[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 75844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31136]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Kootenai (KNF) and Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF); 
Montana, Idaho and Washington; Extension of Scoping For Revised Land 
and Resource Management Plans

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of the scoping period in conjunction with revision of 
the Land and Resource Management Plans (hereafter referred to as Forest 
Plan or Plans) for the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle Forests (Kootenai 
Idaho Panhandle Zone, hereafter referred to as KIPZ) located in 
Lincoln, Sanders, and Flathead counties in Montana; Bonner, Boundary, 
Kootenai, Shoshone, Benewah, Latah, and Clearwater counties in Idaho; 
and Pend Oreille county in Washington.

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SUMMARY: The scoping period has been extended for the proposed revised 
Forest Plans and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The original 
notice of intent was published in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 83 
on April 30, 2002 as FR Doc. 02-10548.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received 
in writing by March 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and suggestions to Forest Supervisor, 
c/o Forest Plan Revision, Kootenai National Forest, 1101 W Hwy 2, 
Libby, MT 59923.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Krueger at (406) 293-6211 or Gary 
Ford at (208) 765-7478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The scoping period has been extended to 
March 21, 2003, to provide additional time for public access to the 
Analysis of the Management Situation report. Comments received during 
the scoping period will be used to develop alternatives in the DEIS.

    Dated: December 3, 2002.
Bob Casteneda,
Kootenai Forest Supervisor.
    Dated: December 3, 2002.
Ranotta K. McNair,
Idaho Panhandle Forest Supervisor, Forest Service-Northern Region.
[FR Doc. 02-31136 Filed 12-9-02; 8:45 am]
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