Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s) Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Sitka Ranger District, Sitka, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s) Draft Environmental Impact

Statement, Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Sitka Ranger

District, Sitka, Alaska

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period for subsistence testimony

and public comments on the draft EIS.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will extend the

period for written testimony regarding subsistence use and for public

comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the

Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s) in Sitka, Alaska. Comments on the

Draft EIS and written testimony for the subsistence hearing must now be

received by 5 p.m. October 16, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The period for public comment and written

testimony regarding subsistence use in the Project Area will be

extended for the following reasons: (1) The high level of local public

interest in timber harvesting on National Forest lands and specifically

within the Northwest Baranof Project Area; and (2) the possibility of

confusion regarding the identification of the Forest Service's

preferred Alternative. Appropriately, Chapter 2 of the Draft EIS

identifies Alternative 2 as the preferred alternative, however, this

would not be apparent if the reader relied solely on the Summary of the

Draft EIS.

Copies of the Draft EIS and further information are available from

the Northwest Baranof Planning Team, USDA Forest Service, Sitka Ranger

District, 204 Siginaka Way, Sitka, Alaska, 99835, (907) 747-6671. For

further information call (907) 747-6671.

Dated: September 19, 1995.

James S. Franzel,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 95-24150 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]

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