The Big Creek Restoration and Access Management Plan Environmental Assessment (September 2016 version) and draft Decision Notice will be available for public review and filing of objections pursuant to 36 CFR 218 subpart B. Objections will be accepted only from those who have previously submitted specific written comments regarding the proposed project either during scoping or other designated opportunity for public comment. Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted timely specific written comments regarding the proposed project unless based on new information arising after designated opportunities. The objection filing period will be 45 days starting the day after the legal notice is published in the newspaper of record. Because this project includes a Forest Plan Amendment the responsible official for this project is the Forest Supervisor and the newspaper of record is the Idaho Statesman. It is anticipated that the legal notice will be published on September 21 2016 and this webform will open to accept objections filed electronically at that time.
Comments including anonymous comments will be accepted at any time. However comments posted after the close of a designated comment period may not be able to be given full consideration. Anonymous comments and comments submitted after the close of the final designated comment period will not provide the commenter standing for administrative review.
The Forest Service values public participation. Communications from the public regarding this project including commenter’s names and contact information will become part of the public record.
Comments or in some cases other expressions of interest along with respondent’s contact information submitted during the comment period may be necessary to establish a respondent’s eligibility to participate in an administrative review for this proposed action. Interested members of the public should review the proposal’s information to determine the applicable administrative review process and the eligibility requirements for that process. The date of the legal notice of opportunity to comment on this proposed action is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period. For proposals to be documented with an Environmental Assessment the legal notice announcing the comment period appears in the Newspaper of Record . For Draft Environmental Impact Statements the Notice of Availability announcing the comment period appears in the Federal Register.
Anthony Botello
