[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28901-28902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9979]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests Land and Resource 
Management Plan Revision

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of adjustment.

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SUMMARY: Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests here referred to 
as the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle Zone (KIPZ) located in Lincoln, 
Sanders, and Flathead counties in Montana; Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, 
Shoshone, Benewah, Latah and Clearwater counties in Idaho; and Pend 
Oreille county in Washington. A Notice of Intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement to revise Land and Resource Management 
Plans was published in the Federal Register of April 30, 2002 (67 FR 
21210). Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle Zone is adjusting the forest plan 
revision process from compliance with the 1982 land and resource 
management planning regulations to compliance with new regulations 
published in the Federal Register of January 5, 2005 (70 FR 1062).
    Public Involvement: Scheduled meetings and details of other public 
involvement and collaborative opportunities will be posed on the 
Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle (KIPZ) Web site, at www.fs.fed.us./kipz. 
People interested in getting on our mailing list should contact Jodi 
Kramer at (208) 765-7235, or e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Kirsten Kaiser, Co-Team 
Leader, Kootenai National Forest, at (406) 293-6211 or e-mail at 
[email protected], or Gary Ford Co-Team Leader, Idaho Panhandle 
National Forests, at (208) 765-7478 or e-mail at [email protected].
    Responsible Officials: Bob Castaneda, Supervisor of the Kootenai 
National Forest, 1101 U.S. Highway 2 West, Libby, MT 59923 and Ranotta 
McNair, Supervisor of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, 3815 
Schreiber Way, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815-8363.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of Intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement to revise Land and Resource Management 
Plans was published in the Federal Register of April 30, 2002 (67 FR 
21210). Kootenai

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and Idaho Panhandle Zone is adjusting the forest plan revision process 
from compliance with the 1982 land and resource management planning 
regulations to compliance with new regulations published in the Federal 
Register of January 5, 2005 (70 FR 1062).
    This adjustment will result in the following:
    1. The Responsible Official will now be the Forest Supervisors.
    2. Each National Forest will establish an Environmental Management 
System prior to a decision on the revised forest plans.
    3. The emphasis on public involvement will shift from comment on a 
range of alternative plans, to iterative public-Forest Service 
collaboration, intended to meld a single option into a broadly 
supported plan.
    For additional information on public meeting, other public 
involvement and collaborative opportunities, procedural differences 
between the 1982 and 2004 planning rules, timelines, reasoning behind 
our decision to transition to the new planning regulations, information 
on plan revision elements we have already completed before making this 
transition, and other details, consult the Kootenai, Idaho Panhandle 
Web site: www.fs.fed.us./kipz.

    Dated: May 12, 2005.
Bob Castaneda,
Forest Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest.
[FR Doc. 05-9979 Filed 5-18-05; 8:45 am]
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