[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10662-10663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04073]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[EIS No. 2011-13640]
Retraction of Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Retraction of NOI.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) on
May 25, 2011 for Salt River Allotments Vegetative Management EIS. This
Environmental Impact Statement was first designed due to complexities
encountered with a variety of current activities and environmental
conditions that interconnect along Salt River. These activities
include: White water rafting, wilderness values, critical habitat of
aquatic and terrestrial species. Planned livestock grazing project
included a desire by term-grazing permittees to graze livestock (i.e.,
cattle) along river.
DATES: Not Applicable.
ADDRESSES: No further comments will be received on this project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Jamie Wages 7680 South Sixshooter
Canyon Road Globe, Arizona 85501,
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[email protected] or 928-402-6222. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Selecting to do an EIS upfront was a
shortcut for doing an EA and then not being able to certify proposed
action did not have a significant impact in a FONSI. However, through
discussions with term-grazing permittees, it was determined that if
livestock were allowed to graze along river that neither Forest Service
nor term-grazing permittees had time or money to conduct monitoring
necessary to determine appropriateness of this proposed action along
river corridor. By withdrawing complexity inherent in proposed action
to graze along river, need for an EIS evaporated. Therefore, project
planning will continue through an EA process. Environmental Impact
Statement will be retracted on February 18, 2015.
Dated: February 17, 2015.
Richard Reitz,
Globe Ranger District, Tonto National Forest.
Dated: February 18, 2015.
Kelly Jardine,
Tonto Basin Ranger District, Tonto National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2015-04073 Filed 2-26-15; 8:45 am]
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