were identified from 

extensive field review, computer 

modeling of fuels reduction treatments 

and wildfire behavior/effects and 

interdisciplinary planning. The 

interdisciplinary team identified several 

resource conditions where desired 

conditions described in the Forest Plan 

differ from the existing condition. The 

following existing conditions, with 

associated management goals, describe 

the purpose and need and are the basis 

for the proposed action: 

• Excessive fuel accumulations and 

fuel ladders. There is a need to reduce 

the risk of losing existing and 

developing late-successional habitat due 

to wildfire and a need to use fire as a 

tool to maintain lower fuel loading. 

• Insufficient amount of latesuccessional habitat. There is a need to 

encourage or accelerate the 

development of contiguous latesuccessional and old growth habitat. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action would reduce 

fuels in the wildland urban interface 

and intermix areas adjacent to the rural 

community of Wildwood, California, 

and support the development of 

contiguous high quality old-growth 

habitat in the Chanchellula LateSuccessional Reserve. 

The proposed action, summarized 

below, encompasses a total of 1,618 

acres. 

• Thinning from below on 

approximately 1,279 acres of mixed 

conifer forest, which includes 300 acres 

of thinning within Riparian Reserve 

land allocation. 

• Thinning from below on 

approximately 268 acres of mixed 

conifer forest to reconstruct a 30-yearold ridgetop shaded fuelbreak. 

• Thinning 20-year-old plantations 

including mastication and/or biomass 

removal on approximately 44 acres. 

• Fuels hazard reduction on 

approximately 27 acres of mid-slope 

fuel buffers adjacent to private land. 

Remove and pile by hand all snags o ́19 

inches in diameter and dead ground 

fuels for burning. 

• Logging systems include: Tractor— 

1266 acres, cable—142 acres, 

helicopter—139 acres. 

The proposed action includes 

additional post-harvest fuel reduction in 

thinning and fuels break units which 

will be accomplished by hand piling 

and burning, mastication, and/or 

biomass removal. Connected roadrelated activities include approximately 

23.6 miles of road reconstruction, 1.7 

miles of temporary road and 12.1 miles 

of road decommissioning post-project. 

There would be no new system road 

construction. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

Lead Agency: USDA, Forest Service. 

Responsible Official 

J. Sharon Heywood, Forest 

Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, 

CA 96002. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Official will review 

the supplemental information and 

determine if modifications should be 

made to the decision presented in the 

April 16, 2009 ROD. 

Scoping Process 

Scoping is not required for 

supplements to environmental impact 

statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)4). 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review 

A draft SETS will be prepared for 

review and comment. A legal notice will 

be published in the newspaper of 

record. A notice of availability will be 

published in the Federal Register to 

inform the public that the draft SETS is 

available for review. The draft SETS 

will be distributed to all holders of the 

April 2009 FEIS and ROD for the 

project, including those parties that 

appealed the April 2009 decision. The 

comment period on the draft SEIS will 

be 45 days from the publication date of 

the notice of availability in the Federal 

Register. 

Timely submittal of comments on the 

draft SEIS ensures they can be 

meaningfully considered and responded 

to in the final SEIS. To assist the Forest 

Service in identifying and considering 

issues and concerns on the project, 

comments on the draft SETS should be 

as specific as possible. Comments 

should refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft SEIS. Comments 

may also address the adequacy of the 

draft SETS or the merits of the 

alternatives formulated and discussed in 

the statement. In addressing these 

points, reviewers may wish to refer to 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR 

1503.3. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection (per 

40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22). 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

J. Sharon Heywood, 

Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–24145 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tehama County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Tehama County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to 

be covered include: (1) Introductions, 

(2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Chairman’s Perspective, 

(5) FY09 RAC Proposal Voting, (6) Next 

Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 15, 2009 from 9 a.m. and end 

at approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Lincoln Street School, Pine Room, 

1135 Lincoln Street, Red Bluff, CA. 

Individuals wishing to speak or propose 

agenda items must send their names and 

proposals to Randy Jero, Committee 

Coordinator, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., 

Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy Jero, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Mendocino National Forest, 

Grindstone Ranger District, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

(530) 934–1269; E-mail rjero@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

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be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by October 13, 2009 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: October 2, 2009. 

Eduardo Olmedo, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E9–24286 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers To Be Used for 

Publication of Legal Notice of 

Appealable Decisions and Publication 

of Notice of Proposed Actions for 

Southern Region; Alabama, Kentucky, 

Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, West 

Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, 

Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Deciding Officers in the 

Southern Region will publish notice of 

decisions subject to administrative 

appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 

in the legal notice section of the 

newspapers listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. As 

provided in 36 CFR part 215.5 and 36 

CFR part 217.5(d), the public shall be 

advised through Federal Register 

notice, of the newspaper of record to be 

utilized for publishing legal notice of 

decisions. Newspaper publication of 

notice of decisions is in addition to 

direct notice of decisions to those who 

have requested it and to those who have 

participated in project planning. 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will also publish notice of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 215 

in the newspapers that are listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. As provided in 36 CFR 

215.5, the public shall be advised, 

through Federal Register notice, of the 

newspaper of record to be utilized for 

publishing notices on proposed actions. 

