83 FR 38118 - Inyo National Forest; California; Revision of the Land Management Plan for the Inyo National Forest
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 150 (August 3, 2018)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 150 (August 3, 2018)
| Page Range | 38118-38119 | |
| FR Document | 2018-16662 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 38118-38119] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16662] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Inyo National Forest; California; Revision of the Land Management Plan for the Inyo National Forest AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object to the Revised Land Management Plan for the Inyo National Forest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Forest Service is revising the Inyo National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan (forest plan). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its revised forest plan and a draft Record of Decision (ROD). This notice is to inform the public that the Inyo National Forest is initiating a 60-day period where individuals or entities with specific concerns about the Inyo's revised forest plan and the associated FEIS may file objections for Forest Service review prior to the approval of the revised forest plan. This is also an opportunity to object to the Regional Forester's list of species of conservation concern (SCC) for the Inyo National Forest. DATES: The Inyo's revised forest plan, FEIS, draft ROD, and other supporting information will be available for review at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R5/FPR_Inyo and the Pacific Southwest Region species of conservation concern web page, https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/planning/?cid=STELPRD3847418. The publication date of the legal notice in the Inyo National Forest's newspaper of record, The Inyo Register, initiates the 60-day objection period and is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection (36 CFR 219.52 (c)(5)). An electronic scan of the legal notice with the publication date will be posted at the website above. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Inyo National Forest's revised forest plan, FEIS, and draft ROD can be obtained online at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/inyo/landmanagement/planning or at the following office: Inyo National Forest Supervisor's Office, 351 Pacu Lane Suite 200, Bishop, CA 93514-3101, Phone: 760-873-2400. Objections must be submitted to the Objection Reviewing Officer Barnie [[Page 38119]] Gyant, Deputy Regional Forester, at: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, ATTN: Inyo Forest Plan Objection, 1323 Club Dr., Vallejo, CA 94592, Fax: (707) 562-9049. 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 may be submitted to [email protected] in common formats (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf, or .txt) with ``Inyo Forest Plan Objection'' or ``Inyo species of conservation concern'' in the subject line. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inyo National Forest Environmental Coordinator, Leeann Murphy at 760-873-2404 or [email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decision to approve the revised forest plan for the Inyo National Forest and the Regional Forester's list of SCC will be subject to the objection process identified in 36 CFR part 219 Subpart B (219.50 to 219.62). 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 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 plan revision being objected to, and the name and title of the responsible official; (5) A statement of the issues and/or parts of the plan revision 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 plan revision 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 revision comment period. 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. Responsible Official The responsible official who will approve the ROD and the revised forest plan for the Inyo National Forest is Barbara Drake, Acting Forest Supervisor, Inyo National Forest, 351 Pacu Lane Suite 200, Bishop, CA 93514-3101. The responsible official for the SCC list is Randy Moore, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592. The Regional Forester is the reviewing officer for the revised forest plan since the Forest Supervisor is the deciding official (36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). The Regional Forester will consider comments received and respond to them in the FEIS and ROD. The decision to approve the SCC list will be subject to a separate objection process. The Chief of the Forest Service is the reviewing officer for SCC identification since the Regional Forester is the deciding official (36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). Information about species of conservation concern is available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/planning/?cid=STELPRD3847418. Dated: June 29, 2018. Glenn P. Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2018-16662 Filed 8-2-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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variety of visitors passing through the A more detailed description of the Dated: July 9, 2018.
Town of Jackson. proposed action, including maps, is Chris French,
available at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/ Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
Proposed Action
project/?project=54202. System.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest [FR Doc. 2018–16559 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am]
proposes to authorize Snow King Preliminary Issues
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Mountain Resort to implement the Preliminary issues include potential
following projects on National Forest
effects on watershed resources, local
System lands in Teton County, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
plant and animal species, scenic
Wyoming under a special use permit:
integrity, socioeconomics, and other
• A new ski school/teaching center Forest Service
recreational use.
on the ridgeline west of the Snow King
summit. Inyo National Forest; California;
Scoping Process
• Development of skiing in the Revision of the Land Management Plan
natural bowl on the back side, south of This notice of intent initiates the for the Inyo National Forest
the Snow King summit. This scoping process, which guides the AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
southernmost portion of the current development of the environmental ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object
special use permit area is suitable for impact statement. In addition, a public to the Revised Land Management Plan
development of low-intermediate and open house is proposed for 2019 during for the Inyo National Forest.
intermediate level ski terrain, the formal comment period on the draft
complementing the summit teaching environmental impact statement. SUMMARY: The Forest Service is revising
center. It is important that reviewers provide the Inyo National Forest’s Land and
• A 67-acre special use permit their comments at such times and in
Resource Management Plan (forest
boundary adjustment on the front side, plan). The Forest Service has prepared
such manner that they are useful to the
east of the existing permit area, to a Final Environmental Impact Statement
agency’s preparation of the
accommodate part of a summit access (FEIS) for its revised forest plan and a
environmental impact statement.
