This document is called the Draft Environmental Assessment. It was developed based on input we received from stakeholders, as well as agency input. You are seeing this document during what is called the 30-day public comment period. This is an opportunity for the public to help us refine the environmental analysis moving forward.
If you have an attachment, please copy and paste the text into the web form comment box. In order to process comments, any attachments must first be uploaded by staff into the comment box. To save errors in translation, please enter your comments directly into the comment box (you may also attach a copy if you prefer).
The public comments that help the Forest Service in getting to the absolute best solution are based on effects. The comments that are most helpful for the Forest Service in informing the analysis answer one of the following questions:
Comments that address the questions shown above are the most helpful. There are some comments that we commonly receive that do not provide the Forest Service a path forward. Some of these comments include general opinions on the proposed action without any supporting rationale. Suggestions to include actions that are outside the scope of the project (meaning they are not part of the purpose and need for the project) are beyond what the Forest Service can accomplish with the project. Reading the proposed action closely and commenting on the actual proposal is very helpful in making sure that your comments are addressing the actual proposal and are not based on generalities or misperceptions.
The Forest Service values public participation. Communications from the public regarding this project, including commenters' names and contact information, will become part of the public record. 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. 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 (The Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Michael Gabor
