Agriculture Department, Forest Service
The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is amending the 1989 Okanogan National Forest Land Management Plan and 1990 Wenatchee National Forest Land Management Plan (forest plans). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Planning and Management of Domestic Sheep and Goat Grazing Within the Range of Bighorn Sheep Project and a draft Record of Decision that includes a programmatic plan amendment to both forest plans. The plan amendment would add two standards for domestic sheep and goat grazing activities on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to both forest plans. This notice is to inform the public that the Okanogan- Wenatchee National Forest is initiating a 60-day period where individuals or entities with specific concerns about the amendments to the forest plans may file objections for Forest Service review prior to the approval of the amendments.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Forest Service AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture. ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object. SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is amending the 1989 Okanogan National Forest Land Management Plan and 1990 Wenatchee National Forest Land Management Plan (forest plans). The Forest Service has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Planning and Management of Domestic Sheep and Goat Grazing Within the Range of Bighorn Sheep Project and a draft Record of Decision that includes a programmatic plan amendment to both forest plans. The plan amendment would add two standards for domestic sheep and goat grazing activities on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to both ( printed page 66832) forest plans. This notice is to inform the public that the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is initiating a 60-day period where individuals or entities with specific concerns about the amendments to the forest plans may file objections for Forest Service review prior to the approval of the amendments. DATES: The publication date of the legal notice in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest newspaper of record, The Wenatchee World, 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, as well as the FEIS, draft record of decision (ROD), and supporting documentation, will b…
Citation: 91 FR 66831