[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 67997] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-32714] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Red Mountain Project--Twin, Muddy Creek, and Gee Timber Sales, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker County, Oregon AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Cancellation of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On December 17, 1990, a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Red Mountain Project, on the Baker District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, was published in the Federal Register (55 FR 51739). A notice of availability for the draft EIS for the Red Mountain Project was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1996 (61 FR 9450). USDA, Forest Service, has decided to cancel the preparation of a final EIS analyzing timber sale proposals and related activities within an unloaded portion of the east face of Elkhorn Ridge. The notice of intent is hereby rescinded. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions may be addressed to Joanne Britton, Environmental Coordinator, Baker Ranger District, 3165 10th Street, Baker City, Oregon, 97814, telephone: 541-523-4476. Dated: December 10, 1996. R.M. Richmond, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 96-32714 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-11-M