15694 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 

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