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eligibility for the Export Enhancement 

Program (EEP) and the Dairy Export 

Incentive Program (DEIP). Program 

applicants can fax a letter in or 

applicants may register over the 

Internet. Information collected from 

U.S. Exporters is used by CCC to 

manage, plan for and evaluate the use 

of, and account for Government 

resources. Without the application and 

related information, FAS would be 

unable to properly qualify U.S. 

Exporters for EEP and DEIP. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 9. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 47. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of New Recreation Fee Site; 

Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 

108–447) 

AGENCY: Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest, USDA Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of New Fee Site. 

SUMMARY: The Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest is proposing to charge a $35 fee 

for the overnight (summer use only) 

rental of Diamond Creek Guard Station. 

The guard station is used in the winter 

time as a warming hut but is currently 

unused during the summer season. Fees 

are assessed based on the level of 

amenities and services provided, cost of 

operations and maintenance, market 

assessment and public comment. The 

fee is proposed and will be determined 

upon further analysis and public 

comment. To date, an analysis of the 

cabin shows that the proposed fees are 

reasonable and typical of similar sites in 

the area. Rentals of other cabins on the 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest have 

shown that publics appreciate and enjoy 

the availability of historic and other 

type rental cabins. Funds from fees will 

be used for the continued operation and 

maintenance of the Diamond Creek 

Guard Station. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted 

through June 15, 2010. Diamond Creek 

Guard Station will become available for 

rent beginning May 1 through Oct 30 of 

each summer season. The cabin will not 

be available for rent during the winter 

season. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, CaribouTarghee National Forest, 1405 Hollipark 

Dr., Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Mattson on the Montpelier RD at 

208–847–8946. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement 

Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed 

the Secretary of Agriculture to publish 

a six month advance notice in the 

Federal Register whenever new 

recreation fee areas are established. The 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

currently has nine other cabin rentals. 

These rentals are often fully booked 

throughout their rental season. A 

business analysis of Diamond Creek 

Guard Station has shown that people 

desire having this sort of recreation 

experience on the Caribou-Targhee 

National Forest. A market analysis 

indicates that the $35/per night fee is 

both reasonable and acceptable for this 

sort of unique recreation experience. 

People wanting to rent Diamond 

Creek Guard Station will need to do so 

through the National Recreation 

Reservation Service, at http:// 

www.recreation.gov or by calling 1–877– 

444–6777. The National Recreation 

Reservation Service charges a $9 fee for 

reservations. 

Dated: January 13, 2009. 

Brent L. Larson, 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Plan Revision for the Coronado 

National Forest, Cochise, Graham, 

Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties, 

AZ; and Hidalgo County, NM 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to revise the 

forest plan. 

SUMMARY: As directed by the National 

Forest Management Act, the USDA 

Forest Service is preparing the 

Coronado National Forest revised land 

management plan (Forest Plan) and will 

also prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for this revised Forest 

Plan. This notice briefly describes the 

nature of the decision to be made, the 

proposed action and need for change, 

and information concerning public 

participation. It also provides estimated 

dates for filing the EIS and the names 

and addresses of the responsible agency 

official and the individuals who can 

provide additional information. Finally, 

this notice briefly describes the 

applicable planning rule and how work 

done on the plan revision under the 

2008 planning rule will be used or 

modified for completing this plan 

revision. 

The revised Forest Plan will 

supersede the current Forest Plan 

previously approved by the Regional 

Forester on August 4, 1986. The current 

Forest Plan has been modified through 

eleven amendments and three change 

notices since its approval. Amendments 

included: Establishing new management 

areas, adding and modifying 

management direction for fire, caves, 

cultural resources, roads, and trails, and 

adding direction for the Mexican 

spotted owl, the northern goshawk, and 

old growth. This current amended 

Forest Plan will remain in effect until 

the revised Forest Plan takes effect. 

