[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72064-72065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33368]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White 
River National Forest and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of the comment period for the Proposed Revised Land 
and Resource Management Plan for the White River National Forest and 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The comment period has been extended for the proposed revised 
Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and associated documents. The 
original Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 64, No. 151 on August 6, 1999 (64 FR 42900) as FR Doc. 99-19922. 
The first extension of the comment period was published in the Federal 
Register, Volume 64, No. 210 on November 1, 1999 (64 FR 58807) as FR 
Doc. 99-28461.

DATES: Public comment began on August 6, 1999, and will end May 9, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to send written comments 
regarding the proposed revised Forest Plan and Draft EIS to the address 
below: Forest Supervisor, Forest Plan Revision Comments, White River 
National Forest, P.O. Box 948, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about this action or 
requests for the documents listed above should be addressed to: Carolyn 
Upton, Team Leader, White River National Forest, P.O. Box 948, Glenwood 
Springs, CO 81602, Telephone Number: (970) 945-3226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period originally began

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on August 6, 1999 and ended on November 4, 1999. The first extension to 
the comment period extended it to February 9, 2000. The FY 2000 
Appropriations Bill (Public Law 106-113, passed on November 29, 1999) 
contains an amendment specific to the White River National Forest. The 
amendment reads: The Forest Service shall extend the public comment 
period on the White River National Forest plan revision for 90 days 
beyond February 9, 2000. To comply with that direction, the comment 
period has been extended.

    Dated: December 10, 1999.
Martha Ketelle,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 99-33368 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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