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eligibility for the Export Enhancement be available for rent during the winter and addresses of the responsible agency Program (EEP) and the Dairy Export season. official and the individuals who can Incentive Program (DEIP). Program ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Caribou- provide additional information. Finally, applicants can fax a letter in or Targhee National Forest, 1405 Hollipark this notice briefly describes the applicants may register over the Dr., Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401. applicable planning rule and how work Internet. Information collected from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: done on the plan revision under the U.S. Exporters is used by CCC to Jared Mattson on the Montpelier RD at 2008 planning rule will be used or manage, plan for and evaluate the use 208–847–8946. modified for completing this plan of, and account for Government revision. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The resources. Without the application and The revised Forest Plan will related information, FAS would be Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed supersede the current Forest Plan unable to properly qualify U.S. previously approved by the Regional Exporters for EEP and DEIP. the Secretary of Agriculture to publish a six month advance notice in the Forester on August 4, 1986. The current Description of Respondents: Business Federal Register whenever new Forest Plan has been modified through or other for-profit. recreation fee areas are established. The eleven amendments and three change Number of Respondents: 9. Caribou-Targhee National Forest notices since its approval. Amendments Frequency of Responses: currently has nine other cabin rentals. included: Establishing new management Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. These rentals are often fully booked areas, adding and modifying Total Burden Hours: 47. throughout their rental season. A management direction for fire, caves, Ruth Brown, business analysis of Diamond Creek cultural resources, roads, and trails, and Departmental Information Collection Guard Station has shown that people adding direction for the Mexican Clearance Officer. desire having this sort of recreation spotted owl, the northern goshawk, and [FR Doc. 2010–1558 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] experience on the Caribou-Targhee old growth. This current amended BILLING CODE 3410–10–P National Forest. A market analysis Forest Plan will remain in effect until indicates that the $35/per night fee is the revised Forest Plan takes effect. both reasonable and acceptable for this DATES: Comments concerning the need sort of unique recreation experience. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE for change provided in this notice will People wanting to rent Diamond be most useful in the development of Forest Service Creek Guard Station will need to do so the draft revised Forest Plan and draft through the National Recreation Notice of New Recreation Fee Site; Reservation Service, at http:// environmental impact statement if Federal Lands Recreation www.recreation.gov or by calling 1–877– received by February 19, 2010. The Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 444–6777. The National Recreation agency expects to release a draft revised 108–447) Reservation Service charges a $9 fee for Forest Plan and draft environmental reservations. impact statement for formal comment by AGENCY: Caribou-Targhee National fall, 2010 and a final revised Plan and Forest, USDA Forest Service. Dated: January 13, 2009. final environmental impact statement by ACTION: Notice of New Fee Site. Brent L. Larson, fall, 2011. Caribou-Targhee National Forest Supervisor. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: SUMMARY: The Caribou-Targhee National [FR Doc. 2010–1218 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] Coronado National Forest, Forest Plan Forest is proposing to charge a $35 fee BILLING CODE 3410–11–M for the overnight (summer use only) Revision Team, 300 W. Congress, rental of Diamond Creek Guard Station. Tucson, Arizona 85701. Comments may The guard station is used in the winter DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE also be sent via e-mail to: coronado- time as a warming hut but is currently [email protected]. Forest Service unused during the summer season. Fees FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: are assessed based on the level of Jennifer Ruyle, Forest Planner, amenities and services provided, cost of Plan Revision for the Coronado National Forest, Cochise, Graham, Coronado National Forest, 300 W. operations and maintenance, market Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701, (520) 388– assessment and public comment. The Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties, AZ; and Hidalgo County, NM 8351, [email protected]. fee is proposed and will be determined Information on this revision is also upon further analysis and public AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. available at Coronado National Forest comment. To date, an analysis of the ACTION: Notice of intent to revise the revision Web site, http://www.fs.fed.us/ cabin shows that the proposed fees are forest plan. r3/coronado/plan-revision/index.shtmi. reasonable and typical of similar sites in Individuals who use telecommunication the area. Rentals of other cabins on the SUMMARY: As directed by the National devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Caribou-Targhee National Forest have Forest Management Act, the USDA Federal Information Relay Service shown that publics appreciate and enjoy Forest Service is preparing the (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 the availability of historic and other Coronado National Forest revised land a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday type rental cabins. Funds from fees will management plan (Forest Plan) and will through Friday. be used for the continued operation and also prepare an environmental impact maintenance of the Diamond Creek statement (EIS) for this revised Forest SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Guard Station. Plan. This notice briefly describes the Name and Address of the Responsible DATES: Comments will be accepted nature of the decision to be made, the Official through June 15, 2010. Diamond Creek proposed action and need for change, Guard Station will become available for and information concerning public Corbin Newman, Regional Forester, rent beginning May 1 through Oct 30 of participation. It also provides estimated Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway, each summer season. The cabin will not dates for filing the EIS and the names SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102.

