Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 10/01/2014 to 12/31/2014 National Forests In Mississippi

Project Name

Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)

10/01/2014 to 12/31/2014

National Forests In Mississippi

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.

Project Purpose Planning Status Decision

Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

National Forests In Mississippi, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)

Revised LRMP for the NFs in

Mississippi

EIS

- Land management planning

Description: Revised Land and Resource Management Plan

Web Link:

In Progress:

DEIS NOA in Federal Register

02/08/2013

Est. FEIS NOA in Federal

Register 07/2014

Expected:08/2014 http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=1159

Location:

10/2014

R8 - Southern Region

Shaun Williamson

601-965-1659 scwilliamson@fs.fed.us

UNIT - National Forests In Mississippi All Units. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Adams, Amite, Benton,

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Copiah, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones,

Lafayette, Lincoln, Marshall, Newton, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Perry, Pontotoc, Scott, Sharkey, Smith, Stone,

Tippah, Union, Wayne, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Mississippi.

National Forests In Mississippi Bienville Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Bay Springs Telephone

Company

CE


- Special use management In Progress:

Scoping Start 01/23/2014

Expected:09/2014 10/2014

Description:

Bay Springs Telephone Company has requested permission to install a service pole with a remote cabinet on

Bienville National Forest System lands in order to improve telephone and internet service to local residents.

Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43990

Marc Weathersby

601-469-3811 maweathersby@fs.fed.u

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Location: UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Smith. LEGAL - Section 32, Township 4

North, Range 8 East, Smith County, MS. The proposed project is within the existing State Highway 35 right-ofway approximately 1/4 mile north of the junction of State Highway 35 and County Road 504.

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Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision

Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Granville Freeman Access

CE




Expected:09/2014 10/2014 Marc Weathersby


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Description: Mr. Granville Freeman has requested a special use permit to allow access to his property by crossing National

Forest land along a historical access route. The access corridor is approximately 20 ft. wide and extends approximately 700 feet in length.


Location: UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - Township 5 North, Range 9

East, Section 12, of Scott County, Mississippi. The proposed access corridor is located approximately 2 1/2 miles south of Interstate 20 at the junction of Forest Service Road 551D.

Mississippi Resources, LLC Oil and Gas Exploration

CE

- Minerals and Geology

- Special use management

On Hold N/A N/A

Description:

The Bienville National Forest has received a request from MS Resources, LLC for a Permit to Drill USA 21-12 #1, permitted to 16,500 feet for an exploratory test on Lease MSES-056720.


Marc Weathersby


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Shockaloe Horse Trail culvert replacements

CE

Location:

- Recreation management

- Watershed management

In Progress:




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Description: The Shockaloe Horse trail is 23 miles in length. We're replacing approximately 28 old rusted out metal culverts along the trail. In the ephemeral drains along the trail we're building drain-dips out of crushed limestone rock.

Location:

UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Smith. LEGAL - The proposal is located in

Township 4 North, Range 8 East, Section 21 of Smith County, Mississippi. The MS Resources, LLC proposed well pad project is located approximately 2 miles southeast of Lorena, MS off of Forest Service Road 504A.

UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Scott. LEGAL - T7N, R7E, Sections

13,14,23,24,25,26,27,34,35 & 36; and T6N, R7E, Sections 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14 & 15 Scott Cty, MS.

The Shockaloe Horse Trail is located on the Bienville National Forest between Forest and Morton just north of U.S.

Highway 80.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Southern Pine EPA power line construction

CE






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Description: Southern Pine EPA has proposed to construct a new 14.4 KV power line across Bienville National Forest Systems lands.


Treetop Midstream

Services,LLC

CE

Location: UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Newton. LEGAL - Township 4 North, Range

10 East, Sections 27 & 28, of Newton County, Mississippi. The Southern Pine EPA proposed power line right-of-way is located approximately 1 1/2 miles west of State Hwyway 505 and adjacent to the New-Logan

Road.

- Minerals and Geology In Progress:




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Description:

Treetop Midstream Services,LLC is proposing to install a new 6" gas pipeline and to re-commission an existing 6" abandoned gas pipline. The new proposed pipline right-of-way would be approximately 2.25 miles long and 30 feet wide.

