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1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin 

Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 

1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of 

these court rulings, it is very important 

that those interested in this Proposed 

Action participate by the close of the 45- 

day comment period so that substantive 

comments and objections are made 

available to the Forest Service at a time 

when it can meaningfully consider them 

and respond to them in the final 

environmental impact statement. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns related to the Proposed Action, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft document. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement or the merits of the 

alternatives displayed in the document. 

Reviewers should refer to the Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

at 40 CFR 1503.3 for implementing the 

procedural provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act for addressing 

these points. 

Dated: March 22, 2009. 

Mary H. Peterson, 

Forest Supervisor, Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests. 

[FR Doc. E9–7490 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Bighorn National Forest; Wyoming; 

Livestock Grazing and Vegetation 

Management EIS; Livestock Grazing 

and Vegetation Management on Six 

Geographic Areas on the Tongue, 

Medicine Wheel/Paintrock, and Powder 

River Ranger Districts, Bighorn 

National Forest, Sheridan, Johnson, 

Washakie, and Big Horn Counties, WY 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to implement vegetation 

management strategies on forty three 

(43) domestic livestock grazing 

allotments, which will result in 

development of new allotment 

management plans (AMPs). On portions 

of the analysis area, fuel management in 

forested and sagebrush/grassland 

communities is being analyzed. The 

agency gives notice of the full 

environmental analysis and decisionmaking process so that interested and 

affected people are aware of how they 

may participate in the process and 

contribute to the final decision. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by May 

7, 2009. Based on past actions of this 

type, the Responsible Official has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement will be prepared for 

this project. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected January 

2010 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected September 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

William T. Bass, Bighorn National 

Forest Supervisor, 2013 Eastside Second 

Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to comments-bighorn@fs.fed.us or via 

facsimile to 307–674–2668. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

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 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Walters-Clark, Interdisciplinary 

Team Leader, Bighorn National Forest, 

phone (307) 674–2627. 

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: This NOI 

corrects two past notices: Beaver Creek 

NOI (5/16/07) and Goose Creek NOI (5/ 

29/08). These allotments are being 

included in this analysis. All comments 

received on Beaver Creek or Goose 

Creek will be retained for this analysis. 

The 43 allotments to be analyzed are 

located in the Shell Creek, Paintrock 

Creek, Goose Creek, Little Bighorn 

River, Piney Creek/Rock Creek, and 

Tensleep geographic areas as mapped by 

the 2005 Bighorn National Forest 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plan (Forest Plan). Only 

National Forest System lands (NFS) 

within the Bighorn National Forest will 

be considered in the proposal. The 

purpose of the analysis is to determine 

if livestock grazing will continue on the 

analysis area. If the decision is to 

continue livestock grazing, management 

strategies outlining how livestock are to 

graze will be developed to assure 

implementation of Forest Plan 

management direction. The analysis 

will consider actions that continue to 

improve trends in vegetation, watershed 

conditions, and ecological sustainability 

relative to livestock grazing and fire and 

fuel management within the allotments. 

Management actions are proposed to be 

implementated beginning in the year 

2011. The Forest Plan identified 

livestock grazing as an appropriate use 

and made initial determinations for 

lands capable and suitable for grazing 

by domestic livestock. The Forest Plan 

also identified fuel management 

activities as appropriate, where needed 

to maintain or restore ecosystem health. 

The 43 allotments involved are: 

