[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4760]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Lassen National Forest, Almanor Ranger District, California; 
Willow Forest Health Recovery Project

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:  Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service proposes to develop a network of defensible 
fuel profile zones (DFPZ's), establish group selection harvest units, 
conduct area thinnings, make improvements in riparian habitat 
conservation areas (RHCA's), and recover aspen stands on the Almanor 
Ranger District in the Lassen National Forest. Treatments total an 
estimated 4,523, 730, 5,653, 409, and 403 acres, respectively, and are 
spread over a 42,340 acre project area. Included in this proposal are 
the use of National Forest system roads, the use of temporary roads, 
and the decommissioning of roads. The project would be implemented 
through a combination of commercial timber sales, service contracts, 
and force account crews. These management activities were developed to 
implement and be consistent with the 1993 Lassen National Forest (LNF) 
Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP), as amended by the Herger-
Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act FEIS, FSEIS, and 
ROD's (1999, 2003), and the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment 2001 
FEIS, 2004 FSEIS, and ROD.
    Decision to be Made: The decision to be made is whether to 
implement the proposed action as described above, to meet the purpose 
and need for action through some other combination of activities, or to 
take no action at this time.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis should be received 
in writing within 30 days of the date of publication of this Notice of 
Intent in the Federal Register. The expected filing date with the 
Environmental Protection Agency for the draft EIS is October 17, 2006. 
The expected filing date for the final EIS is April 23, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Vazquez, District Ranger, or Matt 
Cerney, Interdisciplinary Team Leader, may be contacted by phone at 
(530) 258-2141 for more information about the proposed action. Written 
scoping comments may be sent to the Almanor Ranger District. P.O. Box 
767, Chester, CA 96020. The Almanor Ranger District business hours are 
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Electronic scoping 
comments, in acceptable plain text (.txt), rich text (.rtf), or Word 
(.doc) formats, may be submitted to: [email protected].
    Subject: Willow Forest Health Recovery Project.

Laurie Tippin,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 06-4760 Filed 5-22-06; 8:45 am]
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