DECISION MEMO Prescribed Burn and Commercial Thinning ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national
origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic
information, VII. REFERENCES political beliefs, reprisal, AND or because DATA all or SOURCES
part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTD).To file a complaint of
discrimination, --USDA write Forest to Service. USDA, Director, 2004. Office Revised of Civil Land Rights, and 1400 Resource Independence Management Avenue, S.W., Plan Washington, - Sumter D.C. National 20250-9410, Forest. or call (800)
795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, and religion, age, disability,
--USDA Forest Service. 1989. Record of Decision, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Vegetation
political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who
Management in the Coastal Plain/Piedmont.
require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W,
Whitten --USDA Building, Forest 14th and Service. Independence 2008. Avenue, Prescribed SW, Washington, Burning on DC the 20250-9410 Piedmont or call of the (202) Sumter 720-5964 National (voice and Forest TDD). USDA is an
equal Environmental opportunity provider Assessment.
and employer.
--USDA Forest Service. 2003. Bethesda Analysis Area Environmental Assessment – Sumter National
Forest.
--USDA Forest Service. 2009. Lower Tyger River Watershed Environmental Assessment – Sumter
National Forest.
--USDA Forest Service. 2011. Biological Assessment/Evaluation- Bethesda Georgia Aster Burn – Sumter
National Forest.
--USDA Forest Service. 2009. Non-Native Invasive Plant Control on the Sumter National Forest
Environmental Assessment, Region 8.
--USDA Forest Service. 1989. Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forest. Southern Region.
Tech. Publ. R8- TP 11.
--US Federal Register. 1977. Executive Order 11990 – Protection of Wetlands – 42 FR 26961.
--US Federal Register. 1977. Executive Order 11988 – Floodplain Management – 42 FR 26951.
--South Carolina Forestry Commission. 2003. South Carolina's Best Management Practices for Forestry.
--South Carolina forestry Commission. 1996. Smoke Management Guidelines for Vegetative Debris
Burning Operations in the State of South.
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