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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 144 / Thursday, July 25, 1996 / Notices 38707 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 144 / Thursday, July 25, 1996 / Notices 38707 2. How will the proposed action affect substantive comments and objections Plan (Forest Plan) and Final EIS the Allen Mountain Roadless Area and are made available to the Forest Service (September 1987), which provides lands adjacent to the roadless area? at a time when it can meaningfully overall guidance of land management 3. How will the proposed action affect consider them and respond to them in activities on the Bitterroot National wildlife? developing issues and alternatives. Forest, including recreation 4. How will the proposed action affect To assist the Forest Service in management. water quality and quantity within the identifying and considering issues on DATES: Written comments and Camp Creek drainage? the proposed action, comments should suggestions should be received by no 5. Will the proposed expansion be as specific as possible. Reviewers later than September 9, 1996. impact the Lost Trail Pass fen (bog)? may wish to refer to the Counsel on ADDRESSES: 6. Will the proposal affect the nature Submit written comments Environmental Quality Regulations for and suggestions on the proposed and character of the recreation implementing the procedural provisions opportunity currently provided at Lost management activities or request to be of the National Environmental Policy placed on the project mailing list to Trail Pass? Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing 7. What are the cumulative impacts of Dave Campbell, District Ranger, Sula these points. Ranger District, Bitterroot National all activities proposed at Lost Trail Pass I am the responsible official for this including a State operated rest area and Forest 7338 Hwy. 93 South, Sula, MT environmental impact statement. My 59871. a snowmobile parking area? address is Bitterroot National Forest, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Other issues commonly associated 1801 N First, Hamilton, Montana 59840. Gina with ski area development are effects on Owens, EIS Team Leader, Sula Ranger cultural resources, sensitive species, Dated: July 18, 1996. District, Bitterroot National Forest, soils, and the local communities. This Stephen K. Kelly, Phone (406) 821±3201. list may be verified, expanded, or Forest Supervisor. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Skiing at modified based on public scoping for [FR Doc. 96±18916 Filed 7±24±96; 8:45 am] Lost Trail Pass has been ongoing since this proposal. BILLING CODE 3410±11±M 1935 with uphill transportation in the The Draft EIS is expected to be filed early years provided by a rope tow and with the Environmental Protection walking. Improvements since that time Agency (EPA) and available for public Lost Trail Powder Mountain Ski Area have led to the current level of review in April 1997. At that time, the Expansion; Bitterroot National Forest, development which includes two chair EPA will publish a notice of availability Ravalli County, Montana lifts, two rope tows, 28 ski runs, a ski of the Draft EIS in the Federal Register. AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. lodge, and several outbuildings for The comment period on the Draft EIS ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare storage, power generation, and the ski will be 45 days from the date the EPA's environmental impact statement. patrol. The area has a large parking lot notice of availability appears in the and the double lane entrance road is Federal Register. It is very important SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will scheduled to be paved in 1997. that those interested in expansion of the prepare an environmental impact The project area is north of the Lost Trail Pass Ski Area participate at statement (EIS) to disclose the existing ski area and consists of that time. To be most helpful, comments environmental effects of expansion of approximately 600 acres of National on the Draft EIS should be as site- Lost Trail Powder Mountain ski area, Forest land located in Section 4, T. 2N., specific as possible. The Final EIS is including construction of a new ski R. 19W. and Sections 32 and 33 T.1N,R. scheduled to be completed in November lodge, a new warming hut facility, two 19W. This area is primarily located in 1997. new chair lifts, one surface tow, and an area burned by wildfire in 1960 and The Forest Service believes, at this several ski runs in the vicinity of Lost is commonly referred to as the ``Saddle early stage, it is important to give Trail Pass. A site specific amendment to Mountain Burn.'' The majority of the reviewers notice of several court rulings the Bitterroot Forest Plan (1987) to area is covered with 30 year old related to public participation in the change the management area lodgepole pine with some areas having environmental review process. First, designation for the expansion area is very little vegetative recovery. No reviewers of draft environmental impact also proposed. The area is located activities are proposed within the Allen statements must structure their