Notice2024-15652
Amendment to the Caribou National Forest Land Management Plan
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Published
July 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is amending the Caribou National Forest Land Management Plan (forest plan). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Crow Creek Pipeline Project Lower Valley Energy and draft record of decision that includes a programmatic plan amendment to the forest plan. The plan amendment would establish a utility corridor and applies to approximately 44 acres of National Forest System lands on the Montpelier Ranger District. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58714-58715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15652]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Amendment to the Caribou National Forest Land Management Plan
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object to the amendment to the Land
Management Plan for the Caribou National Forest.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
amending the Caribou National Forest Land Management Plan (forest
plan). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Crow Creek Pipeline Project
Lower Valley Energy and draft record of decision that includes a
programmatic plan amendment to the forest plan. The plan amendment
would establish a utility corridor and applies to approximately 44
acres of National Forest System lands on the Montpelier Ranger
District. 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, Idaho State Journal, 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 <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218">https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218</a>.
ADDRESSES: The Crow Creek Pipeline Project Lower Valley Energy Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement draft record of decision
and other supporting information will be available for review at:
<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218">https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218</a>.
Objections must be submitted to the objection reviewing officer by
one of the following methods:
<bullet> Objections may be submitted electronically at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218">https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/ctnf/?project=63218</a> with subject: Caribou
National Forest Plan Amendment Objection. Electronic submissions must
be submitted in a format (Word, PDF, or Rich Text) that is readable and
searchable with optical character recognition software.
<bullet> By Fax: (801) 625-5365. Faxes must be addressed to
``Objection Coordinator.'' The fax coversheet should include a subject
line with ``Caribou National Forest Plan Amendment Objection'' and
specify the number of pages being submitted.
<bullet> Via regular mail to the following address: Objection
Reviewing Officer, Caribou National Forest Plan Amendment, Forest
Service Intermountain Regional Office, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT
84401.
<bullet> Hand delivery of written objections during normal working
hours to the Intermountain Regional Office, Hansen Federal Building,
Room 4016, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbert Mickelsen, Caribou-Targhee
National Forest Ecosystem Branch Chief, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65170a07070017114b080c060e000916000b25101601044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d3f222f2f283f396320242e2628213e28230d383e292c632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>,
208-557-5764. Individuals who use telecommunications devices for the
hearing impaired may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1(800)
877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The amendment would establish a 20-foot-wide
utility corridor (corresponding with the Crow Creek Pipeline Project's
permanent right-of-way) where management prescription 8.1(b)--
Concentrated Development Areas would apply instead of the existing
management prescription. Management prescription 8.1(b) applies to
concentrated developments, including communication sites, utility
corridors, and administrative sites. The utility corridor would cross
forest plan management prescription areas: 2.7.1(d)--Elk and Deer
Winter Range, Critical; 2.7.2(d)--Elk and Deer Winter Range; 2.8.3--
Aquatic Influence Zone; and 6.2(b)--Rangeland Vegetation Management.
The plan amendment would change approximately 8.5 acres of prescription
2.7.1(d)--Elk and Deer Winter Range, Critical; 3.6 acres of
prescription 2.7.2(d)--Elk and Deer Winter Range; and 32 acres of
prescription 6.2(b)--Rangeland Vegetation Management to prescription
8.1(b)--Concentrated Development Areas. The portions of the proposed
utility corridor that occur within prescription 2.8.3--Aquatic
Influence Zone overlap with the other prescriptions and are accounted
for in the aforementioned acres.
The decision to approve the amendment to the Caribou National
Forest plan in association with the decision on the Crow Creek Pipeline
Project Lower Valley Energy is subject to the objection process
pursuant to 36
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CFR 219 subpart B (219.50 to 219.62). Per 36 CFR 219.53 only
individuals and entities who have submitted substantive formal comments
related to amending the forest plan 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.
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 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, 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 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 draft decision may be improved. If the objector believes that the
plan, plan amendment, or plan revision 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.
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
and the amendment to the forest plan is Mel Bolling, Caribou-Targhee
Forest Supervisor, 1405 Hollipark Dr., Idaho Falls, ID 83401, 208-557-
5761. The Deputy Regional Forester is the reviewing officer for the
amendment to the forest plan because the Forest Supervisor is the
responsible official (36 CFR 219.56(e)).
Keith Lannom,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2024-15652 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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