[Federal Register: May 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 98)] [Notices] [Page 27780] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr21my03-14] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Beaver Creek Fuels Reduction and Associated Restoration Activities Project, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Union County, OR AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Cancellation notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On December 30, 1996, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental (EIS) for the Beaver Creek Salvage Timber Sale and Other Restoration Projects, on the La Grande Ranger District of the Wallowa- Whitman National Forest, was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 68704). The name of this project was later changed on September 5, 1997, to ``Beaver Creek Fuels Reduction and Associated Restoration Activities Project'' in the Federal Register (62 FR 46942). A Notice of Availability for the draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on November 6, 1998 (63 FR 59988). Forest Service has decided to cancel the preparation of a final EIS analyzing fuel reduction proposals and related activities within the Beaver Creek unroaded area and La Grande Municipal Watershed. The NOI is hereby rescinded. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions maybe addressed to Cindy Whitlock, Resource Analyst, La Grande Ranger District, 3502 Highway 30, La Grande, OR 97850, telephone: 541-962-8501. Dated: May 8, 2003. Karyn L. Wood, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 03-12702 Filed 5-20-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-11-M