[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1843]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service
[OR-035-00-4333-02; GP04-053]


Wallowa/Grade Ronde River Management Plan; Vale District, Baker 
Resource Area, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, and Union 
and Wallowa Counties, OR, and Asotin County, WA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, USDI, and Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: On December 13, 15, and 15, Umatilla Deputy Forest Supervisor, 
John P. Kline, Wallowa-Whitman Forest Supervisor, R.M. Richmond, and 
Baker Resource Acting Area Manager, Dorothy Mason, respectively, made a 
joint decision to amend the Land and Resource Management Plans (Forest 
Plans) for the Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests and append 
the Bureau of Land Management, Baker Resource Area Management Plan, to 
include the Wallowa/Grande Ronde River Management Plan (including the 
Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River).
    This plan identifies use levels, facility development levels, 
resource protection measures, and set the general management direction 
for managing the Wallowa/Grande Ronde River, including the designated 
Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic segment. This amendment is necessary to 
implement the Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act which required 
the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to develop a 
management plan for the Grande Ronde River. Interim direction was 
identified in the Forest Plans and Resource Management Plan.
    The environmental assessment documents the analysis of alternatives 
for managing the Grande Ronde Wild Scenic River in accordance with the 
Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
    For the Umatilla and Wallwoa-Whitman National Forest, this decision 
is subject to appeal pursuant to Forest Service regulations 36 CFR part 
217. The 45 day appeal period begins February 1, 1994 and ends March 
17, 1994. Notices of Appeals must meet the requirements of 36 CFR 
217.9.
    For the Bureau of Land Management, this decision is subject to 
protest pursuant to bureau of Land Management regulations 43 CFR part 
4. The 45 day protest period begins February 1, 1994 and ends March 17, 
1994. Notices of Protest must meet the requirement of 43 CFR 4.21.
    The final corridor boundary of the designated segment of the Grande 
Ronde River lies entirely with the general legal description below:

Beginning at Rondowa, Oregon

Willamette Meridian

T.3N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Sections: 23, 14, 11, 12, 1.
T.4N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Section: 36.
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Section: 31.
T.4N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Section: 5.
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Section: 30
T.4N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Section: 24.
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Section: 19.
T.4N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Section: 13
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Section: 18.
T.4N., R.40E.,
    Portions of Section: 12.
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Sections: 7, 6, 5.
T.5N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Sections: 32, 33, 28, 27, 34, 35, 26, 36, 25.
T.4N., R.41E.,
    Portions of Section: 1.
T.4N., R.42E.,
    Portions of Section: 6.
T.5N., R.42E.,
    Portions of Sections: 31, 32, 29, 28, 33, 27, 22, 23, 26, 24.
T.5N., R.43E.,
    Portions of Sections: 19, 18, 20, 17, 16, 8, 9, 4, 3.
T.6N., R.43E.,
    Portions of Sections: 34, 27, 35, 26, 25, 23, 24, 13.
Ending at the Oregon/Washington stateline.

    A More detailed legal description is available upon request.
    The environmental assessment for the Wallowa/Grande Ronde River 
Management Plan, including the Grande Ronde Wild and Scenic River 
segment, is available for the public review at the Wallowa-Whitman 
National Forest Supervisor's Office in Baker City, Oregon, or the 
Bureau of Land Management, Baker Resource Area Office in Baker City, 
Oregon.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Implementation of this decision will occur no earlier 
than the end of the appeal/protest period identified above (February 1 
through March 17, 1994).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information, contact Marty Gardner, Wallowa-Whitman 
National Forest, P.O. Box 907, Baker City, Oregon 97814 or phone (503) 
523-6391, or Gerry Meyer, Bureau of Land Management, Baker Resource 
Area, P.O. Box 987, Baker City, Oregon 97814 or phone (503) 523-6391.

    Dated: January 13, 1994.
John P. Kline,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Umatilla National Forest.

    Dated: January 18, 1994.
R.M. Richmond,
Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.

    Dated: January 18, 1994.
Dorothy Mason,
Acting Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Baker Resource Area.
[FR Doc. 94-1843 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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