[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7041]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Categorical Exclusion for Certain Ski Area Permit Actions

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability; reissuance of interim directive.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service is reissuing an interim directive to guide 
its employees in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act 
when issuance of a ski area permit is a purely ministerial action and 
no changes are proposed in permitted activities or facilities. The 
interim directive implements a provision of the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996, which states that reissuance of a 
ski area permit for activities similar in nature and amount to the 
activities authorized under the previous permit shall not constitute a 
major Federal action. This interim directive, numbered ID 1909.15-2000-
1, reissues without change the interim direction previously issued to 
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Environmental Policy and Procedures 
Handbook, in ID 1909.15-98-1, which was published in the Federal 
Register on September 9, 1998, and was issued effective September 24, 
1998. The proposed interim directive was previously published for 
notice and comment in the Federal Register on October 27, 1997 (62 FR 
55571).

DATES: Interim directive (ID) 1909.15-2000-1 is effective March 24, 
2000, and expires September 24, 2001, unless the direction in the ID is 
incorporated in an amendment to Forest Service Handbook 1909.15 before 
the expiration date.

ADDRESSES: Copies of interim directive 1909.15-2000-1 are available 
electronically from the Forest Service via the World Wide Web/Internet 
at http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives/fsh/1909.15/
id__1909.15__2000__1.txt or by contacting the Forest Service, USDA, 
Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness Resources Management Staff (Mail 
Stop 1125), P. O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090 (telephone 202-
205-1706).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Karkula, Recreation, Heritage, and 
Wilderness Resources Management Staff (202-205-1426).

    Dated: March 16, 2000.
Paul Brouha,
Acting Deputy Chief for National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 00-7041 Filed 3-21-00; 8:45 am]
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