[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7440-7441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3136]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Oil and Gas Leasing on Lands Administered by the Dixie National 
Forest, Supplemental Information Report--Air Resources

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability--supplemental information report.

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SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service announces the availability of an 
additional information report to the Oil and Gas Leasing on Lands 
Administered by the Dixie National Forest Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS). The purpose of this supplemental report is to provide 
additional analysis and disclosure on the effects of the proposed 
action on air resources and climate change and to provide the 
opportunity for public comment on the additional information.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the FS must receive 
written comments on the Oil and Gas Leasing on Lands Administered by 
the Dixie National Forest, Supplemental Information Report--Air 
Resources within 30 days following the date this Notice of Availability 
is published in the Federal Register. Comments regarding the SIR should 
be directed to the issues of air resources and climate change and are 
for additional analysis purposes only. All public comments submitted by 
December 15, 2008 on the DEIS are still applicable and have been 
reviewed by the Forest. You must have commented during the 60-day DEIS 
comment period to be eligible to appeal the upcoming decision.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Air Resources--
Supplemental Information Report by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/dixie/projects/oil_gas/index.shtml.
     E-mail: [email protected] (e-mail 
comments must be in MS Word [*.doc) or rich text format (*.rtf)].
     Fax: (435) 865-3791.
     Mail: Ms. Susan Baughman, Dixie National Forest, USDA 
Forest Service, Oil and Gas Leasing Project, 1789 N. Wedgewood Lane, 
Cedar City, Utah 84721.
    CDs containing the SIR are available upon request to Susan 
Baughman, EIS Project Manager, 1789 N. Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, Utah 
84721; 435-865-3703.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Baughman, Dixie National 
Forest, USDA Forest Service, Oil and Gas Leasing Project Leader, 1789 
N. Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, Utah 84721.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This announces the availability of the 
Supplemental Information Report (SIR) for the Dixie National Forest 
(Forest) Oil & Gas Leasing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The 
Draft EIS for this project was issued for public comment on October 17, 
2008. During the 60-day comment period a number of comments were 
received relative to the impact analysis for air resources. In their 
comments, the Environmental Protection Agency requested that a more 
rigorous air-quality modeling study be completed for inclusion in the 
Final EIS. They recommended that this study use different air emission 
factors for the subject facilities-based emission limitations, which 
would become effective in the future. This revised modeling was 
conducted in collaboration with the EPA and the Utah Division of Air 
Quality and the report on this modeling was revised and is hereby being 
made available for public review.
    In January 2009, the U.S. Forest Service issued guidance on 
including climate change in the environmental analyses for future 
planning decisions. In accordance with this direction and in response 
to public comment, the Forest has prepared a new appendix to the EIS 
that considers the effects of the proposed oil and gas leasing on 
climate change and the effects of climate change

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on the proposed action. This appendix is hereby being made available 
for public review.
    As a result of the two new sources of information described above, 
the Dixie National Forest has modified the Air Resources sections of 
the EIS to incorporate the revised air quality impact modeling results 
and the evaluation of climate change. These revised air resources 
sections of the EIS are being made available for public review at this 
time as the main body of the SIR, with references to the revised Air 
Quality Modeling Report and the Climate Change Report. The SIR does not 
address any other issues or analysis.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 
1909.15, Section 21)

    Dated: February 8, 2010.
Robert G. MacWhorter,
Forest Supervisor--Dixie National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2010-3136 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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