[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64451-64452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31006]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Pilgrim Project, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra County, CA

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; cancellation of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact settlement.

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SUMMARY: On May 22, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (at 62 FR 28002-28003) stating that an

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environmental impact statement (EIS) would be prepared for proposed 
timber harvest, plantation thinning, fuels reduction, and wildlife 
habitat improvement projects for areas in the Wolf/Kanaka/Indian Creek 
and Middle Yuba River watersheds. On March 20, 1998, a revised notice 
of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement was published in 
the Federal Register (at 63 FR 13620) that modified the scope of the 
EIS to just address vegetation management actions and directly 
connected activities such as fuels treatment and reduction, timber 
harvesting, and road construction and reconstruction. That notice is 
hereby cancelled.
    After scoping and receiving public comments, we reevaluated and 
redesignated our proposal so that the proposed activities are now not 
considered major actions that would significantly affect the quality of 
the human environment. As a result, we are now preparing an 
environmental assessment instead of an environmental impact statement.

DATES: This action is effective November 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gary Fildes, Inderdisciplinary Team Leader, Downieville Ranger 
District, Tahoe National Forest, 15924 Highway 49, Camptonville, CA 
95922, (530) 288-3231.

    Dated: November 12, 1998.
Steven T. Eubanks,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 98-31006 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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