96-32714. Red Mountain ProjectTwin, Muddy Creek, and Gee Timber Sales, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker County, Oregon

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32714]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


Red Mountain Project--Twin, Muddy Creek, and Gee Timber Sales, 
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker County, Oregon

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement.

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SUMMARY: On December 17, 1990, a notice of intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Red Mountain Project, on 
the Baker District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, was 
published in the Federal Register  (55 FR 51739). A notice of 
availability for the draft EIS for the Red Mountain Project was 
published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1996 (61 FR 9450). USDA, 
Forest Service, has decided to cancel the preparation of a final EIS 
analyzing timber sale proposals and related activities within an 
unloaded portion of the east face of Elkhorn Ridge. The notice of 
intent is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions may be addressed to Joanne Britton, 
Environmental Coordinator, Baker Ranger District, 3165 10th Street, 
Baker City, Oregon, 97814, telephone: [phone].

    Dated: December 10, 1996.
R.M. Richmond,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 96-32714 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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