82 FR 18279 - Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands; Chaffee County Colorado; Browns Canyon National Monument Plan Assessment
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 73 (April 18, 2017)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 73 (April 18, 2017)
| Page Range | 18279-18280 | |
| FR Document | 2017-07797 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 18279-18280] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-07797] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands; Chaffee County Colorado; Browns Canyon National Monument Plan Assessment AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent to start Browns Canyon National Monument Plan Assessment Phase. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice of intent to start the assessment phase for The Browns Canyon National Monument Management Plan--Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) Plan amendment and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan update. An assessment report of ecological, social, and economic conditions and trends for Browns Canyon National Monument will be prepared for the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) Plan Amendment and Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan update. DATES: A draft of the assessment report for the Browns Canyon National Monument, Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands and BLM Royal Gorge Field Office is expected to be completed by fall 2017 and will be posted on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests Projects Web site at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098 and BLM Browns Canyon National Monument RMP link at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-frontoffice/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=69924&dctmId=0b0003e880dda953. From April to June 2017, the public is invited to engage in a collaborative process to identify relevant baseline information and local knowledge to be considered for the assessment and development of the Browns Canyon National Monument management plan. The Forest, in coordination and cooperation with BLM, will then initiate procedures pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and prepare a joint monument management plan- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Forest and BLM will again be cooperatively inviting the public to help identify the appropriate plan components that will become the NEPA proposed action and/or alternatives for the land management plan revision. The NEPA procedures result in a record of decision and the plan revision process results in a draft revised plan. The Federal Register availability announcement for these documents starts the pre-decisional administrative review process (36 CFR 219 Subpart B). The administrative review process provides an individual or entity an opportunity for an independent Forest Service review and resolution of issues before the final approval of a plan, plan amendment or plan revision. ADDRESSES: Written comments or questions concerning this notice should be addressed to U.S. Forest Service--Salida Ranger District Attn.: Browns Canyon National Monument--Planning Assessment, 5575 Cleora Road, Salida, CO 81201, or by email to: [email protected] (subject heading Browns Canyon National Monument--Planning Assessment). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Dow, Forest Planner at 719-553- 1476 or Joseph Vieira, BLM Planner-Project Manager at (719) 246-9966. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through [[Page 18280]] Friday. More information on the planning process can also be found on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976 requires that every National Forest System (NFS) unit develop a land management plan. On April 9, 2012, the Forest Service finalized its land management planning rule (2012 Planning Rule), which provides broad programmatic direction to National Forests and National Grasslands for developing and implementing their land management plans. Forest plans describe the strategic direction for management of forest resources for fifteen to twenty years, and are adaptive and amendable as conditions change over time. Under the 2012 Planning Rule, the assessment of ecological, social, and economic trends and conditions is the first stage of the planning process. The second stage is a development and decision process guided, in part, by the NEPA and includes the preparation of a draft environmental impact statement and revised Forest Plan for public review and comment, and the preparation of the final environmental impact statement and revised Forest Plan. The third stage of the process is monitoring and feedback, which is ongoing over the life of the revised forest plans. With this notice, the agency invites other governments, non-governmental parties, and the public to contribute to the development of the assessment report. The assessment will rapidly evaluate the sustainability of existing ecological, economic, and social conditions and trends within the context of the broader landscape. It will help inform the planning process through the use of Best Available Scientific Information, while also taking into account other forms of knowledge, such as local information, national perspectives, and native knowledge. Lastly, the assessment will help identify the need to change the existing 1984 plan. The Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands and Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office, with lands administered in Chaffee County, Colorado are initiating the Browns Canyon National Monument (NM) planning assessment and management plan process pursuant to Proclamation 9232, establishing the monument specifically states: In the development and implementation of the management plan, the Secretaries (USDA and Department of Interior) shall maximize opportunities, pursuant to applicable legal authorities, for shared resources, operational efficiency, and cooperation. A joint agency assessment process will be performed in cooperation with the BLM and National Conservation Lands. The assessment process and results are to be used to inform a Browns Canyon NM Management Plan describing the strategic direction for management of monument resources, objects, and values for the next 15 to 20 years on the Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands and BLM Royal Gorge Field Office. The Browns Canyon NM Management Plan will amend the PSICC's Land and Resource Management Plan and be incorporated into the BLM's Royal Gorge Field