[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12702]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Beaver Creek Fuels Reduction and Associated Restoration 
Activities Project, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Union County, OR

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation notice.

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SUMMARY: On December 30, 1996, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 
environmental (EIS) for the Beaver Creek Salvage Timber Sale and Other 
Restoration Projects, on the La Grande Ranger District of the Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest, was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 
68704). The name of this project was later changed on September 5, 
1997, to ``Beaver Creek Fuels Reduction and Associated Restoration 
Activities Project'' in the Federal Register (62 FR 46942). A Notice of 
Availability for the draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on 
November 6, 1998 (63 FR 59988). Forest Service has decided to cancel 
the preparation of a final EIS analyzing fuel reduction proposals and 
related activities within the Beaver Creek unroaded area and La Grande 
Municipal Watershed. The NOI is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions maybe addressed to Cindy 
Whitlock, Resource Analyst, La Grande Ranger District, 3502 Highway 30, 
La Grande, OR 97850, telephone: 541-962-8501.

    Dated: May 8, 2003.
Karyn L. Wood,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 03-12702 Filed 5-20-03; 8:45 am]
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