83 FR 42862 - Revision of the Land Management Plan for El Yunque National Forest

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)

Page Range		42862-42863
FR Document		2018-18353

El Yunque National Forest, located in Puerto Rico, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), a Revised Land Management Plan and a Draft Record of Decision (ROD). This notice is to inform the public that a 60-day period is being initiated where individuals or entities with specific concerns on El Yunque's Revised Land Management Plan and its associated FEIS may file an objection for a Forest Service review prior to the approval of the Revised Land Management Plan.

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[FR Doc No: 2018-18353]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Revision of the Land Management Plan for El Yunque National
Forest

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of the opportunity to object to the Revised Land
Management Plan for El Yunque National Forest prior to approval.

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SUMMARY: El Yunque National Forest, located in Puerto Rico, has
prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), a Revised Land
Management Plan and a Draft Record of Decision (ROD). This notice is to
inform the public that a 60-day period is being initiated where
individuals or entities with specific concerns on El Yunque's Revised
Land Management Plan and its associated FEIS may file an objection for
a Forest Service review prior to the approval of the Revised Land
Management Plan.

DATES: El Yunque's Revised Land Management Plan, FEIS, Draft ROD, and
other supporting information, will be available for review at http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/landmanagement/planning starting August
17, 2018.
A legal notice of the initiation of the 60-day objection period is
also being published in El Yunque National Forest's newspaper of
record, which is El Nuevo Dia. The date of the publication of the legal
notice in El Nuevo Dia will determine the actual date of initiation of
the 60-day objection period. A copy of the legal notice that is
published in El Nuevo Dia will be posted on the website described
above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Revised Land Mangement Plan for El Yunque
National Forest, the FEIS, and the Draft ROD can be obtained online at:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/landmanagement/planning; or by
visiting the Forest Supervisor's Office at the following location:
Supervisor's Office, Rd. PR 191 Int. 988, Km. 4.4, Bo.
Barcelona, Palmer, PR 00721 (Telephone: 787-888-1880); or by mailing a
request to:
Forest Supervisor's Office, HC 01 Box 13490, Rio Grande,
PR 00745. Objections must be submitted to the Reviewing Officer:
Regional Forester, USDA--Forest Service, Attn: Objection
Reviewing Officer, 1720 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 (Telephone:
404-347-4177; Fax: 404-347-4821).
Objections may be submitted electronically at objections-southern-regional-office@fs.fed.us.
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: Pedro Rios, Forest Planning Staff
Officer, El Yunque National Forest at 787-888-1880. 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, Southern Region, El
Yunque National Forest, has prepared a Revised Land Mangement Plan,
FEIS, and a Draft ROD. This notice is to inform the public that a 60-
day period is being initiated where individuals or entities with
specific concerns on El Yunque's Revised Land Management Plan and its
associated FEIS and Draft ROD, may file an objection for a Forest
Service review prior to the approval of the Revised Land Management
Plan.
The publication date of the legal notice in El Yunque National
Forest's newspaper of record, El Nuevo Dia, 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 El Yunque National
Forest's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/landmanagement/planning.
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 El Yunque 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

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comments during opportunities for public comment 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 the Revised Land Management Plan and
associated FEIS for 60 calendar days following the date of the
publication of the legal notice of this objection period in the
newspaper of record, El Nuevo Dia. 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 Southern Region, at the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice. Objections or objection content
specific to the identification of species of conservation concern will
be forwarded to Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, delegated
Reviewing Officer for the Chief of the Forest Service.
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.

Responsible Official

The responsible official for the revision of the Land Management
Plan for El Yunque National Forest is Sharon Wallace, Forest
Supervisor, El Yunque National Forest, HC 01 Box 13490, Rio Grande, PR
00745.

