80 FR 34366 - Ringo Project Environmental Impact Statement
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 34366-34368] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-14713] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Ringo Project Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a project called Ringo, centered around Ringo Butte south of Wickiup Reservoir on the Crescent Ranger District. The Ringo project area is home to a myriad of wildlife and plant species including big game species, northern spotted owl, Oregon spotted frog, and other wildlife. The project area borders private forest land on the east as well as surrounding the community of Wickiup Acres. It contains popular locations for hunting, fishing, and other types of recreation. Values and ecosystem services within the Ringo project area were derived from values mapping exercises with the Ringo IDT and from a public meeting. Prominent values expressed include high quality wildlife habitat for sensitive and threatened species, nearby private land and communities, timber, firewood, forest products, access to the forest for hiking, wildlife viewing, driving, winter recreation, developed and dispersed camping, hunting opportunities, and Odell Butte Lookout. The Ringo Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) determined the largest potential for changes or threats to these values comes from wildfire, insects and disease. As evidenced by the Davis fire, which covers a portion of the planning area, wildfire can rapidly and dramatically alter large areas and affect safety and property. Disturbances such as wildfire and insect and disease outbreaks are natural processes however, with the current fuel loading and high density of trees in the Ringo project area these disturbances can become uncharacteristically severe. In order to continue to provide these values and services on the landscape into the future, there is a need to reduce tree density and surface fuels in order to restore and maintain a resilient, fire- adapted ecosystem. The project area is approximately 30,000 acres in portions of the Upper Little Deschutes, Crescent Creek, Middle Little Deschutes, and Brown's Creek-Deschutes watersheds. It is located in T. 22 S., R. 8 E.; and R. 9 E.; T. 23 S., R. 8 E.; and R. 9 E.; T. 24 S., R. 7 E.; T. and R. 8 E.; T. 25 S., R. 7 E.; Willamette Meridian. The alternatives would include the proposed action, no action, and additional alternatives that respond to issues generated through the scoping process. The agency will give notice of the full environmental analysis and decision making process so interested and affected parties may participate and contribute to the final decision. DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received 30 days following the date that this notice appears in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Holly Jewkes, District Ranger, Crescent Ranger District, P.O. Box 208, Crescent, OR 97733. Comments can also be emailed to: comments-pacificnorthwest-deschutes-crescent@fs.fed.us. The public will have another opportunity to comment when alternatives have been developed and the environmental impact statement is made available. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ringo project leads Michelle King, District Environmental Coordinator at (541) 433-3216, or Joe Bowles, District Silviculturist at (541) 433-3200. Responsible Official: The responsible official will be John Allen, Deschutes Forest Supervisor, 63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, Oregon, 97701. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose and Need: The objectives developed for the Ringo Project are consistent with recommendations and direction presented in the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960, the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, the Deschutes Land and Resource Management Plan as amended, and other national and regional guidance. The purpose and need of Ringo is to reduce tree density and surface fuels in order to restore and maintain a resilient, fire-adapted ecosystem that will protect or enhance quality habitat for key wildlife species including the northern spotted owl, white-headed woodpecker, and big game, allow for safe and effective wildfire response, maintain developed and dispersed recreational opportunities, and contribute to local and regional economies by providing timber, firewood, and other forest products. Proposed Action: The proposed action includes approximately 6,688 acres of thinning. This includes primarily [[Page 34367]] thinning from below which removes the smallest trees first until the desired density is achieved. Various techniques would be used to maintain or increase variability in tree spacing. Thinning increases individual tree growth and reduces fire and insect risk by reducing ladder fuels and overall stand density. Less fire resilient tree species such as lodgepole pine and white fir would be preferentially removed. Approximately 4,620 acres are expected to produce a merchantable timber product and the remaining 2,068 acres, which have smaller or fewer trees, may be utilized as chip wood or biomass if market conditions are favorable. Treatments are designed to keep tree densities at desired levels for 20 or 30 years. Ringo proposes approximately 884 acres of improvement cuts. In lodgepole pine (719 acres) this treatment removes damaged, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy trees. The majority of these stands have previously suffered high mortality from bark beetle attack. Within the range of the northern spotted owl, the overstory is no longer dense enough for spotted owl dispersal habitat. Removing these overstory trees would accelerate growth in the understory to achieve dispersal habitat faster. In mixed conifer areas (165 acres) this treatment would primarily involve removing white fir and other damaged and diseased trees along the edges of the Davis fire. These stands experienced moderate mortality in the fire which produced high ground fuel loads and downed wood. Existing ground fuels and downed wood would also be reduced in these stands to allow for safe and effective fire response. The proposed action includes approximately 64 acres of meadow enhancement which would occur in wetter lodgepole pine areas that previously were more open. The majority of trees would be removed from these areas. Meadows and grasslands are a rare habitat on the Deschutes National Forest. This treatment would enhance