[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65030-65031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28782]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Hoosier National Forest, Indiana, German Ridge Restoration 
Project

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

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

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SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, Hoosier National Forest is revising 
the expected date for a draft environmental impact statement. The prior 
notice concerning this project appeared in the Federal Register on 
August 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 169, pages 55773-55775). The Hoosier 
National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to 
disclose the environmental consequences of a vegetation restoration 
project. The EIS

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will address the potential environmental impacts of replacing pine 
plantations in the German Ridge area of Perry County, Indiana with 
native hardwood communities.

DATES: The draft environmental impact statement is expected February 
2004, and the final environmental impact statement is expected July 
2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Ellis, NEPA coordinator, Hoosier 
National Forest, USDA Forest Service; telephone; (812) 275-5987. 
Address: 811 Constitution Avenue; Bedford IN 47421. The original 
scoping document can also be viewed at the Hoosier National Forest Web 
page at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/project_docs/scoping/german--
ridge restoration.htm.

Responsible Official

    Kenneth G. Day, Forest Supervisor; Hoosier National Forest; 811 
Constitution Avenue; Bedford, Indiana 47421.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 
1909.15, Section 21)


    Dated: November 4, 2003.
Kenneth G. Day,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 03-28782 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
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