Dated: July 9, 2018.
Chris French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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in poultry; sentinel bird marking for number of responses multiplied by the • Supervisor’s Office, Rd. PR 191 Int.
identification prior to flock vaccination; reporting burden per response.) 988, Km. 4.4, Bo. Barcelona, Palmer, PR
appraisal and indemnity claims; All responses to this notice will be 00721 (Telephone: 787–888–1880); or
compliance statements; and summarized and included in the request by mailing a request to:
recordkeeping. for OMB approval. All comments will • Forest Supervisor’s Office, HC 01
The information collection and also become a matter of public record. Box 13490, Rio Grande, PR 00745.
recordkeeping activities described above Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of Objections must be submitted to the
represent Office of Management and August 2018. Reviewing Officer:
Budget (OMB) control number 0579– Kevin Shea,
• Regional Forester, USDA—Forest
0007, National Poultry Improvement Service, Attn: Objection Reviewing
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Plan (NPIP), and OMB control number Inspection Service.
Officer, 1720 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,
0579–0445, National Poultry GA 30309 (Telephone: 404–347–4177;
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Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Fax: 404–347–4821).
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Provisions. After OMB approves this Objections may be submitted
combined information collection electronically at objections-southern-
package (0579–0007), APHIS will retire regional-office@fs.fed.us.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OMB control number 0579–0445. Note that the office hours for
We are asking OMB to approve our Forest Service submitting a hand-delivered objection
use of these information collection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
activities, as described, for an additional Revision of the Land Management Plan through Friday, excluding Federal
3 years. for El Yunque National Forest holidays. Electronic objections must be
The purpose of this notice is to solicit submitted in a commonly used format
comments from the public (as well as AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. such as an email message, plain text
affected agencies) concerning our ACTION: Notice of the opportunity to (.txt), rich text format (.rtf) or Microsoft
information collection. These comments object to the Revised Land Management Word® (.doc or .docx).
will help us: Plan for El Yunque National Forest prior FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of to approval. Pedro Rios, Forest Planning Staff
information is necessary for the proper Officer, El Yunque National Forest at
performance of the functions of the SUMMARY: El Yunque National Forest, 787–888–1880. Individuals who use
Agency, including whether the located in Puerto Rico, has prepared a telecommunication devices for the deaf
information will have practical utility; Final Environmental Impact Statement (TDD) may call the Federal Information
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our (FEIS), a Revised Land Management Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
estimate of the burden of the collection Plan and a Draft Record of Decision between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
of information, including the validity of (ROD). This notice is to inform the (Eastern time), Monday through Friday.
the methodology and assumptions used; public that a 60-day period is being
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest
initiated where individuals or entities
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and Service, Southern Region, El Yunque
with specific concerns on El Yunque’s
clarity of the information to be National Forest, has prepared a Revised
Revised Land Management Plan and its
collected; and Land Mangement Plan, FEIS, and a Draft
associated FEIS may file an objection for
(4) Minimize the burden of the ROD. This notice is to inform the public
a Forest Service review prior to the
collection of information on those who that a 60-day period is being initiated
approval of the Revised Land
are to respond, through use, as where individuals or entities with
Management Plan.
appropriate, of automated, electronic, specific concerns on El Yunque’s
mechanical, and other collection DATES: El Yunque’s Revised Land Revised Land Management Plan and its
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Management Plan, FEIS, Draft ROD, and associated FEIS and Draft ROD, may file
submission of responses. other supporting information, will be an objection for a Forest Service review
Estimate of burden: The public available for review at http:// prior to the approval of the Revised
burden for this collection of information www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land Land Management Plan.
is estimated to average 0.50 hours per management/planning starting August The publication date of the legal
response. 17, 2018. notice in El Yunque National Forest’s
Respondents: State agriculture A legal notice of the initiation of the newspaper of record, El Nuevo Dia, will
officials; flock owners; breeders; 60-day objection period is also being initiate the 60-day objection period and
hatchery operators; table-egg, meat-type published in El Yunque National is the exclusive means for calculating
chicken, and meat-type turkey Forest’s newspaper of record, which is the time to file an objection (36 CFR
producers; feedlot and slaughter plant El Nuevo Dia. The date of the 219.16 and 219.52). An electronic scan
personnel; approved laboratory publication of the legal notice in El of the notice with the publication date
personnel; prospective and certified Nuevo Dia will determine the actual will be posted on El Yunque National
auditors; visitors; and associated date of initiation of the 60-day objection Forest’s website at: http://
entities. period. A copy of the legal notice that www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land
Estimated annual number of is published in El Nuevo Dia will be management/planning.
respondents: 6,851. posted on the website described above. The objection process under 36 CFR
Estimated annual number of ADDRESSES: Copies of the Revised Land 219 subpart B, provides an opportunity
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responses per respondent: 34. Mangement Plan for El Yunque National for members of the public who have
Estimated annual number of Forest, the FEIS, and the Draft ROD can participated in the planning process for
responses: 234,963. be obtained online at: http:// El Yunque National Forest to have any
Estimated total annual burden on www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land unresolved concerns reviewed by the
respondents: 117,254 hours. (Due to management/planning; or by visiting Forest Service prior to a final decision
averaging, the total annual burden hours the Forest Supervisor’s Office at the by the Responsible Official. Only those
may not equal the product of the annual following location: who provided substantive formal

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of the opportunity to object to the Revised Land Management Plan for El Yunque National Forest prior to approval.
Dates		El Yunque's Revised Land Management Plan, FEIS, Draft ROD, and other supporting information, will be available for review at http:// www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/landmanagement/planning starting August 17, 2018.
Contact		Pedro Rios, Forest Planning Staff Officer, El Yunque National Forest at 787-888-1880. 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		83 FR 42862

83 FR 42862 - Revision of the Land Management Plan for El Yunque National Forest

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREForest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service