understory vegetation which is important for big game and other animal species. There will also be road status changes meaning roads that are currently classified as open but are physically blocked or missmapped would be closed and alternate ingress and egress routes currently listed as closed would be opened. This will reduce confusion in the event of wildfire evacuations and further aid the safety and effectiveness of wildfire response. Additional treatments include slash treatments and underburning. Slash created by the proposed mechanical activities would be treated by a variety of methods in order to create desired fuels conditions. Methods include hand and grapple piling followed by pile burning, utilization, or chipping/grinding. Approximately 5,476 acres of underburning would occur in the majority of ponderosa pine dominated stands after mechanical treatment. Additional areas that were previously treated in other projects or whose current conditions facilitate safe and effective operations are also included. The combination of these activities provide for a more resilient and fire-adapted ecosystem. By reducing the overall landscape wildfire risk, dense wildlife habitat such as northern spotted owl nesting roosting and foraging (NRF) and big game hiding cover will be protected without receiving thinning treatments. Wildlife habitat will be enhanced by reducing nest predation in white-headed wood pecker habitat with open ponderosa pine, increasing individual tree growth in areas that can provide future NRF, and providing better big game forage in meadow enhancements. Safe and effective wildfire response will be aided by reduced fire intensities and the flexibility of using recently treated areas for suppression as well as clearer routes for public evacuation by road. Recreation opportunities would be maintained by reducing the risk of large fires that negatively affect the wildlife, trees, and other characteristics that draw people to the Ringo area. Finally, wood products removed in these treatments would provide timber, firewood and other forest products to the local and regional economies. Comment: Public comments about this proposal are requested in order to assist in identifying issues, determine how to best manage the resources, and to focus the analysis. Comments received to this notice, including names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record on this proposed action and will be available for public inspection. Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered; however, those who submit anonymous comments will not have standing to object to the subsequent decision under 36 CFR 218. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person may request the agency to withhold a submission from public record by showing how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) permits such confidentiality. Persons requesting such confidentiality should be aware that, under FOIA, confidentiality may be granted in only very limited circumstances, such as to protect trade secrets. The Forest Service will inform the requester of the agency's decision regarding the request for confidentiality, and where the request is denied the agency will return the submission and notify the requester that the comments may be resubmitted with or without name and address within a specified number of days. A draft EIS will be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and available for public review by spring 2016. The EPA will publish a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the draft EIS in the Federal Register. The final EIS is scheduled to be available in the fall of 2016. The comment period on the draft EIS will be 45 days from the date the EPA publishes the NOA in the Federal Register. The Forest Service believes, at this early state, it is important to give reviewers notice of several court rulings related to public participation in the environmental review process. First, reviewers of a draft EIS must structure their participation in the environmental review of the proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts an agency to the reviewer's position and contentious [Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 533 (1978)]. Also, environmental objections that could be raised at the draft EIS state but that are not raised until after completion of the final EIS may be waived or dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court rulings, it is very important that those interested in this proposed action participate by the close of the 45-day comment period so that comments and objections are made available to the Forest Service at a time when it can be meaningfully considered and respond to them in the final EIS. To assist the Forest Service in identifying the considering issues and concerns on the proposed action, comments on the draft EIS 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 EIS of 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. In the final EIS, the Forest Service is required to respond to substantive comments received during the comment period for the draft EIS. The Forest Service is the lead agency and the responsible official is the Forest Supervisor for the Deschutes National Forest. The responsible official will [[Page 34368]] decide where, and whether or not to take action to meet the desired condition within the project area. The responsible official will also decide how to mitigate impacts of these actions and will determine when and how monitoring of effects will take place. The Ringo project decision and rationale will be documented in the Record of Decision. Per 36 CFR 218.7(a)(2), this is a project implementing a land management plan and not authorized under HFRA, section 101(2), and is thus subject to subparts A and C of 36 CFR 218-- Project level Predecisional Administrative Review Process. Dated: June 8, 2015. Holly Jewkes, District Ranger. 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States for funding for fuel pumps and Signed on June 11, 2015. The project area is approximately
related infrastructure to encourage Val Dolcini, 30,000 acres in portions of the Upper
increased ethanol use. FSA requires Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Little Deschutes, Crescent Creek, Middle
each State to submit an application to Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Little Deschutes, and Brown’s Creek-
FSA on a form specified by FSA. States Corporation. Deschutes watersheds. It is located in T.
