35116 Notices Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 120 Friday, June 20, 2008 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: contains documents other than rules or Mike McNeill, Team Leader, USDA proposed rules that are applicable to the Forest Service Forest Service, at 1801 Hwy 18 Truck public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Bypass PO Box 732, Hot Springs, South committee meetings, agency decisions and Nebraska National Forest, Nebraska & Dakota 57747, or call (605) 745–4107. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of South Dakota; Black-Tailed Prairie Dog SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: petitions and applications and agency (Cynomys ludovicianus) Management Purpose and Need for Action: We statements of organization and functions are on the Nebraska National Forest and examples of documents appearing in this conducted an interdiscinplinary review Associated Units section. of new information and changed AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. circumstances from the original LRMP FEIS including prolonged drought ACTION: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Second revised notice of intent conditions, changes in praire dog to prepare an environmental impact numbers and distribution, and related Forest Service statement. concerns about resulting vegetation and soil conditions. The environmental Ravalli County Resource Advisory SUMMARY: This project would amend impact statement will disclose the current management direction in the Committee environmental effects of the proposed Nebraska National Forest Land and action while still providing: (1) AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. Resource Management Plan (LRMP) for Sufficient habitat to support a self- black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ACTION: sustaining population of black-footed Notice of meeting. ludovicianus) management on the ferrets that contributes to the overall Nebraska National Forest and associated recovery of the species; and (2) SUMMARY: The Ravalli County Resource units (NNF). The proposed LRMP sufficient habitat to maintain a well- Advisory Committee will be meeting to amendment is to meet various multiple distributed population of black-tailed go on a field trip. The meeting is being use objectives by: (1) Specifing the prairie dogs and other associated held pursuant to the authorities in the desired range of acres of prairie dog species across the national grasslands. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. colonies that would be provided on the Proposed Action: The proposed action L. 92–463) and under the Secure Rural Nebraska National Forest and associated is to amend current management Schools and Community Self- units; and (2) allowing the use of direction in the LRMP to meet various Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– rodenticides if the acreage exceeds the multiple use objectives by: (1) 393). The meeting is open to the public. desired range and for multiple use Specifying the desired range of acres of objectives. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to DATES: prairie dog colonies that will be The field trip will start on June supplement the 2002 LRMP provided on the NNF; and (2) allowing 24, 2008, 6 p.m. environmental impact statement (EIS) use of rodenticide if the acreage exceeds ADDRESSES: for this project was published The field trip will meet at the desired range and for multiple use September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57460– the Bitterroot National Forest, 1801 N. objectives. This includes amending 57462). On February 28, 2007 (72 FR First Street, Hamilton, Montana in the Chapter 1, Section H, Standard #1 8962) a revised NOI was published back parking lot to team up for the car which identifies a limited use of indicating that the Agency would not be pool. Send written comments to Daniel rodenticides. preparing a supplement to the 2002 C. Ritter, District Ranger, Stevensville Issues: Key issues include effects on LRMP EIS but would be preparing a Ranger District, 88 Main Street, black-tailed prairie dogs; effects on separate environmental impact Stevensville, MT 59870, by facsimile recovery of the endangered black-footed statement for black-tailed prairie dog (406) 777–7423, or electronically to ferret; effects on other wildlife species (Cynomys ludovicianus) management on [email protected]. associated with prairie dogs; effects on the Nebraska National Forest and livestock grazing permittees; effects on associated units. This EIS would tier to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: vegetation cover, topsoil, and 2002 LRMP. More than six months have Daniel G. Ritter, Stevensville District undesirable plant species; and costs and elapsed since the projected FEIS date in Ranger and Designated Federal Officer, effectiveness of management strategies. Phone: (406) 777–5461. that original NOI. Also, the responsible official has changed to Jane Darnell, Responsible Official Dated: June 12, 2008. Forest Supervisor (no change in title). The Responsible Official is Jane D. Barry Paulson, This revised NOI is being issued to Darnell, Forest Supervisor, USDA Forest Deputy Forest Supervisor. update the project schedule and Service, 125 North Main Street, [FR Doc. E8–13983 Filed 6–19–08; 8:45 am] responsible official. Chadron, Nebraska 69337. BILLING CODE 3410–11–M DATES: The Notice of Availability of the draft environmental impact statement Nature of Decision To Be Made was published in the Federal Register The Forest Service will decide on June 8, 2007 (72 FR 31822). The final whether or not to amend current environmental impact statement is management direction in the LRMP to expected in July, 2008. No further meet various multiple use objectives by: formal public comment opportunities (1) specifying the desired range of acres will be offered on this project. of prairie dog colonies that will be VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Jun 19, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20JNN1.SGM 20JNN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES.