Each issue against the decision not yet reviewed

• PLAN found no answer, not yet checked by a personThe notice classifies the expected analysis type as 'Environmental Impact Statement,' which is the highest level of NEPA review, signaling significant environmental effects are anticipated.

  The notice classifies the expected analysis type as 'Environmental Impact Statement,' which is the highest level of NEPA review, signaling significant environmental effects are anticipated.

  Yet the public notice contains no description of the resources at risk, no list of issues identified during scoping, and no statement of the range of alternatives that will be analyzed. Without this information, interested parties cannot determine whether the EIS scope is adequate to address impacts to water quality, fish habitat, or downstream communities. The agency should publish a summary of the EIS scope, issues, and alternatives concurrently with the Final EIS.

  A hole PLAN found in the agency’s own notice

• PLAN found no answer, not yet checked by a personThe notice states objections open on July 8, 2026, the day after the Final EIS and draft ROD are published.

  The notice states objections open on July 8, 2026, the day after the Final EIS and draft ROD are published.

  Federal objection procedures under 36 CFR Part 218 require a 45-day objection period, but the notice provides no information about when the objection period closes. The public has no way to confirm that the objection window is legally sufficient before the estimated September 2026 decision. The agency should publish the explicit objection period end date alongside the opening date.

  A hole PLAN found in the agency’s own notice

• PLAN found no answer, not yet checked by a personThe notice states documents are accessible through an embedded widget requiring cookies and, on mobile devices, cross-website tracking to be enabled, or alternatively through a third-party commercial website (Pinyon Public).

  The notice states documents are accessible through an embedded widget requiring cookies and, on mobile devices, cross-website tracking to be enabled, or alternatively through a third-party commercial website (Pinyon Public).

  Requiring members of the public to enable commercial tracking technology or use a private platform to access federal environmental documents raises barriers to participation and may conflict with federal accessibility obligations. The agency should provide direct, tracking-free access to all project documents on the official Forest Service or regulations.gov platform.

  A hole PLAN found in the agency’s own notice

• PLAN found no answer, not yet checked by a personThe project summary provides no description of what the Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project actually proposes to do physically: no description of infrastructure, no acreage, no equipment, no disturbance footprint.

  The project summary provides no description of what the Spirit Lake Outflow Safety Improvement Project actually proposes to do physically: no description of infrastructure, no acreage, no equipment, no disturbance footprint.

  Members of the public are given a project name and a location but nothing else on which to base a substantive comment. The agency should publish a plain-language project description explaining what physical actions are proposed, where, and at what scale, before or alongside the Final EIS.

  A hole PLAN found in the agency’s own notice

• PLAN found no answer, not yet checked by a personThe notice says to click 'Get Connected' to submit objections 'if you feel you have standing,' but provides no guidance on what confers standing to object under 36 CFR Part 218, such as prior participation in the comment period.

  The notice says to click 'Get Connected' to submit objections 'if you feel you have standing,' but provides no guidance on what confers standing to object under 36 CFR Part 218, such as prior participation in the comment period.

  A member of the public who did not know to submit scoping or draft EIS comments may not realize they are now foreclosed from objecting. The agency should provide explicit standing criteria and confirm whether a prior comment period was held that would establish objector eligibility.

  A hole PLAN found in the agency’s own notice