adjacent to the existing ski area facilities Mountain Roadless Area, however the participation in the environmental near the southern edge of the Bitterroot proposed activities would occur on review of the proposal so that it is National Forest, Sula Ranger District, lands adjacent to this Roadless area. meaningful and alerts an agency to the Ravalli County, Montana. Expansion of ski area facilities would reviewer's position and contentions. The proposal's actions to construct require construction of approximately Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp v. two short sections of road, a new ski 0.25 mile of road, reconstruction of NRDC 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, lodge, a new warming hut facility, two approximately 0.5 mile of road, and environmental objections that could be chair lifts, a surface tow, and clear ski clearing of approximately 230 acres of raised at the draft environmental impact runs are being considered together forested land. A new ski lodge would be statement stage but that are not raised because they represent either connected constructed near the existing parking until after completion of the final or cumulative actions as defined by the area and a warming hut facility would environmental impact statement may be Council on Environmental Quality (40 be located at the based of the two new waived or dismissed by the courts. City CFR 1508.25). The purposes of the chair lifts. One of the ski lifts would be of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, project are to enhance skiing developed near Camp Creek and one ski 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin opportunities on the Bitterroot National lift would be located within the Saddle Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. Forest, provide an affordable family Mountain Burn. Ski runs would be 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis 1980). Because of skiing area for the foreseeable future, cleared adjacent to both lifts, with most these court rulings, it is very important and contribute to the diversification of runs located within the Saddle that those interested in this proposed the local economics. This project level Mountain Burn. action participate by the close of the 45- EIS will tier to the Bitterroot National This proposal has been developed by day scoping comment period so that Forest Land and Resource Management Lost Trail Pass, Inc. to respond to the 38708 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 144 / Thursday, July 25, 1996 / Notices population growth occurring in western foreground and middle ground viewing The goal of this management area is to Montana. Ravalli County (Bitterroot areas along U.S. Highway 93 and other provide developed recreation facilities Valley) leads the state of Montana in major road corridors. Lands within this which are not provided by the private populations growth, and the population management area may be managed for a sector. A standard for this management is expected to continue to grow for the variety of activities so long as the partial area is to ``provide for the expansion of foreseeable future. retention visual quality objective is the Lost Trail Ski Area.'' The decision to be made is whether maintained. The goal for lands within The Forest will consider a range of the Forest Service should allow the this management area is to maintain the alternatives. One of these will be the no proponent to expand the existing ski partial retention visual quality objective area as described above, add action alternative, in which none of the while managing timber. Emphasis is activities would be implemented. approximately 600 acres to the ski area's placed on roaded dispersed recreation permit area, and amend the Bitterroot Additional alternatives will examine activities, old growth, and big-game varying levels and locations for the Forest Plan by reallocating the proposed cover. expansion area from Management Area proposed activities to achieve the Management Area 3B: The areas are proposal's purposes, as well as to 3A (visual quality emphasis) and comprised of riparian habitat and Management Area 5 (semi-primitive respond to the issues and other resource includes 100 feet on either side of small values. recreation emphasis) to Management streams or the area defined by water Area 10 (developed recreation sites). influenced vegetation, whichever is The EIS will analyze the direct, The Bitterroot Forest Plan provides greater. The goal of this management indirect, and cumulative environmental guidance for management activities area is to manage riparian areas to effects of the alternatives. Past, present, within the potentially affected area maintain flora, fauna, water quality and and projected activities on National through its goals, objectives, standards water-related recreation activities. Forests lands will be considered. The and guidelines, and management area Emphasis is on water and soil EIS will disclose the analysis of site- direction. The areas of proposed ski area protection, dispersed recreation use, specific mitigation measures and their expansion activities would occur within visual quality, and old growth.
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