[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35092-35093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12439]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Reconstruction of Meadows Road 205 and Issuance of a 
Road Easement for Access to Private Land

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for proposal to issue a road easement to a private landowner 
and to permit the landowner to reconstruct the Meadows Road 
205 to acces their private land in-holding.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 
implementing regulations and other

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applicable statutes, the U.S. Forest Service announces the availability 
of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for an applicants 
proposal to acquire a road easement and reconstruct an access road to 
their private land inholding on the San Juan National Forest. The DEIS 
analyzes the impacts of issuing the road easement and reconstructing 
Forest Development Road (FDR) 205 to a standard that would 
allow reasonable access to the landowners private land in holding. The 
EIS document was prepared by a third party contractor chosen by the 
Forest Service.

DATES: Written comments on the FEIS will be accepted for 45 days 
following the date that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
publishes their notice of availability of the DEIS in the Federal 
Register. The U.S. Forest Service will notify all parties on this 
project's mailing list of the dates when comments will be accepted.

ADDRESSES: Please address questions, comments or requests for copies of 
the FEIS to the San Juan Public Lands Center, Attn: Jim Powers, 15 
Burnett Court, Durango, Colorado 81301; or phone (970) 247-4874.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Rennick at (970) 882-6823 or Jim 
Powers at (970) 247-4874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The responsible official for issuance of the 
road easement is Rick Cables, Rocky Mountain Regional Forester at PO 
Box 25127, Lakewood, Colorado 80225-0127. The EIS addresses road 
reconstruction and issuance of an easement across such road in an 
inventoried roadless area for the purpose of providing the applicant 
access to non-federally owned lands within the boundaries of the San 
Juan National Forest. The private landowner has proposed use of the 
existing road across the inventoried roadless area to meet their access 
needs. The Forest Service is seeking information, comments, and 
assistance from individuals, organizations, tribal governments, and 
federal, state and local agencies that are interested in or may be 
affected by the proposed action. The range of alternatives considered 
on the EIS is based upon public issues raised during scoping in this 
project, management concerns, and resource management opportunities.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 
during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through 
Friday, except holidays, and may be published as part of the final EIS. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests 
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives of officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

    Dated: April 30, 2002.
Calvin N. Joyner,
Forest Supervisor, San Juan National Forest.
[FR Doc. 02-12439 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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