Public Land Order No. 7647; Revocation of 2 Secretarial Orders and 15 Executive Orders; Colorado, 61304-61305 [05-21040]
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identified needs for the EIS at this time
is based on the continuing increase in
the United States’ demand for natural
gas. Year round development will
expedite delivery of trillions of cubic
feet of natural gas and thousands of
barrels of oil/condensate to the market.
Identified benefits that may be derived
from oil and gas development also
include increased royalty and tax
revenue to local, State and Federal
governments and additional
opportunities for employment and
economic benefits at the local and
regional level. This proposal meets the
goals and objectives of the National
Energy Policy.
Anticipated Issues and Management
Concerns
Preliminary issues identified at this
time include: (1) Paleontological,
archaeological, historic and cultural
resources; (2) wildlife, including big
game species (mule deer, antelope, etc.);
(3) Threatened and Endangered plant
and animal species; (4) BLM sensitive
species such as the greater sage-grouse;
(5) surface and ground water resources;
(6) transportation and road access; (7)
vegetation (including the potential
introduction of noxious weeds, shortterm re-vegetation and rehabilitation of
disturbed areas, and long-term
establishment and stabilization of
perennial vegetation through
recommended reclamation measures);
(8) air quality and existing scenic
quality of the landscape; (9) socioeconomic impact; and (10) potential for
amendment to the Pinedale Resource
Management Plan.
This list of preliminary issues is not
final. Identification of additional issues
and/or issue refinement through the
public participation process is
anticipated. Comments should address:
(1) Issues to be considered for analysis;
(2) reasonable alternatives; and (3)
relevant information for consideration
relating to the analysis of year-round
field development in the PAPA. The EIS
will consider comments and other
issues/concerns raised during the
scoping period in addition to those
issues identified in this notice. The
BLM may use the information collected
during the scoping period to: (1)
Develop/analyze appropriate mitigation
as Conditions of Approval under which
the proposed development may take
place; (2) consider potential reasonable
alternatives to the proposed action; or
(3) both.
Consistency With Land Use Plans,
NEPA, and Potential Plan Amendments
The Pinedale RMP/EIS revision is
currently under development. The BLM
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will ensure that its actions with respect
to future decisions are consistent with
the applicable laws and regulations. In
the event the decision on this EIS
includes an amendment to the existing
Pinedale RMP, the amendment will be
based on the following preliminary
Planning Criteria: (1) The plan
amendment will recognize the existence
of valid existing rights; (2) lands
covered in the RMP amendment will be
public lands, which include federal
mineral estate with private surface; (3)
the BLM will use a collaborative and
multi-jurisdictional 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 complementary 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 and, 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.
Alternatives
The BLM has identified three
preliminary alternatives including the
proposed action:
• The no action alternative which
would continue to allow drilling and
development subject to winter
restrictions.
• An alternative that would provide
for year-round drilling and development
activities without winter restrictions.
• An alternative that would provide
for limited year-round drilling and
development activities combined with
application of timing restrictions to only
the most critical wildlife habitats.
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Site-Specific NEPA
While this EIS is intended to analyze
site-specific impacts, additional sitespecific NEPA analysis and/or
documentation may be required before
individual activities are approved based
on a review of the specific conditions
and any new information on
environmental effects not considered in
existing NEPA documentation at the
time activities are proposed.
Alan L. Kesterke,
Associate State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–923–1430–ET; COC–28810]
Public Land Order No. 7647;
Revocation of 2 Secretarial Orders and
15 Executive Orders; Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This order revokes 2
Secretarial Orders and 15 Executive
Orders insofar as they affect
approximately 1,189,600 acres of public
lands, National Forest System lands,
and patented lands with federallyreserved mineral interests which were
withdrawn for coal classifications in
Colorado. These lands are no longer
needed for the purpose for which they
were withdrawn. This order will open
the public lands to surface entry and
nonmetalliferous mining, the National
Forest System lands to such forms of
disposition as may by law be authorized
on National Forest System lands and to
nonmetalliferous mining, and the
federally-reserved mineral interests to
nonmetalliferous mining.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, Colorado 80215, 303–230–
3706.
These
withdrawals were made to protect the
coal reserves for the United States. Coal
was declared a leasable mineral by the
Mineral Leasing Act and the protection
from these withdrawals is no longer
needed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by section
204(a) of the Federal Land Policy and
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Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
1. The Secretarial Orders of July 26,
1906, and February 11, 1910, as
amended, which withdrew public lands,
National Forest System lands, and
private lands with federally-reserved
mineral interests in Colorado to protect
the coal reserves, are hereby revoked in
their entireties.
