BUSSEL 484
DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT
USDA
Forest Service,
Idaho
Panhandle National Forests,
St. Joe Ranger District
The Bussel 484 Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) is completed and is ready for public
review and comment.
The Draft SEIS updates information in the
2008 Final EIS.
The project proposes to manage
vegetation, provide wood products, work toward
full support of beneficial uses in the
watershed, and manage access for multiple uses.
The Draft SEIS is available
printed on paper, on CD, and online at
www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ipnf/projects.
If you
would like copies of the Draft SEIS or more
information, please contact Lynette Myhre,
Project Leader, at (208) 245-2531.
Project-specific comments
on the Draft SEIS must be postmarked or received
no later than 45 days from
June 3, 2011, the date the notice of
availability (NOA) was published in the Federal
Register. The
comment period ends July 18, 2011.
Only those who submit
timely comments will be accepted as appellants
following release of the final SEIS and record
of decision.
For appeal eligibility, each individual
or representative from each organization
submitting comments must either sign the
comments or verify their identity upon request.
Comments must be specific to the proposed
activities and area analyzed.
They should include: 1) name, address,
phone number, and organization represented, if
any; 2) title of the document on which the
comments are being submitted; 3) specific facts
and supporting reasons for the Responsible
Official to consider; and 4) signature(s).
Written comments may be submitted by facsimile
to (208) 245-6052, by mail, or in person at:
Bussel 484 Draft SEIS
St.
Joe Ranger District
222 S. 7th St., Suite 1
St. Maries,
ID
83861
Comments may be submitted orally at the St. Joe
Ranger District office in St. Maries or at an
official agency function for the purpose of
eliciting public comments on this proposal.
If oral comments are provided at the St.
Joe Ranger District office they must be provided
during normal business hours (Monday- Friday,
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
excluding federal holidays) via telephone or in
person.
Comments may be submitted
electronically to:
comments-northern-idpanhandle-stjoe@fs.fed.us.
The subject line must contain the name of
this project: Bussel 484 Draft SEIS.
Acceptable formats are MS Word or RTF.
For electronically mailed comments, the
sender should normally receive an automated
electronic acknowledgement of the receipt of
comments.
It is the sender’s responsibility to
ensure timely receipt by other means.
Comments received in
response to this solicitation, including names
and addresses of those who comment, will be
considered part of the public record on these
proposed actions and will be available for
public inspection.
Comments submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered.
Additionally, pursuant to 7
CFR
1.27(d), any person may request the agency to
withhold a submission from the public record by
showing how the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) permits such confidentiality.
Persons requesting such
confidentiality should be aware that, under the
FOIA, confidentiality may be granted in only
very limited circumstances, such as to protect
trade secrets.
The Forest Service will inform the
requester of the agency's decision regarding the
request for confidentiality, and where the
request is denied, the agency will return the
submission and notify the requester that the
comments may be resubmitted with or without name
and address within 30 days.
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