Office Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan during revision. The first phase of the process, the assessment phase, has begun and interested parties are invited to contribute to the development of the assessment (36 CFR 219.12-17). Additional information on public participation opportunities will be available on the project Web site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098 and BLM Browns Canyon National Monument RMP link at https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=69924&dctmId=0b0003e880dda953. The trends and conditions identified in the assessment will help in identifying the need for change, in the development of plan components. Collaboration as part of the assessment phase supports the development of relationships of key stakeholders throughout the plan revision process, and is an essential step to understanding current conditions, available data, and feedback needed to support a strategic, efficient planning process. As public meetings, other opportunities for public engagement, and public review and comment opportunities are identified to assist with the development of the forest plan revision, public announcements will be made, and notifications will be posted on the Browns Canyon National Monument Project Web page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098 and information will be sent out to the Forest's mailing list. If anyone is interested in being on the Forest's mailing list to receive these notifications, please contact John Dow, Forest Planner at 719-553-1476 or Joseph Vieira, BLM Planner- Project Manager at (719) 246-9966 at the mailing address identified above, or by sending an email to: [email protected] (subject heading titled Browns Canyon National Monument--Planning Assessment). Responsible Official: The responsible official for the Browns Canyon National Monument management plan for the Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands is Erin Connelly, Forest Supervisor, Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands, 2840 Kachina Drive, Pueblo, CO 81008. Dated: April 7, 2017. Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2017-07797 Filed 4-17-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE to make oral statements of three minutes DATES: A draft of the assessment report
or less. Individuals wishing to make an for the Browns Canyon National
Forest Service oral statement should request in writing Monument, Pike/San Isabel National
by May 15, 2017, to be scheduled on the Forests and Cimarron/Comanche
Sitka Resource Advisory Committee agenda. Anyone who would like to National Grasslands and BLM Royal
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. bring related matters to the attention of Gorge Field Office is expected to be
the committee may file written completed by fall 2017 and will be
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
statements with the committee staff posted on the Pike and San Isabel
SUMMARY: The Sitka Resource Advisory before or after the meeting. Written National Forests Projects Web site at:
Committee (RAC) will meet in Sitka, comments and requests for time to make https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project
Alaska. The committee is authorized oral comments must be sent to Lisa =51098 and BLM Browns Canyon
under the Secure Rural Schools and Hirsch, RAC Coordinator, 2108 Halibut National Monument RMP link at:
Community Self-Determination Act (the Point Road, Sitka, Alaska 99835; by https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-
Act) and operates in compliance with email to lisahirsch@fs.fed.us, or via frontoffice/eplanning/planAnd
the Federal Advisory Committee Act. facsimile to 907–747–4253. ProjectSite.do?methodName=render
The purpose of the committee is to Meeting Accommodations: If you are DefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId
improve collaborative relationships and a person requiring reasonable =69924&dctmId=0b0003e880dda953.
to provide advice and recommendations accommodation, please make requests From April to June 2017, the public is
to the Forest Service concerning projects in advance for sign language invited to engage in a collaborative
and funding consistent with the Act. interpreting, assistive listening devices, process to identify relevant baseline
RAC information can be found at the or other reasonable accommodation. For information and local knowledge to be
following Web site: http://cloudapps- access to the facility or proceedings, considered for the assessment and
usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/RAC_ please contact the person listed in the development of the Browns Canyon
Page?id=001t0000002JcwXAAS. section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION National Monument management plan.
CONTACT. All reasonable The Forest, in coordination and
DATES: The meeting will be held May cooperation with BLM, will then initiate
25, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis. procedures pursuant to the National
All RAC meetings are subject to Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
cancellation. For status of meeting prior Dated: March 30, 2017.
prepare a joint monument management
to attendance, please contact the person Jeanne M. Higgins, plan-Environmental Impact Statement
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National (EIS). The Forest and BLM will again be
CONTACT. Forest System. cooperatively inviting the public to help
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at [FR Doc. 2017–07761 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am] identify the appropriate plan
Sitka Ranger District, Katlian Room, BILLING CODE 3411–15–P components that will become the NEPA
2108 Halibut Point Road, Sitka, Alaska. proposed action and/or alternatives for
Meeting will also be available by the land management plan revision. The
teleconference, to attend via DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEPA procedures result in a record of
teleconference, please contact the decision and the plan revision process
Forest Service
person listed under FOR FURTHER results in a draft revised plan. The
INFORMATION CONTACT. Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Federal Register availability
Written comments may be submitted Cimarron/Comanche National announcement for these documents
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY Grasslands; Chaffee County Colorado; starts the pre-decisional administrative
INFORMATION. All comments, including Browns Canyon National Monument review process (36 CFR 219 Subpart B).
