[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3517]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Tongass National Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District, Thorne Bay, 
AK

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement published in the Federal Register on April 3, 2000 
(page 17482).

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that we are canceling the Notice of Intent 
(NOI) to prepare Kosciusko Island Timber Sale Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of 
timber harvest and road building to provide timber for the Tongass 
National Forest Timber Sale Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Roberts, Zone Planner, Thorne 
Bay Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, P.O. Box 19001, Thorne 
Bay, AK 99919, telephone: 907-828-3250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 47,007-acre Kosciusko Project Area is 
located approximately 48 air miles northwest of Thome Bay, Alaska. A 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for this project was published in 
1993.

    Dated: February 16, 2010.
Forrest Cole,
Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2010-3517 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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