The
Sioux Ranger District, Custer National Forest is proposing to
upgrade existing camping sites and build additional camping sites
at the Reva Gap Campground. The proposed project area is located
in the Reva Gap Campground, T18N; R8E Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18,
Black Hills Meridian. This campground is located in the Slim Buttes
Land Unit of the Sioux Ranger District. The project is expected
to be implemented over the next five years.
Based on our preliminary analysis, I have determined that the
proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality
of the human environment based on the context and intensity of
the impacts (40 CFR 1508.27).
The EA and FONSI are not decision documents and a final decision
has not yet been made on this project.
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Letter
Environmental
Assessment
Finding of No Significant
Effects
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT:
The information contained in the EA and draft Finding of No Significant
Impacts (FONSI) constitutes the Forest Service’s scoping
effort to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
(40 CFR 1501.7) as well as the requirements for notice and comment
pursuant to the notice, comment and appeal regulations (36 CFR
215). Preliminary analysis as disclosed in the EA, indicates there
are no significant environmental impacts (see draft FONSI) and
that an environmental impact statement will not be prepared (40
CFR 1508.9).
Written, facsimile, hand-delivered, oral, and electronic comments
will be accepted for 30 calendar days following publication of
this notice in the Rapid City Journal, which is the exclusive
means for calculating the comment period for this proposal. Only
those who provide timely comments will be eligible to appeal the
decision pursuant to the 36 CFR 215. Regulations at 36 CFR 215
notice, comment, and appeal procedures are posted on the Internet
at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/36cfr215_05.html.
Comments received in response to this solicitation, including
names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part
of the public record and will be available for public inspection.
Written, hand-delivered, or oral comments must be submitted to:
Tawni Parks, Sioux Ranger District, Custer National Forest, P.O.
Box 37, Camp Crook, SD 57724, phone (605) 797-4432, fax (605)
446-3918. Office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered
or oral comments are: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday,
excluding holidays.
Electronic comments must be in MS Word (.doc), Word Perfect,
or RTF (.rtf) format and be sent to: comments-northern-custer-sioux@fs.fed.us.
The subject line must contain “Reva Gap Campground Upgrades
and Additions Project”. For electronic comments, the sender
should normally receive an automated electronic acknowledgement
as confirmation of receipt. If the sender does not receive an
automated receipt, it is the sender’s responsibility to
ensure timely receipt by other means.
We will be accepting comments for a 30-day calendar period. If
you have any comments, please submit them to:
By Mail: Tawni Parks, Natural Resource Specialist
Sioux Ranger District
P.O. Box 37
Camp Crook, South Dakota 57724
By Phone: Contact Tawni Parks at (605) 797-443
Comments received in response to this solicitation, including
names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part
of the public record on this proposed action and will be available
for public inspection.
