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population is expanding following the 

last treatment of the selected water. 

Once CRCT are well established, tiger 

trout will no longer be stocked and will 

disappear from the system over 4–5 

years. 

Monitoring. Monitoring will occur 

after both the first and second 

treatments to ensure all fish are 

removed throughout the proposed 

project area. Once the treatment is 

completed and CRCT, sculpin, 

mountain sucker, speckled dace and 

tiger trout are stocked back in the 

drainage, populations will be monitored 

every 5–10 years to ensure the native 

populations are well established. 

Possible Alternatives 

At this time, there are two alternatives 

that are being considered: Alternative 1 

(No Action) and Alternative 2 (Proposed 

Action). Alternative 1 would not 

authorize the application of piscicide in 

the wilderness and associated suite of 

activities. Alternative 2 is described 

above. During the course of 

development of the Environmental 

Impact Statement it is possible that the 

public, Forest Service staff, or both will 

identify additional alternatives to be 

evaluated. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The Evanston-Mountain View Ranger 

District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 

National Forest will be the lead agency 

preparing the Environmental Impact 

Statement. The Utah Division of 

Wildlife Resources will be a cooperating 

agency. 

Responsible Official 

Unless specified otherwise, the 

Regional Forester is responsible for 

approving all measures that implement 

Forest Service Manual direction on the 

use of other resources in wilderness. 

Specific responsibilities include 

approving the use of pesticides within 

wilderness. 

The responsible official for this 

project is the Regional Forester for the 

Intermountain Region (R4). 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made includes 

whether or not to approve the proposed 

suite of activities, in whole or in part, 

specifically: (1) Application of piscicide 

(‘‘treatment’’) within designated 

wilderness on National Forest System 

(NFS) land and neutralization outside of 

designated wilderness on NFS land; (2) 

seasonal and multi-year timing of the 

action; (3) method of transport for 

materials, equipment, and personnel to 

treatment areas; (4) closing public 

access to the stream during the 

treatment; (5) restocking with CRCT, 

sculpin, mountain sucker, speckled 

dace, and tiger trout; (6) monitoring 

following treatment and neutralization; 

and, (7) what mitigation measures will 

be implemented. Because the majority 

of streams occur within wilderness, 

methodologies and activities selected 

for implementation must conform to 

special land use restrictions as much as 

possible. 

Preliminary Issues 

Preliminary issues that have been 

identified include potential impacts to 

fisheries and aquatic resources, health 

and human safety, wilderness and other 

undeveloped lands, wildlife (terrestrial), 

soil and water resources, wilderness, 

and wildlife. Additional issues may 

arise based on comments received from 

the public during the scoping and 

comment processes. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

The Utah Division of Wildlife 

Resources would submit a Pesticide Use 

Proposal as well as a National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System to the 

Regional Forester for approval. These 

permits are required to allow 

application of the piscicide to targeted 

waters within wilderness. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the Environmental 

Impact Statement. In addition to and 

concurrent with publication of this 

notice of intent, a public scoping 

document was published to the projectspecific information page on the UintaWasatch-Cache National Forest Web site 

at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ 

?project=51924, and a postcard was sent 

to individuals, entities, and 

organizations informing them that the 

notice of intent and public scoping 

document had been published. 

Comments may be submitted in a 

variety of ways, specifically: Via regular 

mail, hand-delivered or express 

delivered, via fax, and via email. 

Comments sought include specific 

comments to the proposed action, 

appropriate information that could be 

pertinent to analysis of environmental 

consequences, identification of 

significant issues, and identification of 

potential alternatives. 

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 

scoping 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. 

Dated: August 1, 2017. 

Jeanne M. Higgins, 

Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National 

Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18016 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Northern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Northern New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The 

committee is authorized under the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the Act. 

RAC information can be found at the 

following Web site: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/santafe/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 12–13, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. 

All RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of meeting prior 

to attendance, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Santa Fe National Forest (NF) 

Supervisor’s Office, 11 Forest Lane, 

Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at the Santa Fe NF 

Supervisor’s Office. Please call ahead to 

facilitate entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reuben Montes, RAC Coordinator, by 


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phone at 505–438–5356 or via email at 

rmontes@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to review and 

recommend projects proposals for Title 

II funds 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by September 8, 2017, to be scheduled 

on the agenda. Anyone who would like 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the committee may file written 

statements with the committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and requests for time to make 

oral comments must be sent to Reuben 

Montes, RAC Coordinator, Sante Fe NF 

Supervisor’s Office, 11 Forest Lane, 

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508; by email 

to rmontes@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

505 438–5391. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices, 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: July 17, 2017. 

Jeanne M. Higgins, 

Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National 

Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18014 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Plumas County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Plumas County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Quincy, California. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the Act. 

RAC information can be found at the 

following Web site: http://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/ 

specialprojects/racweb. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 26, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. 

All RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of meeting prior 

to attendance, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds 

Mineral Building, 204 Fairground Road, 

Quincy, California. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at Plumas National 

Forest (NF) Headquarters. Please call 

ahead to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee 

Anne Schramel, RAC Coordinator, by 

phone at 530–283–7850 or via email at 

easchramel@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Review project proposals, and 

2. Make project funding 

recommendations for Title II funds. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by one week prior to the meeting to be 

scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who 

would like to bring related matters to 

the attention of the committee may file 

written statements with the committee 

staff before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and requests for time to make 

oral comments must be sent to Lee Anne 

Schramel, RAC Coordinator, Plumas NF 

Headquarters, 159 Lawrence Street, 

Quincy, California 95971; by email to 

easchramel@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

530–283–7746. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices, 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: August 9, 2017. 

Jeanne M. Higgins, 

Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National 

Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18015 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers Used for Publication of 

Legal Notices in the Southwestern 

Region, Which Includes Arizona, New 

Mexico, and Parts of Oklahoma and 

Texas 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that will be used by all 

Ranger Districts, Grasslands, Forests, 

and the Regional Office of the 

Southwestern Region to publish legal 

notices. The intended effect of this 

action is to inform interested members 

of the public which newspapers the 

Forest Service will use to publish 

notices of proposed actions, notices of 

decision, and notices of opportunity to 

file an objection or appeal. This will 

provide the public with constructive 

notice of Forest Service proposals and 

decisions, provide information on the 

procedures to comment, appeal, or 

object, and establish the date that the 

Forest Service will use to determine if 

comments, appeals, or objections were 

timely. 

DATES: Publication of legal notices in 

the listed newspapers will begin on the 

date of this publication and continue 

until further notice. 

ADDRESSES: Roxanne Turley, Regional 

Administrative Review Coordinator, 

Forest Service, Southwestern Region; 

333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 

87102–3498. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roxanne Turley, Regional 

Administrative Review Coordinator; 

(505) 842–3178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

administrative procedures at 36 CFR 

parts 218 and 219 require the Forest 

Service to publish notices in a 


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