Document Number 597 20100709_WRD TMR EA_Appendix 5_Agency‐Response_WRD TMR EA.pdf Appendix 5: Comment Response This appendix was prepared to document each comment submission and the manner in which those questions, concerns or suggestions were considered or incorporated into the Williams Ranger District Travel Management Project Environmental Assessment (EA). I. Introduction In February 2010, the Williams Ranger District began the official 30‐day comment period for the Williams Ranger District Travel Management Project Environmental Assessment (EA). A legal notice was published in the Arizona Daily Sun on February 7, 2010 inviting public comment on the Proposed Action and EA. The comment period provided an opportunity for the public to provide early and meaningful participation on the proposed action prior to a decision being made by the Responsible Official. Those who provided comments during the comment period (Tables 5.3‐1, 5.3‐2, 5.3‐3, 5.3‐4 & 5.3‐5) are eligible to appeal the decision pursuant to 36 CFR part 215 regulations. During the 30‐day comment period, two public meetings were held in Williams, AZ (February 24th and March 6th, 2010) to inform the public of the project and the EA as well as to accept questions and comments from the public. The District received over 4,000 individual comments on the project from various interested parties including local residents, user groups (e.g. motorized trail riders) and state and federal agencies. The vast majority of the commenter’s (3,866) submitted a form letter via email to the District. Comment Documents Requiring Individual Response 138 Form Letter Submissions 3,866 Letters Not Requiring Individual Response 23 Comments Received After Deadline 16 TOTAL 4,043 II. Organization of this Appendix This appendix is organized in six sections to show how individual comments and concerns were addressed in the preparation of the EA: Sections I - II describe the public comment process Section III contains tables identifying commenter’s and how they participated in the process. Section IV contains the Forest Service’s response to comments. Section V contains scanned images of comment documents received during the public comment period. Once comments were received (email, letter, phone call record, comment form, etc.), they were assigned a comment number. The first number represents the document number (based on the order in which it was received) and the second number represents the individual comment within that letter that required response (ex. comment number 3‐6 was the sixth comment the FS responded to within the third letter received). Table 5.3‐1 lists the names of attendees at the two public meetings held in Williams. Comment forms were available for attendees to write comments on; those who submitted comments can be found in Table 5.3‐2. Table 5.3‐2 lists the 138 letters, emails and comment forms that were submitted, analyzed and responded to in detail and provides the document number for referencing the response table (Table 5.4‐ 1). Table 5.3‐3 lists the names of 3,866 individuals who submitted a copy of the form letter. In order to reduce the size of this comment response document, these comment documents were not individually scanned. Instead, an example copy of the form letter was included in Section V and is document number 3. Table 5.3‐4 lists the names of those who submitted comments, but whose comments did not drive individual responses from the Agency. Comment documents that were received after the March 9th 2010, comment period deadlines have been documented and are available in the project file. Table 5.3‐5 lists the names of those who submitted comments after the comment period deadline. Section IV contains Table 5.4‐1 which documents the Forest Service’s response to each comment while Section V contains scanned images of comment documents received during the public comment period. Appendices attached to comment documents are available in the project file. 2 III. Index of Comment Submissions Table 5.3‐1: List of Attendees at the two public meetings held in Williams. Attendees at Public Meetings Held for Comment Period Bateman, Gary Hunter, Dean Sartor, Randy Benham, Mike Jensen, James Schlict, Chuck Campbell, Justine Johnson, Bruce Schumacher, Mike Corcoran, Charles Kelly, Kevin Shumard, Merritt Crumbo, Kim Kelly, Mylinda Smith, John Dudley, Steve Larsen, Cody Smith, Paula Eavis, Jacob Marciano, Paul Strange, Sam Eckel, Jake Martinez, Gabriel Ulrich, Nancy Evans, Neal Nelson, Kent Wells, Dennis Faultner, Eddie Owens, Douglas Zarlingo, Vern Gaska, Dan Owens, Eugene Gumm, Michael Parker, Don Hooker, Tom Parrish, James Hume, Fayrene Pettit, Jeff Hunter, Danny Rogers, Andi (AZGF) 3 The following table can be used to identify those comments that required a detailed