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of your written comments. Such
requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by the law. All submissions
from organizations and business, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
DATES: Comments on the Ring of Fire
Draft RMP/EIS will be accepted for 90
days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes their Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. Comments on the
Ring of Fire Draft RMP/EIS must be
received on or before the end of the
comment period at the physical address
or e-mail address listed above. Specific
dates and locations of public meetings
to gather public comment will be
announced through news releases and
notices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Lloyd (akrofrmp@blm.gov) at
(907) 267–1246 or Amy Lewis
(Amy_Lewis@urscorp.com) at (907) 261–
9730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ring
of Fire RMP planning area covers 1.3
million acres of BLM-administered
lands. The Ring of Fire Draft RMP/EIS
focuses on the principles of multiple
use and sustained yield as prescribed by
section 202 of FLPMA. The Ring of Fire
Draft RMP/EIS considers and analyzes
four alternatives, including a No Action
and a preferred alternative. The
alternatives provide variable levels of
support to all resources and programs
present in the planning area and are
designed to guide future management
and resolve land management issues
identified during the early stages of the
planning process. The alternatives were
developed based on extensive public
scoping and involvement.
There are five main resources
addressed through this planning
process. The Lands and Realty section
addresses the need to determine the
appropriate mix of lands and realty
actions needed to provide a balance
between land use and resource
protection. The Off-highway Vehicles
(OHV) section addresses management of
access trails and roads for the use of
OHVs for various purposes, including
recreation, commercial uses, subsistence
activities, and the general enjoyment of
public lands while protecting natural
and cultural resources. The Recreation
section examines how recreation should
be managed to provide a diversity of
experiences on BLM-managed lands.
The document analyzes what measures
are necessary to ensure that a diversity
of recreational opportunities is
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maintained, and what level of
commercial recreational use is
appropriate to maintain a diversity of
recreational opportunities. The Leasable
Minerals section and the Locatable
Minerals section address the need to
determine which areas should be made
available for mineral exploration and
development One Area of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC) is
recommended for designation in the
preferred alternative and is also
considered in other alternatives—the
Neacola Mountains ACEC, containing
approximately 229,000 acres. The ACEC
would have the following resource use
limitations: (1) Closed to locatable and
saleable mineral entry (but open to
mineral leasing), (2) OHV use limited,
(3) VRM Class III, and (4) ROW
avoidance. The public involvement and
collaboration process implemented for
this effort included 10 public scoping
meetings. Notices of these meetings and
invitations to participate in the
development of this plan were sent to
over 400 individuals, organizations, and
tribal entities, as well as to State,
Federal, and local government agencies.
Meetings were held at the Native Village
of Eklutna in Eklutna and at the Chilkat
Indian Village IRA in Klukwan.
Continuous involvement throughout the
planning process has taken place with
the State of Alaska, and several
meetings have been held between the
State and the BLM at varying levels of
authority to discuss the Ring of Fire
RMP/EIS. A joint BLM-State position
was created as part of this project, with
that person acting as liaison between the
State of Alaska and the BLM during this
planning process.
After comments on the Ring of Fire
Draft RMP/EIS are reviewed and any
adjustments to the document are made,
a Proposed RMP and Final EIS are
expected to be available in spring 2006.
Julia Dougan,
Acting State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA–190–05–1610–DT]
Notice of Availability of Proposed Plan
Amendment and Final Environmental
Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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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
Amendment (RMPA) and Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Clear Creek Management Area
(CCMA).
DATES: For decisions being considered
that would amend the existing plan
decisions, BLM Planning Regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who participated in the planning
process, and has an interest that may be
adversely affected, may protest. The
protest must be filed within 30 days of
the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its notice
of receipt of the Final EIS for the CCMA
in the Federal Register. Instructions for
filing of protests are described in the
front cover of the Proposed RMPA and
Final EIS for the CCMA and included in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice. Decisions that make
designations on individual routes are
not protestable, but are appealable to the
Interior Board of Land Appeals under 43
CFR part 4 upon adoption of a Record
of Decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Hill, (831) 630–5000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
planning project considers designating a
route network and off-highway vehicle
(OHV) area designations (open, limited,
closed) for serpentine barren areas (soils
devoid of vegetation) and the
designation of expanded boundaries for
the San Benito Mountain Research
Natural Area (SBMRNA), an Area of
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
in the CCMA. The planning area is
approximately 75,000 acres located in
San Benito and Fresno Counties,
California and is managed by the (BLM)
Hollister Field Office. The area is
currently managed according to the
CCMA RMPA, as adopted in 1999.