Location: UNIT - Bienville Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Smith. LEGAL - Sections 5,6, and 8 of T3N

R7E of Smith County, MS; Sections 21,28, and 33 of T3N R7E of Smith County, MS. The proposed pipeline would run about 2.25 miles south/southwest along Forest Service Road 526, crossing Sections 5,6,& 8 of T3N R7E

Smith Cty,MS. The abandoned pipeline is in Sec. 21,28,& 33.

National Forests In Mississippi Chickasawhay Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Commercial Thinning in

Compartment 369, Stand 15

CE

- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants

- Forest products

On Hold N/A

Description:

Commercial thin a 50-acre stand to improve RCW habitat.

N/A


Andy Barwick

601-4280594 ajbarwick@fs.fed.us

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Jones. LEGAL - Section 12, T6N,

R10W. Ten miles North of Richton, Mississippi.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Forest Highway Paving Project

EA


- Road management On Hold N/A N/A Andy Barwick


Description: Upgrade segments of FDR 201, 202, and 206 to connect Hwy 15 and Hwy 63 with a paved forest highway.

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Jones, Wayne. LEGAL - T8N, R7W

& T9N, R7W & T9N, R6W & T10N, R6W. Seventeen miles Southeast of Laurel, Mississippi.

Special Use Amendment for

AT&T inground fiber optic cable

CE

- Special use management Developing Proposal

Est. Scoping Start 10/2014

Expected:11/2014 11/2014 Stephanie Steele

601 428 0594 srsteele@fs.fed.us

Description: AT&T proposes to lay fiber optic cable in the ground for 39,844 feet on Forest Service lands. Length of line in not continuous and broken into 5 parts with the largest part being 1.2 acres in size

Special Use Road (Breland)

CE

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Greene. LEGAL - T5N, R6W Sec. 8,

17, 18 and T5N, R7W Sec. 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31. Three miles northeast of Sand Hill, Mississippi along the south side of State HWY 42.


- Road management

Developing Proposal



601-428-0594 srsteele@fs.fed.us

Description:

Special use of existing road approxemately 1000 feet in length for access to private lands.

Special Use Road (McCardle)

CE

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Wayne. LEGAL - Section 13, T7N,

R9W. Nine Miles west of Clara, Mississippi.





Description:

Permit the use of an existing road approximately 1320 feet to access private lands.


R9W. Ten miles southwest of Clara, Mississippi.



Expected

Implementation


Special Use Road (Nicholson)

CE



Expected:10/2014 10/2014

Project Contact


Stephanie Steele


Description: Permit the use of an existing road approximately 1320 feet in length to access private lands.

Special Use Road (Perry)

CE


R9W. Ten miles southwest of Clara, Mississippi.




601 428 0594 srsteele@fs.fed.us

Description: Special use permit to use 0.02 miles of existion road for access to private lands.

Special Use Road (Turner)

CE

Special Use Road, Marsha

Eason

CE


R8W. Four miles southeast of Clara, Mississippi.


- Road management

In Progress:




Description:

Permit the use of approximately 500 feet of existing road for access to private lands.

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Greene. LEGAL - Section 8, T5N,

R7W. Five miles north of Sand Hill, Mississippi.


- Road management

On Hold N/A N/A Andy Barwick


Description:

Renewal of a special use permit for a road (500 feet in length) to access private property.


R9W. Fourteen miles West of Clara, Mississippi.



Expected

Implementation


Special use road (Wayne

County Board of Superviors,

Haskell Hudson)

CE


- Road management

Description:

On Hold

Special use for access to private property.

N/A N/A

Project Contact


Andy Barwick


Watershed Health Restoration, and Maintenance in the Sand

Hill Creek Analysis Unit

EA

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Wayne. LEGAL - T6N, R8W, Section

8. One mile South of Water Oak, Mississippi.


- Forest products

- Vegetation management

(other than forest products)

- Fuels management

Developing Proposal

Est. Notice of Initiation 11/2014

Expected:02/2015 03/2016 Andy Barwick


Description:

Longleaf restoration, commercial thinning, midstory reduction, red cockaded woodpecker management, and prescribed burning for the recovery of theatened and endangered species in the Sand Hill Creek Analysis Unit.

Location: UNIT - Chickasawhay Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Wayne. LEGAL - Sections 25, 26, 34,

35, 36, T6N, R8W. Seven miles North of Sand Hill, Mississippi.

