68 FR 222 pgs. 65030-65031 - Hoosier National Forest, Indiana, German Ridge Restoration Project
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 222Pages: 65030 - 65031
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-28782 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Forest Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Hoosier National Forest, Indiana, German Ridge Restoration Project
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
SUMMARY:
The USDA Forest Service, Hoosier National Forest is revising the expected date for a draft environmental impact statement. The prior notice concerning this project appeared in the Federal Register on August 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 169, pages 55773-55775). The Hoosier National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental consequences of a vegetation restoration project. The EIS will address the potential environmental impacts of replacing pine plantations in the German Ridge area of Perry County, Indiana with native hardwood communities.
DATES:
The draft environmental impact statement is expected February 2004, and the final environmental impact statement is expected July 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ron Ellis, NEPA coordinator, Hoosier National Forest, USDA Forest Service; telephone; (812) 275-5987. Address: 811 Constitution Avenue; Bedford IN 47421. The original scoping document can also be viewed at the Hoosier National Forest Web page at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/project_docs/scoping/german_ridge restoration.htm.
Responsible Official
Kenneth G. Day, Forest Supervisor; Hoosier National Forest; 811 Constitution Avenue; Bedford, Indiana 47421.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 21)
Dated: November 4, 2003.
Kenneth G. Day,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 03-28782 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
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