[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9160]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Reports and Guidance Documents; Availability; Withdrawal of the 
Alaska Regional Guide

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 Sec. 219.35(e) which directs 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 When a Regional Guide is withdrawn, the 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) and to give notice in the 
Federal Register of these actions.

DATES: This action will be effective the date of this Federal Register 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Lerum, Regional Planner, Alaska 
Region, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802. Telephone (907) 586-8796.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action withdraws the Alaska Regional 
Guide and transfers some decisions therein to the Forest Service 
directive system. Specifically, this action transfers from the Regional 
Guide to a regional supplement to the FSM 2410 directives the 
management standards and guidelines for: Appropriate harvest cutting 
methods; forest type standards; maximum size of created openings (a 
requirement of the National Forest Management Act); dispersal and size 
variation of tree openings; management intensity; utilization 
standards; sale administration; project monitoring; and competitive 
bidding and small business.

    Dated: April 8, 2002.
Jacqueline Myers,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 02-9160 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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