National Forests In Mississippi De Soto Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

AT & T Aerial Cable Placement

CE


- Special use management Completed Actual: 09/25/2014 10/2014 Rebecca Ladnier

601-528-6169 reladnier@fs.fed.us

Description: Amend special use permit to authorize installation of 1,275' of aerial fiber optic cable by attaching to existing structures.


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 7, T2N, R12W,

Forrest County, MS; St. Stephens Meridian. Hwy. 49 North near Paul B. Johnson State Park.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


AT & T Fiber Optic Cable

Extension along Hwy. 49 at

Brooklyn

CE


Description:

Web Link:

Completed Actual: 09/25/2014

Installation of 4,075' of fiber optic cable within the State Hwy. 49 right-of-way.

http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=33905

AT&T Extension - Forrest

County

CE

10/2014


Rebecca Ladnier


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 21, T1N, R12W.

Within right-of-way of State Hwy. 49 between Drag Strip Road and Yeaton Spur Road.



Description: Installation of new telecommunications cable in county road right-of-way.


AT&T FOC Extension - Perry

County

CE

AT&T FOC Installation along

Hwy. 49

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. Within right-of-way of Rockhill-

Brooklyn Road in Sec. 2, T1N, R13W, Forrest County, MS.



Description:

Installation of new fiber optic cable in county road right-of-way.


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. Within right-of-way of Progress Road in Sec. 36, T2N, R9W, Perry County, MS.



Description:

Install fiber-optic cable within existing right-of-way of Hwy. 49 south.


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 7, 20, 29 & 32, T2N,

R12W and Sec. 21 of T1N, R12W, Forrest County, MS. West side of Hwy. 49.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


AT&T Fiber Optic Cable

Installation along LaRue Road

CE




Description: Amend Special Use Permits to add 14,400 feet of new fiber optic line and remove 11,000 feet of copper cable.


Access to Salem Cemetery

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Harrison, Jackson. LEGAL - Sec. 2, 3, 4, 5,

11 & 12, T5S, R9W, Harrison & Jackson counties, MS. Within right-of-way on south side of LaRue Road.



Expected:02/2015 03/2015 Rebecca Ladnier


Description: Provide access over an existing route to Salem Cemetery.

Alexander Access

CE

BellSouth Highway 15

Extension

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - George. LEGAL - Sec. 4, T1S, R8W,

George County, MS. Leaf, MS.





Description:

Access to private land completely surrounded by National Forest.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 36, T1N, R11W, Perry

County, MS. Between Hwy. 29 and Black Creek.



Description:

Install buried fiber optic and copper cable along Hwy.15


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Stone. LEGAL - Sec.

17,20,29,32,T3S,R9W;Sec.5,6,7,8,17,T4S-R9W. Stone County.




Charles and Clark Bond Access

CE



Expected:02/2015

Description: Request for access to private land surrounded by National Forest land.

Expected

Implementation

03/2015

Project Contact


Rebecca Ladnier


Coast EPA - Hwy. 15 Tie-Line

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Stone. LEGAL - Sec. 5, Township 4 South,

Range 10 West & Sec. 32, Township 3 South, Range 10 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Stone County, Mississippi.





Description: Construction of overhead powerline within existing highway right-of-way.

Contact Network Fiber Optic

Cable Installation

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Harrison. LEGAL - Sections 13, 14 &

15, T6S, R10W. North side of State Highway 67.





Description:

Install buried fiber optic cable within right-of-way of State Highway 49.

Darren Methe Access

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sections 7, 17, 20 &

29, T2N, R12W. West side of State Highway 49 within existing cleared right-of-way.





Description:

Request for access to private land surrounded by National Forest land.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 34, Township 2 North,

Range 9 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Perry County, Mississippi.




Dorothy Franklin Access

CE



Expected:02/2015

Description: Request for access to private land.

Expected

Implementation

03/2015

Project Contact


Rebecca Ladnier


Glenn Lott Access

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 22 & 23, Township 2

North, Range 12 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Forrest County.





Description: Request for access to private land surrounded by National Forest land

Gulf South Pipeline Relocation

CE

Leaf Pond Fisheries Habitat

Improvement

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Stone. LEGAL - Sec. 19 & 30, Township 3

South, Range 9 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Stone County, Mississippi.





