[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26663]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


White Pass Ski Area Expansion, Okanogan-Wenatchee and Gifford 
Pinchot National Forests, Yakima and Lewis Counties

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: On February 14, 2002, the Forest Service, USDA, published a 
Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register (67 FR 6906). The notice 
stated that the proposed action was to modify the present special use 
permit of the White Pass Company to authorize expansion into 
approximately 300 acres in Pigtail Basin for the purpose of providing 
additional ski opportunities. This revised NOI changes the size of the 
proposed expansion to approximately 770 acres and includes the larger 
Hogback Basin area. The revised date of filing the draft EIS is June 
2003 and the revised filing of the final EIS is planned in December 
2003.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the revised analysis should be 
received in writing by November 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and suggestions concerning the 
project to Randall Shepard, District Ranger, Naches Ranger District, 
10061 Highway 12, Naches, WA 98937; phone 509-653-2205, Attn: White 
Pass Ski Area Expansion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments about this EIS 
should be directed to Susan Ranger, Project Planner, at Naches Ranger 
District, 10061 Highway 12, Naches, WA 98937; Phone 509-653-2205.

    Dated: October 8, 2002.
Alan Quan,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 02-26663 Filed 10-18-02; 8:45 am]
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