[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19648]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


California Spotted Owl--Sierra Nevada--Management Direction for 
National Forests in California

Agency: Forest Service, USDA.

Action: Issue a Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and 
change the anticipated date for filing the Final EIS.

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Summary: The USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, will issue 
a Revised Draft EIS for amending the Pacific Southwest Regional Guide 
and significantly amending 10 National Forest Plans. Changes, including 
a new preferred alternative, have been made from the original Draft EIS 
in response to public comments. The Forest Service now anticipates 
filing the Final EIS during the first quarter of Calendar Year 1997.

Addresses: Send written comments to Janice Gauthier, California Spotted 
Owl EIS Team Leader, Ecosystem Conservation, 2999 Fulton Avenue, 
Sacramento, CA 95821.

For Further Information Contact: Janice Gauthier, California Spotted 
Owl EIS Team Leader, Ecosystem Conservation, (916) 979-2026.

Supplementary Information: On March 18, 1993, a Notice of Intent (NOI) 
to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 
51, Pages 14554-14555). A Revised NOI was published in the Federal 
Register on March 1, 1996 (Vol. 61, No. 42, Page 8025).

    Dated: July 29, 1996.
Katherine Clement,
Assistant Regional Forester, Ecosystem Conservation.
[FR Doc. 96-19648 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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