[Federal Register: November 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 222)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Hoosier National Forest, Indiana, German Ridge Restoration
Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, Hoosier National Forest is revising
the expected date for a draft environmental impact statement. The prior
notice concerning this project appeared in the Federal Register on
August 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 169, pages 55773-55775). The Hoosier
National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to
disclose the environmental consequences of a vegetation restoration
project. The EIS
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will address the potential environmental impacts of replacing pine
plantations in the German Ridge area of Perry County, Indiana with
native hardwood communities.
DATES: The draft environmental impact statement is expected February
2004, and the final environmental impact statement is expected July
2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Ellis, NEPA coordinator, Hoosier
National Forest, USDA Forest Service; telephone; (812) 275-5987.
Address: 811 Constitution Avenue; Bedford IN 47421. The original
scoping document can also be viewed at the Hoosier National Forest Web
page at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/project_docs/scoping/german_ridge
restoration.htm.
Responsible Official
Kenneth G. Day, Forest Supervisor; Hoosier National Forest; 811
Constitution Avenue; Bedford, Indiana 47421.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook
1909.15, Section 21)
Dated: November 4, 2003.
Kenneth G. Day,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 03-28782 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
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