[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5761]


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[Federal Register: March 11, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Establishment of 3 New Research Natural Areas

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of decision.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Chief of the Forest Service 
has issued Decision Notices/Designation Orders to establish 3 new 
Research Natural Areas within the National Forest System. Establishment 
of these areas is subject to administrative appeal pursuant to the 
rules at 36 CFR part 217.

DATES: The establishment of the areas is effective April 25, 1994. 
Also, pursuant to 36 CFR 217.8(b), the period for appealing this 
decision begins March 12, 1994. Any notice of appeal must be received 
in writing by April 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the establishment records and of the Decision 
Notices/Designations Orders for the 3 areas are available upon written 
request to Chief (4060), Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, 
Washington, DC 20090-6090. Copies are available for inspection in the 
office of the Director of Forest Management Research, First Floor, 
Northwest Wing, Auditor's Building, 201 Fourteenth Street SW., 
Washington, DC. To facilitate entry into the building, visitors are 
encouraged to call in advance (202-205-1552).
    Anyone who wishes to appeal must submit a notice of appeal to The 
Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, Fourteenth and 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacob L. Whitmore, Forest Management Research Staff, (202) 205-1149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Research Natural Areas are part of a 
national network of ecological areas on National Forest System lands 
designated and permanently recorded for research, education, and/or 
maintenance of biological diversity. These areas are managed for 
nonmanipulative research, observation, and study, and they may assist 
in implementing provisions of special statutes, such as recovery of 
species under the Endangered Species Act and the monitoring provisions 
of the National Forest Management Act. The establishment of the 3 new 
areas will bring the total number of Research Natural Areas on National 
Forest System lands to 292.
    Based on Environmental Assessments of the effects of establishment 
of these areas, it has been determined that these actions would have no 
significant impact on the quality of the human environment and that the 
preparation of Environmental Impact Statements is not necessary.
    The new areas to be established are as follows:

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   Name of RNA      State         County       National forest    Acres 
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Cape.............  VT        Addison and       Green Mountain..      290
                              Rutland.                                  
Buckhorn Mountain  AZ        Gila............  Tonto...........     2810
Haufer Wash......  AZ        Gila............  Tonto...........      680
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    The Decision Notices/Designation Orders amend the relevant forest 
plans. Notice of the establishment of a new Research Natural Area and 
notice of forest plan amendment are accomplished simultaneously by 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    The effective date of establishment is delayed to permit giving 
public notice of the decision and to permit the opportunity for appeal 
as provided in 36 CFR part 217. Pursuant to 36 CFR 217.7(a), review of 
the Chief's decision by the Secretary is wholly discretionary.

    Dated: March 4, 1994.
Mark A. Reimers,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 94-5761 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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