67 FR 73 pg. 18584 - Reports and Guidance Documents; Availability; Withdrawal of the Alaska Regional Guide
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 73Page: 18584
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-9160 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Forest Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Reports and Guidance Documents; Availability; Withdrawal of the Alaska Regional Guide
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The intended effect of this action is to comply with 36 CFR part 219 § 219.35(e) which directs the Regional Forester must withdraw the Regional Guide. When a Regional Guide is withdrawn, the Regional Forester must identify the decisions in the Regional Guide that are to be transferred to a regional supplement of the Forest Service directive system (36 CFR 200.4) and to give notice in the Federal Register of these actions.
DATES:
This action will be effective the date of this Federal Register notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jan Lerum, Regional Planner, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802. Telephone (907) 586-8796.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This action withdraws the Alaska Regional Guide and transfers some decisions therein to the Forest Service directive system. Specifically, this action transfers from the Regional Guide to a regional supplement to the FSM 2410 directives the management standards and guidelines for: Appropriate harvest cutting methods; forest type standards; maximum size of created openings (a requirement of the National Forest Management Act); dispersal and size variation of tree openings; management intensity; utilization standards; sale administration; project monitoring; and competitive bidding and small business.
Dated: April 8, 2002.
Jacqueline Myers,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 02-9160 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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