[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25197-25198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10471]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Shasta Trinity National Forest, South Fork Management Unit, 
California Salt Timber Harvest and Fuels Hazard Reduction Project

AGENCY: USDA Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: This notice revises the previous notice of intent, published 
on March 26, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 59, pages 15966 through 15968, to 
prepare an environmental impact statement for the Salt Timber Harvest 
and Fuels Reduction Project (Salt Project). A supplemental 
environmental impact statement will be prepared for the Salt Project to 
supplement wildlife management indicator assemblage analysis. This 
notice and supplement pertains only to the wildlife management 
indicator assemblage analysis for the Salt Project.

DATES: The draft supplemental environmental impact statement is 
expected July 2010, there will be a public comment period on the draft 
and then the final supplemental environmental impact statement is 
expected May 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobbie DiMonte Miller, Shasta-Trinity 
National Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002; telephone 
(530) 226-2425, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#debcbab7b3b1b0aabbb3b7b2b2bbac9eb8adf0b8bbbaf0abad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1577717c787a7b6170787c797970675573663b7370713b6066">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: The Forest Service is proposing to prepare a 
supplement to the final environmental impact statement for the Salt 
Project in accordance with FSH 1909.15, Chapter 10, Section 18.1 and 
Section 18.2.
    J. Sharon Heywood, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Supervisor, 
signed a Record of Decision on October 20, 2009, based on the Salt 
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). On December 21, 
2009, Denise Boggs filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Conservation 
Congress, Citizens for Better Forestry, Environmental Protection 
Information Center and Kiamath Forest Alliance. On February 5, 2010, 
Appeal Reviewing Officer (ARO) Tern Marceron, Forest Supervisor at Lake 
Tahoe Basin Management Unit, recommended that the Forest Supervisor's 
decision be affirmed on all issues with the exception of wildlife 
management indicator assemblage analysis. The ARO determined that the 
Salt Project FEIS did not document the effects of project alternatives 
on key habitat components consistent with the Shasta-Trinity National 
Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The Appeal Deciding Officer 
agreed with the ARO's analysis. This notice pertains only to the 
supplement of management indicator assemblage effects information and 
analyses.

Purpose and Need for Action

    Because the supplement will only address the additional wildlife 
management indicator assemblage information and analyses, the purpose 
and need for action remains the same as described in the October 2009 
Salt Project FEIS, Chapter 1, pages 3 through 16.

Proposed Action

    The proposed action is the same as described in Chapter 1 of the 
October 2009 Salt Project FEIS (Chapter 1, pages 16 & 17). That 
document is available on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Web site at 
www.fs.usda.gov/stnf. Under Highlights click on Ongoing NEPA projects.

Responsible Official

    J. Sharon Heywood, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Supervisor, 3644 
Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002.

Nature of Decision To Be Made

    The Responsible Official will review the supplemental information 
and determine what, if any, modifications should be made to the October 
20, 2009, decision. A new decision will be issued.

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Scoping Process

    Scoping is not required for supplements to environmental impact 
statements (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4). A history of scoping and public 
involvement to date, starting in 2006, is detailed in Chapter 1 of the 
October 2009 Salt Project FEIS (Chapter 1, pages 17-18).

    Dated: April 28, 2010.
Scott G. Armentrout,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2010-10471 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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