The Santa Lucia Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest is initiating a 30-Day Notice and Comment period for public review of the Porter, Pine Canyon and South Fork La Brea Grazing Allotments (PPLB) Draft EA (36 CFR 218.24). This project proposes to authorize continued livestock grazing consistent with the 2005 Los Padres National Forest Land Management Plan (LMP), on the three allotments which cover approximately 76,391 acres of Forest Service lands located approximately 15 miles east of Santa Maria, California (see table below for legal descriptions). The Forest Service will accept comments on this proposal for 30 days following publication of the opportunity to comment legal notice in the San Luis Obispo Tribune, newspaper of record, which is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period.
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.
Coy Burnett
