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water supply pump station with the
water filtration/injection plants.
The BLM consulted with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service about potential
effects on listed threatened and
endangered species from project
construction and operation. The Service
reviewed the DEIS and provided
comments. In March 2005, the BLM
submitted a Biological Assessment to
the Service, concluding that the project
may adversely affect the Uintah Basin
hookless cactus; may adversely affect
the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback
chub, bonytail and razorback sucker;
and may adversely modify designated
Critical Habitat for the four fish species
through depletions from the Upper
Colorado River System. In its Biological
Opinion, the Service concurred with the
BLM’s conclusions for these species.
The Biological Opinion contains
recommended conservation measures to
protect and recover the Uinta Basin
hookless cactus and the four Colorado
River native fish. The BLM has adopted
nearly all these conservation measures
(with minor modifications), and has
included these measures in the
conditions of approval. One exception is
the Service’s recommendation that no
further surface occupancy by oil and gas
facilities be approved in the Pariette
ACEC. Due to valid existing lease rights,
the BLM cannot stipulate a blanket ‘‘no
surface occupancy’’ requirement for oil
and gas development within this ACEC.
However, BLM has decided to defer
authorization of new wells and access
roads within the ACEC boundaries until
the needed inventories are completed.
The FEIS is a complete document. It
includes the Biological Opinion
received from the Service, plus a
presentation of substantive public
comments received on the DEIS. The
FEIS also includes BLM’s responses to
these comments. The FEIS includes
changes to the text in response to public
comments on the DEIS. These changes
were made to clarify, correct and/or
expand information to aid the public’s
understanding of the proposed project,
reasonable alternatives and their effects
on the environment.
Dated: August 31, 2005.
William Stringer,
Field Manager, Vernal Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Initiate the Public Scoping
Process
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, notice is
hereby given that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Challis Field
Office, will be directing the preparation
of an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) that will analyze the mining
impacts resulting from L&W Stone’s
Amended Plan of Operations in Custer
County, Idaho.
DATES: The scoping comment period
will commence with the publication of
this notice and will end 45 days after
publication of this notice. Two public
meetings will be held during the
scoping comment period. Comments on
the scope of the EIS, including
concerns, issues, or proposed
alternatives that should be considered
in the EIS should be submitted in
writing to the address below. The dates
of public meetings to be held in Challis
and Boise, Idaho will be announced
through the local media, newsletters,
and BLM’s National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) mailing list. The
draft EIS is expected to be available for
public review and comment in June
2006 and the final EIS is expected to be
available in August 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to Chuck Horsburgh, Project
Leader, Idaho Falls District Office, 1405
Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83401. Faxes should be sent to 208–
524–7505. Comments received on this
proposal, including names and
addresses, will be considered part of the
public record and will be available for
public inspection during regular office
hours, Monday–Friday, 8–4:30 p.m.
Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name and street address from
public review or from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your written comment.
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 for
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chuck Horsburgh, Project Leader, Idaho
Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark
Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401; or
phone at (208) 524–7530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: L&W
Stone Corporation mines locatable
flagstone on public lands administered
by the BLM’s Challis Field Office in
Custer County, Idaho. L&W Stone
submitted an Amended Plan of
Operations for their quarry under the 43
CFR 3809 Regulations in December
2002. The BLM completed an
Environmental Assessment (EA)
regarding the Amended Plan of
Operations, signed a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), and
approved the project. As a result of a
lawsuit that was filed objecting to that
approval, the BLM was ordered by a
Federal District Court judge to prepare
an EIS for the Amended Plan of
Operations. The Amended Plan of
Operations will serve as the basis for the
EIS project description. The BLM will
analyze a range of alternatives in the
EIS. As proposed in the Amended Plan
of Operations, the quarry would operate
for up to 40 years. The main product
that is mined is large-diameter sheets of
rock called flagstone which is used in
both indoor and outdoor decorative
construction.
Dated: August 30, 2005.
David Rosenkrance,
Challis Field Manager, BLM.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for the Pinedale
Anticline Oil and Gas and Exploration
and Development Project, Sublette
County, Wyoming, and Possible
Amendment to the Pinedale Resource
Management Plan
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to
conduct public scoping and prepare an
SEIS to the Pinedale Anticline Oil and
Gas, and Exploration and Development
Project Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision
(ROD), July 2000.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and Initiate the Public Scoping Process
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Challis Field Office, will be directing the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that will analyze the mining
impacts resulting from L&W Stone's Amended Plan of Operations in Custer
County, Idaho.
DATES: The scoping comment period will commence with the publication of
this notice and will end 45 days after publication of this notice. Two
public meetings will be held during the scoping comment period.
Comments on the scope of the EIS, including concerns, issues, or
proposed alternatives that should be considered in the EIS should be
submitted in writing to the address below. The dates of public meetings
to be held in Challis and Boise, Idaho will be announced through the
local media, newsletters, and BLM's National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) mailing list. The draft EIS is expected to be available for
public review and comment in June 2006 and the final EIS is expected to
be available in August 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Chuck Horsburgh, Project
Leader, Idaho Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls,
Idaho 83401. Faxes should be sent to 208-524-7505. Comments received on
this proposal, including names and addresses, will be considered part
of the public record and will be available for public inspection during
regular office hours, Monday-Friday, 8-4:30 p.m. Individual respondents
may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name and
street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom
of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of
your written comment. 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
for organizations or businesses, will be available for public
inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Horsburgh, Project Leader, Idaho
Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401;
or phone at (208) 524-7530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: L&W Stone Corporation mines locatable
flagstone on public lands administered by the BLM's Challis Field
Office in Custer County, Idaho. L&W Stone submitted an Amended Plan of
Operations for their quarry under the 43 CFR 3809 Regulations in
December 2002. The BLM completed an Environmental Assessment (EA)
regarding the Amended Plan of Operations, signed a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), and approved the project. As a result of a
lawsuit that was filed objecting to that approval, the BLM was ordered
by a Federal District Court judge to prepare an EIS for the Amended
Plan of Operations. The Amended Plan of Operations will serve as the
basis for the EIS project description. The BLM will analyze a range of
alternatives in the EIS. As proposed in the Amended Plan of Operations,
the quarry would operate for up to 40 years. The main product that is
mined is large-diameter sheets of rock called flagstone which is used
in both indoor and outdoor decorative construction.
Dated: August 30, 2005.
David Rosenkrance,
Challis Field Manager, BLM.
[FR Doc. 05-21042 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45 am]
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