25128 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10268 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Amended Land Management Plans for 

the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, 

and San Bernardino National Forests, 

California 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare 

a Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a proposed 

amendment of the Land Management 

Plans for the Angeles, Cleveland, Los 

Padres, and San Bernardino National 

Forests (hereinafter referred to as Land 

Management Plans). This notice 

describes the specific portions of the 

current Land Management Plans to be 

amended, estimates dates for filing the 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement, information concerning 

public participation, and the names and 

contact information of the agency 

officials who can provide additional 

information. The Forest Service 

proposes to amend the Land 

Management Plans to change Land Use 

Zone allocations within select 

Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) in the 

four southern California National 

Forests. The amendment also proposes 

to change the Land Management Plan 

monitoring protocols for the four forests. 

This joint planning process will 

maintain the consistent management 

direction and format across the four 

Forests. One Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared with a Record of 

Decision (ROD) for each Land 

Management Plan. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by June 

11, 2012. The draft supplemental 

environmental impact statement is 

expected November 2012. There will be 

a 90 day comment period on the draft 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. The final supplemental 

environmental impact statement is 

expected June 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Cleveland National Forest, 10845 

Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 200, San 

Diego, CA 92127–2107, ATTN: LMP 

Amendment. Comments may also be 

sent via email to 

socal_nf_lmp_amendment@fs.fed.us, or 

filed through the project web page at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usdapop.php?project=35130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Hawkins, Project Manager at 

socal_nf_lmp_amendment@fs.fed.us, or 

visit the project Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usdapop.php?project=35130. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Southern California National Forests 

(the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and 

San Bernardino National Forests, 

collectively, ‘‘four forests’’) propose to 

amend the Land Management Plans 

adopted in 2006. The proposed 

amendment revises land use zone 

allocations for select Inventoried 

Roadless Areas (IRAs) within the four 

forests and amends Land Management 

Plan monitoring protocols. This 

proposed Land Management Plan 

amendment is a result of the Settlement 

Agreement approved January 3, 2011 for 

California Resources Agency, et al v. 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, and Center for Biological 

Diversity, et al v. United States 

Department of Agriculture. The IRAs 

included in the analysis are: Antimony, 

Barker Valley, Black Mountain, Cactus 

Springs B, Caliente, Cedar Creek, 

Coldwater, Cucamonga B, Cucamonga C, 

Cuyama, Diablo, Dry Lakes, Eagle Peak, 

Fish Canyon, Fox Mountain, Garcia 

Mountain, Juncal, Ladd, Machesna 

Mountain, Malduce Buckhorn, No 

Name, Pyramid Peak A, Quatal, 

Raywood Flat B, Red Mountain, Salt 

Creek, Sawmill—Badlands, Sespe— 

Frazier, Sill Hill, Spoor Canyon, 

Tequepis, Trabuco, Tule, Upper San 

Diego River, West Fork, Westfork, White 

Ledge. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to amend Land Management Plan land 

use zone allocations for select IRAs and 

to amend Land Management Plan 

monitoring protocols. This action is 

needed to respond to the terms of the 

Settlement Agreement between the 

Forest Service, State of California, and 

other settlement parties. 

Land Management Plans are required 

by the National Forest Management Act 

(NFMA). They are an integrated 

document that describes the goals, 

objectives, and management direction 

for each component of the National 

Forest System. The original Land 

Management Plans for the four southern 

California national forests were adopted 

between 1986 and 1989, and revised in 

2006 consistent with NFMA 

requirements. This proposed 

amendment to the 2006 Land 

Management Plans is limited in scope 

and designed to address the terms of the 

settlement agreement. 

Proposed Action 

The action proposed by the Forest 

Service to meet the purpose and need is 

to modify the existing land use zones in 

the identified IRAs to include more 

Back Country Non-Motorized (BCNM) 

and Recommended Wilderness (RW) 

areas. An alternate monitoring 

framework is also proposed. 

The proposed action would change 

the LUZ allocation to BCNM on 

approximately 300,000 acres, and 

change the LUZ allocation to RW on 

approximately 80,000 acres. The 

majority of the additional BCNM 

allocations are located in IRAs on the 

Los Padres National Forest, and San 

Bernardino National Forest. Additions 

to the RW allocations are within IRAs 

on the Angeles and Cleveland National 

Forests. 

On the Angeles National Forest, the 

Fish Canyon and Salt Creek IRAs were 

combined to create the proposed 40,000 

acre Fish Canyon RW area. On the 

Cleveland National Forest, the proposed 

23,000 acre Eagle Peak RW area 

includes portions of the Eagle Peak, Sill 

Hill, and No Name IRAs, along with 

portions of the Cedar Creek and Upper 

San Diego River undeveloped areas. The 

11,000 acre Barker Valley and 5,000 acre 

Caliente RW areas are also proposed on 

the Cleveland National Forest. 

The proposed action monitoring and 

evaluation requirements are based on 

the current monitoring framework (Part 

3, Appendix C of the Land Management 

Plans). Revisions include updates to the 

monitoring requirements for forest 

health, riparian condition, and 

biological resource condition. 

