Eight Fathom Timber Sale(s), Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Sitka, AK

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The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental impacts of proposed actions within the Eight Fathom project area. This notice is an amendment to the original notice of intent for this project, published in the Federal Register on April 22, 1993 (Vol. 58, No. 76, pages 21559 and 21560). Planning activities for the proposed project have been delayed by the collection of inventory data and the termination of the Alaska Pulp Corporation Long-term Timber Sale Contract. A revision of the Notice of Intent is necessary because over six months have passed since notification of this proposal and the purpose of the project has changed, in part. The proposed action provides for: (1) construction of about 37 miles of road; (2) harvest of about 3,382 acres of timber, and regeneration of new stands of trees; and (3) reuse of existing Log Transfer Facility sites at Eight Fathom Bight and Salt Lake Bay. This level of development would result in the harvest of about 117 million board feet (MMBF) of sawlog and utility timber volume.