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Regional Foresters, NFS Staff Directors 



consequences of establishing this direction are fully docuaented in an 

 environmental iapact statement that aeets NEPA requireaents. Normally, the 

 Forest plan and £!S do not contain sufficient detail to determine which 

 specific activities may De undertaken in a site-specific location. Before 

 these decisions can be aade, further analysis aay be necessary. 



The Forest plan iapleaentation process aay be illustrated as follows: 



FOREST PUN DECISION < > NEPA COMPLIAUCE 



AMALISIS AND EVALUATION 



I 



I 



? 

 PROJECT(S) DECISION < 



> HEPA COMPLIANCE 



(TIEHINC TO THE PUN) 



Direction Is contained in the Forest plan (aanageaent prescriptions, standards 

 and guidelines, and schedule of aanageaent practices) to achieve the desired 

 future condition of the National Forest described by the plan's goals and 

 objectives. A full array of proposed aanageaent practices is available to 

 achieve this desired future. In addition, actions aay be proposed by others 

 outside the Forest Service. Additional analysis and docuaentatlon of the 

 proposal are necessary before site-specific decisions are aade. 



Additional aanageaent analysis procedures aay be used to assimilate aanageaent 

 direction, focus aanageaent priorities, refine activity schedules, and assess 

 future aanageaent requirements. Forests and Districts aay use these analysis - 

 procedures to Identify the tiaing and location of individual proposed actions. 



The NEPA analysis process begins once these individual proposals have been 

 identified. One or aore proposals aay be addressed in a single EA or EIS if 

 the proposals represent connected or cuaulatlve actions as defined by 

 40 CFR 1508.25. The disclosure docuaent aust address the direct, indirect, 

 and cuaulatlve effects of the proposal(s). Information developed as a part of 

 the aanageaent analysis procedures described in the preceding paragraph aay be 

 applicable to the NEPA docuaentatlon. In addition, the NEPA analysis of the 

 proposed actions should provide the documentary basis for NFMA finding on 

 consistency, suitability, clearcuttlng and even-aged aanageaent, and 

 vegetative oanipulatlon. This NEPA analysis and docuaentatlon leads to 

 project decisionmaking that fully coaplies with NEPA, NFMA, and all other 

 applicable regulations. 



Questions or cooaents aay be directed to the Land Nanageaent Planning Staff. 



*E3 C. OVERBAV 



Cannq, lor th« Land and S«*-»irvj P*oot« 



