[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 69 (Friday, April 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 18867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8038]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Shady/Highbush Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that we are rescinding an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for timber harvest in the Shady Highbush Timber 
Sale project area, Wrangell Ranger District, Tongass National Forest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chip Weber, District Ranger, or Randy 
Hojem, IDT Leader, Wrangell Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, 
P.O. Cox 51, Wrangell, AK 99929, telephone (907) 874-2323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, is rescinding the NOI to prepare an EIS for timber harvest in 
the Shady Highbush Timber Sale project area, Wrangell Ranger District, 
Tongass National Forest. The NOI was published on Friday, March 8, 
2002, and can be found in the Federal Register vol. 67, no. 46, page 
10661. The NOI is being rescinded because the Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, has substantially reduced the scope of the 
project, and in so doing, has determined that an environmental 
assessment will be prepared for the project.

Responsible Official:  Forrest Cole, Forest Supervisor, Tongass 
National Forest, Federal Building, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901, is the 
responsible official.

    Dated: March 22, 2004.
Forrest Cole,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 04-8038 Filed 4-8-04; 8:45 am]
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