[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70012-70013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27924]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California, Land Management 
Plan Revision

AGENCY: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of objection filing period.

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SUMMARY: Randy Moore, the Regional Forester for the Pacific Southwest 
Region of the Forest Service (Region 5) has made the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of Decision for the 
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) Land Management Plan Revision 
available for the 60-day pre-decisional objection filing period. A 
written notice of objection, including attachments, must be submitted 
(regular mail, fax, email, hand-delivery, express delivery, or 
messenger service) within 60 days after the date of publication of the 
legal notice in the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA (36 CFR 219.56). The 
publication date of the legal notice in the newspaper of record 
(Sacramento Bee) is the exclusive means for calculating the time to 
file an objection (36 CFR 219.56(b)). An electronic scan of the notice 
with the publication date will also be posted to the Web site below. 
Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframe 
information provided by any other source.

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DATES: Those wishing to object, must submit a written notice of 
objection, including attachments (regular mail, fax ((703) 235-0138), 
email, hand-delivery, express delivery, or messenger service) within 60 
days after the date of publication of the legal notice in the 
Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA (36 CFR 219.56).

ADDRESSES: Submit written notice of objection to the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Tom Tidwell at the following addresses:

Hand Delivery

    USDA Forest Service, EMC, Attn: Judicial & Administrative Reviews, 
RPC-6th floor, 1601 N. Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209.

Postal Delivery

    USDA Forest Service, EMC, Attn: Judicial & Administrative Review 
Group, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Mailstop Code: 1104, Washington, DC 
20250-1104.

Express Delivery

    USDA Forest Service, EMC, Attn: Judicial & Administrative Review 
Group, 201 14th St. SW., Mailstop: 1104, Washington, DC 20250.
    Submit electronic objections and other data to [email protected]. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for file formats and 
other information about electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Corless, Regional Appeals 
Coordinator--Pacific Southwest Region, at (707) 562-8768.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Randy Moore, the Regional Forester for the 
Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service (Region 5) has made the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of Decision for 
the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) Land Management Plan 
Revision available at the LTBMU Forest Supervisor's Office (South Lake 
Tahoe, CA). The Draft Record of Decision selects Alternative E. In 
Alternative E, the Forest Plan contains plan components to continue to 
restore forest composition and structure and reduce fuels in the 
wildland urban interface, to improve wildlife habitat, to restore 
stream channels and aquatic habitats in priority watersheds, and to 
provide a range of recreation opportunities with appropriate access 
across the landscape. The plan revision is available on a compact disk, 
in hardcopy, or on the forest's Web site (http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/ForestPlanRevision).

Objection Opportunities

    This plan revision is subject to objection under 36 CFR 219 Subpart 
B. A written notice of objection, including attachments, must be 
submitted (regular mail, fax ((703) 235-0138), email, hand-delivery, 
express delivery, or messenger service) within 60 days after the date 
of publication of the legal notice in the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, 
CA (36 CFR 219.56). The written notice of objection must be submitted 
to the Chief of the Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, who is the Objection 
Reviewing Officer at the addresses listed above.

How To File an Objection

    The business hours for those submitting hand-delivered objections 
are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday, 
excluding holidays. We will also accept electronically filed 
objections. Please send such objections to ``[email protected]'' (dashes, not underscores). Electronically mailed 
objections must be submitted in an email message, plain text (.txt), 
Word (.doc or .docx), Portable Document Format (.pdf), or Rich Text 
Format (.rtf) file format. For electronically mailed objections, the 
sender should normally receive an automated electronic acknowledgment 
from the agency as confirmation of receipt. If the sender does not 
receive an automated acknowledgment of the receipt of the objection, it 
is the sender's responsibility to ensure timely receipt by other means. 
The regulations prohibit extending the length of the objection filing 
period.
    The publication date of the legal notice in the newspaper of record 
(Sacramento Bee) is the exclusive means for calculating the time to 
file an objection (36 CFR 219.56(b)). An electronic scan of the notice 
with the publication date will also be posted to the Web site above. 
Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframe 
information provided by any other source.
    The objection process provides an opportunity for members of the 
public who have participated in opportunities for public participation 
provided throughout the planning process to have any unresolved 
concerns receive an independent review by the Forest Service prior to a 
final decision being made by the responsible official. Under 36 CFR 
219.53(a), only those individuals or organizations who participated in 
the planning process through the submission of substantive formal 
comments specific to the proposed plan revision during any opportunity 
for public participation provided during the planning process may file 
an objection. A signature or other verification of authorship is 
required (a scanned signature when filing electronically is 
acceptable). In cases where no identifiable name is attached to an 
objection, a verification of identity will be requested to confirm 
objection eligibility. If the objection is supported by documents, with 
the exceptions listed in 36 CFR 219.54(b), all documents must be 
provided with the objection; a bibliography is not sufficient. 
Objections must meet content requirements of 36 CFR 219.54.
    At a minimum, an objection must include the following (36 CFR 
219.54(c)):
    (1) The objector's name and address (36 CFR 219.62), along with a 
telephone number or email address if available;
    (2) Signature or other verification of authorship upon request (a 
scanned signature for electronic mail may be filed with the objection);
    (3) Identification of the lead objector, when multiple names are 
listed on an objection (36 CFR 219.62). Verification of the identity of 
the lead objector if requested;
    (4) The name of the plan, plan amendment, or plan revision being 
objected to, and the name and title of the responsible official;
    (5) A statement of the issues and/or the parts of the plan, plan 
amendment, or plan revision to which the objection applies;
    (6) A concise statement explaining the objection and suggesting how 
the proposed plan decision may be improved. If applicable, the objector 
should identify how the objector believes that the plan, plan 
amendment, or plan revision is inconsistent with law, regulation, or 
policy; and
    (7) A statement that demonstrates the link between prior 
substantive formal comments attributed to the objector and the content 
of the objection, unless the objection concerns an issue that arose 
after the opportunities for formal comment (36 CFR 219.53(a)).
    All objections are open to public inspection and will be posted to 
the Forest Service Web site (http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/ForestPlanRevision).

    Dated: November 15, 2013.
Randy Moore,
Regional Forester, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-27924 Filed 11-21-13; 8:45 am]
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