Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Revision and Environmental Impact Statement for Eastern Montana, 6034-6035 [05-2111]
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Joint Water Agency SRP and individual
SAPs would serve as a multiple species
Habitat Conservation Plan under
Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Federal ESA.
The Service and the California
Department of Fish and Game may issue
take authorization permits for
individual SAPs with conditions or
modifications. The proposed SRP would
consist of several key components
including an implementation process
and structure, preserve management
guidelines, and a covered species list. A
total of 80 species are proposed for
coverage under the SRP. The proposed
SRP would strive to anticipate and
cover the effects on biological resources
of all currently foreseeable actions of the
participating water agencies over the
next 75 years. The proposed SRP would
address the following groups of
foreseeable projects and covered
actions: facilities operation and
maintenance, planned or conceptual
projects, and potential future projects.
The proposed planning area
encompasses approximately 8,600 acres
(13.5 square miles) of land in northern,
eastern, and southern San Diego County
cumulatively owned by the
participating water agencies. These
lands are located in the unincorporated
County area, and in the cities of Santee,
El Cajon, La Mesa, and Chula Vista. In
general, ownerships consist of land used
directly for water production,
collection, storage, treatment, and
distribution as well as easements used
primarily for water and wastewater
distribution pipelines. These facilities
consist of open water reservoirs, water
tanks, water, reclaimed water, and
wastewater treatment plants, pump
stations, pipelines, and access roads. In
addition, the agencies also have
maintenance trails and roadways,
maintenance yards, and sedimentation
ponds. In some situations, watershed
protection lands provide recreational
facilities, including camp grounds, golf
courses, boat docks and ramps, fishing
piers, hiking trails, and interpretive
signage. These lands are operated in
cooperation with other agencies such as
the County and City of San Diego.
Components of the proposed
conservation program are now under
consideration by the Service and the
Applicants. These components will
likely include avoidance and
minimization measures, monitoring,
adaptive management, and mitigation
measures consisting of preservation,
restoration, and enhancement of habitat.
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report
The Applicants, the Service, and the
California Department of Fish and Game
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have selected A.D. Hinshaw Associates
to prepare the Draft EIS/EIR. The joint
document will be prepared in
compliance with NEPA and the
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). Although A.D. Hinshaw
Associates will prepare the EIS/EIR, the
Service will be responsible for the scope
and content of the document for NEPA
purposes, and the Sweetwater Authority
will be responsible for the scope and
content of the EIR for CEQA purposes.
The EIS/EIR will consider the
proposed action (i.e., the issuance of a
section 10(a)(1)(B) permit under the
Federal ESA), and a reasonable range of
alternatives. A detailed description of
the proposed action and alternatives
will be included in the EIS/EIR. It is
anticipated that several alternatives will
be developed, which may vary by the
level of conservation, impacts caused by
the proposed activities, permit area,
covered species, or a combination of
these factors. Additionally, a No Action
alternative will be considered. Under
the No Action alternative, the Service
would not issue a section 10(a)(1)(B)
permit.
The EIS/EIR will also identify
potentially significant impacts on
biological resources, recreation, and
other environmental issues that could
occur directly or indirectly with
implementation of the proposed action
and alternatives. For all potentially
significant impacts, the EIS/EIR will
identify mitigation measures where
feasible to reduce these impacts to a
level below significance.
Environmental review of the EIS/EIR
will be conducted in accordance with
the requirements of NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), other
applicable regulations, and Service
procedures for compliance with those
regulations. This notice is being
furnished in accordance with 40 CFR
1501.7 of NEPA to obtain suggestions
and information from other agencies
and the public on the scope of issues
and alternatives to be addressed in the
EIS/EIR. The primary purpose of the
scoping process is to identify important
issues raised by the public, related to
the proposed action. Written comments
from interested parties are invited to
ensure that the full range of issues
related to the proposed action is
identified. While written comments are
encouraged, we will accept both written
and oral comments at the public
meeting. In addition, you may submit
written comments by mail or facsimile
transmission (see ADDRESSES). All
comments received, including names
and addresses, will become part of the
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official administrative record, and may
be made available to the public.
Dated: January 31, 2005.
Ken McDermond,
Deputy Manager, California/Nevada
Operations Office, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT–020–05–1610–DO–036E]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource
Management Plan Revision and
Environmental Impact Statement for
Eastern Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior, Montana, Miles City Field
Office.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
Resource Management Plan Revision
and Environmental Impact Statement
for Eastern Montana, initiate public
scoping and request comments on
Planning Criteria.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), as
amended; the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321), as
amended; and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will revise two Resource Management
Plans (RMPs) by combining the Powder
River and Big Dry RMPs (to be called
the ‘‘Miles City Field Office RMP’’) and
preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to evaluate the effects of
land and mineral management options.
The RMP and EIS are scheduled for
completion by December 2007.
