[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 58990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29333]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Withdrawal of the Regional Guide for the South

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The intended effect of this action is to comply with 36 CFR 
part 219 section 219.35(e) which directs that within 1 year of November 
9, 2000, the Regional Forester must withdraw the Regional Guide. When a 
Regional Guide is withdrawn, the Regional Forester must identify the 
decisions in the Regional Guide that are to be transferred to a 
regional supplement of the Forest Service directive system (36 CFR 
200.4) or to one or more plans and give notice in the Federal Register 
of these actions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action becomes effective on November 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Gary Pierson, Director of Planning; 
Southern Region; 1720 Peachtree Rd., NW; Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Phone: 
(404) 347-3183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action accomplishes the withdrawal of 
the Regional Guide for the South. An analysis of the direction 
contained in the Regional Guide shows that all its applicable direction 
has either (1) Already been incorporated into the Forest Plans; (2) 
been incorporated into other regional environmental impact statements 
(such as the Final Environmental Impact Statements for Vegetation 
Management in the Coastal Plain/Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains, or 
Ozark/Ouachita Mountains); (3) already been incorporated or addressed 
in existing Forest Service directives; or (4) contained procedural 
guidance that does not need to be brought forward as Forest Plan 
direction or as a Forest Service directive.
    The planning rule at 36 CFR 219.35(e) allows for the transfer of 
direction from a regional guide to a regional supplement of the Forest 
Service directive system or to one or more Forest Plans through this 
notification in the Federal Register, however, no further action is 
needed to complete the withdrawal of the Regional guide for the South.

    Dated: November 19, 2001.
R. Gary Pierson,
Acting Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 01-29333 Filed 11-23-01; 8:45 am]
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