Description:

Relocate a section of natural gas pipeline that has become exposed due to erosion along the banks of Black

Creek. New r/w 50' wide, with add'l 25' temp work space needed. Directional bore under Black Creek.

Rehabilitation of abandoned r/w.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Section 27, T1S, R10W.

Black Creek, upstream from Fairley Bridge Road; north of existing right-of-way.

- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Completed Actual: 07/18/2014 08/2014 Manning Moody

601-528-6176 manmoody@fs.fed.us

Description: Improve fisheries of Leaf Pond by performing the following treatments: drain much or all of the lake, deepen the shoreline, install gravel spawning beds, add brush and small trees to provide cover for fish, lime, fertilize, and restock with fish.


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Greene. LEGAL - Section 31, Township 1

North, Range 8 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Leaf Pond, DeSoto Ranger District.




Pat Davis Access

CE



Expected:03/2015

Description: Provide access to private land over an existing woods road.

Expected

Implementation

04/2015

Project Contact


Rebecca Ladnier


Pearl River Valley EPA

Powerline Relocation - Job No.

6720

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 36, T2N, R9W, Perry

County, Mississippi, St. Stephens Meridian. North of Little Creek Road.





Description: Relocate powerline from woods to public road right-of-way.

Pearl River Valley EPA

Powerline Upgrade and

Relocation along Hwy. 15

CE

Petro Harvester USA 15-6 No. 1

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Pearl River. LEGAL - Section 8, T1S,

R14W. Adjacent to Gumpond Beall Road.





Description:

Relocate an overhead powerline to a new location along a state highway, upgrade the line from 7,200 to 14,400 volts, and remove abandoned poles and wire.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Stone. LEGAL - Sec. 20 & 29, T3S, R9W,

St. Stephens Meridian, Stone County, MS. Highway 15, Stone County, MS.

- Minerals and Geology Completed 08/2014

Description:

Petro Harvester Operating Company proposes to drill a new well on an existing location that currently contains three additional wells. No additional surface disturbance will be required.


Rebecca Ladnier


Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 10, T2N, R10W, St.

Stephens Meridian. Approximately 7 miles southeast of New Augusta, MS.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Petro Harvester USA 20-2 No. 2

CE


- Minerals and Geology Completed 08/2014 Rebecca Ladnier


Description: Petro Harvester Operating Company proposes to drill a new oil well on an existing location that currently contains three additional wells. No additional surface disturbance will be required.


Ronnie Robertson Access

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 20, T2N, R10W, St.

Stephens Meridian. Approximately 6 miles south of New Augusta, MS, east of State Highway 29.





Description:

Request for access to private land surrounded by National Forest land

Telepak Networks Fiber Optic

Cable Along Hwy. 49 North

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 3, Township 1 North,

Range 13 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Forrest County, Mississippi.





Description:

Install new fiber optic cable within Hwy. 49 north right-of-way by directional boring.

Todd Talley Access

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Forrest. LEGAL - Sec. 21, T1N, R12W and

Sec. 7, 17, 18, 20, 29 & 32, T2N, R12W, Forrest County, MS, St. Stephens Meridian. East side of Hwy. 49 north.





Description: Request for access to private land surrounded by National Forest land.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Perry. LEGAL - Sec. 34, Township 1 North,

Range 11 West, St. Stephens Meridian. Perry County, Mississippi.



Expected

Implementation


Trebotich Access

CE



Expected:03/2015 04/2015

Description: Reissuance of a permit for access across National Forest land to a private residence.

Project Contact


Rebecca Ladnier


Woods Alliston Access

CE

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Harrison. LEGAL - Sec. 1, T6S, R10W,

Harrison County, MS. White Plains Road.





Description: Grant Special Use Permit for access to private land that is a complete inholding within the National Forest.

Location: UNIT - De Soto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Stone. LEGAL - Sec. 23 &30, T3S, R9W,

Stone County, MS; St. Stephens Meridian. Red Creek.

