Pam Boyd/pboyd@vaildaily.com
The Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement analyzing a proposal to allow improved access to the 680-acre Berlaimont Estates’ private inholding near Edwards will publish in the Federal Register on Friday.
Publication of the Notice of Availability is an administrative step ahead of a final decision.
A Final Record of Decision can be signed 30 days after the Notice of Availability is published in the Federal Register.
The FEIS and draft Record of Decision were released to the public in September, initiating a 30-day objection period. The draft decision selected Alternative 2 in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which keeps access across the forest on existing roads to minimize impacts to National Forest System lands. It meets the legal requirement under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to provide adequate access to the inholding.