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Nature of the Decision To Be Made Proposed Action uses to guide management that will The Coronado National Forest (Forest) • Develop goal (desired condition) sustain the Forest resources and is preparing an ETS to revise the current statements that provide adequate experiences in the face of changes in Forest Plan. The EIS process is meant to guidance for sustaining and restoring population, behavior, and increased development. inform the Regional Forester so that he ecosystems using new scientific • can decide which alternative best meets knowledge and updated language. Develop place-based geographic the need to achieve quality land and • Provide direction to guide future area plan components to guide resource management under a vegetation management activities, management to address the unique sustainable multiple-use management including burning and mechanical challenges in the international border concept to meet the diverse needs of treatments, to move towards or maintain region. people while protecting the Forests’ desired conditions. Revision Topic 3. Public Access and resources, as required by the National • Include appropriate standards and Travel Patterns Forest Management Act (NFMA) and the guidelines to provide direction to Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act ensure species diversity and viability Need for Change (MUYSA). across the planning area. Rapid growth of populations in The revised Forest Plan will describe • Integrate plan components, where Arizona and New Mexico has led to a the strategic intent of managing the possible, to reflect the much greater demand for public access Forest into the next 10 to 15 years, and interconnectedness between physical to National Forest System lands. The will address the need for change and biological resources. need for additional permanent legal described below. The revised Forest • Include objectives and guidelines access to the Forest is identified as an Plan will provide management direction that reflect systematic observation and issue in the current Forest Plan. in the form of goals (desired conditions), analysis of treatment results, and Although progress has been made objectives, suitability determinations, adaptation of treatment methods based toward the goal of increasing the standards, guidelines, and a monitoring on those results. number of permanent legal access plan. It may also make new special area • Address the emerging issue of points, the issue has become more recommendations for wilderness, wild climate change by incorporating complicated. Updated management and scenic rivers, research natural areas, adaptive management strategies and direction is needed that emphasizes a and other special areas. describing ecological conditions that are coordinated, collaborative approach to For clarification of the decisions to be resilient to change. establishing adequate and appropriate made in a Forest Plan, it is useful to • Develop Forest Plan components for permanent legal access for public and identify of the types of decisions that sustaining aquatic habitats that are at administrative use. will not be made within it. risk. Authorizations of project level activities • Facilitate the understanding of Proposed Action are not decisions that are made in the management needs for each mountain • Update goals (desired conditions) Forest Plan. Project level activities are range by developing place-based and objectives to emphasize and approved through subsequent project geographic area Forest Plan prioritize the establishment of specific decisionmaking. components. permanent legal access for public and • Reevaluate and update the list of administrative use. Need for Change and Proposed Action Management Indicator Species (MIS). The needs for change and proposed MIS are species whose population Revision Topic 4. Preservation of Open actions are organized into five revision changes are believed to indicate the Space topics: 1. Ecosystem Restoration, 2. effects of management activities. Need for Change Safety and Information, 3. Public Access Preservation of open space is a and Travel Patterns, 4. Preservation of Revision Topic 2. Safety and particularly important land use issue Open Space, and 5. Collaboration and Information given both the public’s desire to Partnerships. For each of the revision Need for Change maintain the ‘‘rural character’’ of topics, there are proposals for the The social environment surrounding southern Arizona and New Mexico revised Forest Plan to make changes in the Forest has changed significantly lands and the need to accommodate plan components, as described below: since the 1986 Forest Plan was rapidly growing populations and Revision Topic 1. Ecosystem completed. Although the current Forest municipalities. This issue is not Restoration Plan anticipates negative impacts addressed in the current Forest Plan. associated with regional population Need for Change Management direction is needed that growth and increased urbanization, it addresses the sustainability of Current Forest Plan direction does not identify strategies for undeveloped landscapes within the recognizes and supports the need for sustaining forest resources and Forest boundary and emphasizes species diversity, ecosystem experiences affected by these pressures. coordination with adjacent landowners sustainability, and restoration of desired Impacts from illegal activity associated to protect open space. ecosystem characteristics. However, with the international border region are rates and effectiveness of treatments not addressed at all. Improved Proposed Action will need to increase if vegetation management direction is needed that • Develop desired condition communities and species diversity are leads to increased public awareness statements that reflect the role of Forest to be sustained. Management direction about the impacts of recreational management in preserving open space. is needed that integrates restoration of activities, and of the hazards associated • Develop guidelines, based on the degraded ecosystems, wildlife habitat with the border region. Scenery Management System, to protect conservation, fire ecology, hazardous scenic natural landscapes. fuels reduction, and current ecological Proposed Action • Develop plan components that are threats, including invasive species and • Develop Land Use Zones based on reflective of county and community climate change. the suitability of various recreational land use planning efforts.

