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USDA/FS RIN: 0596-AC62 Publication ID: Spring 2008 
Title: Special Areas; State-Specific Inventoried Roadless Area Management: Idaho 
Abstract: On October 5, 2006, the Governor of Idaho submitted a petition under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(e)) and Agriculture Department regulation (7 CFR 1.28) to promulgate regulations, in cooperation with the State, for management of 9.3 million acres of inventoried roadless areas within the State. After review and recommendation by the Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee, the Secretary accepted the Governor’s petition and initiated a proposed rulemaking for the roadless areas in Idaho. The proposed rulemaking would manage Idaho’s inventoried roadless areas under four main themes listed from most restrictive to least: Wildland Recreation (1.4 million acres), Primitive (1.7 million acres), Backcountry (5.5 million acres), and General Forest (0.5 million acres). The proposed rulemaking also will establish three important tribal and historical sites as “Special Areas” (0.2 million acres). Road construction and reconstruction plus timber harvesting would be prohibited in certain inventoried roadless areas on the Boise, Caribou-Targhee, Clearwater, Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai (portions), Nez Perce, Payette, Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth, and Wallowa-Whitman (portions) National Forests in Idaho. Exceptions to the prohibitions would be allowed for certain health, safety, valid existing rights, resource protection, and ecological management needs. Web site: http://roadless.fs.fed.us 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 294   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(e)    7 CFR 1.28   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/07/2008  73 FR 1135   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/07/2008    
Final Action  09/00/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Information URL: roadless.fs.fed.us  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 0596-AC58, Related to 0596-AC59, Related to 0596-AC60 
Agency Contact:
Michael McGee
Regulatory Analyst
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
MS 1134, ATTN: ORMS, D&R Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0003
Phone:202 205-2601
Fax:202 260-6539
Email: mmcgee01@fs.fed.us