Dakota Prairie Grasslands; North Dakota; Environmental Impact Statement for the Greater Sage-Grouse Grasslands Plan Amendment; Withdrawal

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March 21, 2025

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Agriculture DepartmentForest Service

Abstract

The Forest Service is withdrawing its notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the greater sage-grouse plan amendment to the Dakota Prairie Grasslands Land and Resource Management Plan.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 54 (Friday, March 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13338-13339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04390]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Dakota Prairie Grasslands; North Dakota; Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Greater Sage-Grouse Grasslands Plan Amendment; 
Withdrawal

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service is withdrawing its notice of intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement for the greater sage-grouse 
plan amendment to the Dakota Prairie Grasslands Land and Resource 
Management Plan.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this notice 
should be directed to LeAnn Colburn via U.S. postal mail at Dakota 
Prairie Grasslands Supervisors Office, 2000 Miriam Circle, Bismarck, ND 
58501; via telephone at 701-989-7304; or via email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfb3babeb1b1f1bcb0b3bdaaadb19faaacbbbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a767f7b747434797576786f68745a6f697e7b347d756c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    Individuals who use telecommunications 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 Forest Service published a notice of 
intent prepare an environmental impact statement (NOI) in the Federal 
Register on May 21, 2014, 88 FR 29158.
    Since that publication, there have been two significant changes in 
circumstance for the greater sage-grouse:
    <bullet> In 2020 Oil and Gas Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1082964.pdf">https://www.fs.usda.gov/internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1082964.pdf</a>) created no-surface occupancy in greater sage-grouse 
habitat on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands removing one of the primary 
threats; and
    <bullet> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2015 that 
protections under the Endangered Species Act were not needed for the 
species.
    Therefore, the Forest Service is withdrawing the NOI.

JoLynn Anderson,
Agency Federal Register Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-04390 Filed 3-20-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P


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