{"abstract":"The USDA Forest Service is preparing an environmental impact statement for the Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project (Project). Spirit Lake is within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, about 52 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. The purpose of the Project is to provide for the safety of downstream communities by reducing the risk of flooding and mudflows from a failure of the Spirit Lake debris blockage. The Spirit Lake tunnel is at risk of failure due to its construction under emergency conditions and location in an area of volcanic, geologic, hydrologic, and seismic hazards. Downstream communities of nearly 50,000 people are at risk of catastrophic mudflow and flooding following a full lake breach. The Planning, Appeals, and Litigation System identification number for the Project is 66482.","action":"Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2024/09/30/2024-22159.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"89 FR 79509","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2024-11-14","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received by November 14, 2024. The draft environmental impact statement is expected May 2025, and the final environmental impact statement is expected October 2025.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"FS","documents":[{"comment_count":0,"comment_start_date":null,"updated_at":"2024-10-01T14:56:48.271-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS_FRDOC_0001-4027","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"FS_FRDOC_0001-4027","comment_end_date":null,"regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"FS_FRDOC_0001","title":"Recently Posted FS Rules and Notices."}],"document_number":"2024-22159","effective_on":null,"end_page":79511,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2024/09/30/2024-22159.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/30/2024-22159/gifford-pinchot-national-forest-washington-spirit-lake-outflow-safety-improvement-project","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2024-22159?publication_date=2024-09-30","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2024-09-30/2024-22159/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":178,"last_updated":"2026-06-26 18:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-30/pdf/2024-22159.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22159.pdf?1727441122","publication_date":"2024-09-30","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2024/09/30/2024-22159.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"FS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FS_FRDOC_0001","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FS_FRDOC_0001","document_id":"FS_FRDOC_0001-4027","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Recently Posted FS Rules and Notices.","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2024-10-02T18:00:14Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":79509,"subtype":null,"title":"Gifford Pinchot National Forest; Washington; Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project","toc_doc":"Gifford Pinchot National Forest; Washington; Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":89}