[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30909-30910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14282]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Idaho (Boise, Caribou-Targhee, Salmon-Challis, and Sawtooth 
National Forests and Curlew National Grassland); Nevada (Humboldt-
Toiyabe National Forest); Utah (Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, 
and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests); Wyoming (Bridger-Teton 
National Forest); and Wyoming/Colorado (Medicine Bow-Routt National 
Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland) Amendments to Land 
Management Plans for Greater Sage-grouse Conservation; Correction

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement; notice of updated information concerning the forest 
service greater sage-grouse land and resource management plan 
amendments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service published a document in the Federal 
Register of June 20, 2018, soliciting public comments on a greater 
sage-grouse land management proposed action that could warrant land 
management plan amendments. The document contained errors in the 
following sections: SUMMARY and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (including 
Purpose and Need, Proposed Action, Scoping Process and Responsible 
Officials). The intent of the corrections in this notice is to clarify 
that the Forest Service does not propose to amend plans for National 
Forest System lands in Montana. In addition, the comment period has 
been extended to close 30 days from publication of this correction 
notice.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on June 20, 2018 
(83 FR 28608 is extended. Comments concerning the scope of the analysis 
must be received by August 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments via one of the following methods:
    1. Public participation portal (preferred): https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/CommentInput?project=52904.
    2. Mail: Sage-grouse Amendment Comment, USDA Forest Service 
Intermountain Region, Federal Building, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 
84401.
    3. Email: [email protected].
    4. Facsimile: 801-625-5277.
    All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are 
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and 
copying. The public may inspect comments received online via the public 
reading room at: https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ReadingRoom?project=52904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Shivik at 801-625-5667 or email 
[email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunication devices 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, 
Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Corrections

    In the Federal Register of June 20 2018, in FR Doc. 2018-13260 (83 
FR 28608), make the following corrections:
    1. On page 28608, in the third column, correct the SUMMARY to read 
as follows:
SUMMARY: This supplemental notice solicits public comments on a greater 
sage-grouse land management proposed action that could warrant land 
management plan amendments. Land management plans for National Forests 
and Grasslands in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming 
were amended in September 2015 to incorporate conservation measures to 
support the continued existence of the greater sage-grouse. Since the 
plans were amended in 2015, scoping on specific issues was requested in 
a Notice of Intent (NOI) published in the Federal Register on November 
21, 2017. This supplemental NOI continues the scoping effort by seeking 
comments about a proposed action to make further amendments to the 
plans, excluding plans for National Forest System lands in Montana. 
This supplemental NOI also identifies the planning rule provisions 
likely to be directly related, and so applicable, to proposed plan 
amendments.
    2. On page 28609, in the first column, correct the first paragraph 
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION to read as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service is proposing to amend 
several Forest Service land management plans that were amended in 2015 
regarding greater sage-grouse conservation in the states of Colorado, 
Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah. This notice clarifies the purpose and 
need, proposed action, and the responsible officials, which were not 
identified in the scoping on specific issues that were requested in a 
Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2017 
(2017 NOI) (82 FR 55346). The Forest Service is proposing amendments to 
land management plans that were amended in 2015.
    3. On page 28609, in the second column, correct the ``Purpose and 
Need'' paragraph to read as follows:

Purpose and Need

    The Forest Service published the 2017 NOI to consider the 
possibility of amending land management plans for greater sage-grouse 
that were originally amended in 2015 in the states of Colorado, Idaho, 
Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and Montana (2015 Sage-Grouse Plan Amendments). 
The purpose of this supplemental notice is to propose amendments to the 
2015 Sage Grouse Plan Amendments, excluding plans for National Forest 
System lands in Montana. The need for further plan amendments is that 
the Forest Service has gained new information and understanding from 
the 55,000 comments received as a result of the 2017 NOI, within-agency 
scoping, and from coordination with the Sage Grouse Task Force (with 
members from state agencies, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service). The 
purpose of the proposed action is to incorporate new information to 
improve the clarity, efficiency, and implementation of affected plans, 
including better alignment with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 
state plans, in order to benefit greater sage-grouse conservation on 
the landscape scale.

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    4. On page 28609, in the third column, correct the first paragraph 
of ``Proposed Action'' to read as follows:

Proposed Action

    The scope and scale of the proposed action is on approximately 6 
million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat on National Forest System 
lands in the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Regions. Specific textual 
adjustments currently under consideration can be found on the 
Intermountain Region home page: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r4/home/?cid=stelprd3843381.
    5. On page 28610, in the first column, correct the ``Scoping 
Process'' paragraph to read as follows:

Scoping Process

    The Forest Service is proposing amendments to affected land 
management plans in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah to change 
some of the plan components added in 2015. Public involvement is 
important for adding meaningful participation from the early phases of 
planning through finalization of the plan amendments and subsequent 
monitoring. A public participation strategy has been designed to assist 
with communication within the Forest Service and between the Forest 
Service and the public. Find the strategy here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r4/home/?cid=stelprd3843381.
    6. On page 28610, in the first column, correct the ``Responsible 
Officials'' paragraph to read as follows:

Responsible Officials

    The responsible officials who would approve plan amendments are the 
Regional Foresters for the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Regions.

    Dated: June 25, 2018.
Chris French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-14282 Filed 6-29-18; 8:45 am]
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