[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20349-20350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7785]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Colville National Forest, WA; Growden Dam and Sherman Creek 
Restoration

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

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

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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2004, the Forest Service published a Notice of 
Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Growden Dam 
and Sherman Creek Restoration Project in the Federal Register (69 FR 
9569). The Forest Service is revising the project title, the proposed 
action, the date the EIS is expected to be available for public review 
and comment, the expected date of release of the final EIS, and the 
name of the Responsible Official.
    The project title will be changed to Growden Dam, Sherman Creek 
Restoration Project and Forest Plan Amendment 28.
    The proposed action is modified to include Forest Plan Amendment 
28, which would change the visual quality objective for the 
Growden Dam area from ``Retention'' to ``Restoration'' until such time 
as the vegetation recovers. The immediate foreground area around 
Growden Dam, a significant dispersed recreation site, would be a 
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zone visible from Washington State Highway 20 under each of the three 
action alternatives.
    Depending on the alternative selected, there would be up to eight 
acres of unvegetated landscape next to the highway in the first year of 
construction. A change in visual quality objective to ``Restoration'' 
would be in effect until vegetation is reestablished. Within one season 
grass is expected to cover most of the site and trees and shrubs will 
have been planted. It is expected that trees and shrubs would be 
established within five years and the area will appear more natural.

DATES: The date the draft EIS should be available for comment is April 
29, 2005, and the date of release of the final EIS is expected to be in 
July 2005.

Responsible Official

    The Responsible Official is Rick Brazell, Forest Supervisor, 765 
South Main, Colville, WA 99114, phone (509) 684-7000, fax (509) 684-
7280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Honeycutt, Fisheries Biologist, 
Colville National Forest (see address above).

    Dated: April 13, 2005.
Donald N. Gonzalez,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 05-7785 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]
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