The Proposed Action contained in the
Proposed RMPA and Final EIS for the
CCMA contains the following proposed
decisions: Designations for OHV use on
the routes currently inventoried and
assessed by the BLM; adoption of route
designation and area designation criteria
for serpentine barren areas; and
designation of an expanded boundary
and interim management for the
SBMRNA. The Draft RMPA and Draft
EIS for the CCMA was published in May
2004. BLM accepted public comment on
the Draft EIS from July 16 through
November 15 of 2004. Comments
received from the public during the
review period and comments from
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internal BLM review are incorporated
into the Final EIS. Public comments
resulted in the addition of clarifying
text, but did not significantly change the
proposed decisions. Copies of the
Proposed RMPA and Final EIS for the
CCMA have been sent to affected
Federal, State, and local government
agencies and to interested parties.
Copies of the document are also
available for public inspection at: BLM
Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton
Court, Hollister, CA; and BLM
California State Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA. Instructions for
filing a protest with the Director of the
BLM regarding the Proposed Plan/Final
EIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5. A
protest may only raise those issues with
plan-level decisions that were submitted
for the record during the planning
process. 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, BLM will consider the
e-mail or faxed protest as an advance
copy and it will receive full
consideration. If you wish to provide
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
Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov.
Please direct the follow-up letter to
the appropriate address provided below.
The protest must contain:
a. The name, mailing address,
telephone number, and interest of the
person filing the protest.
b. A statement of the part or parts of
the plan and the issue or issues being
protested.
c. A copy of all documents addressing
the issue(s) that the protesting party
submitted during the planning process
or a statement of the date they were
discussed for the record.
d. A concise statement explaining
why the protestor believes the State
Director’s decision is wrong.
All protests 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., Suite 1075, Washington,
DC 20036.
The Director will promptly render a
decision on the 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 shall be the final decision of
the Department of the Interior.
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Dated: July 14, 2005.
Robert Beehler,
Hollister Field Office Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ 330–05–1610–DP–082A–241E]
Notice of Availability of Lake Havasu
Field Office Draft Resource
Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Lake
Havasu Field Office (Arizona) Draft
Resource Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
planning regulations, title 43 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 1610.2(f)(3)
and the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations, title 40 CFR
1502.9(a), the BLM hereby gives notice
that the Lake Havasu Field Office Draft
Resource Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(DRMP/DEIS) is available for public
review and comment. The planning area
encompasses more than 1.3 million
acres of the BLM-administered lands.
DATES: Written comments on the DRMP/
DEIS will be accepted for 90 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
Future meetings or hearings and any
other public involvement activities will
be announced at least 15 days in
advance through local media.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
mailed to Tim Smith, Lake Havasu Field
Manager, Resource Management Plan,
Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610
Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
86406. You may also comment using the
following e-mail address:
Lake_havasu@blm.gov. Finally, you may
hand-deliver comments to the above
listed address. A minimum of five
public meetings will be held during the
90-day public review and comment
period during which oral and written
comments will be accepted. Exact dates,
places, and times of public meetings
will be announced using local media,
and may be posted on the Arizona BLM
Web page, or you may contact Gina
Trafton at (928) 505–1273 for further
information.
Public comments, including names
and street addresses of respondents, will
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be available for public review at the
BLM Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610
Sweetwater, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
86406, during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name or street address from public
review or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, you must
state this prominently at the beginning
of your comments. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by law.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
Trafton, Planning and Environmental
Coordinator, Bureau of Land
Management, 2610 Sweetwater, Lake
Havasu City, Arizona 86406, telephone
(928) 505–1273.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of
the Lake Havasu Field Office Draft
Resource Management Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is
available for review via the Internet
from a link at https://www.az.blm.gov
(subject to change). You may also obtain
an electronic (on CD–ROM), or paper
copy at the Bureau of Land
Management, Lake Havasu Field Office
at the address listed previously or by
contacting Gina Trafton at (928) 505–
1273.