Monitoring indicators were also 

clarified to reflect current inventory 

methodology in several areas, and an 

indicator was added to track 

unclassified (unauthorized) roads and 

trails. The revision also include more 

details on how monitoring will be 

implemented, and how projects will be 

selected for monitoring. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The Forest Service is the lead federal 

agency for the Land Management Plan 

Amendment. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Environmental Protection 

Agency, State of California Natural 

Resources Agency (including the 

Departments of Fish and Game, Parks 

and Recreation, and Forestry and Fire 

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Protection), Ventura County, and 

Orange County Fire Authority have 

agreed to participate as cooperating 

agencies. Other federal, state, and local 

agencies as well as tribes are invited to 

join as cooperators. 

Responsible Official 

Cleveland National Forest Supervisor 

Will Metz is the lead Forest Supervisor 

for the joint planning effort between the 

Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San 

Bernardino National Forests and is the 

Responsible Official for purposes of this 

notice. If the proposed amendment 

results in a significant change to the 

LMPs (as described by Forest Service 

policy), Regional Forester Randy Moore 

will be the Responsible Official for the 

decision. If the proposed amendment 

does not result in a significant change 

to the LMP, each individual Forest 

Supervisor may act as the Responsible 

Official for the decision. Refer to Forest 

Service Manual section 1926 for more 

detail. 

Nature and Scope of Decision To Be 

Made 

Given the purpose and need, the 

Responsible Official reviews the 

proposed action, the other alternatives, 

and the environmental consequences in 

order to determine whether the LMPs 

will be amended as proposed, modified 

by an alternative, or not at all. The 

decision framework is limited in scope 

to the proposed changes to the land use 

zone allocations for select IRAs and to 

the monitoring protocols. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the supplemental 

environmental impact statement. The 

four forests will host a series of open 

house workshops during the scoping 

period. Forest Service staff will be 

available during the open house 

workshops to answer questions about 

the proposed action. 

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 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 Agency 

with the information needed to provide 

the respondent with subsequent 

environmental documents. 

Planning Process 

The LMP amendment will be 

developed under the transition 

provisions of the new Forest Service 

planning rule found at 36 CFR 219.17, 

which provides that plan amendments 

may be initiated under the provisions of 

the prior planning regulations (see 74 

FR 67062, December 18, 2009 for more 

information on the prior planning rule). 

Under those transition provisions, this 

plan amendment will be conducted 

under the 1982 planning rule, however, 

the pre-decisional administrative review 

process described under 36 CFR 219 

subpart B will apply. 

Meetings 

The Forest Service will be hosting 

multiple open house workshops during 

the scoping period. The content and 

format of each meeting will be the same. 

Forest Service staff will be available to 

answer questions about the proposed 

action. Maps of the proposed changes 

will be available for viewing. The 

meeting times and locations are: 

May 29, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

Avenue Adult Center, 550 N. Ventura 

Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001 (Hosted by 

Los Padres National Forest). 

May 30, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

Angeles National Forest Headquarters, 

701 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, 

CA 91006. 

May 31, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Santa 

Maria Red Cross, 3030 Skyway Drive, 

Santa Maria, CA 93455 (Hosted by Los 

Padres National Forest). 

May 31, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Santa 

Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District 

Office, 33708 Crown Valley Road, 

Acton, CA 93510. 

May 31, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., San 

Bernardino National Forest 

Headquarters, 602 S. Tippecanoe Ave., 

San Bernardino, CA 92408. 

May 31, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

Palomar Ranger District Office, 1634 

Black Canyon Road, Ramona, CA 92065. 

June 1, 2012, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Frazier 

Park Library, 3732 Park Drive, Frazier 

Park, CA 93225 (Hosted by Los Padres 

National Forest). 

June 5, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

Descanso Ranger District office, 3348 

Alpine Blvd., Alpine, CA 91901. 

June 5, 2012, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

Trabuco Ranger District office, 1147 E. 

6th Street, Corona, CA 92879. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

William Metz, 

Forest Supervisor, Cleveland National Forest. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Issuance of a Special Use Permit for 

the Continued Operation of the 

Winchester Canyon Gun Club; Los 

Padres National Forest, California 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Reissuance of a notice of intent 

(NOI) to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, 

Los Padres National Forest, gives notice 

of intent to conduct an analysis and 

prepare an EIS for reissuance of a 20- 

year special use permit for the 

Winchester Canyon Gun Club (WCGC). 

This notice announces the beginning of 

scoping, describes the proposed action 

and the decision to be made, and 

estimates the dates for filing the draft 

and final EIS. This notice also provides 

information concerning public 

participation and the names and 

addresses of Agency officials, who can 

provide information. The Agency issued 

an NOI in the Federal Register (Vol. 74, 

No. 230, Wednesday, December 2, 

2009). However, issuance of the draft 

EIS has been delayed. Because of this 

delay, the Agency is reissuing the NOI 

to ensure timely scoping and a timely 

release of the documents. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by June 

11, 2012. The draft EIS is expected in 

the fall of 2012 and the final EIS is 

expected the end of 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Los Padres National Forest, 6755 

Hollister Avenue, Suite 150, Goleta, CA 

93117, attention: Jeff Bensen. Comments 

may also be sent via email to commentspacificsouthwest-los-padressantabarbara@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

(805) 561–5729. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

may be directed to Jeff Bensen, Project 

Team Leader, Los Padres National 

Forest, 6755 Hollister Avenue, Suite 

150, Goleta, CA 93117; telephone: (805) 

961–5744; email: 

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