NOTICE OF PRESCRIBED OPEN BURNING APPROVAL

PB-156824

Notice is hereby given that a 5-year approval pursuant to 326 IAC 4-1 has been granted to Ryan Woods, Installation Forester, for Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, three miles east of Edinburgh within portions of Bartholomew, Brown, and Johnson Counties. The multiple-unit prescribed burns total roughly 6,041 acres of grasses, shrubs, understory growth, hardwood litter and leaf litter for management of wildlife habitat, invasive species and range safety in order to prevent wildfires. Of these 6,041 acres approved for burning, not all areas are burned annually. One, two or three year rotations of burn units depend on the use, need and upcoming training for the burn units. Due to the uncontrollable variables imposed by weather and unpredictable training schedules at a military training facility, it is estimated that roughly 2,500 acres will be burned annually. There are five types of controlled burning conducted at Camp Atterbury at the following legal land description areas based off the Second Principle Meridian:

  Wildlife Management Burns:

1. E 1/2, NE 1/2, S27, T11N, R4E  2. SE 1/4, S27, T11N, R4E extending into SE 1/4, SW 1/4, S27  3. NE 1/4, NE 1/4 S34, T11N, R4E extending into SE 1/4, NE 1/4, S34  4. NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S34, T11N, R4E extending into NE 1/4, NW 1/4, S34  5. NW 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  6. S 1/2, SW 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  7. E 1/2, SE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  8. SE 1/4, NE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  9. W 1/2, SW 1/4, S36, T11N, R4E extending into SW 1/4, NW 1/4, S36  10. NW 1/4, S2, T10N, R4E  11. SE 1/4, S32, T11N, R5E extending into N 1/2, NW 1/4. S5, T10N, R5E  12. E 1/2, NW 1/4, S3, T10N, R4E extending into SE 1/4, SW 1/4, S34, T11N, R4E  13. E 1/2, SE 1/4, S3, T10N, R4E extending into NE 1/4, NE 1/4, S10, T10N, R4E  14. NE 1/4, S5, T10N, R5E  15. S 1/2, NE 1/4, S6, T10N, R5E  16. E 1/2, S6, T10N, R5E extending southeast into SE 1/4, S6  17. N 2/3, NW 1/4. S29, T10N, R5E extending into NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S29  18.  N 1/2, NW 1/4, S12, T9N, R4E  19. E 1/2, S1, T10N, R4E  20. W 1/2, S1, T10N, R4E  21. NW 1/4, NW 1/4, S18, T9N, R4E  22. SW 1/4, S20, T10N, R5E  23. NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S32, T11N, R5E  24. NW 1/4, S16, T10N, R4E  25. SE 1/4, NE 1/4, S17, T11N, R5E

  Training/Reduction of Fuel Load For Range Safety:

1. NE 1/4, S3, T10N, R4E  2. E 1/2, SW 1/4, S3, T10N, R4E extending into W 1/2, SE 1/4, S3 and continuing south into NE 1/4, S10, T10N, R4E and into portions of N 1/2, SE 1/4, S10  3. NW 1/4, SE 1/4, S25, T10N, R4E continuing into SE 1/4, NE 1/4, S25  4. SE ¼, NE 1/4, S8, T10N, R5E  5. S 1/2, SE 1/4, S8, T10N, R5E

  Portions Of The General Impact Area, The Four Identifying Corners:

NW Corner: Halfway down the dividing line between S2 & S3, T10N, R4E  NE Corner: The corner of the Juncture of S5, S6, S7 and S8, T10N, R4E  SW Corner: Located centrally in SW 1/4, SE 1/4, S27, T10N, R4E  SE Corner: Halfway down the divide line between S19 and S20, T10N, R5E

  Multi Purpose Training Range:

1. SE 1/4, S34, T10N, R4E  2. SW 1/4, S35, T10N, R4E  3. E 1/2 S3, T9N, R4E  4. NW 1/4, NW 1/4, S2, T9N, R4E         5. NW 1/4, SW 1/4, S2, T9N, R4E

  Control of Invasive Species and Fuel Load Reduction:

1. SE 1/4, OF THE SW 1/4, S13, T11N, R4E  2. E 1/2, S24, T11N, R4E  3. NE 1/4, NW 1/4, S24, T11N, R4E   4. SE 1/4, NW 1/4, S24, T11N, R4E  5. NE 1/4, SW 1/4, S24, T11N, R4E  6. SE 1/4, SW 1/4, S24, T11N, R4E  7. SW 1/4, NW 1/4, S19, T11N, R5E  8. SW 1/4, S19, T11N, R5E  9. E 1/2, S25, T11N, R4E  10. NE 1/4, NW 1/4, S25, T11N, R4E  11. NW 1/4, S30, T11N, R5E  12. NW 1/4, SW 1/4, S30, T11N, R5E  13. SW 1/4, SW 1/4, S30, T11N, R5E  14. SE 1/4, SW 1/4, S30, T11N, R5E  15. SE 1/4, SE 1/4, S30, T11N, R5E  16. NE 1/4, NW 1/4, S35 T11N R4  17. SE 1/4. NW 1/4, S35, T11N, R5E  18. NE 1/4, SW 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  19. NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  20. SW 1/4, NE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  21. W 1/2, SE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  22. NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  23. NW 1/4, NE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E  24. SE 1/4, S35, T11N, R4E

Any affected person wishing to challenge this decision is required by Indiana Code Section (IC) 4-21.5-3-7 to file a petition for administrative review.  (Please note that a “petition for administrative review” is not a compilation of interested party signatures but is a legal document, the requirements of which are described in IC 4-21.5-3-7.)  The petition must include facts demonstrating that you are either the applicant, a person aggrieved or adversely affected by the decision, or otherwise entitled to review by law.  The petition must be submitted in writing to the Office of Environmental Adjudication, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indiana Government Center North, Room N-501E, Indianapolis, Indiana  46204, within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this newspaper notice.

Pursuant to IC 13-14-8-11 (formerly IC 13-7-7-6), IC 4-21.5-5 and IC 4-21.5-3-7, this decision will become effective fifteen (15) days of the publication date of this newspaper notice or, in the case of individuals who have received personal notifications, eighteen (18) days after the mailing date of this Notice of Approval unless a petition for review is submitted by an affected party.  Pursuant to IC 4-21.5-3-5(d), the Office of Environmental Adjudication will provide an interested party with notice of any pre-hearing conferences, preliminary hearing, or orders disposing of the review of this decision if a written request is submitted to the Office of Environmental Adjudication.

A copy of the Approval decision along with further information regarding the appeal process is available for inspection and copying at the Bartholomew County Health Department, 440 Third Street, Suite 303, Columbus; the Brown County Health Department, County Office Building, Nashville;  and the Johnson County Health Department, 86 West Court Street, Franklin, and at the Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth Street, Columbus; the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane, Nashville; and at the Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library, 119 West Main Cross, Edinburgh

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