names and addresses when provided, Plan Assessment The administrative review process
are placed in the record and are provides an individual or entity an
available for public inspection and AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. opportunity for an independent Forest
copying. The public may inspect ACTION:Notice of intent to start Browns Service review and resolution of issues
comments received at the Sitka Ranger Canyon National Monument Plan before the final approval of a plan, plan
District. Please call ahead to facilitate Assessment Phase. amendment or plan revision.
entry into the building. ADDRESSES: Written comments or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa SUMMARY: Notice of intent to start the questions concerning this notice should
Hirsch, RAC Coordinator, by phone at assessment phase for The Browns be addressed to U.S. Forest Service—
907–747–4214 or via email at Canyon National Monument Salida Ranger District Attn.: Browns
lisahirsch@fs.fed.us. Management Plan—Pike/San Isabel Canyon National Monument—Planning
Individuals who use National Forests and Cimarron/ Assessment, 5575 Cleora Road, Salida,
telecommunication devices for the deaf Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) CO 81201, or by email to: blm_co_
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Plan amendment and Bureau of Land brownscanyon@blm.gov (subject
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Management (BLM) Eastern Colorado heading Browns Canyon National
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Resource Management Plan update. An Monument—Planning Assessment).
Eastern Standard Time, Monday assessment report of ecological, social, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
through Friday. and economic conditions and trends for Dow, Forest Planner at 719–553–1476 or
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Browns Canyon National Monument Joseph Vieira, BLM Planner-Project
purpose of the meeting is to: will be prepared for the Pike and San Manager at (719) 246–9966. Individuals
1. Review project proposals, and Isabel National Forests and Cimarron who use telecommunication devices for
2. Make project recommendations for and Comanche National Grasslands the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Title II funds. (PSICC) Plan Amendment and Bureau of Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
The meeting is open to the public. Land Management Resource 800–877–8339 between 5 a.m. and 5
The agenda will include time for people Management Plan update. p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through
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Friday. More information on the (USDA and Department of Interior) Manager at (719) 246–9966 at the
planning process can also be found on shall maximize opportunities, pursuant mailing address identified above, or by
the Pike and San Isabel National Forests to applicable legal authorities, for sending an email to: blm_co_
Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/ shared resources, operational efficiency, brownscanyon@blm.gov (subject
project/?project=51098. and cooperation. A joint agency heading titled Browns Canyon National
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The assessment process will be performed in Monument—Planning Assessment).
National Forest Management Act cooperation with the BLM and National Responsible Official: The responsible
(NFMA) of 1976 requires that every Conservation Lands. The assessment official for the Browns Canyon National
National Forest System (NFS) unit process and results are to be used to Monument management plan for the
develop a land management plan. On inform a Browns Canyon NM Pike/San Isabel National Forests and
April 9, 2012, the Forest Service Management Plan describing the Cimarron/Comanche National
finalized its land management planning strategic direction for management of Grasslands is Erin Connelly, Forest
rule (2012 Planning Rule), which monument resources, objects, and Supervisor, Pike/San Isabel National
provides broad programmatic direction values for the next 15 to 20 years on the Forests and Cimarron/Comanche
to National Forests and National Pike/San Isabel National Forests and National Grasslands, 2840 Kachina
Grasslands for developing and Cimarron/Comanche National Drive, Pueblo, CO 81008.
implementing their land management Grasslands and BLM Royal Gorge Field Dated: April 7, 2017.
plans. Office. Glenn Casamassa,
The Browns Canyon NM Management
Forest plans describe the strategic Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
Plan will amend the PSICC’s Land and System.
direction for management of forest
Resource Management Plan and be
resources for fifteen to twenty years, and [FR Doc. 2017–07797 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am]
incorporated into the BLM’s Royal
are adaptive and amendable as BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
Gorge Field Office Eastern Colorado
conditions change over time. Under the
Resource Management Plan during
2012 Planning Rule, the assessment of
revision. The first phase of the process, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ecological, social, and economic trends
the assessment phase, has begun and
and conditions is the first stage of the
interested parties are invited to Forest Service
planning process. The second stage is a
contribute to the development of the
development and decision process assessment (36 CFR 219.12–17). Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory
guided, in part, by the NEPA and Additional information on public Committee
includes the preparation of a draft participation opportunities will be
environmental impact statement and available on the project Web site: AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
revised Forest Plan for public review https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ ACTION: Notice of meeting.
