[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24150]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


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

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period for subsistence testimony 
and public comments on the draft EIS.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will extend the 
period for written testimony regarding subsistence use and for public 
comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s) in Sitka, Alaska. Comments on the 
Draft EIS and written testimony for the subsistence hearing must now be 
received by 5 p.m. October 16, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The period for public comment and written 
testimony regarding subsistence use in the Project Area will be 
extended for the following reasons: (1) The high level of local public 
interest in timber harvesting on National Forest lands and specifically 
within the Northwest Baranof Project Area; and (2) the possibility of 
confusion regarding the identification of the Forest Service's 
preferred Alternative. Appropriately, Chapter 2 of the Draft EIS 
identifies Alternative 2 as the preferred alternative, however, this 
would not be apparent if the reader relied solely on the Summary of the 
Draft EIS.
    Copies of the Draft EIS and further information are available from 
the Northwest Baranof Planning Team, USDA Forest Service, Sitka Ranger 
District, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, Alaska, 99835, (907) 747-6671. For 
further information call (907) 747-6671.

    Dated: September 19, 1995.
James S. Franzel,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 95-24150 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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