[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31997-31998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10676]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Caribou-Targhee National Forest; Wyoming; Amendment to the 1997
Land Management Plan for the Targhee National Forest
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object to the programmatic amendment
to the 1997 Targhee National Forest Land Management Plan for the
Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
amending the 1997 Targhee National Forest Land Management Plan (Forest
Plan). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Grand Targhee Resort Master Development Plan
Projects and Record of Decision (ROD) that includes a programmatic plan
amendment to the Forest Plan. The plan amendment would convert 694
acres of National Forest System Lands on the Teton Basin Ranger
District from Forest Plan Management Prescription areas 2.1.2--Visual
Quality Maintenance and 2.8.3 Aquatic Influence Zone to Forest Plan
Management Prescription Area 4.2--Special Use Permit Recreation Sites
to accommodate the expansion of the ski resort Special Use Permit
boundary. This notice is to inform the public that the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest is initiating a 60-day period where individuals or
entities with specific concerns about the amendment to the Forest Plan
may file objections for Forest Service review prior to the approval of
the amendment.
DATES: The publication date of the legal notice in the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest newspaper of record, Post Register, initiates the 60-
day objection filing period and is the exclusive means for calculating
the time to file an objection (36 CFR 219.52(c)(5)). An electronic copy
of the legal notice with the publication date will be posted at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/projects/58258.
ADDRESSES: Written objections, including attachments, may be submitted
via regulator mail, private carrier, or hand delivery to: USDA Forest
Service, Intermountain Region, Attn: Objection Reviewing Officer,
Hansen Federal Building, Room 4016, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401.
The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered
objections are: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding
holidays. Objections may also be sent electronically to https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/projects/58258, or via facsimile to
801-625-5365.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Pence, Teton Basin District
Ranger. [email protected], 208-354-6610. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the hearing-impaired may call 711 to
reach the Telecommunications Relay Service, 24 hours a day, every day
of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decision to approve the amendment to the
1997 Targhee National Forest Plan in association with the Grand Targhee
Resort Master Development Plan Projects will be subject to the
objection process identified in 36 CFR part 219, subpart B (Sec. Sec.
219.50 through 219.62). Per 36 CFR 219.53 only individuals and entities
who have submitted substantive formal comments related to a plan
amendment during the opportunities for public comment that are
attributable to the objector may file an objection unless the objection
concerns an issue that arose after the opportunities for formal
comment.
A separate Notice of Availability was published for the Grand
Targhee Resort Master Development Plan Projects FEIS and draft Record
of Decision in the Federal Register. Concurrently, a legal notice will
be published in the newspaper of record starting the 45-day objection
period for the project-specific amendments per 36 CFR 218.26. Both the
45-day objection period for the project-specific amendments and the 60-
day objection period for the programmatic plan amendment will run
concurrently beginning with the date of publication of the legal notice
and the NOO respectively.
How to File an Objection
Objections must be submitted to the Reviewing Officer at the
address shown in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. An objection
must include the following (36 CFR 219.54(c)):
(1) The objector's name and address along with a telephone number
or email address if available. In cases where no
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identifiable name is attached to an objection, the Forest Service will
attempt to verify the identity of the objector to confirm objection
eligibility;
(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. The Forest Service will communicate to all
parties to an objection through the lead objector. Verification of the
identity of the lead objector must also be provided if requested;
(4) The name of the plan amendment being objected to, and the name
and title of the responsible official;
(5) A statement of the issues and/or parts of the plan amendment to
which the objection applies;
(6) A concise statement explaining the objection and suggesting how
the draft plan decision may be improved. If the objector believes that
the plan amendment is inconsistent with law, regulation, or policy, an
explanation should be included;
(7) A statement that demonstrates the link between the objector's
prior substantive formal comments and the content of the objection,
unless the objection concerns an issue that arose after the
opportunities for formal comment; and
(8) All documents referenced in the objection (a bibliography is
not sufficient), except the following need not be provided:
a. All or any part of a Federal law or regulation,
b. Forest Service Directive System documents and land management
plans or other published Forest Service documents,
c. Documents referenced by the Forest Service in the planning
documentation related to the proposal subject to objection, and
d. Formal comments previously provided to the Forest Service by the
objector during the proposed plan, plan amendment, or plan revision
comment period.
Additionally, objections should be identified as pertaining to the
``1997 Targhee National Forest Land Management Plan amendment'' for the
Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
It is the responsibility of the objector to ensure that the
Reviewing Officer receives the objection in a timely manner. The
regulations generally prohibit extending the length of the objection
filing period (36 CFR 219.56(d)). However, when the time period expires
on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday, the time is extended to
the end of the next Federal working day (11:59 p.m. for objections
filed by electronic means such as email or facsimile machine) (36 CFR
219.56).
Responsible Official
The responsible official who will approve the record of decision
(ROD) and the amendment to the 1997 Targhee National Forest Plan is
Forest Supervisor Kim Pierson, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 1405
Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, 208-557-5761.
Deputy Regional Forester Brant Peterson at the Ogden Regional
Office, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401, is the reviewing officer for
the amendment to the 1997 Targhee Forest Plan because the Forest
Supervisor is the responsible official (36 CFR 219.56(e)).
(Authority: 5 U.S.C 301; 16 U.S.C. 1604, 1613; and 36 CFR 219.16(c))
Beattra Wilson,
Associate Deputy Chief State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, National
Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2026-10676 Filed 5-28-26; 8:45 am]
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