82 FR 60578 - Sante Fe National Forest; New Mexico; Amendment of the Land Management Plan for the Santa Fe National Forest
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 244 (December 21, 2017)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 244 (December 21, 2017)
| Page Range | 60578-60579 | |
| FR Document | 2017-27490 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 60578-60579] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27490] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2017 / Notices [[Page 60578]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Sante Fe National Forest; New Mexico; Amendment of the Land Management Plan for the Santa Fe National Forest AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Santa Fe National Forest, located in New Mexico, prepared a nonsignificant, programmatic forest plan amendment to allow the use of herbicides in municipal watersheds and on soils with low revegetation potential to accompany its Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and a Draft Record of Decision (ROD) for Invasive Plant Control. This notice is to inform the public that a 60-day period is being initiated where individuals or entities with specific concerns on Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control may file an objection for Forest Service review prior to the approval of the Record of Decision for Invasive Plant Control. DATES: Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control, SEIS, Draft ROD, and other supporting information, will be available for review at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/santafe/landmanagement/projects starting December 21, 2017. A legal notice of the initiation of the 60-day objection period is also being published in Santa Fe National Forest's newspaper of record, which is the Albuquerque Journal. The date of publication of the legal notice in the Albuquerque Journal will determine the actual date of initiation of the 60-day objection period. A copy of the legal notice that is published in the Albuquerque Journal will be posted on the website listed above. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control on Santa Fe National Forest, the SEIS, and the Draft ROD can be obtained online at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/santafe/landmanagement/projects; or by visiting or mailing a request to the Forest Supervisor's Office at the following location:11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508 (Telephone: 505-438- 5443); Objections must be submitted to the Reviewing Officer: Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service, ATTN: Objection Reviewing Officer, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (Fax: 505-842-3173). Objections may be submitted electronically at [email protected]. Note that the office hours for submitting a hand-delivered objection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Electronic objections must be submitted in a commonly used format such as an email message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word[supreg] (.doc or .docx). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Imler-Jacquez, Environmental Coordinator, Santa Fe National Forest at 505-438-5443. 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 time), Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Santa Fe National Forest, prepared a Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control. This notice is to inform the public that a 60-day period is being initiated where individuals or entities with specific concerns on Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control may file an objection for Forest Service review prior to the approval of the ROD for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Invasive Plant Control Project. The publication date of the legal notice in Santa Fe National Forest's newspaper of record, the Albuquerque Journal, will initiate the 60-day objection period and is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection (36 CFR 219.16 and 219.52). An electronic scan of the notice with the publication date will be posted on Santa Fe National Forest's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/santafe/landmanagement/projects. The objection process under 36 CFR 219 subpart B, provides an opportunity for members of the public who have participated in the planning process for the Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control on Santa Fe National Forest to have any unresolved concerns reviewed by the Forest Service prior to a final decision by the Responsible Official. Only those who provided substantive formal comments during the public comment period during the planning process are eligible to file an objection. Regulations at 36 CFR 219.62 define substantive formal comments as: Written comments submitted to, or oral comments recorded by, the responsible official or his designee during an opportunity for public participation provided during the planning process, and attributed to the individual or entity providing them. Comments are considered substantive when they are within the scope of the proposal, are specific to the proposal, have a direct relationship to the proposal, and include supporting reasons for the responsible official to consider. How To File an Objection The Forest Service will accept mailed, emailed, faxed, and hand- delivered objections concerning Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control for 60 calendar days following the date of the publication of the legal notice of this objection period in the newspaper of record, the Albuquerque Journal. It is the responsibility of the objector to ensure that the Reviewing Officer receives the objection in a timely manner. The regulations prohibit extending the length of the objection filing period. Objections must be submitted to the Reviewing Officer, who will be the Regional Forester for the Southwestern Region, at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. An objection must include the following (36 CFR 219.54(c)): (1) The objector's name and address along with a telephone number or email address if available--in cases where no identifiable name is attached to an objection, the Forest Service will attempt to verify the identity of the objector to confirm objection eligibility; (2) Signature or other verification of authorship upon request (a scanned signature for electronic mail may be filed with the objection); (3) Identification of the lead objector, when multiple names are listed on an [[Page 60579]] objection. The Forest Service will communicate to all parties to an objection through the lead objector. Verification of the identity of the lead objector must also be provided if requested; (4) The name of the forest plan amendment being objected to, and the name and title of the Responsible Official; (5) A statement of the issues and/or parts of the forest plan amendment to which the objection applies; (6) A concise statement explaining the objection and suggesting how the proposed plan decision may be improved. If the objector believes that the forest plan amendment is inconsistent with law, regulation, or policy, an explanation should be included; (7) A statement that demonstrates the link between the objector's prior substantive formal comments and the content of the objection, unless the objection concerns an issue that arose after the opportunities for formal comment; and (8) All documents referenced in the objection (a bibliography is not sufficient), except that the following need not be provided: a. All or any part of a Federal law or regulation, b. Forest Service Directive System documents and land management plans or other published Forest Service documents, c. Documents referenced by the Forest Service in the planning documentation related to the proposal subject to objection, and d. Formal comments previously provided to the Forest Service by the objector during the plan amendment comment period. Responsible Official The responsible official for the Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control on Santa Fe National Forest is James Melonas, Forest Supervisor, Santa Fe National Forest, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Dated: November 7, 2017. Glenn P. Casamassa, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2017-27490 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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objection. The Forest Service will DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE private mailer does not constitute
communicate to all parties to an delivery. Postage due responses and
objection through the lead objector. Rural Housing Service applications will not be accepted.