will be required to report on the funding [FR Doc. 2015–14763 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am] 22 S., R. 8 E.; and R. 9 E.; T. 23 S., R.
distribution, which may require third BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 8 E.; and R. 9 E.; T. 24 S., R. 7 E.; T.
party reporting depending on how the and R. 8 E.; T. 25 S., R. 7 E.; Willamette
States distribute the funds. Meridian. The alternatives would
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE include the proposed action, no action,
The formula used to calculate the
total burden hours is ‘‘the estimated and additional alternatives that respond
Forest Service to issues generated through the scoping
average time per response (including
travel time)’’ times ‘‘the total estimated Ringo Project Environmental Impact process. The agency will give notice of
annual responses.’’ Statement the full environmental analysis and
decision making process so interested
Respondents: States. AGENCY:Forest Service, USDA. and affected parties may participate and
Estimated Number of Respondents: ACTION:Notice of Intent to prepare an contribute to the final decision.
36. Environmental Impact Statement. DATES: Comments concerning the scope
Estimated Number of Responses per of the analysis must be received 30 days
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will following the date that this notice
Respondent: 14. prepare an Environmental Impact appears in the Federal Register.
Estimated Total Annual Response: Statement (EIS) for a project called
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
504. Ringo, centered around Ringo Butte
south of Wickiup Reservoir on the Holly Jewkes, District Ranger, Crescent
Estimated Average Time per Ranger District, P.O. Box 208, Crescent,
Response: 1.07 hours. Crescent Ranger District.
The Ringo project area is home to a OR 97733. Comments can also be
Estimated Total Annual Burden on myriad of wildlife and plant species emailed to: comments-pacificnorthwest-
Response: 540 hours. including big game species, northern deschutes-crescent@fs.fed.us. The
Note: The applicants will apply once and spotted owl, Oregon spotted frog, and public will have another opportunity to
report once per year, however, due to the other wildlife. The project area borders comment when alternatives have been
number of forms involved, it is estimated that private forest land on the east as well as developed and the environmental
the number of responses is 14. surrounding the community of Wickiup impact statement is made available.
Acres. It contains popular locations for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
We are requesting comments on this hunting, fishing, and other types of Ringo project leads Michelle King,
information collection to help us: recreation. Values and ecosystem District Environmental Coordinator at
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of services within the Ringo project area (541) 433–3216, or Joe Bowles, District
information is necessary for the proper were derived from values mapping Silviculturist at (541) 433–3200.
performance of the agency, including exercises with the Ringo IDT and from Responsible Official: The responsible
whether the information will have a public meeting. Prominent values official will be John Allen, Deschutes
practical utility; expressed include high quality wildlife Forest Supervisor, 63095 Deschutes
habitat for sensitive and threatened Market Road, Bend, Oregon, 97701.
