Notice of Availability of Records of Decision for the Andrews Management Unit and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area Resource Management Plans (RMPs)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Steens Mountain Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Plan, 50401 [05-16949]
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covered in the RMP amendment will be
public lands, which include split estate
lands, managed by BLM. Decisions in
the RMP amendment will be made only
on lands managed by BLM; (3) the BLM
will use a collaborative and multijurisdictional approach, where possible,
to jointly determine the desired future
condition of public lands; (4) the BLM
will make all possible attempts to
ensure that its management
prescriptions and amended planning
actions are as complimentary as
possible to other planning jurisdictions,
within the boundaries described by law
and policy; (5) the BLM will consider
the management prescriptions on
adjoining lands to minimize
inconsistent management. To the extent
possible, BLM will coordinate
inventories, planning, and management
programs with other Federal, state,
tribal, and local governments and
agencies; (6) management prescriptions
will focus on the relative values of
resources and not necessarily the
combination of uses that will give the
greatest economic return or economic
output; (7) to the extent possible, the
BLM will use current scientific
information, research, new technologies
and the results of resource assessments,
monitoring and coordination to
determine appropriate local and
regional management strategies that will
enhance or recover impaired
ecosystems; and (8) the plan
amendment will be completed in
compliance with FLPMA, NEPA, and all
other relevant Federal laws, executive
orders and management policies of the
BLM.
Site-Specific NEPA
While this EIS is intended to analyze
site-specific impacts, site-specific NEPA
analysis and documentation must
remain adequate and detailed enough to
identify and support any Conditions of
Approval or other adaptive management
actions justified by future site-specific
considerations. This is necessary so as
to retain BLM’s full authority at each
decision stage to manage its lands in
accordance with land use plans, prevent
unacceptable impacts, and to support
appropriate levels of protection and/or
mitigation against effects on other
resource values. Accordingly, additional
site-specific NEPA analysis may be
required before individual activities are
approved based on a review of the
specific conditions and the adequacy of
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the existing NEPA documentation at the
time activities are proposed.
Patrick Gubbins,
Price Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–027–1610–DR; HAG 05–0050]
Notice of Availability of Records of
Decision for the Andrews Management
Unit and Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Area
Resource Management Plans (RMPs)/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and the Steens Mountain Wilderness
and Wild and Scenic Rivers Plan
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), the Steens
Mountain Cooperative Management and
Protection Act of 2000 (Steens Act), and
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
policies, the BLM announces the
availability of the RMPs/RODs for the
Andrews Management Unit (AMU) and
Steens Mountain Cooperative
Management and Protection Area
(CMPA), located primarily in Harney
County in southeastern Oregon. The
Oregon/Washington State Director
approved the RMPs/RODs, which
become effective immediately. In
accordance with the Steens Act, BLM is
also releasing the Final Steens Mountain
Wilderness and WSRs Plan for pertinent
lands within the CMPA.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the AMU and
CMPA RMPs/RODs are available upon
request from the BLM Burns District
Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines,
OR 97738, via e-mail at
OR_Burns_RMP@or.blm.gov, or via the
Internet at https://www.or.blm.gov/
Burns/Planning/AndrewsSteensRMP/
RMP.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information about the plans may be
obtained by contacting the RMP Project
Leader, Gary Foulkes, BLM, Burns
District Office, 29810 Highway 20 West,
Hines, OR 97738, telephone (541–573–
4400), fax (541–573–4411), or e-mail
(gfoulkes@or.blm.gov).
three-year collaborative planning
process. These RMPs/RODs address
management on approximately
1,649,470 acres of public land
consisting of the 1,221,314-acre AMU
(public land in the Andrews Resource
Area outside the CMPA) and public
land in the 428,156-acre CMPA. In
addition, 53,436 acres of the Three
Rivers Resource Area falling within the
CMPA were also included in this
planning effort, and the Three Rivers
RMP is amended as a result. The AMU
and CMPA RMPs/RODs are designed to
achieve or maintain desired future
conditions determined through the
planning process. The RMPs include a
series of management actions to meet
the desired resource conditions for
upland and riparian vegetation, wildlife
habitats, cultural and visual resources,
livestock grazing and recreation,
wilderness, and WSRs, as well as other
resources. The Steens Mountain
Wilderness and WSRs Plan addresses
management issues associated with the
170,084-acre wilderness area and the
105 miles of WSRs in the CMPA.
