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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 83, No. 109 

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest 

and Umpqua National Forest; Oregon; 

Stella Landscape Restoration Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

correction and extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest 

(RRSNF) published in the Federal 

Register on May 11, 2018 a Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Stella Landscape Restoration 

Project. The NOI referenced an incorrect 

project website address; this notice 

provides a technical correction to the 

NOI, and extends the scoping comment 

period. 

DATES: To allow more time to review 

materials at the corrected website, 

comments concerning the scope of the 

analysis must be received by July 6, 

2018. The Draft EIS is expected in 

spring of 2019 and the Final EIS is 

expected in spring of 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

David Palmer, District Ranger, High 

Cascade Ranger District, 47201 Hwy 62, 

Prospect, OR 97536. Comments may be 

submitted electronically at commentspacificnorthwest-rogueriverhighcascades@fs.fed.us. Comments may 

also be sent via facsimile to 541–560– 

3444 or submitted in person during 

regular business hours, Monday–Friday, 

8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the address listed 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Trapanese, Environmental 

Coordinator atrapanese@fs.fed.us, 541– 

560–3433. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register on May 11, 

2018 (83 FR 22002), second column 

under the sub-heading ‘‘Scoping 

Process,’’ correct the project website 

included in the last line of the subheading to read: http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=

53241. 

Dated: May 21, 2018. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12173 Filed 6–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southern Region Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Southern Region 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee (Recreation RAC) will meet 

in Atlanta, Georgia. The Recreation RAC 

is authorized pursuant with the Federal 

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 

2004 (the Act) and operations in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The purpose of the 

committee is to provide 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

recreation fees on lands and waters 

managed by the Forest Service and the 

Department of the Interior’s Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) in the regions 

covered by each Committee. Recreation 

RAC information can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/r8/recreation/ 

racs. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on the 

following dates: 

• Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m.; and 

• Friday, June 22, 2018, from 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

All Recreation RAC meetings are 

subject to cancellation. For status of the 

meetings prior to attendance, please 

contact the person listed under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, 

3300 Peachtree Road Northeast, Atlanta, 

Georgia. The meeting will also be held 

via teleconference. For anyone who 

would like to attend the teleconference, 

please visit the website listed in the 

SUMMARY section or contact Caroline 

Mitchell at carolinemitchell@fs.fed.us. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and available 

for public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at the USDA Forest Service, 1720 

Peachtree Road Northwest, Atlanta, 

Georgia. Visitors are encouraged to call 

ahead at 404–347–2769 to facilitate 

entry into the USDA Forest Service 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Mitchell, Southern Region 

Assistant Recreation RAC Coordinator 

by phone at 501–321–5318, or via email 

at carolinemitchell@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 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to receive 

recommendations concerning recreation 

fee proposals on areas managed by the 

Forest Service in Florida, Georgia, 

Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and 

Virginia. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by June 11, 2018, to be scheduled on the 

agenda. Anyone who would like to 

bring related matters to the attention of 

the committee may file written 

statements with the committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and requests for time for oral 

comments must be sent to Chris Sporl, 

Designated Federal Officer, Southern 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee, USDA Forest Service, 1720 

Peachtree Road Northwest, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30309; by email to cfsporl@

fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 404–347– 

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Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: May 24, 2018. 

Christopher French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12172 Filed 6–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Record of Decision and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Boardman to Hemingway 

Transmission Line Project, Oregon 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service 

(USFS), Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forest, announces the availability of the 

Draft Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Boardman to Hemingway Transmission 

Line Project (B2H Project) for public 

review. The proposed actions and 

activities described in the Draft ROD are 

subject to project-level predecisional 

administrative review (known as an 

‘‘objection’’ process) and a 45-day 

objection filing period began with 

publication of a legal notice in the Baker 

City Herald. The USFS previously 

notified the public that the agency 

would waive its administrative review 

procedures and adopt the Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) protest 

procedures for its decisions to issue a 

special use authorization and to amend 

the Forest Plan. Following further 

review of the scope of the decisions that 

the USFS will make and the applicable 

regulations, the USFS determined it 

must instead follow their own agency’s 

project-level predecisional 

administrative review process. 