Verification of the identity of the lead FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Notice of Solicitation of Applications Monica Cole, Financial and Loan
objector must also be provided if
for Loan Guarantees Under the Section Analyst, U.S. Department of Agriculture
requested;
538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Rural Development, Guaranteed Rural
(4) The name of the forest plan Program for Fiscal Year 2018 Rental Housing Program, Multi-Family
amendment being objected to, and the
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. Housing Guaranteed Loan Division,
name and title of the Responsible 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room
Official; ACTION: Notice.
1263S–STOP 0781, Washington, DC
(5) A statement of the issues and/or SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 20250–0781 or email: monica.cole@
parts of the forest plan amendment to (RHS or Agency), an agency within wdc.usda.gov. Telephone: (202) 720–
which the objection applies; Rural Development, announces that it is 1251. This number is not toll-free.
(6) A concise statement explaining the soliciting competitive lender Hearing or speech-impaired persons
objection and suggesting how the submissions (responses) regarding may access that number by calling the
proposed projects for the Section 538 Federal Information Relay Service toll-
proposed plan decision may be
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing free at (800) 877–8339.
improved. If the objector believes that
Program (GRRHP). The amount of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
the forest plan amendment is
program dollars available for the GRRHP obligation of available funds, via the
inconsistent with law, regulation, or will be determined by the issuance of Conditional Commitments
policy, an explanation should be Appropriations Act for each fiscal year for loan guarantees, will be made in the
included; that this Notice is open. following order: (1) To outstanding
(7) A statement that demonstrates the DATES: Eligible responses to this Notice approved applications from prior years
link between the objector’s prior will be accepted until December 31, for which Conditional Commitments
substantive formal comments and the 2021, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Funding have not been issued; then (2) to
content of the objection, unless the for selected responses that develop into applications approved under this Notice
objection concerns an issue that arose complete applications and meet all in the order by which the request for
after the opportunities for formal Federal eligibility requirements will be funding obligation is received by the
comment; and based on the Appropriations Act for USDA Rural Development National
each individual fiscal year that this Office (National Office) from the State
(8) All documents referenced in the Offices. When funding is insufficient to
objection (a bibliography is not NOSA is open. Selected responses to
this Notice that are deemed eligible for serve all applications approved under
sufficient), except that the following this Notice, they will be funded
further processing after each fiscal year
need not be provided: according to the priority scoring set
ends, will be funded to the extent an
a. All or any part of a Federal law or Appropriations Act provides sufficient forth in Section V of this Notice.
regulation, funding in the fiscal year the response Expenses incurred in developing
is selected. Approved applications are applications will be at the applicant’s
b. Forest Service Directive System
subject to the fee structure in effect risk. The following paragraphs outline
documents and land management plans the timeframes, eligibility requirements,
or other published Forest Service when the response was selected for
further processing. For example, a lender responsibilities, and the overall
documents, response and application processes.
response that was selected under the
c. Documents referenced by the Forest 2016 NOSA will be subject to all fees Any modifications to this Notice,
Service in the planning documentation stated in the 2016 NOSA. including cancellation, will be
related to the proposal subject to published in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Responses to this Notice Eligible lenders are invited to submit
objection, and may be submitted either electronically responses for new construction and
d. Formal comments previously using the Section 538 electronic acquisition with rehabilitation of
provided to the Forest Service by the response form found at: http:// affordable rural rental housing. The
objector during the plan amendment www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ Agency will review responses submitted
comment period. multi-family-housing-loan-guarantees by eligible lenders, on the lender’s
under the Forms and Resources tab or letterhead, and signed by both the
Responsible Official in hard copy to the appropriate Rural prospective borrower and lender.
The responsible official for the Santa Development State Office where the Although a complete application is not
Fe’s Forest Plan Amendment for project will be located. USDA Rural required in response to this Notice,
Invasive Plant Control on Santa Fe Development State Offices, their eligible lenders may submit a complete
addresses, and telephone numbers may application concurrently with the
National Forest is James Melonas, Forest
be found at: http://www.rd.usda.gov/ response. Submitting a complete
Supervisor, Santa Fe National Forest, 11
contact-us/state-offices. Note: application will not have any effect on
Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Telephone numbers listed are not toll- the respondent’s response score.
Dated: November 7, 2017. free. Applicants are strongly
Glenn P. Casamassa, encouraged, but not required, to submit Overview
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Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National the response electronically. Federal Agency: Rural Housing
Forest System. Eligible lenders mailing a response or Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–27490 Filed 12–20–17; 8:45 am]
application must provide sufficient time Solicitation Opportunity Title:
to permit delivery to the appropriate Guaranteed Multi-Family Housing
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submission address below on or before Loans.
the closing deadline and time. Announcement Type: Initial
Acceptance by a U.S. Post Office or Solicitation Announcement.
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| Dates | Santa Fe's Forest Plan Amendment for Invasive Plant Control, SEIS, Draft ROD, and other supporting information, will be available for review at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/santafe/landmanagement/ projects starting December 21, 2017. | |
| Contact | Sandra Imler-Jacquez, Environmental Coordinator, Santa Fe National Forest at 505-438-5443. 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 time), Monday through Friday. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 60578 |
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