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may also include amendments to the 

Malheur National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan, as 

amended. 

Possible Alternatives 

The Forest Service will consider a 

range of alternatives. One of these will 

be the ‘‘no action’’ alternative in which 

none of the proposed action would be 

implemented. Additional alternatives 

may be included in response to issues 

raised by the public during the scoping 

process or due to additional concerns 

for resource values identified by the 

interdisciplinary team. 

Responsible Official 

The Forest Supervisor of the Malheur 

National Forest, 431 Patterson Bridge 

Road, John Day, OR 97845, is the 

Responsible Official. As the Responsible 

Official, I will decide if the proposed 

action will be implemented. I will 

document the decision and rationale for 

the decision in the Record of Decision. 

I have delegated the responsibility for 

preparing the draft EIS and final EIS to 

the District Ranger, Blue Mountain 

Ranger District. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Based on the purpose and need, the 

Responsible Official reviews the 

proposed action, the other alternatives, 

the environmental consequences, and 

public comments on the analysis in 

order to make the following decision: 

(1) Whether to implement timber 

harvest and associated fuels treatments, 

prescribed burning, and watershed 

work, including the design features and 

potential mitigation measures to protect 

resources; and if so, how much and at 

what specific locations; 

(2) What, if any, specific project 

monitoring requirements are needed to 

assure design features and potential 

mitigation measures are implemented 

and effective, and to evaluate the 

success of the project objectives. A 

project specific monitoring plan will be 

developed. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. The interdisciplinary 

team will continue to seek information, 

comments, and assistance from Federal, 

State, and local agencies, Tribal 

governments, and other individuals or 

organizations that may be interested in, 

or affected by, the proposed action. 

There is a collaborative group in the 

area that the interdisciplinary team will 

interact with during the analysis 

process. 

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. 

Dated: February 6, 2015. 

Steven K. Beverlin, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board (Board) will meet 

in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board 

is established consistent with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et. 

seq.), the National Forest Management 

Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1612), and the 

Federal Public Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 108–447). 

Additional information concerning the 

Board, including the meeting summary/ 

minutes, can be found by visiting the 

Board’s Web site at: http://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/

workingtogether/advisorycommittees. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 1:00 

p.m. 

All meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For updated status of 

meeting prior to attendance, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mystic Ranger District, 8221 South 

Highway 16, Rapid City, South Dakota. 

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 Black Hills National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office. Please call ahead to 

facilitate entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Jacobson, Committee Coordinator, 

by phone at 605–673–9216, or by email 

at sjjacobson@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 provide: 

(1) Motorized Travel Fees for FY 16— 

Working Group Update; 

(2) FY 15–19 MPB/Fuels Restoration 

Areas—Recommendation; 

(3) Over Snow Use Forum; 

(4) Lakes Enhancement Project 

Update; and 

(5) Northern Long Eared Bat Proposed 

Listing Update. 

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 submit a request 

in writing by February 16, 2015 to be 

scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who 

would like to bring related matters to 

the attention of the Board may file 

written statements with the Board’s staff 

before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and time requests for oral 

comments must be sent to Scott 

Jacobson, Black Hills National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 1019 North Fifth 

Street, Custer, South Dakota 57730; by 

email to sjjacobson@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 605–673–9208. 

Delayed Notice: Due to organizational 

changes within the agency, this notice 

has not been published within 15 

calendar-days of the February 18th 

meeting. 

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 by 

contacting the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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