Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Indian River Timber Sale(s), Sitka and Hoonah Ranger Districts, Tongass National Forest, Sitka, AK

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35585-35586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16715]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement; Indian River Timber Sale(s), Sitka and Hoonah Ranger 
Districts, Tongass National Forest, Sitka, AK

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement

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for the Indian River Timber Sale(s) Project, located on the Sitka and 
Hoonah Ranger Districts, Tongass National Forest. This Notice of Intent 
revises the schedule for decision and designates a responsible official 
different from the one described in the Notice of Intent published 
November 1, 1995 (Federal Register: Volume 60, Number 211, Pages 55538-
55540).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linn Shipley, Team Leader, Assistant 
Forest Supervisors' Office, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, AK 99835, phone 
(907) 747-6671, FAX (907) 747-4331, email: lshipley/
r10__chatham@fs.fed.us.

Decisions To Be Made

    Fred S. Salinas, Assistant Forest Supervisor of the Tongass 
National Forest, is now the responsible official and will decide 
whether or not to authorize timber harvest within the Indian River 
Project Area. In addition, if timber harvest will occur, he will 
determine the following: (1) Whether the design of the timber sale(s) 
is consistent with meeting resource protection standards and guidelines 
in the modified 1997 Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan and the 
1999 Record of Decision; (2) how much timber volume will be made 
available and what are the effects of the planned activities; (3) the 
location and design of the timber harvest units, log transfer 
facilities, and road system; (4) mitigation and monitoring required for 
sound resource management; (5) whether there is a significant 
possibility of a significant restriction on subsistence uses; and (6) 
road management objectives, including closures for resource protection 
and economics.
    The Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision is 
expected to be released by August 1999. The Responsible Official will 
make a decision regarding this project after considering public 
comments, the environmental consequences displayed in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, and applicable laws, regulations, and 
policies. The decision and supporting reasons will be documented in the 
Record of Decision.

    Dated: June 21, 1999.
Fred S. Salinas,
Assistant Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 99-16715 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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