Additionally, the Deciding Officers in 

the Southern Region will publish notice 

of the opportunity to object to a 

proposed authorized hazardous fuel 

reduction project under 36 CFR part 

218.4 or developing, amending or 

revising land management plans under 

36 CFR 219.9 in the legal notice section 

of the newspapers listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Use of these newspapers for 

purposes of publishing legal notice of 

decisions subject to appeal under 36 

CFR parts 215 and 217, notices of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 

215, and notices of the opportunity to 

object under 36 CFR 218 and 36 CFR 

219 shall begin the first day after the 

date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James W. Bennett, Regional Appeal 

Review Team Manager, Southern 

Region, Planning, 1720 Peachtree Road, 

NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Phone: 

404/347–2788. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deciding 

Officers in the Southern Region will 

give legal notice of decisions subject to 

appeal under 36 CFR part 217, the 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will give notice of decisions 

subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 

and opportunity to object to a proposed 

authorized hazardous fuel reduction 

project under 36 CFR part 218 or 

developing, amending or revising land 

management plans under 36 CFR 219.9 

in the following newspapers which are 

listed by Forest Service administrative 

unit. Responsible Officials in the 

Southern Region will also give notice of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 215 

in the following newspapers of record 

which are listed by Forest Service 

administrative unit. The timeframe for 

comment on a proposed action shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

notice of the proposed action in the 

newspaper of record. The timeframe for 

appeal shall be based on the date of 

publication of the legal notice of the 

decision in the newspaper of record for 

36 CFR parts 215 and 217. The 

timeframe for an objection shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

legal notice of the opportunity to object 

for projects subject to 36 CFR part 218 

or 36 CFR part 219. 

Where more than one newspaper is 

listed for any unit, the first newspaper 

listed is the newspaper of record that 

will be utilized for publishing the legal 

notice of decisions and calculating 

timeframes. Secondary newspapers 

listed for a particular unit are those 

newspapers the Deciding Officer/ 

Responsible Official expects to use for 

purposes of providing additional notice. 

The following newspapers will be 

used to provide notice. 

Southern Region 

Regional Forester Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Administrative 

unit of the 15 in the Southern Region, 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published 

daily in Atlanta, GA. Affecting National 

Forest System lands in only one 

Administrative unit or only one Ranger 

District will appear in the newspaper of 

record elected by the National Forest, 

National Grassland, National Recreation 

Area, or Ranger District as listed below. 

National Forests in Alabama, Alabama 

Forest Supervisor Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Ranger District 

of the 6 in the National Forests in 

Alabama, Montgomery Advertiser, 

published daily in Montgomery, AL. 

Affecting National Forest System lands 

in only one Ranger District will appear 

in the newspaper of record elected by 

the Ranger District as listed below. 

District Ranger Decisions 

Bankhead Ranger District: Northwest 

Alabamian, published bi-weekly 

(Wednesday & Saturday) in Haleyville, 

AL. 

Conecuh Ranger District: The 

Andalusia Star News, published daily 

(Tuesday through Saturday) in 

Andalusia, AL. 

Oakmulgee Ranger District: The 

Tuscaloosa News, published daily in 

Tuscaloosa, AL. 

Shoal Creek Ranger District: The 

Anniston Star, published daily in 

Anniston, AL. 

Talladega Ranger District: The Daily 

Home, published daily in Talladega, AL. 

Tuskegee Ranger District: Tuskegee 

News, published weekly (Thursday) in 

Tuskegee, AL. 

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, 

Georgia 

Forest Supervisor Decisions 

The Times, published daily in 

Gainesville, GA. 

District Ranger Decisions 

Blue Ridge Ranger District: The News 

Observer (newspaper of record) 

published bi-weekly (Tuesday & Friday) 

in Blue Ridge, GA. 

North Georgia News, (newspaper of 

record) published weekly (Wednesday) 

in Blairsville, GA. 

The Dahlonega Nuggett, (secondary) 

published weekly (Wednesday) in 

Dahlonega, GA. 

Towns County Herald, (secondary) 

published weekly (Thursday) in 

Hiawassee, GA. 

Conasauga Ranger District: Daily 

Citizen, published daily in Dalton, GA. 

Chattooga River Ranger District: The 

Northeast Georgian, (newspaper of 

record) published bi-weekly (Tuesday & 

Friday) in Cornelia, GA. 

Clayton Tribune, (newspaper of 

record) published weekly (Thursday) in 

Clayton, GA. 

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