Management activities in the
approved AMU and CMPA RMPs/RODs
are essentially the same as those
described in Alternative D for each area
in the AMU/CMPA Proposed RMP/Final
EIS, which was published in August
2004. BLM received five protests on the
Proposed RMP/Final EIS and three
comment letters on the Steens Mountain
Wilderness and WSRs Plan. The
protests were resolved without changes
to the RMPs. No inconsistencies with
State or local plans, policies, or
programs were identified during the
Governor’s consistency review of the
Proposed RMP/Final EIS. As a result,
except for separating the text for the two
plans, only minor editorial
modifications were made in the RMPs/
RODs. These modifications corrected
errors that were noted during review of
the Proposed RMP/Final EIS and
provide further clarification for some of
the decisions. The Comments received
on the Steens Mountain Wilderness and
WSRs Plan were considered during
development of the Final Steens
Mountain Wilderness and WSRs Plan.
James G. Kenna,
Associate State Director, Oregon/Washington.
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and CMPA RMPs/RODs were developed
with broad public participation over a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-027-1610-DR; HAG 05-0050]
Notice of Availability of Records of Decision for the Andrews
Management Unit and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and
Protection Area Resource Management Plans (RMPs)/Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and the Steens Mountain Wilderness and Wild and Scenic
Rivers Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Steens
Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (Steens
Act), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policies, the BLM announces
the availability of the RMPs/RODs for the Andrews Management Unit (AMU)
and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA),
located primarily in Harney County in southeastern Oregon. The Oregon/
Washington State Director approved the RMPs/RODs, which become
effective immediately. In accordance with the Steens Act, BLM is also
releasing the Final Steens Mountain Wilderness and WSRs Plan for
pertinent lands within the CMPA.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the AMU and CMPA RMPs/RODs are available upon
request from the BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West,
Hines, OR 97738, via e-mail at OR--Burns--RMP@or.blm.gov, or via the
Internet at https://www.or.blm.gov/Burns/Planning/AndrewsSteensRMP/
RMP.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information about the plans may be
obtained by contacting the RMP Project Leader, Gary Foulkes, BLM, Burns
District Office, 29810 Highway 20 West, Hines, OR 97738, telephone
(541-573-4400), fax (541-573-4411), or e-mail (gfoulkes@or.blm.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AMU and CMPA RMPs/RODs were developed
with broad public participation over a three-year collaborative
planning process. These RMPs/RODs address management on approximately
1,649,470 acres of public land consisting of the 1,221,314-acre AMU
(public land in the Andrews Resource Area outside the CMPA) and public
land in the 428,156-acre CMPA. In addition, 53,436 acres of the Three
Rivers Resource Area falling within the CMPA were also included in this
planning effort, and the Three Rivers RMP is amended as a result. The
AMU and CMPA RMPs/RODs are designed to achieve or maintain desired
future conditions determined through the planning process. The RMPs
include a series of management actions to meet the desired resource
conditions for upland and riparian vegetation, wildlife habitats,
cultural and visual resources, livestock grazing and recreation,
wilderness, and WSRs, as well as other resources. The Steens Mountain
Wilderness and WSRs Plan addresses management issues associated with
the 170,084-acre wilderness area and the 105 miles of WSRs in the CMPA.
Management activities in the approved AMU and CMPA RMPs/RODs are
essentially the same as those described in Alternative D for each area
in the AMU/CMPA Proposed RMP/Final EIS, which was published in August
2004. BLM received five protests on the Proposed RMP/Final EIS and
three comment letters on the Steens Mountain Wilderness and WSRs Plan.
The protests were resolved without changes to the RMPs. No
inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies, or programs were
identified during the Governor's consistency review of the Proposed
RMP/Final EIS. As a result, except for separating the text for the two
plans, only minor editorial modifications were made in the RMPs/RODs.
These modifications corrected errors that were noted during review of
the Proposed RMP/Final EIS and provide further clarification for some
of the decisions. The Comments received on the Steens Mountain
Wilderness and WSRs Plan were considered during development of the
Final Steens Mountain Wilderness and WSRs Plan.
James G. Kenna,
Associate State Director, Oregon/Washington.
[FR Doc. 05-16949 Filed 8-25-05; 8:45 am]
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