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variety of visitors passing through the 

Town of Jackson. 

Proposed Action 

The Bridger-Teton National Forest 

proposes to authorize Snow King 

Mountain Resort to implement the 

following projects on National Forest 

System lands in Teton County, 

Wyoming under a special use permit: 

• A new ski school/teaching center 

on the ridgeline west of the Snow King 

summit. 

• Development of skiing in the 

natural bowl on the back side, south of 

the Snow King summit. This 

southernmost portion of the current 

special use permit area is suitable for 

development of low-intermediate and 

intermediate level ski terrain, 

complementing the summit teaching 

center. 

• A 67-acre special use permit 

boundary adjustment on the front side, 

east of the existing permit area, to 

accommodate part of a summit access 

road/novice skiway, intermediate-level 

terrain lower on the slope (including 

groomed runs and tree and glade 

skiing), and a novice route down from 

Rafferty lift (via the access road/novice 

skiway). 

• An 89-acre special use permit 

boundary adjustment on the front side, 

west of the existing permit area, to 

accommodate a summit teaching center, 

another part of the summit access road/ 

novice skiway, and to accommodate 

expert-level tree and glade skiing. 

• New ski terrain totaling about 97.5 

acres (groomed runs and teaching 

terrain). 

• Upgrading the existing Summit lift 

to a gondola, and installation of one 

new chair lift, two teaching area 

conveyors, and one surface lift. 

• On-mountain facilities (the summit 

restaurant/guest services building and 

ski patrol facility, a temporary ski patrol 

building at the top of Cougar, an 

observatory and planetarium at the 

summit, a wedding venue west of the 

summit building, and a year-round yurt 

camp at the southern point of the 

special use permit area). 

• 147.1 acres of added snowmaking 

(with few exceptions, all existing and 

proposed runs). 

• Improved and expanded lighting for 

night skiing. 

• Front-side mountain bike trails and 

a back-side mountain bike zone. 

• Hiking trails between the summit 

and the west base, west of Exhibition 

run. 

• A zip line from the summit to the 

west base area, paralleling the Summit 

lift. 

A more detailed description of the 

proposed action, including maps, is 

available at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

project/?project=54202. 

Preliminary Issues 

Preliminary issues include potential 

effects on watershed resources, local 

plant and animal species, scenic 

integrity, socioeconomics, and other 

recreational use. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. In addition, a public 

open house is proposed for 2019 during 

the formal comment period on the draft 

environmental impact statement. 

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. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including the 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. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The Forest Service will be the lead 

federal agency, in accordance with 40 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

1501.5(b), and is responsible for the 

preparation of the environmental impact 

statement. The Town of Jackson is a 

cooperating agency. Scoping will 

determine if any additional cooperating 

agencies are needed. 

Responsible Official 

Patricia O’Conner, Forest Supervisor, 

Bridger-Teton National Forest. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The responsible official will decide 

whether to authorize Snow King 

Mountain Resort to implement the 

actions, as proposed in the master 

development plan, in full, part or 

modified, or to take no action. If the 

decision is to authorize Snow King 

Mountain Resort’s actions in a special 

use permit, then the responsible official 

will also decide what design features 

and monitoring will be required. 

Dated: July 9, 2018. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Inyo National Forest; California; 

Revision of the Land Management Plan 

for the Inyo National Forest 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object 

to the Revised Land Management Plan 

for the Inyo National Forest. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service is revising 

the Inyo National Forest’s Land and 

Resource Management Plan (forest 

plan). The Forest Service has prepared 

a Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for its revised forest plan and a 

draft Record of Decision (ROD). This 

notice is to inform the public that the 

Inyo National Forest is initiating a 60- 

day period where individuals or entities 

with specific concerns about the Inyo’s 

revised forest plan and the associated 

FEIS may file objections for Forest 

Service review prior to the approval of 

the revised forest plan. This is also an 

opportunity to object to the Regional 

Forester’s list of species of conservation 

concern (SCC) for the Inyo National 

Forest. 

DATES: The Inyo’s revised forest plan, 

FEIS, draft ROD, and other supporting 

information will be available for review 

at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R5/FPR_

Inyo and the Pacific Southwest Region 

species of conservation concern web 

page, https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/ 

landmanagement/planning/ 

?cid=STELPRD3847418. The 

publication date of the legal notice in 

the Inyo National Forest’s newspaper of 

record, The Inyo Register, initiates the 

60-day objection period and is the 

exclusive means for calculating the time 

to file an objection (36 CFR 219.52 

(c)(5)). An electronic scan of the legal 

notice with the publication date will be 

posted at the website above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Inyo National 

Forest’s revised forest plan, FEIS, and 

draft ROD can be obtained online at: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/inyo/ 

landmanagement/planning or at the 

following office: Inyo National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 351 Pacu Lane Suite 

200, Bishop, CA 93514–3101, Phone: 

760–873–2400. 

