[Federal Register: February 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 23)]
[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
Revised Land and Resource Management Plan; Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit, South Lake Tahoe, CA
ACTION: Notice of initiation to revise the Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Unit Land and Resource Management Plan.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will revise the Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Plan (hereafter referred to as the Forest Plan). This notice describes
the documents available for review and how to obtain them; summarizes
the need to change the Forest Plan and the initial scope of revision
based upon management review and determination; provides information
concerning public participation and collaboration; and includes the
names and addresses of agency officials who can provide additional
information.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Forest Plan Revision--LTBMU, 35
College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. E-mail:
comments-pacificsouthwest-ltbmu@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Chaponot at (530) 543-2742 or
Robert King at (530) 543-2619; or e-mail the revision team at :
comments-pacificsouthwest-ltbmu@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Documents Available for Review
The Comprehensive Evaluation Report is the Forest Plan revision
analysis document that provides an evaluation of current ecological,
economic, and social conditions and trends; these contribute to
sustainability within the Forest Service lands managed by the Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU). Publication and review of the
Comprehensive Evaluation Report (CER) formally launches LTBMU's Forest
Plan Revision process. The information detailed in the CER analysis,
and further distilled within the forest supervisor's management review
and revision theme areas are provided for public and agency review and
comment. This document is now available for review (see Public
Participation and Collaboration subtopic).
Components of the Forest Plan
As required under the National Forest Management Act, Terri
Marceron, Forest Supervisor, LTBMU has made a determination that
conditions exist that warrant a revision of the existing 1988 Forest
Plan (see Forest Supervisor's Determination--Preliminary Need for
Change Topics). The Management Review is the preamble to the
Comprehensive Evaluation Report document; it describes the scope of the
plan revision, rationale, and formal determination to proceed with
revision of the LTBMU Forest Plan. The information contained in the
CER, in concert with information acquired from substantive comments,
will be used to structure a revised plan. The revised Forest Plan will
include the following components: Desired conditions, objectives,
guidelines, suitability of areas and special areas (Reference: CFR
219.7).
Forest Supervisor's Determination--Preliminary Need for Change Topics
Much of the direction contained in the 1988 Forest Plan is still
valid. The parts of the plan that are working well will be carried
forward into the revised Plan, limiting the revision to areas where new
regulations and policy, new science, resource information, and changing
social, economic, and ecologic conditions and trends have created a
need for updated guidance. Through the public participation and
collaboration process the Forest Supervisor has determined that the
Forest Plan Revision will focus on four preliminary themes:
Ecosystem restoration,
Recreation management,
Land use,
Planning and adaptive management.
(Reference: CER Management Review; and CER Chapter 2)
Comment Requested
The Forest Service is seeking public comments about the
appropriateness of the specific preliminary Need for Change topics
identified in the CER document. Public comments should fall within two
specific areas: (1) Whether the scope and appropriate representation of
the four major theme areas identified in the CER is addressed
adequately, and with the appropriate science; and (2) Specific issue
areas of importance to the public that were not addressed adequately in
the information presented in the full CER document. Substantive
comments received by 19 March 2007 will be of the most value in
evaluating public response to the adequacy of the need for change
themes outlined in the Comprehensive Evaluation Report.
Planning Process Schedule
The revision process for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
officially begins in January 2007 with the publication of this Notice
of Initiation in the Federal Register. The final revised Forest Plan is
scheduled to be issued for pre-decisional review in July 2008. Final
approval of the revised LTBMU Forest Plan is scheduled to occur October
2008. As of the publication date of this notice, it is the intent of
the Forest Supervisor, Terri Marceron, consistent with national Forest
Service policy, that the revised forest plan will be published as a
Categorical Exclusion (Reference: Forest Service Handbook FSH 1909.12,
Ch. 30, Jan. 31, 2006).
Responsible Official
Terri Marceron, Forest Supervisor, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
at 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.
Public Participation and Collaboration
The revision process is designed to provide continued opportunities
for public collaboration in the management of public land in the Lake
Tahoe Basin and provide open participation in the development of the
revised Forest Plan. Pursuant to 36 CFR 219.13(a), only parties that
participate in the planning process through the submission of written
comments can submit an objection upon publication of the revised Forest
Plan decision (see Planning Process Schedule). For additional
information on the Forest Plan revision processes, access the Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/projects/.
Likewise, interested members of the public can request to
receive LTBMU Forest Plan revision information updates via U.S. Mail
delivery, by mailing a request to: Forest Plan Revision--LTBMU, 35
College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, e-mailing:
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comments-pacificsouthwest-ltbmu@fs.fed.us, or phoning the Lake Tahoe
Basin Management Unit: (530) 543-2600.
Dated: January 29, 2007.
Terri Marceron,
Forest Supervisor, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
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