National Forests In Mississippi Holly Springs Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Prescribed Burning Program

EA




- Fuels management

In Progress:

Notice of Initiation 08/01/2012

Est. Comment Period Public

Notice 10/2014

Expected:12/2014

Description: Yearly prescribed burning program across the Holly Springs

01/2015


John Townsend

662-285-3264/662-

236-6550 jtownsend@fs.fed.us

Location: UNIT - Holly Springs Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah,

Union, Yalobusha. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Spread across the Holly Springs, all counties, virtually all compartments.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Special Use Permit for Access -

Cook

CE




Expected:11/2014 12/2014 Caren Briscoe

662-236-6550 ext 241 carenbriscoe@fs.fed.us

Description: Access to a private tract of land across National Forest System. Existing road, no ground disturbance, no timber harvest.



Hartsoe

CE

Location: UNIT - Holly Springs Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Benton. LEGAL - T 4 S, R 2 E, Section

29. Benton County, MS - off McGee Road.



Expected:11/2014 12/2014

Description:

Access to a private tract of land across National Forest System. Existing road, no ground disturbance, no timber harvest.


Caren Briscoe


Location: UNIT - Holly Springs Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Benton. LEGAL - T 4 S, R 1 W,

Section 27. Benton County, MS - off Lower Gurley Road.


Jirimiwi Hunting Club

CE





Description: Access to a private tract of land across National Forest System. Existing road, no ground distubance, no timber harvest.



Jones

CE


Section 24. Benton County, MS - off Reaves Road.



Expected:11/2014 12/2014

Description:

Access to a tract of private land across National Forest System. Existing road, no ground disturbance, no timber harvest.


Caren Briscoe


Location: UNIT - Holly Springs Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Benton. LEGAL - T 4 S, R 2 E, Section

21. Benton County, MS - off CR 801.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact



Thompson

CE






Description: Access to a private tract of land across National Forest System. Existing road, no ground disturbance, no timber harvest.


Telecommunications Tower

Project

For The Yalobusha Unit on the

Holly

Springs National Forest

CE

*NEW LISTING*


Section 1. Benton County, MS - off Royston Road.

- Facility management Developing Proposal


Expected:10/2014 10/2014 James Schiller

662-285-3264 jschiller@fs.fed.us

Description:

Construction of a new telecommunications tower on the Yalobusha Unit of the Holly Springs National Forest. The tower will be 100 feet tall and will be built on the footprint of an old fire tower site located on Forest Service.

Location: UNIT - Holly Springs Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Choctaw. LEGAL - The telecommunications tower location will be in Section 29, Township 25 North, Range 5 East, Yalobusha County,

MS. The telecommunications tower location will be in Section 29, Township 25 North, Range 5 East, Yalobusha

County, MS.

National Forests In Mississippi Homochitto Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

2014 HFRA Project

EA



- Forest products



- Fuels management


In Progress:



Notice 10/2014

Expected:03/2015 03/2015 Fred Bein

601-384-2814 fjbein@fs.fed.us

Description: The analysis and potential thinning of approximately 40,184 acres of young, overstocked plantations to improve the overall health of the forest, wildlife habitats, and insect/disease susceptability.


Location: UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Adams, Amite, Copiah, Franklin,

Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilkinson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. These stands are located throughtout 7 counties of the

Homochitto National Forest, in locations shown on the available maps.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Berrytown Road Relocation

CE

*NEW LISTING*


- Forest products

- Road management

In Progress:


Expected:10/2014 10/2014 Michael Everett

601-384-5876 meverett@fs.fed.us

Description: Request to issue a Special Use Permit to Franklin County to relocate a portion of Berrytown Road, which has washed out. Activity will affect approximately 2 acres of NF land, including removal of commercial timber.


Location: UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - T6N, R4E, Sec.33;

T5N, R4E, Sec.4. On Berrytown Road, approximately 1.5 miles South of Bude, Mississippi.

Black Jack Oil HOM0026 permit renewal

CE

- Minerals and Geology In Progress:


Expected:10/2014 11/2014

Description:

Request for renewal of an expired special use permit for an oil/gas well and related facilities. No change in current activity is anticipated.


Andy Hunter

601-928-4422 Ext.26

aehunter@fs.fed.us

Black Jack Oil USA A-4

CE

Location: UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - T5N, R2E, Sec. 2,3.

Approximately 4 miles SW of Meadville, MS.

- Minerals and Geology On Hold N/A N/A Andy Hunter

601-928-4422 Ext.26

aehunter@fs.fed.us

Description: Request for approval of a surface use plan of operations for re-entry into well USA A-4.

