DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs 2024 Forest Management Plan Final Environmental Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, Coos County, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA)

SUMMARY: This NOA is to advise interested parties that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead federal agency, with the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) has prepared a final Environmental Assessment (EA) and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the CTCLUSI 2024 Forest Management Plan. The EA and FONSI are now available in hard copy at the addresses below.

ADDRESSES: The CTCLUSI Government Office, 1245 Fulton Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420, and the CTCLUSI Florence Outreach Office, 3757 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR 97439.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Slyter, Chief Operating Officer, CTCLUSI (541) 888-1311.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The Final EA analyzes environmental impacts of forest management activities on Tribal lands held in trust by the Department of the Interior, including sustainable timber harvest, forest health improvement, and habitat protection.

AUTHORITY: This notice is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305 of the Department of Interior Regulations (43 CFR 46 et seq.), the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), and in accordance with the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

*posted on www.ctclusi.org 10/3/24, signed copy provided below