Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10/10/1997

Plum Creek Checkerboard Access Project, Wenatchee National Forest, Kittitas County, Washington

The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose the environmental impacts of a site-specific proposal to issue easements and authorize construction of roads across National Forest System (NFS) lands located in the Yakima River Basin. The action is proposed in response to an application from Plum Creek Timber Company (PCTC) who seeks legal access to approximately 45 parcels of PCTC land within the Wenatchee National Forest boundary, on the Cle Elum and Naches Ranger Districts. The proposed access locations range from approximately 5 to 20 miles south and southeast, and 5 to 25 miles north and northeast of the town of Cle Elum, Washington, and both north and south of Interstate 90, east of Snoqualmie Pass. The purpose of the EIS will be to develop and evaluate a range of alternatives including a No Action Alternative, to respond to issues identified during the scoping process. The proposed project will be in compliance with direction in the Wenatchee National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (March 1990) as amended by the Northwest Forest Plan (April 1994), which provides the overall guidance for management of the area. T