response. Document numbers refer to the reproduced documents in Section V of this appendix and the responses to the comments in Table 5.4‐1. Table 5.3‐2: List of Comment Submission Requiring Detailed Response Individual Comments with Detailed Response Document Document Name # Name # Andes, John 39 Harbaugh, Jan 73 Bateman, Gary 117 Harris, Richard 2 Bell, Russ 16 Hawks, Jade 6 Benham, Mike 72 Hays, James R. 61 Berger, Bruce 45 Hegstad, Michael 98‐A Bishop, Nori Lane 51 Heimes, Keith 70 Bob 118 Henderson, Tom 46 Brandt, Sarah 26 Halterman, R. William 8 Brito, Robert 57 Hooker, Tom 82 Britt, Tom 27 Hume, Fayrene 83 Campbell, Dennis 119 Hume, Lewis 122 Campbell, Justine 120 Hunter, Dan 97 Carter, James 20 Hunter, Dean 103 Castaneda, Francisco 104 Hutton, Craig 76 Clemson, G. Scott 9 Jensen, Jim 116 Cobb, Dean 34 Johnson, Sheldon 123 Daughtry, Dave 99 Jones, Rob 69 Dudley, Steve 107 Kelly, Kevin 114 Duffy, Joe 100 Kelly, Mylinda 115 Duke, Louis T. 10 Kirschbaum, Saran 29 Duntze, Keith 68 Krayer, Barry 15 Eavis, Jacob 80 Lackey, Mercedes 36 Eavis, John & Eileen 65 Landin‐Erdey, Mireya 66 Ebershoff‐Coles 35 Laurenzi, Andy 111 Eckel, Jake 110 Lee, Andrew 101 Enlow, Dale 25 Leon, Tony 50 Evans, Neal 81 Levie, Dewey 24 Ferrell, William 19 Lliaon, Cindy 28 Focke, Doug & Jean 90 Lowry, Henry 32 Garvey, Muriel 60 Lucille 21 Gaska, Daniel 121 Mapes, Jenny & David 53 Giangobbe, Greg 96 Marble, Andrew 5 Gildersleeve, Bill 1 Marciano, Paul & Linda 84, 112 Gumm, Michael 75 Mark, Robert 33 Hallock, Steven 14 Martinez, Gabriel 124 4 Individual Comments with Detailed Response Document Document Name # Name # McBain, Scott 18 Smith, Lowell 41 McNelly, Frank 125 Spates, Georgeanne 52 Mehrotra, Siddharth 42 Stallbaumer, Rick 112 Morrizon, R.D. 12 Strange, Sam 47 Nakajima, Yuko 63 Tedford, Natalie 17 Nelson, Kent 126 Terry, Michael 31 Newbold, Rose 127 Thompson, Lawrence 56 Nichols, Faun 98 Tonjes, Stephen 64 Nixon, Herman 128 Tucker, Dennis L. 92 Norris, James David 55 Tucker, Dennis L. and Diane M. Shook 78 Norris, Mary 94 Tyers, Randall 54 Ortiz, Robert 129 Ulrich, Nancy 88 Osborne, Bob & Betty 59 Vonnahme, Roger 22 Owens, Douglas 85 Weigand, Virgil 48 Owens, Eugene C. 86 Weisser‐Lee, Melinda 44 Parker, Don & Connie 87, 112 Wells, Curt 49 Parrish, James & Sherry 112 Wells, Dennis 89 Peters, John 130 Wheatley, Marie 37 Pettit, Tim 131 Williams, Mike 58 Poulos, Bonnie T. 4 Winslow, Lee 40 Pribanic, Carl 43 Witzeman, Robert 11 Ramos, Antonia 132 Wold, Matthew 62 Rauschenbach, Joe 106 Worall, Bruce & Glenda 102 Rauschenbach, Tammy 105 Wygal, Tad G. 135 Richards, Okey M. 91 Yerian, Kevin Martin 136 Rilling, Gerald 74 Zarlingo, Vernon 108 Roger 93 Anonymous 113 Root, Shane 133 Unreadable Author 79 Santana, Lori 134 Schaal, Randy 23 Example Form Letter 3 Schlarbaum, Dean & Janet 7 Schmuker, Jordan 71 Shafer, Cindy 38 Sharpe, Gerry & Della 13 Siegrist, Toni 30 Government Agencies and Non‐Governmental Organizations Arizona Dept. of Env. Quality 67 Center for Biological Diversity (et al.) 137 Arizona Game and Fish Dept. 109 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 77 Capital Trail Vehicle Association 95 5 6 Table 5.3‐3 ‐ List of Form Letter Contributors (by submission date) February 19th A Cohen Carol Keck Deanna Smith Hermann Lademann Jorie Polainer Liana Moran Nancy Bourke Robert Hunt Ted Gartner Abby Fisher Carol Masuda Deborah Lane Hernan Alzuro Jose Santiago Lila Flagler Nancy R. Honeychuck Robert Johnson Teo Warmbrand Abigail Jensen Carol Morris Debra Parent Ira Roush Joshua Capps Lily Yang Nancy Schuhrke Robert Nish Teresa Finley Abigail Limmer Caroline Goddard Dee Austring Irene Hartwig Joyce Edder Linda Butterworth Nancy Wall Robert Williams Terri Rettig Adrienne McLeod Carolyn Schmitz Denis Alcock Isabel Amorous Judy Kennedy Linda Hernandez Ned Egen Roberto Fuentes Thierry Deshayes Akebono Airth Carrol Kuhlow Dennis Nolan J. Brad Jarvis Judy OHiggins Linda Nannizzi Neko Case Robin Terry Thomas Frye Alejandro Samaniego Carroll Munz Derek Gendvil J. Kusner Julie Ragland Linda Schermer Nezka Pfeifer Ron Harvey Tierra Curry Alice Singer Catherine Ruane Diane Shaw J Roberts Justin Schmidt Linda Smith Nicholas Flores Rudolph Radau Jr. Tim Lengerich Allen Sim Cedra Eric Spragett Dianne Douglas Jaime Grimwood K Schroeder Liz Andersoon Nora Johnson Rudy Dankwort Tina Mendoza Allison Buchanan Celese Rei Dominick Grillas James Amodeo K. Yu Loretta Callahan Norma Mazur S. Gillatt Tod Price AM Weiler Chai Blair‐Stahn Dona LaSchiava James Baker Kare Ohmann Lori Buhlman Owen Hart Salme Armijo Tom Cuevas Amy Larson Chandra Hershey‐Lear Donald Bulitta James Gilland Karen Malcolm M. P. Pamela Parker Sandee Bixby Torrey Postal Amy Sheldon Charles Duncan Donna Zeidel James Henriksen Karen Phelps Maggie Kohanek Pat Glidden Sandra Bowen Motz Tracey