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coop/frcc within 21 days after the 

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 accommodations for 

access to the facility or proceedings by 

contacting the person listed under the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All 

reasonable accommodation requests are 

managed on a case by case basis. 

Dated: March 6, 2015. 

Patricia Hirami, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05872 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

White River National Forest; Eagle 

County, CO; Camp Hale Restoration 

and Enhancement Project EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Camp Hale-Eagle River 

Headwaters Collaborative Group 

recently submitted a proposal to the 

White River National Forest (WRNF) for 

restorative and enhancement activities 

in the Camp Hale area. The WRNF is 

initiating a National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) analysis to document 

and disclose potential impacts. The 

Proposed Action—the Camp Hale 

Restoration and Enhancement Project— 

is built on the recommendations from 

the collaborative group to restore 

ecosystems, enhance recreation 

opportunities, protect historic values, 

and preserve existing valid permits and 

rights. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

April 30, 2015. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected to be 

available for public review in August 

2015 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in the 

spring of 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Scott Fitzwilliams, Forest Supervisor, 

c/o Matt Grove, East Zone Fisheries 

Biologist, White River National Forest, 

P.O. Box 190, Minturn, CO 81645. 

Comments may also be sent via email to 

https://cara.ecosystemmanagement.org/Public// 

CommentInput?Project=46121 (include 

‘‘Camp Hale Restoration and 

Enhancement Project EIS’’ in the subject 

line), or via facsimile to (970) 827–5715. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information related to the 

project can be obtained from the project 

Web page: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fsusda-pop.php/?project=46121: & Matt 

Grove, East Zone Fisheries Biologist, 

Eagle/Holy Cross Ranger District, 24747 

U.S. Hwy 24, P.O. Box 190, Minturn, 

Colorado 81645. Mr. Grove can be 

reached by phone at (970) 827–5166 or 

by email at magrove@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: 

Purpose and Need for Action: The 

purpose of action is to improve aquatic, 

riparian, and wetland conditions in and 

along the Eagle River and its tributaries, 

maintain or improve recreation 

opportunities and facilities, and 

conserve historic values in the Camp 

Hale area, while preserving existing 

valid rights and permits. 

The need for action is driven by 

historic and ongoing impairment of 

stream health, riparian condition and 

hydrologic function in the upper Eagle 

River and its tributaries. Current 

recreational infrastructure and facilities 

are quickly becoming outdated and 

overused. Recreational sites throughout 

the project area are in various states of 

deterioration and/or are entirely lacking. 

The project would focus on repairing 

and enhancing existing infrastructure 

thereby improving the overall 

experience at these sites. There is a 

commitment at the same time to retain 

features that reflect historic values of 

the Camp Hale area. 

Proposed Action: To address the 

purpose of and need for action specific 

project components would: 

• Create and/or enhance up to 340 

acres of wetland habitat and increase 

sinuosity up to 6 miles collectively in 

the South Fork, East Fork, and main 

stem Eagle River. 

• Create an inset floodplain located 

approximately in the 1939 stream 

alignment; increase sinuosity and 

reconnect the upper Eagle River and its 

tributaries within this floodplain or 

wetlands connected to this floodplain. 

• Create inset wetlands that are 

outside or adjacent to the floodplain but 

connected by hydrologic function. 

• Modify the travel system to 

maintain recreation access and 

accommodate restoration activities. 

Install open arch structures or bridges 

where designated roads or trails cross 

the restored stream alignment. 

Modification to the travel system could 

result in closing road segments that are 

now open to public access, and opening 

segments of road currently closed to 

public access. 

• Improve access at Camp Hale 

Memorial Campground, and improve 

deteriorating infrastructure at Camp 

Hale Memorial and Camp Hale Group 

Campground. 

• Improve recreational infrastructure 

including: Access across the Eagle River 

for cross country skiing, designated 

dispersed camping, improved parking 

areas, and trailhead access 

improvements. 

• Improve terrestrial habitat through 

the removal of noxious weeds, 

reintroduction of native vegetation, and 

incorporating soil amendments to create 

a better growing environment for native 

plants. 

• Retain identified historically 

significant remnant structures such as 

the fixed-distance rifle range, field 

house, warehouse area, pasture barn, 

core service command, climbing wall, 

and portions of the straightened stream 

channel outside the constructed inset 

floodplain. The main river would not 

continue to directly flow through the 

retained portion of the straightened 

channel. 

• Dispose of excavated fill material 

from the restored stream channel and 

wetlands into identified borrow sites in 

the vicinity or haul to an offsite 

location. 

• Amend the Forest Plan to provide 

long term protection for restored or 

enhanced wetlands. 

Responsible Official: The Responsible 

Official is Scott Fitzwilliams, Forest 

Supervisor for the WRNF. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made: Based 

on the analysis that will be documented 

in the forthcoming EIS, the Responsible 

Official will decide whether or not to 

implement, in whole or in part, the 

Proposed Action or another alternative 

that may be developed by the Forest 

Service as a result of scoping. 

