[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42832-42833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20457]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s), Tongass National Forest, 
Chatham Area, Sitka Ranger District, Sitka, Alaska

agency: Forest Service, USDA.
action: Notice of public hearings for subsistence testimony and public 
comment.

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summary: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will hold Open 
Houses and Public Hearings in Sitka, Alaska, for subsistence testimony 
and public comment regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the Northwest Baranof timber sale(s) in Sitka, Alaska. The 
Hearings are intended to meet subsistence evaluation requirements 
outlined in Section 810, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act (ANILCA).

dates: A Public Hearing will be held in Sitka, Alaska, on Monday, 
September 11, 1995 at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. A second 
Public Hearing will be held in Sitka, Alaska, on Wednesday, September 
27, 1995 in the Maksoutoff Room in the Centennial Building, 330 Harbor 
Drive. Both Hearings will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Open Houses will 
preceed each Hearing to allow participants an opportunity to review and 
discuss the five alternatives for the Northwest Baranof Project Area 
presented in the Draft EIS. Both Open Houses will be held from 3 to 7 
p.m. at the same location as the Hearings.
    At the Hearing, written subsistence testimony is equally as 
acceptable as oral testimony. If individuals are unable to attend the 
Hearings, written testimony regarding subsistence may be submitted. In 
either case, written testimony must be received by 5 p.m. on October 2, 
1995. It should be sent to James Thomas, Team Leader, USDA Forest 
Service, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, Alaska, 99835.

supplementary information: The Hearings are designed to receive oral or 
written testimony from individuals, agencies, and organizations on the 
alternatives proposed in the Draft EIS for the Northwest Baranof Timber 
Sale, and how these alternatives may potentially affect users of 
subsistence resources in the Northwest Baranof Project Area. The ANILCA 
Section 810 subsistence evaluation for the Northwest Baranof Draft EIS 
produced a finding of a significant possibility of a significant 
restriction on the subsistence use of deer in the Project Area for the 
community of Sitka. The evaluation and findings are detailed in the 
Draft EIS. The Draft EIS was released on August 11, 1995. Comments 
concerning the 

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Draft EIS must be received by October 2, 1995. Copies of the Draft EIS 
and further information are available from the Northwest Baranof 
Planning Team, USDA Forest Service, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, Alaska, 
99835, (907) 747-6671. For further information call (907) 747-6671.

    Dated: August 7, 1995.
James S. Franzel,
District Ranger, Sitka Ranger District.
[FR Doc. 95-20457 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]
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