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Revision Topic 5. Collaboration and Draft Environmental Impact Statement gathered prior to the court’s injunction Partnerships are available for review (anticipated to is useful for completing the plan be in the fall of 2010). Need for Change revision using the provisions of the It is important that reviewers provide 1982 planning rule. The Coronado In recent years the Forest Service has their comments at such times and in National Forest has concluded that the placed increasing priority on the social such a way that they are useful to the following material developed during the relationships between National Forest Agency’s preparation of the revised plan plan revision process to date is personnel and members of surrounding and the EIS. Therefore, comments on appropriate for continued use in the communities. The current Forest Plan the proposed action and need for change revision process: does not reflect this priority. described in this notice will be most • Management direction is needed that valuable if received by February 19, The inventory and evaluation of recognizes the importance of 2010, and they should clearly articulate potential wilderness areas that were collaboration and partnerships as tools the reviewers’ concerns. The submission previously underway, are consistent for achieving both Forest Plan and of timely and specific comments can with appropriate provisions of the 1982 community goals. affect a reviewer’s ability to participate planning rule, and will be brought forward into this plan revision process. Proposed Action in subsequent administrative or judicial review. At this time, we anticipate using • • The Comprehensive Evaluation Develop desired conditions that the 2000 planning rule pre-decisional Report (CER) that was published in reflect outcomes defined through objection process (36 CFR 219.32) for April of 2009 after substantial public collaborative processes. administrative review. Comments • Integrate management direction for collaboration forms the basis for need to received in response to this solicitation, change the existing Forest Plan and the traditional uses and cultural resources including the names and addresses of throughout the revised Forest Plan. proposed action for the plan revision. those who comment will be part of the • Reference: Comprehensive Evaluation public record. Comments submitted The CER Supplementary document, Report (http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/ anonymously will be accepted and which augmented the CER with coronado/plan-revision/plan-revision- considered. additional information to conform with documents.shtml) the Analysis of Management Situation Applicable Planning Rule need for change provisions of the 1982 Public Involvement Preparation of the revised plan was planning rule. Public involvement with the Plan underway when the 2008 National • The Ecological Sustainability revision process began in spring of Forest System land management 2005, when focus groups were Report that was completed in February planning rule was enjoined on June 30, 2009 and will continue to be used as a conducted in locations across 2009, by the United States District Court southeastern Arizona to quantify reference in the planning process as for the Northern District of California appropriate to those items in attitudes, values and beliefs toward (Citizens for Better Forestry v. United Coronado NF lands. In April of 2006, conformance with the 2000 planning States Department of Agriculture, 632 F. rule transition language and 1982 Regional Forester hosted a question and Supp. 2d 968 (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2009)). planning rule provisions. This is answer session for the public in Tucson On December 18, 2009, the Department scientific information and is not affected to initiate the plan revision process for reinstated the previous planning rule, by the change of planning rule. This the National Forests in Arizona. Then, commonly known as the 2000 planning in June 2006, six public workshops were rule in the Federal Register (Federal information will be updated with any held in communities around the Forest Register, Volume 74, No. 242, Friday, new available information. with the purpose of establishing December 18, 2009, pages 67059 • The Social and Economic relationships and determining the needs through 67075). The transition Sustainability Report that was for changing the current Forest Plan. provisions of the reinstated rule (36 CFR completed in November 2008 is not These were followed by workshops in 219.35 and appendices A and B) allow affected by the change in planning rule September 2006, with the purpose of use of the provisions of the National and will continue to be used as a prioritizing the previously identified Forest System land and resource reference in the planning process. This needs for change. In September and management planning rule in effect information will be updated with any October 2007, seven workshops, again prior to the effective date of the 2000 new available information. geographically distributed, were held to rule (November 9, 2000), commonly All of these background documents, begin developing ‘‘Desired Condition known as the 1982 planning rule, to and more, can be found at http:// Statements’’ based on the previously amend or revise Forest Plans. The www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/plan- identified priority needs for change. Coronado National Forest has elected to revision/plan-revision-documents.shtml. Most recently, in November 2008, seven use the provisions of the 1982 planning These documents are not affected by the open house events were held in rule, including the requirement to change of planning rule. As necessary or geographic locations across the Forest prepare an EIS, to complete its plan appropriate, the above listed material with the purpose of presenting initial revision. draft Forest Plan products to the public, The Coronado National Forest will be further adjusted as part of the including draft Desired Condition commenced activities preparing for planning process using the provisions of Statements and draft Land Use Zone revising the Plan in the spring of 2005. the 1982 planning rule. maps. Future public meetings are Plan revision was formally initiated (Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1600–1614; 36 CFR anticipated to provide a discussion under the 2008 planning rule on June 219.35 (74 FR 67073–67074)) forum for the draft revised Plan as it is 22, 2009, with publication of a Notice of Dated: January 11, 2010. developed. Future formal public Initiation to Revise the Coronado comment opportunities will occur when National Forest’s Land and Resource Jeanine Derby, a draft revised Plan is available for Management Plan (74 FR 29467, June Forest Supervisor. review (anticipated to be in the spring 22, 2009). Although the 2008 planning [FR Doc. 2010–1162 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] of 2010), and when a proposed Plan and rule is no longer in effect, information BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

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