Scoping Process: This notice of intent 

initiates the scoping process, which 

guides the development of the 

environmental impact statement. The 

Forest Service is soliciting comments 

from Federal, State and local agencies 

and other individuals or organizations 

that may be interested in or affected by 

implementation of the proposed project. 

Public questions and comments 

regarding this proposal are an integral 

part of this environmental analysis 

process. Input provided by interested 

and/or affected individuals, 

organizations and governmental 

agencies will be used to identify 


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alternative actions and resource issues 

that will be analyzed in the 

environmental impact statement. The 

Forest Service will identify significant 

issues raised during the scoping 

process, and use them to formulate 

alternatives, prescribe mitigation 

measures and project design features, or 

analyze environmental effects. 

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. Those who submit 

comments will have eligibility to file an 

objection under 36 CFR 219.32 because 

the decision includes a forest plan 

amendment. There will be an additional 

opportunity to comment when the 

Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS is 

published in the Federal Register. For 

objection eligibility, each individual or 

representative from each entity 

submitting written comments must 

either sign the comment or verify 

identity upon request. Individuals and 

organizations wishing to be eligible to 

object must meet the information 

requirements in 36 CFR 219.32. 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Scott G. Fitzwilliams, 

Forest Supervisor, White River National 

Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05895 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Provincial Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Re-establish 

the Charter for the Provincial Advisory 

Committees. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, in consultation with the 

Department of the Interior, intends to reestablish the Provincial Advisory 

Committees (PACs) for the provinces in 

Oregon and Washington. This reestablishment is in response to the 

continued need for the PACs to provide 

advice on coordinating the 

implementation of the Record of 

Decision (ROD) of April 13, 1994, for 

Management of Habitat for LateSuccession and Old-Growth Forest 

Related Species within the Range of the 

Northern Spotted Owl. The PACs also 

provide advice and recommendations to 

promote integration and coordination of 

forest management activities between 

Federal and non-Federal entities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shandra L. Terry, PACs Program 

Manager, USDA Forest Service, Region 

6 Regional Office, 333 Southwest First 

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204; by 

phone at 503–808–2242 or by email at 

sterry@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: 

Background 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given that the Department of 

Agriculture, in consultation with the 

Department of the Interior, intends to reestablish the PACs. The purpose of the 

PACs is to facilitate the coordinated 

implementation of the ROD of April 13, 

1994, for Management of Habitat for 

Late-Succession and Old-Growth Forest 

Related Species within the Range of the 

Northern Spotted Owl. The PACs 

consists of representatives of the 

following Federal agencies: Forest 

Service, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Bureau of Land Management, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, National Park 

Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

U.S. Geological Survey Biological 

Resources Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, and U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

Ecosystem management at the 

province level requires improved 

coordination among governmental 

entities responsible for land 

management decisions and the public 

those agencies serve. Each PAC will 

provide advice and recommendations 

regarding implementation to promote 

integration and coordination of forest 

management activities between Federal 

and non-Federal entities. Each PAC will 

provide advice regarding 

implementation of a comprehensive 

ecosystem management strategy for 

Federal land within a province 

(provinces are defined in the ROD at 

E19). 

Re-establishment of the PACs does 

not require an amendment of Bureau of 

Land Management or Forest Service 

planning documents because the reestablishment does not affect the 

standards and guidelines or land 

allocations. The Bureau of Land 

Management and Forest Service will 

provide further notice, as needed, for 

additional actions or adjustments when 

implementing interagency coordination, 

public involvement, and other aspects 

of the ROD. 

PAC Membership 

Each PAC will be comprised of no 

more than 30 members approved by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. This 

Committee will be fairly balanced in its 

membership in terms of the points of 

view represented and the functions to 

be performed. The PACs may include 

representation in the following areas: 

(1) One or more representatives of the 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

(2) One or more representatives of the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 

(3) One or more representatives of the 

Forest Service; 

(4) One or more representatives of the 

BLM in each province where lands 

administered by BLM occur in the 

province; 

(5) One or more representatives of the 

National Park Service in each province 

where a National Park occurs in the 

province; 

(6) One or more representatives of the 

National Marine Fisheries Service; 

(7) One or more representatives of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

(8) Up to a maximum of three 

representatives of the government of 

each State within whose boundaries all 

or a portion of the province is located 

(the State agencies/departments to be 

represented will be determined by the 

Federal officials described in Paragraphs 

3a(1) through 3a(7); 

(9) One or more representatives of 

each county government within whose 

boundaries all or a portion of the 

province is located, up to a maximum 

of three county representatives; 

(10) One or more representatives of 

each tribal government whose 

reservation, ceded land, or usual and 

accustomed areas are within all or a 

portion of the province, up to a 

maximum of three tribal representatives; 

(11) Up to a maximum of two 

representatives of environmental 

interests; 

(12) Up to a maximum of two 

representatives of different sectors of the 

forest products industry; 

(13) Up to a maximum of four 

representatives of the recreation and 

tourism sectors; 

(14) Three to five representatives of 

the following interests when those 


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