[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5737]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Helena National Forest, Lewis and Clark County, MT; Copper Creek 
Road Improvements

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of an environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: On December 13, 2002 the USDA Forest Service published in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 76714) a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Copper Creek Road 
Improvements project on the Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena 
National Forest. A proposed action associated with the December 13, 
2002 NOI was scoped and preliminary environmental analysis was 
conducted in summer 2003. In August 2003, the existing condition of the 
Copper Creek drainage was substantially changed as the majority of the 
drainage burned in the 30,706 acre Snow Talon Fire. Due to the changed 
condition and funding limitations the decision has been made not to 
continue the environmental analysis process for the Copper Creek Road 
Improvements project. Therefore, an EIS will not be prepared, and the 
NOI is hereby canceled.

ADDRESSES AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions about the cancellation 
of the NOI should be directed to Dan Seifert--Resource Planner, Lincoln 
Ranger District, 1569 Highway 200, Lincoln, MT 59639; phone number is 
(406) 362-4265; e-mail address is [email protected].

    Dated: March 5, 2004.
Thomas J. Clifford,
Forest Supervisor, Helena National Forest.
[FR Doc. 04-5737 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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