80 FR 10662 - Retraction of Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 39 (February 27, 2015)

The Forest Service has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) on May 25, 2011 for Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS. This Environmental Impact Statement was first designed due to complexities encountered with a variety of current activities and environmental conditions that interconnect along Salt River. These activities include: White water rafting, wilderness values, critical habitat of aquatic and terrestrial species. Planned livestock grazing project included a desire by term-grazing permittees to graze livestock (i.e., cattle) along river.

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[FR Doc No: 2015-04073]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[EIS No. 2011-13640]


Retraction of Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Retraction of NOI.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) on 
May 25, 2011 for Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS. This 
Environmental Impact Statement was first designed due to complexities 
encountered with a variety of current activities and environmental 
conditions that interconnect along Salt River. These activities 
include: White water rafting, wilderness values, critical habitat of 
aquatic and terrestrial species. Planned livestock grazing project 
included a desire by term-grazing permittees to graze livestock (i.e., 
cattle) along river.

DATES: Not Applicable.

ADDRESSES: No further comments will be received on this project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Jamie Wages 7680 South Sixshooter 
Canyon Road Globe, Arizona 85501,

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[email protected] or 928-402-6222. Individuals who use 
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 
p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Selecting to do an EIS upfront was a 
shortcut for doing an EA and then not being able to certify proposed 
action did not have a significant impact in a FONSI. However, through 
discussions with term-grazing permittees, it was determined that if 
livestock were allowed to graze along river that neither Forest Service 
nor term-grazing permittees had time or money to conduct monitoring 
necessary to determine appropriateness of this proposed action along 
river corridor. By withdrawing complexity inherent in proposed action 
to graze along river, need for an EIS evaporated. Therefore, project 
planning will continue through an EA process. Environmental Impact 
Statement will be retracted on February 18, 2015.

    Dated: February 17, 2015.
Richard Reitz,
Globe Ranger District, Tonto National Forest.
    Dated: February 18, 2015.
Kelly Jardine,
Tonto Basin Ranger District, Tonto National Forest.
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