Objections must be submitted to the 

Objection Reviewing Officer Barnie 


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Gyant, Deputy Regional Forester, at: 

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest 

Region, ATTN: Inyo Forest Plan 

Objection, 1323 Club Dr., Vallejo, CA 

94592, Fax: (707) 562–9049. Note that 

the office hours for submitting a handdelivered objection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. Electronic objections 

may be submitted to objectionspacificsouthwest-regional-office@

fs.fed.us in common formats (.doc, 

.docx, .rtf, .pdf, or .txt) with ‘‘Inyo 

Forest Plan Objection’’ or ‘‘Inyo species 

of conservation concern’’ in the subject 

line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inyo 

National Forest Environmental 

Coordinator, Leeann Murphy at 760– 

873–2404 or lbmurphy@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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The decision to approve the revised 

forest plan for the Inyo National Forest 

and the Regional Forester’s list of SCC 

will be subject to the objection process 

identified in 36 CFR part 219 Subpart B 

(219.50 to 219.62). An objection must 

include the following (36 CFR 

219.54(c)): 

(1) The objector’s name and address 

along with a telephone number or email 

address if available. In cases where no 

identifiable name is attached to an 

objection, the Forest Service will 

attempt to verify the identity of the 

objector to confirm objection eligibility; 

(2) Signature or other verification of 

authorship upon request (a scanned 

signature for electronic mail may be 

filed with the objection); 

(3) Identification of the lead objector, 

when multiple names are listed on an 

objection. The Forest Service will 

communicate to all parties to an 

objection through the lead objector. 

Verification of the identity of the lead 

objector must also be provided if 

requested; 

(4) The name of the plan revision 

being objected to, and the name and title 

of the responsible official; 

(5) A statement of the issues and/or 

parts of the plan revision to which the 

objection applies; 

(6) A concise statement explaining the 

objection and suggesting how the 

proposed plan decision may be 

improved. If the objector believes that 

the plan revision is inconsistent with 

law, regulation, or policy, an 

explanation should be included; 

(7) A statement that demonstrates the 

link between the objector’s prior 

substantive formal comments and the 

content of the objection, unless the 

objection concerns an issue that arose 

after the opportunities for formal 

comment; and 

(8) All documents referenced in the 

objection (a bibliography is not 

sufficient), except that the following 

need not be provided: 

a. All or any part of a Federal law or 

regulation, 

b. Forest Service Directive System 

documents and land management plans 

or other published Forest Service 

documents, 

c. Documents referenced by the Forest 

Service in the planning documentation 

related to the proposal subject to 

objection, and 

d. Formal comments previously 

provided to the Forest Service by the 

objector during the plan revision 

comment period. 

It is the responsibility of the objector 

to ensure that the Reviewing Officer 

receives the objection in a timely 

manner. The regulations prohibit 

extending the length of the objection 

filing period. 

Responsible Official 

The responsible official who will 

approve the ROD and the revised forest 

plan for the Inyo National Forest is 

Barbara Drake, Acting Forest 

Supervisor, Inyo National Forest, 351 

Pacu Lane Suite 200, Bishop, CA 

93514–3101. The responsible official for 

the SCC list is Randy Moore, Regional 

Forester, USDA Forest Service Pacific 

Southwest Region, 1323 Club Drive, 

Vallejo, CA 94592. 

The Regional Forester is the reviewing 

officer for the revised forest plan since 

the Forest Supervisor is the deciding 

official (36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). The 

Regional Forester will consider 

comments received and respond to them 

in the FEIS and ROD. The decision to 

approve the SCC list will be subject to 

a separate objection process. The Chief 

of the Forest Service is the reviewing 

officer for SCC identification since the 

Regional Forester is the deciding official 

(36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). Information about 

species of conservation concern is 

available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

detail/r5/landmanagement/planning/ 

?cid=STELPRD3847418. 

Dated: June 29, 2018. 

Glenn P. Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16662 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for the Biorefinery, Renewable 

Chemical, and Biobased Product 

Manufacturing Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

solicitation of applications for funds 

available under the Biorefinery, 

Renewable Chemical, and Biobased 

Product Manufacturing Assistance 

Program (the Program) to provide 

guaranteed loans to fund the 

development, construction, and 

retrofitting of commercial scale 

biorefineries using eligible technology 

and of Biobased product manufacturing 

facilities that use technologically new 

commercial scale processing and 

manufacturing equipment to convert 

renewable chemicals and other biobased 

outputs of biorefineries into end-user 

products, on a commercial scale. 

DATES: With this Notice, the Agency is 

announcing two separate application 

cycles, as is provided which are 

application closing dates of 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time, October 1, 2018, 

and 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 

April 1, 2019. 

Applications must be received in the 

USDA Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Energy Programs no later than 

4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time of the 

application closing date to compete for 

program funds. Any application 

received after 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time of the application closing date will 

be considered for the subsequent 

application cycle, provided that funding 

is available. 

ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may 

be obtained from: 

• USDA, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Energy Programs, Attention: 

Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and 

Biobased Product Manufacturing 

Assistance Program, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Room 6901–S, Washington, 

DC 20250–3225. 

• Agency website: http://

forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms/ 

welcomeAction.do?Home. Follow the 

instructions for obtaining the 

application and forms. Application 

materials can also be obtained from the 

Agency’s website. http://

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

biorefinery-assistance-program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Morris, Assistant Deputy 

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