[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6200-6201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1790]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-066-07-1610-DQ-024E]
Notice of Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plan and
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Missouri River
Breaks National Monument, Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan
(PRMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper
Missouri River Breaks National Monument.
DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any
person who participated in the planning process, and has an interest
which is or may be adversely affected, may protest the BLM's approval
of an RMP. Protests must be filed within 30 days of the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. Instructions for filing protests are described in
the Dear Reader letter of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper
Missouri River Breaks National Monument and in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Majerus, RMP Project Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, 920 Northeast Main Street, P.O. Box 1160,
Lewistown, MT 59457; or by telephone at (406) 538-1924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper Missouri River Breaks National
Monument is located in northcentral Montana in Blaine, Chouteau,
Fergus, and Phillips Counties. The planning area addressed in the
Proposed RMP comprises about 375,000 acres of public land and 42,800
acres of existing oil and gas leases administered by the BLM Lewistown
Field Office. The State of Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, and
Phillips Counties participated in development of the plan as
cooperating agencies. The Proposed RMP and Final EIS were developed
through collaborative planning and consider six alternatives. The
Proposed RMP and Final EIS address the following six major questions:
(1) How will human
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activities and uses be managed? (2) What facilities and infrastructure
are appropriate to provide visitor interpretation and administration of
the Monument? (3) How will the BLM manage resource uses and protect the
biological, historical, cultural, and visual values of the Monument?
(4) How will Monument management be integrated with other agency and
community plans? (5) How will transportation and access be managed? (6)
How will Monument management affect economic and social conditions in
the area?
Copies of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper Missouri
River Breaks National Monument have been sent to affected Federal,
State, and Local Government agencies and to interested parties. Copies
of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS are available for public inspection
at the BLM Lewistown Field Office, 920 Northeast Main Street,
Lewistown, Montana or at the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, 701
Seventh Street, Fort Benton, Montana. Interested persons may also
review the Proposed RMP and Final EIS on the Internet at: http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/lewistown_field_office/um_rmp_process.html.
Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal
BLM review comments were incorporated into the Proposed RMP and Final
EIS. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, but
did not significantly change proposed land use decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the Proposed RMP and Final EIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5-
2. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests
unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either
regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest
period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full
consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of Brenda
Hudgens-Williams, Protest Coordinator, at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to
[email protected]. All protests, including the follow-up
letter (if e-mailing or faxing) must be in writing and mailed to the
following address:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be
aware that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
The Director will promptly render a decision on a protest. The
decision will be in writing and will be sent to the protesting party by
certified mail, return receipt requested. The decision of the Director
is the final decision of the Department of the Interior.
Gene R. Terland,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-1790 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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