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the species, nearby private land and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
agency’s estimate of burden, including communities, timber, firewood, forest Purpose and Need: The objectives
the validity of the methodology and products, access to the forest for hiking, developed for the Ringo Project are
assumptions used; wildlife viewing, driving, winter consistent with recommendations and
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and recreation, developed and dispersed direction presented in the Multiple Use
clarity of the information to be camping, hunting opportunities, and Sustained Yield Act of 1960, the
collected; or Odell Butte Lookout. National Cohesive Wildland Fire
(4) Minimize the burden of the The Ringo Interdisciplinary Team Management Strategy, the Deschutes
collection of information on those who (IDT) determined the largest potential Land and Resource Management Plan as
are to respond, including through the for changes or threats to these values amended, and other national and
use of appropriate automated, comes from wildfire, insects and regional guidance. The purpose and
electronic, mechanical, or other disease. As evidenced by the Davis fire, need of Ringo is to reduce tree density
technological collection techniques or which covers a portion of the planning and surface fuels in order to restore and
other forms of information technology. area, wildfire can rapidly and maintain a resilient, fire-adapted
dramatically alter large areas and affect ecosystem that will protect or enhance
All responses to this notice, including safety and property. Disturbances such quality habitat for key wildlife species
names and addresses, when provided, as wildfire and insect and disease including the northern spotted owl,
will be summarized and included in the outbreaks are natural processes white-headed woodpecker, and big
request for OMB approval. All however, with the current fuel loading game, allow for safe and effective
comments will also become a matter of and high density of trees in the Ringo wildfire response, maintain developed
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public record. project area these disturbances can and dispersed recreational
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance become uncharacteristically severe. opportunities, and contribute to local
In order to continue to provide these and regional economies by providing
The title and number of the Federal values and services on the landscape timber, firewood, and other forest
assistance in the Catalog of Federal into the future, there is a need to reduce products.
Domestic Assistance to which this tree density and surface fuels in order Proposed Action: The proposed action
NOFA applies is 10.117, Biofuel to restore and maintain a resilient, fire- includes approximately 6,688 acres of
Infrastructure Partnership. adapted ecosystem. thinning. This includes primarily
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thinning from below which removes the of methods in order to create desired decision regarding the request for
smallest trees first until the desired fuels conditions. Methods include hand confidentiality, and where the request is
density is achieved. Various techniques and grapple piling followed by pile denied the agency will return the
would be used to maintain or increase burning, utilization, or chipping/ submission and notify the requester that
variability in tree spacing. Thinning grinding. Approximately 5,476 acres of the comments may be resubmitted with
increases individual tree growth and underburning would occur in the or without name and address within a
reduces fire and insect risk by reducing majority of ponderosa pine dominated specified number of days. A draft EIS
ladder fuels and overall stand density. stands after mechanical treatment. will be filed with the Environmental
Less fire resilient tree species such as Additional areas that were previously Protection Agency (EPA) and available
lodgepole pine and white fir would be treated in other projects or whose for public review by spring 2016. The
preferentially removed. Approximately current conditions facilitate safe and EPA will publish a Notice of
4,620 acres are expected to produce a effective operations are also included. Availability (NOA) of the draft EIS in
merchantable timber product and the The combination of these activities the Federal Register. The final EIS is
remaining 2,068 acres, which have provide for a more resilient and fire- scheduled to be available in the fall of
smaller or fewer trees, may be utilized adapted ecosystem. By reducing the 2016. The comment period on the draft
as chip wood or biomass if market overall landscape wildfire risk, dense EIS will be 45 days from the date the
conditions are favorable. Treatments are wildlife habitat such as northern spotted EPA publishes the NOA in the Federal
designed to keep tree densities at owl nesting roosting and foraging (NRF) Register.
desired levels for 20 or 30 years. and big game hiding cover will be The Forest Service believes, at this
Ringo proposes approximately 884 protected without receiving thinning early state, it is important to give
acres of improvement cuts. In lodgepole treatments. Wildlife habitat will be reviewers notice of several court rulings
pine (719 acres) this treatment removes enhanced by reducing nest predation in related to public participation in the
damaged, diseased, or otherwise white-headed wood pecker habitat with environmental review process. First,
unhealthy trees. The majority of these open ponderosa pine, increasing reviewers of a draft EIS must structure
stands have previously suffered high individual tree growth in areas that can their participation in the environmental
mortality from bark beetle attack. provide future NRF, and providing review of the proposal so that it is
Within the range of the northern spotted better big game forage in meadow meaningful and alerts an agency to the
owl, the overstory is no longer dense enhancements. Safe and effective reviewer’s position and contentious
enough for spotted owl dispersal wildfire response will be aided by [Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.
habitat. Removing these overstory trees reduced fire intensities and the v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 533 (1978)].
would accelerate growth in the flexibility of using recently treated areas Also, environmental objections that
understory to achieve dispersal habitat for suppression as well as clearer routes could be raised at the draft EIS state but
faster. In mixed conifer areas (165 acres) for public evacuation by road. that are not raised until after completion
this treatment would primarily involve Recreation opportunities would be of the final EIS may be waived or
removing white fir and other damaged maintained by reducing the risk of large dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon
and diseased trees along the edges of the fires that negatively affect the wildlife, v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.
