[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36704]
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[FR Doc No: 96-17732]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Big Bend Timber Sale, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas and Lane 
County, Oregon

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of an environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: On March 29, 1991, a Notice of Intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Big Bend Timber Sale on 
the North Umpqua Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest was 
published in the Federal Register (56 FR 13105). A draft EIS was 
released to public November 1991. A notice of Availability for the 
draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1991 (56 
FR 57330). The comment period on the draft EIS ended December 23, 1991. 
Forest Service has decided to cancel the environmental analysis 
process. There will be no final EIS for the Big Bend Timber Sale. The 
Notice of Intent is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct questions regarding this cancellation to Ned Davis, District 
Ranger, North Umpqua Ranger District, 18782 North Umpqua Hwy., Glide, 
Oregon 97443 or telephone (541) 496-3532.

    Dated July 3, 1996.
Bernie Rios,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 96-17732 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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