The Lake Havasu Field Office Draft
Resource Management Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is
being developed by the BLM. The
DRMP/DEIS includes strategies for
protecting and preserving the biological,
cultural, recreational, geological,
educational, scientific, and scenic
values that balance multiple uses of the
BLM-administered lands throughout the
Lake Havasu Field Office planning area.
The preferred alternative attempts to
accomplish the above in coordination
with the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona
Department of Transportation, Arizona
State Land Department, Arizona Game
and Fish Department, California
Department of Fish and Game, the BLM
and other land managing agencies
within the boundaries of the planning
area. The range of alternatives in this
draft incorporates planning decisions
brought forward from the current BLM
planning documents, the Yuma District
Resource Management Plan (1987),
Kingman Resource Area Resource
Management Plan (1995), Lower Gila
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-190-05-1610-DT]
Notice of Availability of Proposed Plan Amendment and Final
Environmental Impact Statement
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 Amendment (RMPA) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA).
DATES: For decisions being considered that would amend the existing
plan decisions, BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that
any person who participated in the planning process, and has an
interest that may be adversely affected, may protest. The protest must
be filed within 30 days of the date that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its notice of receipt of the Final EIS for the CCMA in
the Federal Register. Instructions for filing of protests are described
in the front cover of the Proposed RMPA and Final EIS for the CCMA and
included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
Decisions that make designations on individual routes are not
protestable, but are appealable to the Interior Board of Land Appeals
under 43 CFR part 4 upon adoption of a Record of Decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Hill, (831) 630-5000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This planning project considers designating
a route network and off-highway vehicle (OHV) area designations (open,
limited, closed) for serpentine barren areas (soils devoid of
vegetation) and the designation of expanded boundaries for the San
Benito Mountain Research Natural Area (SBMRNA), an Area of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC) in the CCMA. The planning area is
approximately 75,000 acres located in San Benito and Fresno Counties,
California and is managed by the (BLM) Hollister Field Office. The area
is currently managed according to the CCMA RMPA, as adopted in 1999.
The Proposed Action contained in the Proposed RMPA and Final EIS
for the CCMA contains the following proposed decisions: Designations
for OHV use on the routes currently inventoried and assessed by the
BLM; adoption of route designation and area designation criteria for
serpentine barren areas; and designation of an expanded boundary and
interim management for the SBMRNA. The Draft RMPA and Draft EIS for the
CCMA was published in May 2004. BLM accepted public comment on the
Draft EIS from July 16 through November 15 of 2004. Comments received
from the public during the review period and comments from
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internal BLM review are incorporated into the Final EIS. Public
comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, but did not
significantly change the proposed decisions. Copies of the Proposed
RMPA and Final EIS for the CCMA have been sent to affected Federal,
State, and local government agencies and to interested parties. Copies
of the document are also available for public inspection at: BLM
Hollister Field Office, 20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, CA; and BLM
California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA. Instructions
for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM regarding the
Proposed Plan/Final EIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5. A protest may
only raise those issues with plan-level decisions that were submitted
for the record during the planning process. 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,
BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed protest as an advance copy and it
will receive full consideration. If you wish to provide 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 Brenda--
Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov.
Please direct the follow-up letter to the appropriate address
provided below. The protest must contain:
a. The name, mailing address, telephone number, and interest of the
person filing the protest.
b. A statement of the part or parts of the plan and the issue or
issues being protested.
c. A copy of all documents addressing the issue(s) that the
protesting party submitted during the planning process or a statement
of the date they were discussed for the record.
d. A concise statement explaining why the protestor believes the
State Director's decision is wrong.
All protests 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., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036.
The Director will promptly render a decision on the 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
shall be the final decision of the Department of the Interior.
Dated: July 14, 2005.
Robert Beehler,
Hollister Field Office Manager.
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