[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 234 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78303-78304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26687]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Coconino and Tonto National Forests; Arizona; Fossil Creek Wild
and Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object to the Fossil Creek Wild and
Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan, Forest Plan
Amendments, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of
Decision.
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SUMMARY: The Coconino and Tonto National Forests, located in Arizona,
have prepared a Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP) for the
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River. Significant programmatic forest
plan amendments to the Coconino and Tonto National Forests land
management plans, to incorporate management direction from the CRMP
have also been prepared for the Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River.
Because the project includes two separate decisions, this notice
initiates two separate but concurrent pre-decisional objection
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filing periods. Objections to the proposed CRMP must be filed within 45
days of the publication date of this notice and objections to the
proposed amendments to the land management plans must be filed withn 60
days of the publication date of this notice. The accompanying Final
Environmental Impact Statement and draft Record of Decision describe
the actions and analyze the effects of site specific activities
associated with the CRMP and the forest plan amendments.
DATES: The Forest Plan Amendments, CRMP, FEIS, Draft ROD, and other
project related documents will be available on the project web page:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=27457 starting December 4,
2020.
A legal notice of the initiation of the 60-day and 45-day objection
periods is also being published in the Arizona Daily Sun and the
Arizona Capitol Times and will provide additional clarity and specific
objection requirements found in the 36 CFR 218 and 36 CFR 219
regulations (https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=a45353900f749741bde9364d9d74dd04&mc=true&node=pt36.2.218&rgn=div5 and https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=a45353900f749741bde9364d9d74dd04&mc=true&node=pt36.2.219&rgn=div5). The date the legal notice is published in the Arizona Daily Sun is
the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection.
Please reference regulatory requirements for filing an objection in the
above links. A copy of these legal notices will be posted on the
website described above.
ADDRESSES: Objections may be submitted to Sandra Watts, Acting Regional
Forester, filed via mail or express delivery to 333 Broadway Blvd. SE,
Albuquerque, NM 87102; by facsimile to FAX: (505) 842-3800; by email to
[email protected]. An automated response
will confirm the electronic objection has been received. The email
subject or fax coversheet must include a subject line with ``Fossil
Creek Comprehensive River Management Plan Objection'' or ``Fossil Creek
CRMP FEIS'' and should specify the number of pages being submitted. If
an automated response is not received, it is the sender's
responsibility to ensure timely filing by other means. Electronic
objections must be submitted in MS Word, Word Perfect, portable
document format (PDF), or rich text format (RTF).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader, Mike Dechter,
[email protected], by phone at 928-527-3416. For media inquiries or
to leave a message about the project, please contact Brady Smith via
email at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 928-527-3490.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed CRMP is subject to the
objection process pursuant to 36 CFR 218 Subparts A and B, and the
Forest Plan amendments are subject to the objection process pursuant to
36 CFR 219 Subparts A and B. Objections to the Fossil Creek
Comprehensive River Management Plan or to the Forest Plan amendments
will only be accepted from those who have previously submitted timely
comments regarding these planning efforts during any designated
opportunity for public comment, unless based on information not
available during an earlier designated opportunity for public comment
(i.e., new information).
Both objection processes under 36 CFR 218 and 36 CFR 219 Subpart B
provide an opportunity for members of the public who have participated
in the planning process for the Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River
Comprehensive River Management Plan to have any unresolved concerns
reviewed by the Forest Service prior to a final decision by the
Responsible Officials.
It is the responsibility of the objector to ensure that the
reviewing officer receives the objection in a timely manner. The
regulations prohibit extending the length of the objection filing
period. Please reference regulatory requirements for objecting at the
link provided above, under dates.
Responsible Officials
The responsible officials who will approve the record of decision
for the Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River CRMP are Laura Jo West,
Forest Supervisor for the Coconino National Forest and Neil Bosworth,
Forest Supervisor of the Tonto National Forest.
The Regional Forester is the reviewing officer for all decisions
related to the CRMP and its associated activities and the plan
amendment since the Forest Supervisors are the deciding officials (36
CFR 219.56(e)(2)).
Jennifer Eberlien,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2020-26687 Filed 12-3-20; 8:45 am]
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