Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2017 to 09/30/2017 Coconino National Forest This Report Contains the Best Available Information at the Time of Publication
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Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 07/01/2017 to 09/30/2017 Coconino National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact. Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R3 - Southwestern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) APS 69kv Power Line Permit for - Special use management In Progress: Expected:10/2017 10/2017 Judy Adams Childs-Irving Line Scoping Start 08/12/2015 928-203-7506 CE [email protected] Description: Issuance of a permit to replace the expired Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Hydropower License. Existing 69 kV line that was part of the Childs Irving Power operation and covered under the old license. Has been in continuous operation. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47114 Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District, Red Rock Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Line that travels from Childs substation to Irving power plant area. Includes small sections of the Tonto NF where it crosses Fossil Creek. AZ Public Service-Salt River - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:12/2017 04/2018 Heather Snow Project ROW Vegetation (other than forest products) Scoping Start 01/09/2015 505-842-3445 Management with Herbicides - Special use management Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] EA Notice 08/2017 Description: FS must decide whether to allow APS and SRP to include using herbicides as a method to manage vegetation on existing APS and SRP transmission ROW within five National Forests in Arizona. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45771 Location: UNIT - Kaibab National Forest All Units, Prescott National Forest All Units, Coconino National Forest All Units, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Navajo, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Arizona Public Service Company and Salt River Project Rights of Way across the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests. See map on website. 07/19/2017 10:22 am MT Page 1 of 19 Coconino National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R3 - Southwestern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Arizona National Scenic Trail - Regulations, Directives, Developing Proposal Expected:12/2018 02/2019 Julie Molzahn Comprehensive Plan Orders Est. Scoping Start 08/2017 406-826-4352 EA - Land management planning [email protected] - Recreation management - Heritage resource management - Special area management - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - Grazing management - Forest products - Fuels management - Watershed management - Minerals and Geology - Land ownership management - Land acquisition - Special use management - Facility management - Road management Description: The Comprehensive Plan will develop administrative and management goals, objectives and practices for the Arizona National Scenic Trail and management corridor. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49535 Location: UNIT - Coronado National Forest All Units, Kaibab National Forest All Units, Coconino National Forest All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Arizona National Scenic Trail goes from the Coronado NM to the Utah Border at Vermillion Cliffs- 800 miles south to north across the State of Arizona. 07/19/2017 10:22 am MT Page 2 of 19 Coconino National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R3 - Southwestern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic - Regulations, Directives, In Progress: Expected:10/2018 10/2018 Marcos Roybal River Comprehensive River Orders NOI in Federal Register 928-203-2915 Management Plan 11/29/2016 comments- EIS Est. DEIS NOA in Federal southwestern- Register 10/2017 coconino- [email protected] Description: Creation of a Comprehensive River Management Plan for Fossil Creek, per Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requirements. <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprdb5410835">View Fossil Creek general information.</a> Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=27457 Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District, Red Rock Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Fossil Creek (Wild and Scenic River Portions) - Red Rock District of the Coconino National Forest and Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest. Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic - Recreation management Completed Actual: 04/07/2017 05/2017 Elizabeth Munding River Interim Management Vault - Road management (928) 203-2914 Toilets Project [email protected] CE ed.us *UPDATED* Description: Add vault toilets in the Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Corridor in order to provide adequate sanitation for existing visitation and to protect river values, including water quality and natural and cultural resources Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51085 Location: UNIT - Payson Ranger District, Red Rock Ranger District. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Coconino and Tonto national forests. On the Coconino, access is from State Highway 260 on FR 708 near Camp Verde. On the Tonto, access is from Strawberry via foot trail off of FR 708. 07/19/2017 10:22 am MT Page 3 of 19 Coconino National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact R3 - Southwestern Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Four Forest Restoration - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:01/2019 02/2019 Annette Fredette Initiative Rim Country Project - Forest products NOI in Federal Register 928 226 4684 EIS - Vegetation management 06/26/2015 [email protected] (other than forest products) Est. DEIS NOA in Federal .us - Fuels management Register 08/2017 - Watershed management - Road management Description: Landscape-scale restoration on the Coconino, Apache-Sitgreaves, and Tonto National Forests of ponderosa pine ecosystems, designed to maintain, improve, and restore ecosystem structure, pattern, function, and resiliency. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/4fri/planning/?cid=stelprd3837085 Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mogollon Rim Ranger District, Coconino NF; Black Mesa and Lakeside Ranger Districts, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; Payson and Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts, Tonto National Forest. Western Area Power - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:03/2018 04/2018 Mike Dechter Administration Glen Canyon- (other than forest products) Scoping Start 04/20/2016 505-829-3535 x 3109 Rogers 230/345kV Integrated - Special use management Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Vegetation Mgmt Program Notice 10/2017 EA Description: Western is proposing to implement a operation and maintenance (O&M) and Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) program on the Rogers-Glen Canyon section of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Transmission System. Includes use of herbicides. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49397 Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units, Tonto National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Pima, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. This transmission line runs throughout the Coconino National Forest and through portions of the Tonto National Forest. Coconino National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R3 - Southwestern Region 07/19/2017 10:22 am MT Page 4 of 19 Coconino National Forest Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact Coconino National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R3 - Southwestern Region Changes to Motor Vehicle - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:11/2018 11/2018 Mike Dechter Designations - Watershed management Scoping Start 11/17/2015 928-527-3416 EA - Road management Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 03/2018 Description: Changes to designations (as currently shown on the Motor Vehicle Use Map)for motor vehicles on roads, trails, and areas throughout the Coconino National Forest Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47435 Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Roads, trails and areas throughout the Coconino National Forest. Plan Revision for the Coconino - Land management planning In Progress: Expected:08/2017 09/2017 Vernon Keller National Forest DEIS NOA in Federal Register 928-527-3415 EIS 12/20/2013 [email protected] Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 08/2017 Description: Revision of the Coconino National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) that guides activities on the Coconino NF such as recreation management and improvement of ecosystem health. For more information, visit http://go.usa.gov/gnzY Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprdb5334655 Location: UNIT - Coconino National Forest All Units. STATE - Arizona. COUNTY - Coconino, Gila, Yavapai. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Coconino