DATES: Comments concerning the need 

for change provided in this notice will 

be most useful in the development of 

the draft revised Forest Plan and draft 

environmental impact statement if 

received by February 19, 2010. The 

agency expects to release a draft revised 

Forest Plan and draft environmental 

impact statement for formal comment by 

fall, 2010 and a final revised Plan and 

final environmental impact statement by 

fall, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Coronado National Forest, Forest Plan 

Revision Team, 300 W. Congress, 

Tucson, Arizona 85701. Comments may 

also be sent via e-mail to: coronadoplan@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Ruyle, Forest Planner, 

Coronado National Forest, 300 W. 

Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701, (520) 388– 

8351, coronado-plan@fs.fed.us. 

Information on this revision is also 

available at Coronado National Forest 

revision Web site, http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

r3/coronado/plan-revision/index.shtmi. 

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: 

Name and Address of the Responsible 

Official 

Corbin Newman, Regional Forester, 

Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway, 

SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102. 


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Nature of the Decision To Be Made 

The Coronado National Forest (Forest) 

is preparing an ETS to revise the current 

Forest Plan. The EIS process is meant to 

inform the Regional Forester so that he 

can decide which alternative best meets 

the need to achieve quality land and 

resource management under a 

sustainable multiple-use management 

concept to meet the diverse needs of 

people while protecting the Forests’ 

resources, as required by the National 

Forest Management Act (NFMA) and the 

Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act 

(MUYSA). 

The revised Forest Plan will describe 

the strategic intent of managing the 

Forest into the next 10 to 15 years, and 

will address the need for change 

described below. The revised Forest 

Plan will provide management direction 

in the form of goals (desired conditions), 

objectives, suitability determinations, 

standards, guidelines, and a monitoring 

plan. It may also make new special area 

recommendations for wilderness, wild 

and scenic rivers, research natural areas, 

and other special areas. 

For clarification of the decisions to be 

made in a Forest Plan, it is useful to 

identify of the types of decisions that 

will not be made within it. 

Authorizations of project level activities 

are not decisions that are made in the 

Forest Plan. Project level activities are 

approved through subsequent project 

specific decisionmaking. 

Need for Change and Proposed Action 

The needs for change and proposed 

actions are organized into five revision 

topics: 1. Ecosystem Restoration, 2. 

Safety and Information, 3. Public Access 

and Travel Patterns, 4. Preservation of 

Open Space, and 5. Collaboration and 

Partnerships. For each of the revision 

topics, there are proposals for the 

revised Forest Plan to make changes in 

plan components, as described below: 

Revision Topic 1. Ecosystem 

Restoration 

Need for Change 

Current Forest Plan direction 

recognizes and supports the need for 

species diversity, ecosystem 

sustainability, and restoration of desired 

ecosystem characteristics. However, 

rates and effectiveness of treatments 

will need to increase if vegetation 

communities and species diversity are 

to be sustained. Management direction 

is needed that integrates restoration of 

degraded ecosystems, wildlife habitat 

conservation, fire ecology, hazardous 

fuels reduction, and current ecological 

threats, including invasive species and 

climate change. 

Proposed Action 

• Develop goal (desired condition) 

statements that provide adequate 

guidance for sustaining and restoring 

ecosystems using new scientific 

knowledge and updated language. 

• Provide direction to guide future 

vegetation management activities, 

including burning and mechanical 

treatments, to move towards or maintain 

desired conditions. 

• Include appropriate standards and 

guidelines to provide direction to 

ensure species diversity and viability 

across the planning area. 

• Integrate plan components, where 

possible, to reflect the 

interconnectedness between physical 

and biological resources. 

• Include objectives and guidelines 

that reflect systematic observation and 

analysis of treatment results, and 

adaptation of treatment methods based 

on those results. 

• Address the emerging issue of 

climate change by incorporating 

adaptive management strategies and 

describing ecological conditions that are 

resilient to change. 

• Develop Forest Plan components for 

sustaining aquatic habitats that are at 

risk. 

• Facilitate the understanding of 

management needs for each mountain 

range by developing place-based 

geographic area Forest Plan 

components. 

• Reevaluate and update the list of 

Management Indicator Species (MIS). 

MIS are species whose population 

changes are believed to indicate the 

effects of management activities. 

