Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Forest Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Forest

Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period for the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Forest

Management Plan for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, Montana,

which was published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1999 (64 FR

60828). This change is being made in order to make the comment period

consistent with that in the anticipated November 26, 1999, publication

of the Notice of Availability for this FEIS by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

DATES: The comment period is extended from December 6, 1999 to December

27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any

one of several methods. You may mail or hand carry written comments to

Mr. Ernest ``Bud'' Moran, Superintendent, Flathead Field Office, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 40, Pablo, Montana 59855. You may also

comment via the Internet to BudM[email protected]. Please submit Internet

comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and

any form of encryption. Include your name and return address in your

Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system

that we have received your Internet message, contact us directly at

(406) 675-0242.

Comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, will

be available for public review at the Flathead Field Office during

regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If

you wish to withhold your name and/or address from public review or

from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state

this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such

requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not,

however, consider anonymous comments. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying

themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or

businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their

entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ken Trickey, (406) 676-3755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in accordance with

section 1503.1 of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500 through 1508), implementing the procedural requirements

of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.

4321 et seq.), and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6),

and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant

Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Dated: November 23, 1999.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 99-31104 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]

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