DATES: Written and electronic comments
on the scope of the RMP, preliminary
issues, and planning criteria may be
submitted for 30 days from the date of
this notice. Public scoping meetings will
be held in Ashland, Baker, Broadus,
Glendive, Jordan, Miles City, Terry,
Billings and Sidney, Montana. Meeting
locations and dates for each town will
be announced through local news
media, newsletters and the BLM public
outreach Web site https://
www.mt.blm.gov/mcfo/.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://milescityrmp.com.
Mail: ‘‘Miles City RMP Comments’’,
P.O. Box 219, Miles City, MT 59301–
0219.
Fax: (918) 382–7582.
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Hand-Deliver: Miles City Field Office,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City,
Montana.
Comments on issues and planning
criteria may also be submitted to the
BLM at any public scoping meeting.
Documents pertinent to the Miles City
Field Office RMP may be examined at
the Miles City Field Office, 111
Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Bloom, Project Manager, Bureau of
Land Management, Miles City Field
Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City,
MT, telephone (406) 233–2852. Web site
questions may be directed to
WebSiteAdmin@milescityrmp.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
approved RMP will replace the existing
Big Dry and Powder River RMPs as the
document guiding land and resource
management decisions on BLMadministered lands and minerals in the
planning area. The purpose of the
public scoping process is to determine
relevant issues that will influence the
scope of the environmental analysis and
alternatives. These issues also guide the
planning process. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to
identify the management options that
are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns. Public
land management within the planning
area is currently guided by the Big Dry
RMP and the Powder River RMP,
completed in 1996 and 1985,
respectively.
The intent of the planning process is
to analyze and update land and resource
management objectives within the
planning area. The planning area
includes all of the BLM-administered
surface (2,785,000 acres) and mineral
(11,725,000 acres) estate managed by the
Miles City Field Office in Carter, Custer,
Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield,
McCone, Powder River, Prairie,
Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan,
Treasure, Wibaux and portions of Big
Horn and Valley counties.
The public will assist the BLM in
identifying the issues. Preliminary
issues and management concerns have
been identified by BLM personnel and
other agencies, and in meetings with
individuals and user groups. The RMP
will consider resource options that are
scientifically sound, legally defensible
and sustainable. Examples of
preliminary issues include the need to
provide access to significant energy
sources and communication sites, the
continuation of grazing activities,
maximizing use of public lands in
species recovery and habitat
conservation, and the need to provide
adequate facilities for safe recreation
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and visitation on the public lands.
Topics to be addressed in the RMP will
include vegetation; forestry and timber;
special status species; water quality and
quantity; travel management; all special
management area designations;
livestock grazing; fluid mineral leasing,
including for coal bed natural gas; solid
minerals; recreational uses; right-of-way
corridor planning and land
authorizations; land tenure adjustment
information and access needs; and
Native American concerns. Management
concerns include air quality, cultural
resources, paleontological resources,
social and economic concerns,
environmental justice, and wildfire
management. BLM will also consider
compatibility with management plans
for adjacent lands.
BLM is also extending a call for coal
resource information and any
information regarding resources which
may affect the leasing of Federal coal or
be affected by the leasing of Federal
coal. Resource information pertinent to
any other BLM resource management
activities is also requested.
The RMP and EIS will be prepared by
an interdisciplinary team with
specialists for recreation, fisheries,
biology, archeology, air quality, wildlife,
realty, geology and mining, and range
management.
Please note that comments and
information submitted regarding this
RMP, including names, e-mail
addresses, and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address. BLM will not accept
anonymous comments. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. Individuals who wish to
withhold their name or street address
from public review or from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act
must state this prominently at the
beginning of their written comments.
Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. All submissions
from organizations and businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Dated: January 5, 2005.
David McIlnay,
Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive
Management Work Group (AMWG),
Notice of Meeting
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Adaptive Management
Program (AMP) was implemented as a
result of the Record of Decision on the
Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final
Environmental Impact Statement to
comply with consultation requirements
of the Grand Canyon Protection Act
(Pub. L. 102–575) of 1992. The AMP
includes a federal advisory committee
(AMWG), a technical work group
(TWG), a monitoring and research
center, and independent review panels.
The AMWG makes recommendations to
the Secretary of the Interior concerning
Glen Canyon Dam operations and other
management actions to protect resources
downstream of Glen Canyon Dam
consistent with the Grand Canyon
Protection Act. The TWG is a
subcommittee of the AMWG and
provides technical advice and
recommendations to the AMWG.
Date and Location: The AMWG will
conduct the following public meeting:
Phoenix, Arizona—March 2–3, 2005.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and
conclude at 5 p.m. on the first day and
will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 3
p.m. on the second day. The meeting
will be held at the Arizona Department
of Water Resources, 500 N. Third Street,
Conference Rooms A&B, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Agenda: The purpose of the meeting
will be to review the Fiscal Year 2004
budget expenditures, the FY06 Draft
Budget and Work Plan, updates on
plans currently in development, and
other monitoring and research reports.
