[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46330-46331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18192]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-050-1610-012J]
Notice of Availability of Richfield Field Office Proposed
Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS)
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 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management
Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS) for the Richfield
Field Office.
DATES: The BLM planning regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any
person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may
protest the BLM's PRMP/FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date that
the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS were sent to
affected Federal, state, and local government agencies and to
interested parties. Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are available for public
inspection at: Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield,
UT 84701. Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT
84145.
Interested persons may also review the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at
http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/richfield/planning.html. All protests
must be in writing and mailed to the following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: John Russell, Richfield Field Office,
150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701; phone: (435)896-1500; or e-
mail at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Richfield RMP planning area is located
in central Utah. The BLM administers approximately 2.1 million acres of
surface estate and 3.0 million acres of Federal mineral estate within
the planning area.
The Richfield RMP will provide future broad-scale management
direction for land use allocations and allowable uses on public lands
within the planning area. Implementation of the decisions of the PRMP/
FEIS would apply only to BLM-administered public lands and Federal
mineral estate. In the Draft RMP/EIS (DRMP/DEIS), which was released
for public review and comment in October 2007, five alternatives were
analyzed, including a No Action alternative. These alternatives were
developed through issue identification during the scoping process. Such
issues included: visual resources, non-WSA lands with wilderness
characteristics, livestock grazing, recreation, travel management
(OHVs), minerals and energy resources, and special designations (ACECs
and WSRs).
The PRMP/FEIS would designate one new Area of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC), and the continuation of one existing
ACEC, totaling 2,530 acres. Resource use limitations that apply to the
proposed ACECs include a range of different prescriptions as described
in Table 1 below.
Table 1--Evaluation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
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Area name Values of concern Resource use limitations Acres
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North Caineville Mesa............... Relict vegetation....... No surface occupancy for oil and gas, 2,200
recommend withdrawal from mineral
entry, unsuitable for surface coal
mining, unavailable for livestock
grazing, closed to OHV use.
Old Woman Front..................... Relict vegetation....... No wildlife habitat manipulation; 330
prohibit introduction or spread of
exotic animal species; no logging or
harvest of woodland products,
fuelwood gathering, or Christmas
tree cutting; unavailable for
livestock grazing; no range
improvements; no special recreation
permits; closed to OHV use; no new
roads, trails, or physical
improvements; no surface occupancy
for oil and gas; recommend
withdrawal from mineral entry.
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Comments on the Richfield Field Office DRMP/DEIS received from the
public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the PRMP/FEIS. Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change proposed
land use plan decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear Reader Letter of the
Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS and 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 the BLM
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 appropriate
address,
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as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above.
Before including your 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5-1.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-18192 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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