2. The Executive Orders of October
10, 1906, July 7, 1910 (Colorado No. 1),
September 2, 1910 (Colorado No. 2),
September 14, 1910 (Colorado No. 4),
January 14, 1911 (Colorado No. 6),
January 28, 1911 (Colorado No. 7),
December 16, 1911 (Colorado No. 8),
December 16, 1911 (Colorado No. 9),
May 28, 1912 (Colorado No. 10), March
17, 1913 (Colorado No. 11), January 24,
1914 (Colorado No. 12), October 14,
1915 (Colorado No. 13), and July 16,
1918 (No. 2915), as amended, which
withdrew public lands, National Forest
System lands, and private lands with
federally-reserved mineral interests to
protect the coal reserves, are hereby
revoked in their entireties.
3. The Executive Orders of October
12, 1910 (Colorado No. 5) and October
13, 1910 (Colorado No. 4), which
withdrew public lands, National Forest
System lands, and private lands with
federally-reserved mineral interests to
protect coal reserves, are hereby revoked
only insofar as they affect lands in
Colorado.
The lands referenced in Paragraphs 1,
2, and 3 aggregate approximately
1,189,600 acres in Adams, Arapahoe,
Archuleta, Boulder, Chaffee, Costilla,
Delta, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso,
Freemont, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison,
Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, La Plata,
Larimer, Lincoln, Los Animas, Mesa,
Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan,
Ouray, Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Blanco,
Routt, Saguache, Summit, and Weld
Counties, and in the Grand Mesa,
Gunnison, Routt, White River, and
Uncompahgre National Forests. Copies
of the withdrawal orders are available in
the Colorado State Office at the address
shown above.
4. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005,
the public lands and interest in lands
identified in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 will
be opened to the operation of the public
land laws generally, subject to valid
existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of
applicable law. All valid applications
received at or after 9 a.m. on November
21, 2005, shall be considered as
simultaneously filed at that time. Those
received thereafter shall be considered
in the order of filing.
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5. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005,
the National Forest System lands, the
public lands, and the lands with
federally-reserved mineral interests
referenced in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 will
be opened to nonmetalliferous location
and entry under the United States
mining laws, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of
applicable law. Appropriation of any of
the lands described in this order under
the general mining laws prior to the date
and time of restoration is unauthorized.
Any such attempted appropriation,
including attempted adverse possession
under 30 U.S.C. 38 (2000), shall vest no
rights against the United States. Acts
required to establish a location and to
initiate a right of possession are
governed by State law where not in
conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of
Land Management will not intervene in
disputes between rival locators over
possessory rights since Congress has
provided for such determination in local
courts.
6. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005,
the National Forest System lands
identified in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 shall
be opened to such forms of disposition
as may by law be authorized on
National Forest System lands, subject to
valid existing rights, the provisions of
existing withdrawals, other segregations
of record, and the requirements of
applicable law.
Dated: September 29, 2005.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Proposed Supplementary Rules on
Public Land in California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed
supplementary rules.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice contains proposed
supplementary rules which will apply
to the public lands within the Adaptive
Management Area (AMA) in the
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area
(ISDRA) managed by the El Centro Field
Office in Imperial County, California.
This action is necessary in order to
maintain viable populations of all native
species, maintain habitat connectivity,
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and provide high quality, unique,
world-class, day-use, semi-primitive,
motorized recreation opportunities for
off-highway vehicle (OHV) activities
and non-vehicular recreational activities
throughout the Adaptive Management
Area and Imperial Sand Dunes
Recreation Area. We intend the
supplementary rules to allow the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
manage AMA area in order to provide
recreational opportunities while
allowing for the conservation of habitat
and plants and species of concern.
DATES: You should submit your
comments by November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified with the subject line ‘‘AMA
Supplementary Rule,’’ by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail: rleloup@ca.blm.gov. Include
AMA Supplementary Rule in the subject
line of the message.
• Fax: 760–337–4490, Attn: Chief
Ranger Ray LeLoup.
• Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
El Centro Field Office, 1661 S. 4th
Street, El Centro, CA 92243, Attn: Chief
Ranger Ray LeLoup.
