[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: 01-29334]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Withdrawal of the Northern Regional Guide and the Transfer of 
Decisions Therein to the Regional Supplement to the Forest Service 
Directive System

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Regional Guide is withdrawn, the Regional Forester must identify the 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.

DATES: This action will be effective November 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Anderson; Land Management 
Planner; Northern Region; P.O. Box 7669; Missoula, Montana 59807. 
Phone: (406) 329-3647.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action accomplishes withdrawal of the 
Northern Regional Guide and the transfer of decisions therein to the 
regional supplement to the Forest Service Directive System. This action 
revises FSM 2400 Region 1 Supplement No. 2400-96-3 to address the size 
of harvest openings, which is required by the National Forest 
Management Act. This continues the limitation, currently contained in 
the Regional Guide, on the size of harvest openings to 40-acres or less 
without Regional Forester approval and 60-day public review.
    This action also adds a correction into the Region 1 Planning 
Supplement Chapter 1920 from the Regional Guide two RARE II inventoried 
roadless areas which were inadvertently omitted from the Guide (the Big 
Snowies and Middle Fork Judith on the Lewis and Clark National Forest) 
for further study in the Forest Planning process. Additionally, this 
action moves direction regarding Natural Areas from the Regional Guide 
to the regional supplement of the Forest Service manual. This is 
accomplished by: (1) Incorporating into the Region 1 Planning 
Supplement Chapter 1920 formal approval by the Regional Forester of the 
revised Research Natural Area targets, as outlined in the Research 
Natural Areas of the Northern Region: Status and Needs Assessment which 
in 1996 updated the Regional Guide direction for Research Natural 
Areas; and (2) incorporating the process currently contained in the 
Regional Guide for the identification and designation of Regional 
Research Natural Area's.

    Dated: October 31, 2001.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Acting Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 01-29334 Filed 11-23-01; 8:45 am]
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