Malheur National Forest, Blue Mountain and Prairie City Ranger Districts and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Whitman Ranger District, Oregon; Austin Project; Revision

Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; revision.

The Forest Service is revising its notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Austin Project to update the following information in the original NOI: project timeline, consideration of using an emergency authority, and identifying the substantive provisions for two additional potential forest plan amendments to the Malheur Forest Plan. This revised NOI re-opens the scoping process for an additional 30-day scoping period. The Planning Administrative Reviews and Litigation System identification number for the project is 53678.

Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received by June 16, 2025; the Forest Service is providing an additional scoping period for this project associated with this revised NOI. The draft EIS is expected in spring 2025 and the final EIS is expected in summer or fall 2025.