The Ouachita National Forest (USDA Forest Service) is withdrawing its Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the Heavener Coal Leasing Project in Scott and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. The withdrawal is prompted by project proponent Ouro Mining Inc. deciding to withdraw its request for a lease of federal metallurgical coal. The original NOI was published December 26, 2023 (FR Vol. 88, No. 246). No alternatives were analyzed and no impact review was conducted; this notice terminates the NEPA process before it reached substantive analysis.123