[Federal Register: March 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 43)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10420]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr05mr03-19]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 219
RIN 0596-AB86
National Forest Service Land and Resource Management Planning
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the public comment period for the
proposed rule for National Forest System Land and Resource Management
Planning, published in the Federal Register on December 6, 2002 (67 FR
72770), is being extended. The original comment period end date was
March 6, 2003.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received in writing, on or
before the new deadline of April 7, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to USDA FS Planning Rule, Content
Analysis Team, PO Box 8359, Missoula, MT 59807; via email to planning_
rule@fs.fed.us; or by facsimile to Planning Rule Comments at (406) 329-
3556. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jody Sutton, Content Analysis Team
Program Coordinator, Forest Service, (801) 517-1023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Diversity Options Workshop was held
February 18-20, 2003, to discuss the approaches to implementing the
National Forest Management Act (NFMA) diversity requirement in the
proposed rule; address strengths and weaknesses of the two diversity
options in the proposed rule; and to discuss any additional options for
implementing the NFMA diversity requirement. Proceedings from the
Diversity Options Workshop are expected to be posted on World Wide Web
at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma by March 17, 2003.
Dated: February 26, 2003.
Bov B. Eav,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 03-5116 Filed 3-4-03; 8:45 am]
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