• Hand Delivery / Courier: 1661
South 4th St., El Centro, CA 92243.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief Ranger Ray LeLoup, 760–337–
4475.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Procedures for Submitting Comments
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Supplementary Rules
IV. Procedural Matters
I. Procedures for Submitting Comments
Written comments on the proposed
rule should be specific, confined to
issues pertinent to the proposed rule,
and should explain the reason for any
recommended change. Where possible,
comments should reference the specific
section or paragraph of the proposal that
you are addressing. BLM need not
consider or include in the
Administrative Record for the final rule
comments which BLM receives after the
close of the comment period (See DATES)
or comments delivered to an address
other than those listed above (See
ADDRESSES).
Comments, including names, street
addresses, and other contact
information of respondents, will be
available for public review at 1661 S.
4th St., El Centro, CA 92243 during
regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 3:45
p.m.), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to request
that BLM consider withholding your
name, street address, and other contact
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-923-1430-ET; COC-28810]
Public Land Order No. 7647; Revocation of 2 Secretarial Orders
and 15 Executive Orders; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order revokes 2 Secretarial Orders and 15 Executive
Orders insofar as they affect approximately 1,189,600 acres of public
lands, National Forest System lands, and patented lands with federally-
reserved mineral interests which were withdrawn for coal
classifications in Colorado. These lands are no longer needed for the
purpose for which they were withdrawn. This order will open the public
lands to surface entry and nonmetalliferous mining, the National Forest
System lands to such forms of disposition as may by law be authorized
on National Forest System lands and to nonmetalliferous mining, and the
federally-reserved mineral interests to nonmetalliferous mining.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 21, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, 303-230-3706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These withdrawals were made to protect the
coal reserves for the United States. Coal was declared a leasable
mineral by the Mineral Leasing Act and the protection from these
withdrawals is no longer needed.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by section 204(a) of the Federal Land Policy and
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Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714 (2000), it is ordered as
follows:
1. The Secretarial Orders of July 26, 1906, and February 11, 1910,
as amended, which withdrew public lands, National Forest System lands,
and private lands with federally-reserved mineral interests in Colorado
to protect the coal reserves, are hereby revoked in their entireties.
2. The Executive Orders of October 10, 1906, July 7, 1910 (Colorado
No. 1), September 2, 1910 (Colorado No. 2), September 14, 1910
(Colorado No. 4), January 14, 1911 (Colorado No. 6), January 28, 1911
(Colorado No. 7), December 16, 1911 (Colorado No. 8), December 16, 1911
(Colorado No. 9), May 28, 1912 (Colorado No. 10), March 17, 1913
(Colorado No. 11), January 24, 1914 (Colorado No. 12), October 14, 1915
(Colorado No. 13), and July 16, 1918 (No. 2915), as amended, which
withdrew public lands, National Forest System lands, and private lands
with federally-reserved mineral interests to protect the coal reserves,
are hereby revoked in their entireties.
3. The Executive Orders of October 12, 1910 (Colorado No. 5) and
October 13, 1910 (Colorado No. 4), which withdrew public lands,
National Forest System lands, and private lands with federally-reserved
mineral interests to protect coal reserves, are hereby revoked only
insofar as they affect lands in Colorado.
The lands referenced in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 aggregate
approximately 1,189,600 acres in Adams, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Boulder,
Chaffee, Costilla, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Freemont,
Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, La Plata,
Larimer, Lincoln, Los Animas, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose,
Morgan, Ouray, Park, Pitkin, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Routt, Saguache,
Summit, and Weld Counties, and in the Grand Mesa, Gunnison, Routt,
White River, and Uncompahgre National Forests. Copies of the withdrawal
orders are available in the Colorado State Office at the address shown
above.
4. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005, the public lands and interest in
lands identified in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws generally, subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications
received at or after 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005, shall be considered
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall
be considered in the order of filing.
5. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005, the National Forest System
lands, the public lands, and the lands with federally-reserved mineral
interests referenced in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 will be opened to
nonmetalliferous location and entry under the United States mining
laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of
applicable law. Appropriation of any of the lands described in this
order under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation,
including attempted adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (2000), shall
vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to establish a
location and to initiate a right of possession are governed by State
law where not in conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of Land
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over
possessory rights since Congress has provided for such determination in
local courts.
6. At 9 a.m. on November 21, 2005, the National Forest System lands
identified in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 shall be opened to such forms of
disposition as may by law be authorized on National Forest System
lands, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of record, and the requirements of
applicable law.
Dated: September 29, 2005.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 05-21040 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45 am]
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