DATES: An individual or entity who 

meets eligibility for objecting to a draft 

decision outlined in 36 CFR 218.5 and 

wishes to file an objection must do so 

within 45 days of the date that the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

published the Legal Notice in the 

newspaper of record, the Baker City 

Herald. The publication date of the 

Legal Notice is the exclusive means for 

calculating the time to file an objection. 

ADDRESSES: The Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) was circulated 

by the BLM. The USFS adopted the 

FEIS. As a cooperating agency for the 

B2H Project, the USFS need not 

recirculate the FEIS. However, the 

document remains available for review 

on the Applicant’s project 

website at https://www.boardmanto

hemingway.com/documents.aspx and 

copies are available upon request. 

Copies of the Draft ROD were sent to 

Federal, Tribal, State, and local 

governments potentially affected by the 

proposed USFS decision, to public 

libraries in the area, and to interested 

parties that previously requested a DVD 

copy. Interested persons may also 

review the FEIS and Draft ROD, along 

with the legal notice announcing the 

objection period, on the internet at 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ 

?project=26709. 

The reviewing officer for this project 

is James Pen ̃ a, Regional Forester, Pacific 

Northwest Region. Written objections, 

including any attachments, must be 

filed with the reviewing officer and may 

be sent as follows: 

Postal delivery (via USPS): Reviewing 

Officer, Pacific Northwest Region, 

USDA Forest Service, Attn. 1570 

Appeals and Objections, P.O. Box 3623, 

Portland, OR 97208–3623. 

Email: objections-pnw-regionaloffice@fs.fed.us with OBJECTION and 

‘‘B2H Project’’ in the subject line. 

Hand delivered (including courier 

delivery): Pacific Northwest Regional 

Office, Edith Green Wendell Wyatt 

Federal Building, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon. Hand deliveries can 

occur between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday–Friday, except legal holidays; 

Faxed: 503–808–2339, with 

OBJECTION and ‘‘B2H Project’’ noted 

on the cover sheet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arlene Blumton, Forest Service Project 

Lead; by telephone at 541–962–8522; or 

email to boardmantohemingway@

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 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

For information about the BLM’s 

involvement, contact: Renee Straub, 

Assistant Field Manager, Bureau of 

Land Management, Vale District Office; 

100 Oregon St., Vale, Oregon 97918; by 

telephone 541–473–6289. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf may call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS) at (800) 877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), together with 

cooperating agencies including the 

USFS, prepared a FEIS and proposed 

Land Use Plan Amendments for the B2H 

Project. The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) published a Notice of 

Availability (NOA) for the FEIS in the 

Federal Register on November 25, 2016 

(81 FR 85222). BLM published a NOA 

for the FEIS in the Federal Register on 

November 28, 2016 (81 FR 85632). The 

USFS adopted the FEIS and related 

documents prepared by the lead agency 

(BLM) following 40 CFR 1506.3. A NOA 

announcing USFS’s adoption of the 

FEIS was published by the EPA in the 

Federal Register on June 30, 2017 (82 

FR 29589). 

The FEIS analyzes the potential 

environmental impacts of BLM granting 

a right-of-way to Idaho Power Company 

(Applicant) to use BLM-managed lands 

to construct and operate an 

approximately 300 mile long overhead, 

single-circuit, 500-kilovolt (kV) 

alternating-current electric transmission 

line with ancillary facilities. The FEIS 

also analyzes the potential 

environmental impacts of the USFS 

issuing a special use authorization for 

the construction, operation, and 

maintainenance of those portions of the 

transmission line and ancillary facilities 

located on lands administered by the 

USFS. In addition, the FEIS analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts of an 

amendment to the Wallowa-Whitman 

National Forest’s 1990 Land and 

Resource Management Plan (Forest 

Plan) that are necessary to make the 

Forest Plan consistent with the B2H 

Project. 

The USFS Responsible Official, the 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

Supervisor, must respond to the 

Applicant’s request for use of National 

Forest System lands and determine 

whether to issue a special-use 

authorization for the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the 

Proposed Action and, if issued, 

determine what terms and conditions 

should apply. The USFS Responsible 

Official must also approve any 

amendment to the Forest Plan necessary 


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