Davis fire. These stands experienced trees, and other characteristics that draw Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court
moderate mortality in the fire which people to the Ringo area. Finally, wood rulings, it is very important that those
produced high ground fuel loads and products removed in these treatments interested in this proposed action
downed wood. Existing ground fuels would provide timber, firewood and participate by the close of the 45-day
and downed wood would also be other forest products to the local and comment period so that comments and
reduced in these stands to allow for safe regional economies. objections are made available to the
and effective fire response. Comment: Public comments about Forest Service at a time when it can be
The proposed action includes this proposal are requested in order to meaningfully considered and respond to
approximately 64 acres of meadow assist in identifying issues, determine them in the final EIS.
enhancement which would occur in how to best manage the resources, and To assist the Forest Service in
wetter lodgepole pine areas that to focus the analysis. Comments identifying the considering issues and
previously were more open. The received to this notice, including names concerns on the proposed action,
majority of trees would be removed and addresses of those who comment, comments on the draft EIS should be as
from these areas. Meadows and will be considered part of the public specific as possible. It is also helpful if
grasslands are a rare habitat on the record on this proposed action and will comments refer to specific pages or
Deschutes National Forest. This be available for public inspection. chapters of the draft statement.
treatment would enhance understory Comments submitted anonymously will Comments may also address the
vegetation which is important for big be accepted and considered; however, adequacy of the draft EIS of the merits
game and other animal species. those who submit anonymous of the alternative formulated and
There will also be road status changes comments will not have standing to discussed in the statement. Reviewers
meaning roads that are currently object to the subsequent decision under may wish to refer to the Council on
classified as open but are physically 36 CFR 218. Additionally, pursuant to 7 Environmental Quality Regulations for
blocked or missmapped would be CFR 1.27(d), any person may request the implementing the procedural provisions
closed and alternate ingress and egress agency to withhold a submission from of the National Environmental Policy
routes currently listed as closed would public record by showing how the Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing
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be opened. This will reduce confusion Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) these points. In the final EIS, the Forest
in the event of wildfire evacuations and permits such confidentiality. Persons Service is required to respond to
further aid the safety and effectiveness requesting such confidentiality should substantive comments received during
of wildfire response. be aware that, under FOIA, the comment period for the draft EIS.
Additional treatments include slash confidentiality may be granted in only The Forest Service is the lead agency
treatments and underburning. Slash very limited circumstances, such as to and the responsible official is the Forest
created by the proposed mechanical protect trade secrets. The Forest Service Supervisor for the Deschutes National
activities would be treated by a variety will inform the requester of the agency’s Forest. The responsible official will
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take action to meet the desired (202) 482–3331.
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Committee provides an organized and
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continuing channel of communication AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
monitoring of effects will take place.
The Ringo project decision and between recognized experts in the data International Trade Administration,
rationale will be documented in the industry (collection, compilation, Department of Commerce.
Record of Decision. Per 36 CFR analysis, dissemination and privacy DATES: Effective date: June 16, 2015.
218.7(a)(2), this is a project protection) and the Department of
Commerce. The CDAC provides advice SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
implementing a land management plan (‘‘Department’’) hereby publishes a list
and not authorized under HFRA, section and recommendations, to include
process and infrastructure of scope rulings and anticircumvention
101(2), and is thus subject to subparts A determinations made between January
and C of 36 CFR 218—Project level improvements, to the Secretary, DOC
and the DOC data-bureau leadership on 1, 2015, and March 31, 2015, inclusive.
Predecisional Administrative Review We intend to publish future lists after
Process. ways to make Commerce data easier to
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Dated: June 8, 2015. disseminate. The aim of this advice FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holly Jewkes, shall be to maximize the value of Brenda E. Waters, AD/CVD Operations,
District Ranger. Commerce data to all users including Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and
[FR Doc. 2015–14713 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am] governments, businesses, communities, Compliance, International Trade
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2015. However, individuals with that the Secretary will publish in the
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Administration, Department of submit them in writing to: on a quarterly basis.1 Our most recent
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| Contact | Ringo project leads Michelle King, District Environmental Coordinator at (541) 433-3216, or Joe Bowles, District Silviculturist at (541) 433-3200. | |
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