C-Spire Hwy. 61 and Hwy. 33

Buried Fiber Optic Cable

CE

Location:

- Special use management Completed Actual: 09/11/2014 10/2014 Michael Everett

601-384-5876 meverett@fs.fed.us

Description: Request for installation of a buried fiber optic cable through National Forest land in two locations: within the ROW for Hwy. 61 in Wilkinson County and within the ROW for Hwy. 33 in Amite County, Mississippi.


Location:

UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - T5N, R1E, Sec. 36.

Off FR103, approximately 10 miles South of Roxie, Mississippi.

UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Amite, Wilkinson. LEGAL - T4N, R2W,

Sec. 37 Wilkinson Co.; T3N, R2E, Sec. 4,9 Amite Co. Part 1: approx. 3.25 miles south of the Homochitto River along the MDOT right of way of Highway 61. Part 2: along the Hwy 33 right of way 2.5 miles north of Hwy 24/33 intersection.



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact


Homochitto Gravel Pits

EA


- Minerals and Geology

- Road management


02/2015 Andy Hunter

601-928-4422 Ext.26

aehunter@fs.fed.us

Description:

The expansion of one existing gravel pit and development of up to 7 new gravel pits to provide for road reconstruction and maintenance needs of the Forest and local counties.

Web Link:

In Progress:



Notice 10/2014

Landscape Analysis Unit 4

(LAU-4)

EA

Location:


- Forest products




- Road management

In Progress:



Notice 10/2014

Expected:03/2015 03/2015 Orin Sampson

601-384-5876 ex.174

ojsampson@fs.fed.us

Description: Examination and analysis of approximately 12,856 acres of the Homochitto NF for natural resource needs and opportunities. Activities may include timber harvest, regeneration, wildlife habitat enhancement, road work, recreation enhancement, and others


Location:

UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Amite, Franklin, Wilkinson. LEGAL -

T3N,R2E,sec.3,4; T4N,R3E,sec.17; T3N,R2E,sec.9; T4N,R4E,sec.5; T7N,R3E,sec.35; T7N,R3E,sec.32;

T6N,R5E,sec.32; T4N,R1E,sec.34. Union Church Pit, 106C Pit, East Woodsman Springs Pit, 153a2 Pit, 110c1 Pit,

Applewhite Pit, Bogue Chitto Road Pit, and 154 Pit. See vicinity map for locations.

UNIT - Homochitto Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Franklin. LEGAL - T6N,R3E, Sec.1-

3,14-15,17-19,30-31; T6N,R4E, Sec.1-5,7-10; T7N,R3E, Sec.34-35; T7N,R4E, Sec. 3-5,8-10,15-17,21-

29,32-36; T7N,R5E, Sec.7-8,17-20,29-31; T8N,R4E, Sec.27-28,32-34. Approximately 1/4 mile north of Bude,

Mississippi, in Franklin County. Bounded on the East by FR113 and the Homochitto River, and on the South and

West by the Forest Boundary.

National Forests In Mississippi Tombigbee Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R8 - Southern Region



Expected

Implementation

Project Contact

National Forests In Mississippi Tombigbee Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Fisheries Habitat Management

CE


- Recreation management

- Heritage resource management

- Facility management

Completed Actual: 07/24/2014 http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43394

03/2015 Robert Claybrook

662-285-3264 ext.*816 rclaybrook@fs.fed.us

Description:

The purpose and need for this proposal focuses on the need for renovating the existing fish population and improving fish habitat.

Web Link:

Starks Road

EA

Location: UNIT - Tombigbee Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Choctaw. LEGAL - The legal location is

Township 16 North, Range 11 East, Section 2. Choctaw Lake in the Choctaw Lake Recreation area.

The area is located in Choctaw County, Mississippi. The legal location is Township 16 North, Range 11 East,

Section 2.

- Land management planning

- Heritage resource management

- Forest products



- Fuels management

Web Link:

In Progress:



Notice 11/2014


01/2015

Description: Vegetative management on the Tombigbee Ranger District, Stark Road analysis unit.

Caren Briscoe


Location: UNIT - Tombigbee Ranger District. STATE - Mississippi. COUNTY - Winston. LEGAL -

Sections:19,20,21,29,30,31,32 R13E, T15N Sections:35,36 R12E T15N. Starks Road analysis unit, Tombigbee

Ranger District, National Forests in Mississippi.

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