25198 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 88 / Friday, May 7, 2010 / Notices 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Intermountain Region, Boise National 

Forest, Emmett Ranger District; Idaho 

Scriver Creek Integrated Restoration 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Emmett Ranger District of 

the Boise National Forest will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the integrated restoration 

project in the Scriver Creek 

subwatershed. The 11,500-acre project 

is located approximately 6 miles north 

of Crouch, Idaho. The Scriver Creek 

Integrated Restoration Project proposes 

to undertake vegetation condition 

restoration, improve watershed 

conditions, and utilize wood products 

resulting from restoration activities to 

support local and regional communities 

through a variety of activities including 

commercial and noncommercial 

vegetation management and road system 

modifications and maintenance. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by June 

7, 2010. The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected February 2011 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected June 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

1805 Highway 16, Room 5, Emmett, ID 

83617. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to comments-intermtn-boiseemmett@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

208–365–7307. 

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. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Roseberry, Project Team Leader, 208– 

365–7000. 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 

Three purposes have been identified 

for the project: (1) Move toward 

restoration of Forest Plan desired 

vegetation conditions by manipulating 

the forest structure, density, and species 

composition in order to accelerate 

development of larger tree size class 

stands and old forest habitat; (2) 

improve watershed conditions and 

reduce road-related impacts to wildlife, 

fish, soil, and water resources; and (3) 

utilize wood products resulting from 

restoration treatments to support local 

and regional economies. 

Proposed Action 

The Proposed Action would 

undertake commercial timber harvest on 

about 3,265 acres utilizing tractor/offroad jammer (1,124 acres), skyline (926 

acres), and helicopter (1,215 acres) 

logging systems. In addition, all acres 

treated by commercial timber activities 

(about 3,265 acres) would be followed 

by thinning of submerchantable trees. 

About 839 acres of existing plantations 

would be thinned from below of small 

diameter (typically less than 8 inches 

diameter at breast height (d.b.h.). Of 

these acres, approximately 163 acres of 

these thinning activities would occur 

within riparian conservation areas 

(RCAs). About 18 helicopter landing 

would be used or developed to facility 

commercial timber harvest activities. 

Approximately 21.5 million board feet 

(MMBF) would be provided as sawlogs 

to local and/or regional processing 

facilities. 

The Proposed Action would construct 

about 2.4 miles of new specified 

National Forest System (NFS) roads and 

1.0 mile of temporary road. About 4.3 

miles of road realignment on NFS road 

696 would occur to provide long-term 

accress and eliminate segements of the 

road within RCA corridors. 

Approximately 18.5 miles of NFS roads 

would be decommissioned. Roadway 

improvements, such as spot surface 

aggregate placement and drainage 

improvements, would be undertaken on 

NFS roads (in particular RCA roads) 

where needed. Aquatic organism 

passage (AOP), i.e., fish passage, would 

be restored by replacing the existing 

culverts on NFS roads 693, 693A and 

695 with AOP passable structures. 

Application of up to 300 feet of surface 

gravel applied to both sides of road/ 

stream crossings when located on 

perennial streams, for all NFS roads to 

be used for timber harvest activities 

(except for NFS roads proposed to be 

decommissioned). 

Possible Alternatives 

The only other alternative identified 

at this time is the ‘‘No Action’’ 

alternative. 

Responsible Official 

Boise National Forest Supervisor, 

Cecilia R. Seesholtz. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Boise National Forest Supervisor 

will decide the following: (1) Should 

vegetation restoration activities be 

carried out within the project area at 

this time, and if so, which stands should 

be treated and what silvicultural 

systems be applied?; (2) what, if any, 

changes to the NFS road system should 

be made?; and (3) what design features, 

mitigation measures, and/or monitoring 

should be applied to the project? This 

decision will be made within the scope 

of the 2003 Boise National Forest Land 

and Resource Management Plan (Forest 

Plan), as anticipated to be amended later 

in 2010. 

Addresses 

Project information is available on the 

Boise National Forest Web site, http:// 

fs.usda.gov/boise (click on Scriver 

Integrated Restoration Project). 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

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. 

Dated: April 30, 2010. 

Cecilia R. Seesholtz, 

Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest. 

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