Other topics of discussion will include
status of the Colorado River Basin Fund,
Programmatic Agreement membership,
basin hydrology, the Humpback Chub
Comprehensive Plan, public outreach,
environmental compliance progress on
proposed actions, as well as other
administrative and resource issues
pertaining to the AMP.
Time will be allowed for any
individual or organization wishing to
make formal oral comments (limited to
5 minutes) at the meeting. To allow full
consideration of information by the
AMWG members, written notice must
be provided to Dennis Kubly, Bureau of
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional
Office, 125 South State Street, Room
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-020-05-1610-DO-036E]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Revision
and Environmental Impact Statement for Eastern Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Montana, Miles City Field
Office.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Resource Management Plan Revision
and Environmental Impact Statement for Eastern Montana, initiate public
scoping and request comments on Planning Criteria.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), as amended; the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended; and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will revise two Resource Management
Plans (RMPs) by combining the Powder River and Big Dry RMPs (to be
called the ``Miles City Field Office RMP'') and preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the effects of land
and mineral management options. The RMP and EIS are scheduled for
completion by December 2007.
DATES: Written and electronic comments on the scope of the RMP,
preliminary issues, and planning criteria may be submitted for 30 days
from the date of this notice. Public scoping meetings will be held in
Ashland, Baker, Broadus, Glendive, Jordan, Miles City, Terry, Billings
and Sidney, Montana. Meeting locations and dates for each town will be
announced through local news media, newsletters and the BLM public
outreach Web site https://www.mt.blm.gov/mcfo/.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://milescityrmp.com.
Mail: ``Miles City RMP Comments'', P.O. Box 219, Miles City, MT
59301-0219.
Fax: (918) 382-7582.
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Hand-Deliver: Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles
City, Montana.
Comments on issues and planning criteria may also be submitted to
the BLM at any public scoping meeting. Documents pertinent to the Miles
City Field Office RMP may be examined at the Miles City Field Office,
111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, MT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Bloom, Project Manager, Bureau of
Land Management, Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles
City, MT, telephone (406) 233-2852. Web site questions may be directed
to WebSiteAdmin@milescityrmp.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The approved RMP will replace the existing
Big Dry and Powder River RMPs as the document guiding land and resource
management decisions on BLM-administered lands and minerals in the
planning area. The purpose of the public scoping process is to
determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis and alternatives. These issues also guide the
planning process. The BLM will work collaboratively with interested
parties to identify the management options that are best suited to
local, regional, and national needs and concerns. Public land
management within the planning area is currently guided by the Big Dry
RMP and the Powder River RMP, completed in 1996 and 1985, respectively.
The intent of the planning process is to analyze and update land
and resource management objectives within the planning area. The
planning area includes all of the BLM-administered surface (2,785,000
acres) and mineral (11,725,000 acres) estate managed by the Miles City
Field Office in Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield,
McCone, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan,
Treasure, Wibaux and portions of Big Horn and Valley counties.
The public will assist the BLM in identifying the issues.
Preliminary issues and management concerns have been identified by BLM
personnel and other agencies, and in meetings with individuals and user
groups. The RMP will consider resource options that are scientifically
sound, legally defensible and sustainable. Examples of preliminary
issues include the need to provide access to significant energy sources
and communication sites, the continuation of grazing activities,
maximizing use of public lands in species recovery and habitat
conservation, and the need to provide adequate facilities for safe
recreation and visitation on the public lands. Topics to be addressed
in the RMP will include vegetation; forestry and timber; special status
species; water quality and quantity; travel management; all special
management area designations; livestock grazing; fluid mineral leasing,
including for coal bed natural gas; solid minerals; recreational uses;
right-of-way corridor planning and land authorizations; land tenure
adjustment information and access needs; and Native American concerns.
Management concerns include air quality, cultural resources,
paleontological resources, social and economic concerns, environmental
justice, and wildfire management. BLM will also consider compatibility
with management plans for adjacent lands.
BLM is also extending a call for coal resource information and any
information regarding resources which may affect the leasing of Federal
coal or be affected by the leasing of Federal coal. Resource
information pertinent to any other BLM resource management activities
is also requested.
The RMP and EIS will be prepared by an interdisciplinary team with
specialists for recreation, fisheries, biology, archeology, air
quality, wildlife, realty, geology and mining, and range management.
Please note that comments and information submitted regarding this
RMP, including names, e-mail addresses, and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public review and disclosure at the
above address. BLM will not accept anonymous comments. Individual
respondents may request confidentiality. Individuals who wish to
withhold their name or street address from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act must state this
prominently at the beginning of their written comments. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations and businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: January 5, 2005.
David McIlnay,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-2111 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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