[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72064-72065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33368]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the White
River National Forest and Draft Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of the comment period for the Proposed Revised Land
and Resource Management Plan for the White River National Forest and
Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The comment period has been extended for the proposed revised
Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and associated documents. The
original Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register,
Vol. 64, No. 151 on August 6, 1999 (64 FR 42900) as FR Doc. 99-19922.
The first extension of the comment period was published in the Federal
Register, Volume 64, No. 210 on November 1, 1999 (64 FR 58807) as FR
Doc. 99-28461.
DATES: Public comment began on August 6, 1999, and will end May 9,
2000.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to send written comments
regarding the proposed revised Forest Plan and Draft EIS to the address
below: Forest Supervisor, Forest Plan Revision Comments, White River
National Forest, P.O. Box 948, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about this action or
requests for the documents listed above should be addressed to: Carolyn
Upton, Team Leader, White River National Forest, P.O. Box 948, Glenwood
Springs, CO 81602, Telephone Number: (970) 945-3226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period originally began
[[Page 72065]]
on August 6, 1999 and ended on November 4, 1999. The first extension to
the comment period extended it to February 9, 2000. The FY 2000
Appropriations Bill (Public Law 106-113, passed on November 29, 1999)
contains an amendment specific to the White River National Forest. The
amendment reads: The Forest Service shall extend the public comment
period on the White River National Forest plan revision for 90 days
beyond February 9, 2000. To comply with that direction, the comment
period has been extended.
Dated: December 10, 1999.
Martha Ketelle,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 99-33368 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-BW-M
