Meetings Set on ANF Draft SEIS
Warren, Pa. - The Allegheny National Forest (NF) published a Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register on Friday, July 31, 2009, for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the 2007 Allegheny NF Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).
The Draft SEIS documents the analysis and effects on the application of design criteria to reserved and outstanding private oil and gas development (OGD) in section 2800 of the 2007 Allegheny NF Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) and on air quality related to private OGD.
Public meetings regarding the Draft SEIS are scheduled at the following locations:
Monday, August 10 Warren Warren Holiday Inn
Tuesday, August 11 Bradford University of Pittsburgh (Rice Auditorium)
Wednesday, August 12 Clarion Clarion University (Still Hall)
All meetings start at 7 p.m.
For more information about the public meetings visit the ANF website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/supp_eis/pub_meetings/index.php.
A 90 day comment period begins the day the NOA for the Draft SEIS is published in the Federal Register. The publication date in the Federal Register is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period. Those wishing to comment should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source. Regulations prohibit extending the length of the comment period.
Submit written comments to Forest Supervisor Leanne Marten, Allegheny National Forest, 4 Farm Colony Drive, Warren, PA 16365 or by facsimile (814) 726-1465. For those submitting hand-delivered comments, the Supervisor’s office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Submit electronic comments to comments-eastern-allegheny@fs.fed.us in one of the following formats: e-mail message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Word (.doc) or any software supported by Microsoft applications. Comments sent via email should use the subject line “Reserved and Outstanding Oil and Gas Design Criteria SEIS.” If no identifiable name is attached to an electronic message, a verification of identity will be required for appeal eligibility. A scanned signature is one way to provide verification. An email address is not sufficient.
Electronic copies of the Draft SEIS can be downloaded directly from the Allegheny NF website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/supp_eis/index.php. A printed copy can be requested by calling (814) 723-5150 or writing to Allegheny National Forest, 4 Farm Colony Drive, Warren, PA 16365.
The Draft SEIS documents the analysis and effects on the application of design criteria to reserved and outstanding private oil and gas development (OGD) in section 2800 of the 2007 Allegheny NF Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) and on air quality related to private OGD.
Public meetings regarding the Draft SEIS are scheduled at the following locations:
Monday, August 10 Warren Warren Holiday Inn
Tuesday, August 11 Bradford University of Pittsburgh (Rice Auditorium)
Wednesday, August 12 Clarion Clarion University (Still Hall)
All meetings start at 7 p.m.
For more information about the public meetings visit the ANF website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/supp_eis/pub_meetings/index.php.
A 90 day comment period begins the day the NOA for the Draft SEIS is published in the Federal Register. The publication date in the Federal Register is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period. Those wishing to comment should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source. Regulations prohibit extending the length of the comment period.
Submit written comments to Forest Supervisor Leanne Marten, Allegheny National Forest, 4 Farm Colony Drive, Warren, PA 16365 or by facsimile (814) 726-1465. For those submitting hand-delivered comments, the Supervisor’s office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Submit electronic comments to comments-eastern-allegheny@fs.fed.us in one of the following formats: e-mail message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Word (.doc) or any software supported by Microsoft applications. Comments sent via email should use the subject line “Reserved and Outstanding Oil and Gas Design Criteria SEIS.” If no identifiable name is attached to an electronic message, a verification of identity will be required for appeal eligibility. A scanned signature is one way to provide verification. An email address is not sufficient.
Electronic copies of the Draft SEIS can be downloaded directly from the Allegheny NF website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/projects/supp_eis/index.php. A printed copy can be requested by calling (814) 723-5150 or writing to Allegheny National Forest, 4 Farm Colony Drive, Warren, PA 16365.
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