Revision Topic 2. Safety and 

Information 

Need for Change 

The social environment surrounding 

the Forest has changed significantly 

since the 1986 Forest Plan was 

completed. Although the current Forest 

Plan anticipates negative impacts 

associated with regional population 

growth and increased urbanization, it 

does not identify strategies for 

sustaining forest resources and 

experiences affected by these pressures. 

Impacts from illegal activity associated 

with the international border region are 

not addressed at all. Improved 

management direction is needed that 

leads to increased public awareness 

about the impacts of recreational 

activities, and of the hazards associated 

with the border region. 

Proposed Action 

• Develop Land Use Zones based on 

the suitability of various recreational 

uses to guide management that will 

sustain the Forest resources and 

experiences in the face of changes in 

population, behavior, and increased 

development. 

• Develop place-based geographic 

area plan components to guide 

management to address the unique 

challenges in the international border 

region. 

Revision Topic 3. Public Access and 

Travel Patterns 

Need for Change 

Rapid growth of populations in 

Arizona and New Mexico has led to a 

much greater demand for public access 

to National Forest System lands. The 

need for additional permanent legal 

access to the Forest is identified as an 

issue in the current Forest Plan. 

Although progress has been made 

toward the goal of increasing the 

number of permanent legal access 

points, the issue has become more 

complicated. Updated management 

direction is needed that emphasizes a 

coordinated, collaborative approach to 

establishing adequate and appropriate 

permanent legal access for public and 

administrative use. 

Proposed Action 

• Update goals (desired conditions) 

and objectives to emphasize and 

prioritize the establishment of 

permanent legal access for public and 

administrative use. 

Revision Topic 4. Preservation of Open 

Space 

Need for Change 

Preservation of open space is a 

particularly important land use issue 

given both the public’s desire to 

maintain the ‘‘rural character’’ of 

southern Arizona and New Mexico 

lands and the need to accommodate 

rapidly growing populations and 

municipalities. This issue is not 

addressed in the current Forest Plan. 

Management direction is needed that 

addresses the sustainability of 

undeveloped landscapes within the 

Forest boundary and emphasizes 

coordination with adjacent landowners 

to protect open space. 

Proposed Action 

• Develop desired condition 

statements that reflect the role of Forest 

management in preserving open space. 

• Develop guidelines, based on the 

Scenery Management System, to protect 

scenic natural landscapes. 

• Develop plan components that are 

reflective of county and community 

land use planning efforts. 


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Revision Topic 5. Collaboration and 

Partnerships 

Need for Change 

In recent years the Forest Service has 

placed increasing priority on the social 

relationships between National Forest 

personnel and members of surrounding 

communities. The current Forest Plan 

does not reflect this priority. 

Management direction is needed that 

recognizes the importance of 

collaboration and partnerships as tools 

for achieving both Forest Plan and 

community goals. 

Proposed Action 

• Develop desired conditions that 

reflect outcomes defined through 

collaborative processes. 

• Integrate management direction for 

traditional uses and cultural resources 

throughout the revised Forest Plan. 

Reference: Comprehensive Evaluation 

Report (http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/ 

coronado/plan-revision/plan-revisiondocuments.shtml) 

Public Involvement 

Public involvement with the Plan 

revision process began in spring of 

2005, when focus groups were 

conducted in locations across 

southeastern Arizona to quantify 

attitudes, values and beliefs toward 

Coronado NF lands. In April of 2006, 

Regional Forester hosted a question and 

answer session for the public in Tucson 

to initiate the plan revision process for 

the National Forests in Arizona. Then, 

in June 2006, six public workshops were 

held in communities around the Forest 

with the purpose of establishing 

relationships and determining the needs 

for changing the current Forest Plan. 

These were followed by workshops in 

September 2006, with the purpose of 

prioritizing the previously identified 

needs for change. In September and 

October 2007, seven workshops, again 

geographically distributed, were held to 

begin developing ‘‘Desired Condition 

Statements’’ based on the previously 

identified priority needs for change. 

