[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 23230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11446]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


North Belts Travel Plan/Magpie-Confederate Vegetation Restoration 
Project; This project Will Henceforth be Entitled the North Belts 
Travel Plan Project; Helena National Forest, Broadwater, Lewis & Clark 
and Broadwater Counties, MT

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, USDI.

ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare Supplement to Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: The NOI to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for this 
project was published in the February 25, 1998 issue of the Federal 
Register. A Draft EIS was released to the public in March 1999. In July 
and August of 2000, an extensive wildfire called the Cave Gulch Fire 
burned a high percentage of the project area being considered for 
vegetation treatments (The Magpie-Confederate Vegetation Restoration 
portion of the original project). Because of this changed condition, 
the Forest Service is withdrawing all vegetation management proposals 
from the project including treatment of noxious weeds, renaming the 
project, and proceeding with the travel planning portion of the 
project. The Forest Service feels this is the appropriate approach with 
this project in that it retains a considerable amount of public input 
received in conjunction with previous scoping efforts. The BLM has 
considered only travel management throughout the course of the project. 
The agencies expect to release a Draft Supplement EIS in June, 2001. A 
45 day comment period will be provided, and all comments will be used 
to develop a Final EIS.

ADDRESSES: The responsible official is Thomas J. Clifford, Forest 
Supervisor, Helena National Forest, Supervisor's Office, 2880 Skyway 
Drive, Helena, MT. 59602. Phone: (406) 449-5201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois Olsen, Interdisciplinary Team 
Leader, Helena National Forest, Supervisor's Office, 2880 Skyway Drive, 
Helena, MT. 59602. Phone: (406) 449-5201, extension 251.

    Dated: April 24, 2001.
Thomas J. Clifford,
Forest Supervisor, Helena National Forest.
[FR Doc. 01-11446 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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