Canelo Hills Allotments #54149

Complete environmental analysis to authorize the continued grazing on the Crittenden, Kunde, Mowry, O'Donnell, and Papago Allotments. The analysis will include the addition of several new range improvements.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Opportunity to Object to the Canelo Hills Allotments Analysis Project

The Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest has prepared an environmental assessment (EA), finding of no significant impact (FONSI), and draft decision notice (DN) for the Canelo Hills Allotments Analysis Project. The proposed action is to authorize continued livestock grazing on the Crittenden, Kunde, Mowry, Papago, and O’Donnell Allotments on the Sierra Vista Ranger District, Coronado National Forest, in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The purpose of this project is to reauthorize livestock grazing within the allotments and to ensure that the allotments continue to be managed in a manner consistent with the 2018 Coronado National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. National Forest System lands provide an important source of livestock forage. The Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act (1960) and the National Forest Management Act (1976) designate domestic livestock grazing as one of many activities that should be considered when balancing the multiple uses on National Forest System lands.

The EA, FONSI, and draft DN are available on-line at: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=54149. Questions should be directed to Steven Bluemer, District Range Staff, at (520) 803-2831 or by email at steven.bluemer@usda.gov.

The Canelo Hills Allotments Analysis Project is an activity implementing a land management plan not authorized under the HFRA and is subject to the objection process pursuant to 36 CFR 218 Subparts A and B.

How to file an Objection and Timeframe

Objections will only be accepted from those who have previously submitted specific written comments regarding the proposed action during scoping or other designated opportunity for public comment in accordance with 36 CFR 218.5(a). Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted, timely, and specific written comments regarding the proposed action unless based on new information arising after the designated comment opportunities.

Objections, including attachments, must be submitted to the reviewing officer: Kurt Davis, Acting Coronado National Forest Supervisor, 300 West Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701. Objections may be submitted via mail or electronically. Electronic objections, in common (.doc, .pdf, .rtf, .txt) formats may be submitted to: objections-southwestern-coronado@usda.gov with subject: Canelo Hills Allotments Analysis.

Objections must be submitted within 45 days following the publication of this legal notice in the Herald/Review (Sierra Vista, AZ) newspaper. The publication date in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source. Regulations prohibit extending the time to file an objection.

At a minimum, an objection must include the following (36 CFR 218.8(d)):

1. Objector’s name and address as defined in 218.2, with a telephone number, if available;
2. Signature or other verification of authorship upon request (a scanned signature for electronic mail may be filed with the objection);
3. When multiple names are listed on an objection, identification of the lead objector must be provided as defined in 218.2. Verification of the identity of the lead objector must be provided upon request or the reviewing officer will designate a lead objector as provided for in 218.5(d);
4. The name of the proposed action (project), the name and title of the responsible official, and the name(s) of the national forest(s) and/or ranger district(s) on which the action will be implemented;
5. A description of those aspects of the proposed action addressed by the objection, including specific issues related to the proposed action; if applicable, how the objector believes the environmental analysis or draft decision, specifically, violates the law, regulation or policy; suggested remedies that would resolve the objection; supporting reasons for the reviewing officer to consider; and
6. A statement that demonstrates the connection between prior specific written comments on the particular proposed action and the content of the objection, unless the objection concerns an issue that arose after the designated opportunity(ies) for comment (see paragraph 218.8(c)).

Incorporation of documents by reference is permitted only as provided in 218.8(b). It is the objector’s responsibility to insure a timely filing of a written objection with the reviewing officer pursuant to 218.9. All objections are available for public inspection during and after the objection process.

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