Most recently, in November 2008, seven 

open house events were held in 

geographic locations across the Forest 

with the purpose of presenting initial 

draft Forest Plan products to the public, 

including draft Desired Condition 

Statements and draft Land Use Zone 

maps. Future public meetings are 

anticipated to provide a discussion 

forum for the draft revised Plan as it is 

developed. Future formal public 

comment opportunities will occur when 

a draft revised Plan is available for 

review (anticipated to be in the spring 

of 2010), and when a proposed Plan and 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

are available for review (anticipated to 

be in the fall of 2010). 

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 revised plan 

and the EIS. Therefore, comments on 

the proposed action and need for change 

described in this notice will be most 

valuable if received by February 19, 

2010, and they should clearly articulate 

the reviewers’ concerns. The submission 

of timely and specific comments can 

affect a reviewer’s ability to participate 

in subsequent administrative or judicial 

review. At this time, we anticipate using 

the 2000 planning rule pre-decisional 

objection process (36 CFR 219.32) for 

administrative review. Comments 

received in response to this solicitation, 

including the names and addresses of 

those who comment will be part of the 

public record. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered. 

Applicable Planning Rule 

Preparation of the revised plan was 

underway when the 2008 National 

Forest System land management 

planning rule was enjoined on June 30, 

2009, by the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California 

(Citizens for Better Forestry v. United 

States Department of Agriculture, 632 F. 

Supp. 2d 968 (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2009)). 

On December 18, 2009, the Department 

reinstated the previous planning rule, 

commonly known as the 2000 planning 

rule in the Federal Register (Federal 

Register, Volume 74, No. 242, Friday, 

December 18, 2009, pages 67059 

through 67075). The transition 

provisions of the reinstated rule (36 CFR 

219.35 and appendices A and B) allow 

use of the provisions of the National 

Forest System land and resource 

management planning rule in effect 

prior to the effective date of the 2000 

rule (November 9, 2000), commonly 

known as the 1982 planning rule, to 

amend or revise Forest Plans. The 

Coronado National Forest has elected to 

use the provisions of the 1982 planning 

rule, including the requirement to 

prepare an EIS, to complete its plan 

revision. 

The Coronado National Forest 

commenced activities preparing for 

revising the Plan in the spring of 2005. 

Plan revision was formally initiated 

under the 2008 planning rule on June 

22, 2009, with publication of a Notice of 

Initiation to Revise the Coronado 

National Forest’s Land and Resource 

Management Plan (74 FR 29467, June 

22, 2009). Although the 2008 planning 

rule is no longer in effect, information 

gathered prior to the court’s injunction 

is useful for completing the plan 

revision using the provisions of the 

1982 planning rule. The Coronado 

National Forest has concluded that the 

following material developed during the 

plan revision process to date is 

appropriate for continued use in the 

revision process: 

• The inventory and evaluation of 

potential wilderness areas that were 

previously underway, are consistent 

with appropriate provisions of the 1982 

planning rule, and will be brought 

forward into this plan revision process. 

• The Comprehensive Evaluation 

Report (CER) that was published in 

April of 2009 after substantial public 

collaboration forms the basis for need to 

change the existing Forest Plan and the 

proposed action for the plan revision. 

• The CER Supplementary document, 

which augmented the CER with 

additional information to conform with 

the Analysis of Management Situation 

need for change provisions of the 1982 

planning rule. 

• The Ecological Sustainability 

Report that was completed in February 

2009 and will continue to be used as a 

reference in the planning process as 

appropriate to those items in 

conformance with the 2000 planning 

rule transition language and 1982 

planning rule provisions. This is 

scientific information and is not affected 

by the change of planning rule. This 

information will be updated with any 

new available information. 

• The Social and Economic 

Sustainability Report that was 

completed in November 2008 is not 

affected by the change in planning rule 

and will continue to be used as a 

reference in the planning process. This 

information will be updated with any 

new available information. 

All of these background documents, 

and more, can be found at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/planrevision/plan-revision-documents.shtml. 

These documents are not affected by the 

change of planning rule. As necessary or 

appropriate, the above listed material 

will be further adjusted as part of the 

planning process using the provisions of 

the 1982 planning rule. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1600–1614; 36 CFR 

219.35 (74 FR 67073–67074)) 

Dated: January 11, 2010. 

Jeanine Derby, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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