road/novice skiway, intermediate-level draft Record of Decision (ROD). This
Therefore, comments should be
terrain lower on the slope (including notice is to inform the public that the
provided prior to the close of the Inyo National Forest is initiating a 60-
groomed runs and tree and glade comment period and should clearly
skiing), and a novice route down from day period where individuals or entities
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and with specific concerns about the Inyo’s
Rafferty lift (via the access road/novice contentions.
skiway). revised forest plan and the associated
• An 89-acre special use permit Comments received in response to FEIS may file objections for Forest
boundary adjustment on the front side, this solicitation, including the names Service review prior to the approval of
west of the existing permit area, to and addresses of those who comment, the revised forest plan. This is also an
accommodate a summit teaching center, will be part of the public record for this opportunity to object to the Regional
another part of the summit access road/ proposed action. Comments submitted Forester’s list of species of conservation
novice skiway, and to accommodate anonymously will be accepted and concern (SCC) for the Inyo National
expert-level tree and glade skiing. considered. Forest.
• New ski terrain totaling about 97.5 Lead and Cooperating Agencies DATES: The Inyo’s revised forest plan,
acres (groomed runs and teaching FEIS, draft ROD, and other supporting
terrain). The Forest Service will be the lead information will be available for review
• Upgrading the existing Summit lift federal agency, in accordance with 40 at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R5/FPR_
to a gondola, and installation of one Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Inyo and the Pacific Southwest Region
new chair lift, two teaching area 1501.5(b), and is responsible for the species of conservation concern web
conveyors, and one surface lift. preparation of the environmental impact page, https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/
• On-mountain facilities (the summit statement. The Town of Jackson is a landmanagement/planning/
restaurant/guest services building and cooperating agency. Scoping will ?cid=STELPRD3847418. The
ski patrol facility, a temporary ski patrol determine if any additional cooperating publication date of the legal notice in
building at the top of Cougar, an agencies are needed. the Inyo National Forest’s newspaper of
observatory and planetarium at the record, The Inyo Register, initiates the
summit, a wedding venue west of the Responsible Official 60-day objection period and is the
summit building, and a year-round yurt exclusive means for calculating the time
camp at the southern point of the Patricia O’Conner, Forest Supervisor,
to file an objection (36 CFR 219.52
special use permit area). Bridger-Teton National Forest.
(c)(5)). An electronic scan of the legal
• 147.1 acres of added snowmaking Nature of Decision To Be Made notice with the publication date will be
(with few exceptions, all existing and posted at the website above.
proposed runs). The responsible official will decide ADDRESSES: Copies of the Inyo National
• Improved and expanded lighting for whether to authorize Snow King Forest’s revised forest plan, FEIS, and
night skiing. Mountain Resort to implement the draft ROD can be obtained online at:
• Front-side mountain bike trails and actions, as proposed in the master https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/inyo/
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a back-side mountain bike zone. development plan, in full, part or landmanagement/planning or at the
• Hiking trails between the summit modified, or to take no action. If the following office: Inyo National Forest
and the west base, west of Exhibition decision is to authorize Snow King Supervisor’s Office, 351 Pacu Lane Suite
run. Mountain Resort’s actions in a special 200, Bishop, CA 93514–3101, Phone:
• A zip line from the summit to the use permit, then the responsible official 760–873–2400.
west base area, paralleling the Summit will also decide what design features Objections must be submitted to the
lift. and monitoring will be required. Objection Reviewing Officer Barnie
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Gyant, Deputy Regional Forester, at: substantive formal comments and the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest content of the objection, unless the
Region, ATTN: Inyo Forest Plan objection concerns an issue that arose Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Objection, 1323 Club Dr., Vallejo, CA after the opportunities for formal
94592, Fax: (707) 562–9049. Note that comment; and Notice of Solicitation of Applications
the office hours for submitting a hand- for the Biorefinery, Renewable
(8) All documents referenced in the Chemical, and Biobased Product
delivered objection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 objection (a bibliography is not
p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Manufacturing Assistance Program
sufficient), except that the following
Federal holidays. Electronic objections need not be provided: AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative
may be submitted to objections- Service, USDA.
pacificsouthwest-regional-office@ a. All or any part of a Federal law or
regulation, ACTION: Notice.
