Appendix A Pactola Project Area Public Involvement and Collaboration 

APPENDIX A 

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 

AND 

COLLABORATION 

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APPENDIX A –PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT and COLLABORATION 

During project development and analysis period, collaborative efforts were made to involve, 

interact, and cooperate with individuals and groups interested in the Pactola Project. Part of this 

effort included public scoping as discussed below. 

Scoping is the process of obtaining public comments about proposed Federal actions to help 

determine the breadth of issues to be addressed by project actions. The Pactola Project was 

entered into the Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) in June 2010. A scoping letter soliciting 

comments on the proposed action, potential concerns, and opportunities for managing the Pactola

Project Area was mailed to approximately 400 members of the public, American Indian Tribes, 

other public agencies, adjacent property owners, organizations, and Forest Service specialists on 

July 28, 2010. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register

on Thursday August 9, 2010. The Notice of Intent and Scoping letter were also made available 

on the Black Hills National Forest website in August 2010. 

A public meeting was held at the Silver City Community Hall in Silver City, SD on Tuesday, August 

24, 2010. At the meeting, key members of the ID Team presented the project proposal to the public, 

questions were answered, concerns and issues were solicited and documented for consideration. The 

public scoping period for this project ended on September 8, 2010. Comments were received in 

writing at the public meeting, via regular mail, email, telephone, and personal contact. 

Below is a list of respondents and associated comment number(s) regarding the Pactola Project Area. 

Comments and agency responses are summarized in the Scoping database held in the Project File. 

Comment Number / Name Comment Number / Name 

001.001Lane

002.001NatWildTurkeyFed

003.001Rye

004.001Thomson

005.001Bush

006.001Watkins

007.001McArthur

008.001Meendering

009.001Sprenger

010.001Reiner

011.001Bartels

012.001Deis

013.001Pretre

014.001Herrman

015.001Eilbeck

016.001Hermanson

017.001Burke

018.001- 018.002Reeves

019.001Wellman

020.001Stork

021.001- 021.003French

022.001Kehm

023.001Tucker

024.001Michael

025.001Koehne

026.001Kurtz

027.001Thompson

028.001BureauOfReclamation

029.001Waite

030.001- 030.002 Hoffman

031.001Cundall

032.001Gullickson
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033.001BlackHillsElectricCooperation

034.001Bessken

035.001Breen

036.001Walker

037.001- 037.003Kehm

038.001Wagner

039.001FlandreauSanteeSiouxTribe

040.001- 040.002Stern

041.001PenningtonCoHwyDept

042.001Willert

043.001Restow

044.001Vandercook

045.001Crane

046.001Lashley

047.001- 047.002Sohl

048.001Clark

049.001Miner

050.001- 050.002Hoyt

051.001Josten

052.001Ziemer

053.001Bracken

054.001Prostrolls

055.001Sugrue

056.001McEntire

057.001Bickett

058.001Light

059.001Eisenbraun

060.001VanVlack

061.001- 061.008BlackHillsForestResourceAssoc

062.001Brennick

063.001Krammerer

064.001Skillman

065.001Anderson

066.001Hammett

067.001- 067.002Schlief

068.001- 068.006Noem

069.001Morton

070.001- 07.049BiodiversityConservationAssoc

071.001Larson

072.001Huether

073.001Knutson

074.001- 074.003NorbeckSociety

075.001Grossenburg

076.001-076.004StandingRockSiouxTribe

077.001- 077.021EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

078.001Fisher

079.001- 079.009 NeimanTimberCo

080.001Luce

081.001- 081.008SilverCityVolunteerFireDepartment

082.001Clark

083.001- 083.003Gomez

084.001JHoffman 

085.001Willard

 
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Pactola Project Area Draft Environmental Impact Statement Distribution List 

Congressional: 

Senator Tim Johnson 

Senator John Thune 

Congresswoman Kristi Noem 

Native American Tribes: 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Cultural Program Administrator 

Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribes Of Oklahoma Cultural and Heritage Program 

Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribes Of Oklahoma Governor 

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Eastern Shoshone Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Eastern Shoshone Tribe Historical Preservation Officer 

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Kiowa Ethnographic Endeavor For Preservation 

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Director of Cultural Resource 

Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation Tribal Chairman 

Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation Cultural Preservation Office 

Northern Arapaho Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Northern Arapaho Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe President 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe EPA Director 

Oglala Sioux Tribe President 

Oglala Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe President 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council Office 

Santee Sioux Nation Tribal Chairman 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairperson 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Environmental Protection Specialist 

Yankton Sioux Tribe Tribal Chairman 

Yankton Sioux Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer 
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Federal, State, County, and Local Agencies: 

Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII EIS Review Coordinator 

USDA National Agricultural Library Head, Acquisitions and Serials Branch 

USDI Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance 

US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Federal Activities, EIS Filing Section 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Planning and Review 

USDA APHIS PPD/EAD 

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 

US Army Engr. Northwestern Division 

US Coast Guard, Environmental Management CG-443 

FAA Great Lakes Region 

Federal Highway Administration 

US Dept. of Energy, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance 

US Bureau of Reclamation – Rapid City Office 

South Dakota Governor’s Office – Governor Dennis Duagaard 

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks 

South Dakota State Historic Preservation Center 

South Dakota Department of Water and Environmental Resources 

South Dakota Department of Transportation 

South Dakota Division of Forestry 

Pennington County Commissioners 

Pennington County Highway Department 

Rapid City Mayor’s Office – Mayor Allen Hanks 

Rapid City Chamber of Commerce 

Rapid City City Council 

Rapid City Public Library 

General Public and Groups not listed above: 

A mailing list of property/land owners was generated for the project area by obtaining names and addresses 

from property tax roles held in the Pennington County and Lawrence County Department of Equalization. 

The county databases were queried for land/property owners within or near the project area. 

Approximately 324 names were generated. Scoping letters were mailed to these contacts. 

Also, other groups or individuals who are known to have or may have interest in management of the 

National Forest (and specifically this project area) were included on a mailing list and contacted with 

a scoping letter. The mailing list is held in the Pactola Project File. 

Some key interest groups consulted with and/or involved in the planning process were the South 

Dakota Department of Agriculture – Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry and Division of 

Wildland Fire Suppression, and the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce (Agriculture and Natural 

Resource Committee). Specialists also met with individuals, as well as the Silver City Volunteer Fire 

Department to discuss additional treatments surrounding the community of Silver City and other 

private lands. A concerted effort was made to engage in consultation regarding the project with 

Tribal contacts known to have interest in management of the National Forest. Information was 

provided and feedback obtained from the Black Hills NF Advisory Board – a group of 

representatives from a broad spectrum of interest groups, agencies, and local government that advise 

the Black Hills National Forest on management issues.