and comment, and the preparation of ?project=51098 and BLM Browns
the final environmental impact SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal
Canyon National Monument RMP link Advisory Committee (LTBFAC) will
statement and revised Forest Plan. The at https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-
third stage of the process is monitoring meet in South Lake Tahoe, California.
office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite. The Committee is established pursuant
and feedback, which is ongoing over the do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOr
life of the revised forest plans. With this to Executive Order 13057, and the
ProjectSite&projectId=69924&dctmId Federal Advisory Committee Act of
notice, the agency invites other =0b0003e880dda953. The trends and
governments, non-governmental parties, 1972. Additional information
conditions identified in the assessment concerning the Committee can be found
and the public to contribute to the will help in identifying the need for
development of the assessment report. by visiting the Committee’s Web site at:
change, in the development of plan http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/
The assessment will rapidly evaluate components.
the sustainability of existing ecological, LTFAC.
Collaboration as part of the
economic, and social conditions and assessment phase supports the DATES: The meeting will be held on
trends within the context of the broader development of relationships of key Friday, May 1, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to
landscape. It will help inform the stakeholders throughout the plan 3:00 p.m.
planning process through the use of Best revision process, and is an essential step All LTBFAC meetings are subject to
Available Scientific Information, while to understanding current conditions, cancellation. For updated status of the
also taking into account other forms of available data, and feedback needed to meeting prior to attendance, please
knowledge, such as local information, support a strategic, efficient planning contact the person listed under FOR
national perspectives, and native process. As public meetings, other FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
knowledge. Lastly, the assessment will opportunities for public engagement, ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
help identify the need to change the and public review and comment the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,
existing 1984 plan. opportunities are identified to assist 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe,
The Pike/San Isabel National Forests with the development of the forest plan California.
and Cimarron/Comanche National revision, public announcements will be Written comments may be submitted
Grasslands and Bureau of Land made, and notifications will be posted as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
Management Royal Gorge Field Office, on the Browns Canyon National INFORMATION. All comments, including
with lands administered in Chaffee Monument Project Web page at https:// names and addresses, when provided,
County, Colorado are initiating the www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098 are placed in the record and are
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Browns Canyon National Monument and information will be sent out to the available for public inspection and
(NM) planning assessment and Forest’s mailing list. If anyone is copying. The public may inspect
management plan process pursuant to interested in being on the Forest’s comments received at the USDA Forest
Proclamation 9232, establishing the mailing list to receive these Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake
monument specifically states: In the notifications, please contact John Dow, Tahoe, California.
development and implementation of the Forest Planner at 719–553–1476 or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
management plan, the Secretaries Joseph Vieira, BLM Planner-Project Heather Noel, Lake Tahoe Basin
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of intent to start Browns Canyon National Monument Plan Assessment Phase. | |
| Dates | A draft of the assessment report for the Browns Canyon National Monument, Pike/San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands and BLM Royal Gorge Field Office is expected to be completed by fall 2017 and will be posted on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests Projects Web site at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ ?project=51098 and BLM Browns Canyon National Monument RMP link at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-frontoffice/eplanning/ planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectI d=69924&dctmId=0b0003e880dda953. From April to June 2017, the public is invited to engage in a collaborative process to identify relevant baseline information and local knowledge to be considered for the assessment and development of the Browns Canyon National Monument management plan. The Forest, in coordination and cooperation with BLM, will then initiate procedures pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and prepare a joint monument management plan- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Forest and BLM will again be cooperatively inviting the public to help identify the appropriate plan components that will become the NEPA proposed action and/or alternatives for the land management plan revision. The NEPA procedures result in a record of decision and the plan revision process results in a draft revised plan. The Federal Register availability announcement for these documents starts the pre-decisional administrative review process (36 CFR 219 Subpart B). The administrative review process provides an individual or entity an opportunity for an independent Forest Service review and resolution of issues before the final approval of a plan, plan amendment or plan revision. | |
| Contact | John Dow, Forest Planner at 719-553- 1476 or Joseph Vieira, BLM Planner-Project Manager at (719) 246-9966. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. More information on the planning process can also be found on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests Web site at https:// www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51098. | |
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