fs.fed.us in common formats (.doc,
.docx, .rtf, .pdf, or .txt) with ‘‘Inyo b. Forest Service Directive System SUMMARY: This Notice announces the
Forest Plan Objection’’ or ‘‘Inyo species documents and land management plans solicitation of applications for funds
of conservation concern’’ in the subject or other published Forest Service available under the Biorefinery,
line. documents, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inyo c. Documents referenced by the Forest Product Manufacturing Assistance
National Forest Environmental Service in the planning documentation Program (the Program) to provide
Coordinator, Leeann Murphy at 760– related to the proposal subject to guaranteed loans to fund the
873–2404 or lbmurphy@fs.fed.us. objection, and development, construction, and
Individuals who use retrofitting of commercial scale
telecommunication devices for the deaf d. Formal comments previously biorefineries using eligible technology
(TDD) may call the Federal Information provided to the Forest Service by the and of Biobased product manufacturing
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 objector during the plan revision facilities that use technologically new
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern comment period. commercial scale processing and
Time, Monday through Friday. It is the responsibility of the objector manufacturing equipment to convert
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: to ensure that the Reviewing Officer renewable chemicals and other biobased
The decision to approve the revised receives the objection in a timely outputs of biorefineries into end-user
forest plan for the Inyo National Forest manner. The regulations prohibit products, on a commercial scale.
and the Regional Forester’s list of SCC extending the length of the objection DATES: With this Notice, the Agency is
will be subject to the objection process filing period. announcing two separate application
identified in 36 CFR part 219 Subpart B cycles, as is provided which are
(219.50 to 219.62). An objection must Responsible Official
application closing dates of 4:30 p.m.
include the following (36 CFR The responsible official who will Eastern Daylight Time, October 1, 2018,
219.54(c)): approve the ROD and the revised forest and 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time,
(1) The objector’s name and address April 1, 2019.
plan for the Inyo National Forest is
along with a telephone number or email Applications must be received in the
Barbara Drake, Acting Forest
address if available. In cases where no USDA Rural Business-Cooperative
Supervisor, Inyo National Forest, 351
identifiable name is attached to an Service, Energy Programs no later than
Pacu Lane Suite 200, Bishop, CA
objection, the Forest Service will 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time of the
93514–3101. The responsible official for
attempt to verify the identity of the application closing date to compete for
the SCC list is Randy Moore, Regional
objector to confirm objection eligibility; program funds. Any application
(2) Signature or other verification of Forester, USDA Forest Service Pacific
Southwest Region, 1323 Club Drive, received after 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
authorship upon request (a scanned
Vallejo, CA 94592. Time of the application closing date will
signature for electronic mail may be
The Regional Forester is the reviewing be considered for the subsequent
filed with the objection);
(3) Identification of the lead objector, officer for the revised forest plan since application cycle, provided that funding
when multiple names are listed on an the Forest Supervisor is the deciding is available.
objection. The Forest Service will official (36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). The ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may
communicate to all parties to an Regional Forester will consider be obtained from:
objection through the lead objector. comments received and respond to them • USDA, Rural Business-Cooperative
Verification of the identity of the lead in the FEIS and ROD. The decision to Service, Energy Programs, Attention:
objector must also be provided if approve the SCC list will be subject to Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and
requested; a separate objection process. The Chief Biobased Product Manufacturing
(4) The name of the plan revision of the Forest Service is the reviewing Assistance Program, 1400 Independence
being objected to, and the name and title officer for SCC identification since the Avenue SW, Room 6901–S, Washington,
of the responsible official; Regional Forester is the deciding official DC 20250–3225.
(5) A statement of the issues and/or (36 CFR 219.56(e)(2)). Information about • Agency website: http://
parts of the plan revision to which the species of conservation concern is forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms/
objection applies; available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/ welcomeAction.do?Home. Follow the
(6) A concise statement explaining the detail/r5/landmanagement/planning/ instructions for obtaining the
objection and suggesting how the ?cid=STELPRD3847418. application and forms. Application
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proposed plan decision may be materials can also be obtained from the
Dated: June 29, 2018. Agency’s website. http://
improved. If the objector believes that
the plan revision is inconsistent with Glenn P. Casamassa, www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
law, regulation, or policy, an Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest biorefinery-assistance-program.
explanation should be included; System. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(7) A statement that demonstrates the [FR Doc. 2018–16662 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] Aaron Morris, Assistant Deputy
link between the objector’s prior BILLING CODE 3411–15–P Administrator, USDA Rural Business-
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of opportunity to object to the Revised Land Management Plan for the Inyo National Forest. | |
| Dates | The Inyo's revised forest plan, FEIS, draft ROD, and other supporting information will be available for review at http:// www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R5/FPR_Inyo and the Pacific Southwest Region species of conservation concern web page, https://www.fs.usda.gov/ detail/r5/landmanagement/planning/?cid=STELPRD3847418. The publication date of the legal notice in the Inyo National Forest's newspaper of record, The Inyo Register, initiates the 60-day objection period and is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection (36 CFR 219.52 (c)(5)). An electronic scan of the legal notice with the publication date will be posted at the website above. | |
| Contact | Inyo National Forest Environmental Coordinator, Leeann Murphy at 760-873-2404 or [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 38118 |
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