Antelope Ridge Sheep and Goat, Bear/ 

Crystal Creek Sheep and Goat, Beaver 

Creek Sheep and Goat, Finger Creek 

Cattle and Horse, Grouse Creek Sheep 

and Goat, Hunt Mountain Sheep and 

Goat, Little Horn Sheep and Goat, Red 

Canyon Cattle and Horse, Red Canyon 

Sheep and Goat, Sunlight Mesa Cattle 

and Horse, Whaley Creek Sheep and 

Goat, Wiley-Sundown Cattle and Horse, 

Matthews Ridge Cattle and Horse, South 

Park Cattle and Horse, Big Goose Cattle 

and Horse, Little Goose Cattle and 

Horse, Little Goose Canyon Cattle and 

Horse, Walker Prairie Cattle and Horse, 

Rapid Creek Cattle and Horse, Stull 

Lakes Cattle and Horse, Tourist Horse 

Special Use Permit, Fisher Mountain 

Cattle and Horse, Little Horn Cattle and 

Horse, Red Springs Cattle and Horse, 

Sage Basin Cattle and Horse, Wyoming 

Gulch Cattle and Horse, Dry Fork Ridge 

Cattle and Horse, Lake Creek Cattle and 

Horse, Lower Dry Fork Cattle and Horse, 

West Pass Cattle and Horse, Rock Creek 

Cattle and Horse, Baby Wagon Sheep 

and Goat, Dry Tensleep Cattle and 

Horse, Garnet Creek Sheep and Goat, 

Hazelton Sheep and Goat, Leigh Creek 

Sheep and Goat, McLain Lake Sheep 

and Goat, Monument Cattle and Horse, 

North Canyon Cattle and Horse, South 

Canyon Cattle and Horse, Tensleep 

Canyon Cattle and Horse, Upper 

Meadows Sheep and Goat, and Willow 

Sheep and Goat. The proposed fire and 

fuel management actions all occur 

within the above allotment boundaries. 

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Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of this project is to 

determine if livestock grazing will 

continue to be authorized on the 

allotments, and if it is to continue, how 

to best utilize adaptive management 

strategies to maintain or achieve desired 

conditions and meet forest plan 

objectives. Livestock grazing is currently 

occurring on most of the allotments 

under existing allotment management 

plans (AMPs) and through direction 

provided in the Annual Operating 

Instructions (AOI). 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to continue 

livestock grazing using adaptive 

management strategies to meet or move 

toward meeting Forest Plan and 

allotment-specific desired conditions. 

This may include changing livestock 

management strategies as well as 

construction of additional range 

improvements (fences and water 

developments). The proposed action 

also includes the use of various fuel 

management methods within portions of 

some allotments. 

Possible Alternatives 

Two additional alternatives have been 

identified to date: (1) No action; remove 

livestock grazing from these allotments 

and no additional fire and fuel 

management actions over what are 

already approved, and (2) No change; 

continuance of current management 

strategies. 

Responsible Official 

The District Rangers that administer 

the term grazing permis are the 

responsible officials. They are: Clarke 

McClung, Tongue Ranger District, 

Bighorn National Forest, 2013 Eastside 

2nd Street, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, 

Dave Sisk, Medicine Wheel/Paintrock 

Ranger District, 604 East Main Street, 

Lovell, Wyoming 82431, and Mark 

Booth, Powder River Ranger District, 

1415 Fort Street, Buffalo, Wyoming 

82834. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Officials will 

consider the results of the analysis and 

its finding and then document the final 

decision in one or more Records of 

Decision (ROD). The decisions will 

determine whether or not to authorize 

livestock grazing, adaptive management 

strategies, design criteria, monitoring 

and fuel management activities on all, 

part, or none of the allotments, and if so, 

what adaptive management design 

criteria, adaptive options, and 

monitoring will be implemented so as to 

meet or move toward meeting the 

desired conditions in the defined 

timeframe. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent continues the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. A scoping document 

for this project is planned to be 

available March 2009. 

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. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

William T. Bass, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–7558 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee (LTFAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold a 

meeting on May 5, 2009 at the Tahoe 

Regional Planning Agency, 128 Market 

Street, Stateline, NV 89449. This 

Committee, established by the Secretary 

of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. 

DATES: The meetings will be held May 

5, 2009, beginning at 12 p.m. and 

ending at 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 

128 Market Street, Stateline, NV 89449. 

For Further Information or to Request 

an Accommodation (one week prior to 

meeting date) Contact: Aria Hains, Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest 

Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake 

Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda: (1) Discuss 

policy associated with the Federal share 

environmental improvement program 

for capital projects located on private 

land; (2) review and discuss public 

comments and congressional input on 

LTFAC’s preliminary recommendation 

of Lake Tahoe Southern Nevada Public 

Land Management Act (SNPLMA) 

Round 10 capital projects and science 

themes, and (3) develop a final LTFAC 

recommendation for the Lake Tahoe 

SNPLMA Round 10 capital projects and 

science themes. 

All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee meetings are open 

to the public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the Committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 

any written comments to the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the 

contact address stated above. 

Dated: March 26, 2009. 

Terri Marceron, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–7419 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Lincoln County Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

393) the Kootenai National Forest’s 

Lincoln County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet on Wednesday, 

April 8, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office in Libby, Montana 

for a business meeting. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

DATES: April 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor’s Office, 

31374 US Hwy 2, Libby, Montana. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Willie Sykes, Committee Coordinator, 

Kootenai National Forest at (406) 283– 

7694, or e-mail wsykes@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

will include a consideration of 2009 

project proposals from the Rexford 

Ranger District and the Fortine Ranger 

District and receiving public comment. 

If the meeting date or location is