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required to designate roads, trails, and 

areas for public motorized use that are 

currently part of the National Forest 

System of roads, trails and areas. 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action and 

No Action will depict differing 

combinations of routes to remain open 

to motorized travel. 

A consequence of the no action 

alternative is that the existing nonsystem routes currently being used 

would not be available for public 

motorized use. Decommissioning or 

obliterating these routes, which may 

involve ground disturbing activities, is 

not a part of the Proposed Action or 

alternatives, and would generally 

require separate and site-specific NEPA 

decisions regarding the implementation 

aspects of road closures. The 

environmental consequences of having 

routes closed to motorized travel will be 

evaluated in this environmental 

analysis. 

Identification of new routes that 

would meet the goals and objectives for 

a motorized transportation system on 

NFS lands will not be a part of this 

travel management planning effort, but 

may be identified as an opportunity and 

would require separate, site-specific 

NEPA decisions to implement ground 

disturbing activities associated with 

new route construction. 

Responsible Official: The Responsible 

Official is Steve E. Williams, Forest 

Supervisor, Custer National Forest, 1310 

Main Street, Billings, MT 59105. 

Nature of Decisions To Be Made: 

Based on the purpose and need for the 

proposed action, the Forest Supervisor 

will evaluate the Proposed Action and 

other alternatives in order to make the 

following decisions for the specific 

National Forest System lands: 

• Determine any non-system routes 

that should be converted to system 

roads or trails; 

• Determine the roads, trails, and 

areas that should be designated for 

public motorized travel; and, 

• Determine the season and/or type of 

use for those routes open to public 

motorized travel; and, 

• Determine if change in the extent 

and nature of dispersed vehicle camping 

change is warranted. 

Scoping Process: Public scoping was 

initiated October 22, 2007 and was 

concluded November 27, 2007. Public 

meetings were held in Camp Crook and 

Buffalo, South Dakota, and Ekalaka, 

Montana in November 2007 to discuss 

the scoping document. The Forest 

Service received just over 20 letters, 

personal comments, or phone calls. 

The Forest Service has considered all 

public scoping comments and concerns 

that have been submitted, as well as 

resource related input from the 

interdisciplinary team and other agency 

resource specialists. This input will be 

used to identify issues to consider in the 

environmental analysis. A 

comprehensive list of key issues will be 

determined before the full range of 

alternatives is developed and the 

environmental analysis is begun. 

Persons and organizations 

commenting during the initial scoping 

will remain on the mailing list for future 

information about Sioux Ranger District 

Travel Management Planning. 

The Responsible Official has 

determined that an Environmental 

Impact Statement is the appropriate 

NEPA document for this analysis. 

Comments Requested: Given that 

scoping has been conducted and that 

public meetings have been conducted, 

comments are not being requested at 

this time. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for public comment. The 

comment period on the draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

45 days from the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register. 

Written comments are preferred and 

should include the name and address of 

the commenter. Comments submitted 

for this proposed action will be 

considered part of the public record. 

The Forest Service believes it is 

important to give reviewers notice of 

several court rulings related to public 

participation in the environmental 

review process. Reviewers of draft 

environmental impact statements must 

structure their participation in the 

review of the proposal so that it is 

meaningful and alerts an agency to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions 

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. 

v. NRDC, 435 US. 519, 553 (1978)). 

Also, environmental objections that 

could be raised at the draft 

environmental impact statement stage 

but that are not raised until after 

completion of the final environmental 

impact statement may be waived or 

dismissed by the courts (City of Angoon 

v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 

1986) and Wisconsin Heritages Inc. v. 

Harris, 409 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (ED. 

Wis. 1980)). Because of these court 

rulings, it is very important 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 the 

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 on 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 statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement or the merits of the 

alternative formulated and discussed in 

the statement. Reviewers may wish to 

refer to the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Dated: August 29, 2008. 

Steve E. Williams, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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Correction of Notice To Clarify Scope 

of Procurement List Additions; 2008 

Commodities Procurement List 

This Committee is correcting the 

notice of products that moved from its 

C-List to B-List. 

In the notice appearing on page 

50930–50931 on August 29, 2008 

(Volume 73, Number 169), the 

Committee published products that are 

C-List products incorrectly as products 

that are moving from the C-List to the 

B-List. 

The products that have moved from 

the C-List to the B-List are: 

SKILCRAFT 18′′ Blue Wet Mop 7920–01–

565–4597. 

SKILCRAFT 24′′ Blue Wet Mop 7920–01–

565–4596. 

SKILCRAFT 18′′ Yellow Dust Mop 7920–

01–565–4598. 

SKILCRAFT 24′′ Yellow Dust Mop 7920–

01–565–4599. 

SKILCRAFT Flat Mop Handle with Frame 

18′′ 7920–01–565–4595. 

SKILCRAFT Flat Mop Handle with Frame 

24′′ 7920–01–565–4600. 

The URL for accessing the A-List is 

corrected as follows: http:// 

www.jwod.gov/jwod/p_and_s/AList_08.html. 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Director, Program Operations. 

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