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Closings are scheduled to occur on
December 21, 2005.
These are the essential terms of sale.
The Loan Sale Agreement, which will
be included in the BIP, will contain
additional terms and details. To ensure
a competitive bidding process, the terms
of the bidding process and the Loan Sale
Agreement are not subject to
negotiation.
Due Diligence Review
The BIP will describe the due
diligence process for reviewing loan
files in MHLS 2005–3. Qualified bidders
will be able to access loan information
remotely via a high-speed Internet
connection. Further information on
performing due diligence review of the
Mortgage Loans will be provided in the
BIP.
Mortgage Loan Sale Policy
HUD reserves the right to add
Mortgage Loans to or delete Mortgage
Loans from MHLS 2005–3 at any time
prior to the Award Date. HUD also
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids, in whole or in part, without
prejudice to HUD’s right to include any
Mortgage Loans in a later sale. Mortgage
Loans will not be withdrawn after the
Award Date except as is specifically
provided in the Loan Sale Agreement.
This is a sale of unsubsidized
mortgage loans. Pursuant to the
Multifamily Mortgage Sale Regulations,
24 CFR 290.30 et seq., the Mortgage
Loans will be sold without FHA
insurance. Consistent with HUD’s
policy as set forth in 24 CFR 290.35,
HUD is unaware of any Mortgage Loan
that is delinquent and secures a project
(1) for which foreclosure appears
unavoidable, and (2) in which very-low
income tenants reside who are not
receiving housing assistance and who
would be likely to pay rent in excess of
30 percent of their adjusted monthly
income if HUD sold the Mortgage Loan.
If HUD determines that any Mortgage
Loans meet these criteria, they will be
removed from the sale.
Mortgage Loan Sale Procedure
HUD selected a competitive sale as
the method to sell the Mortgage Loans
primarily to satisfy the Mortgage Sale
Regulations. This method of sale
optimizes HUD’s return on the sale of
these Mortgage Loans, affords the
greatest opportunity for all qualified
bidders to bid on the Mortgage Loans,
and provides the quickest and most
efficient vehicle for HUD to dispose of
the Mortgage Loans.
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Bidder Eligibility
In order to bid in the sale, a
prospective bidder must complete,
execute and submit both a
Confidentiality Agreement and a
Qualification Statement acceptable to
HUD. The following individuals and
entities are ineligible to bid on any of
the Mortgage Loans included in MHLS
2005–3:
(1) Any employee of HUD, a member
of such employee’s household, or an
entity owned or controlled by any such
employee or member of such an
employee’s household;
(2) any individual or entity that is
debarred, suspended, or excluded from
doing business with HUD pursuant to
Title 24 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 24;
(3) any contractor, subcontractor and/
or consultant or advisor (including any
agent, employee, partner, director,
principal or affiliate of any of the
foregoing) who performed services for or
on behalf of HUD in connection with
MHLS 2005–3;
(4) any individual who was a
principal, partner, director, agent or
employee of any entity or individual
described in subparagraph 3 above, at
any time during which the entity or
individual performed services for or on
behalf of HUD in connection with
MHLS 2005–3;
(5) any individual or entity that uses
the services, directly or indirectly, of
any person or entity ineligible under
subparagraphs 1 through 4 above to
assist in preparing any of its bids on the
Mortgage Loans;
(6) any individual or entity which
employs or uses the services of an
employee of HUD (other than in such
employee’s official capacity) who is
involved in MHLS 2005–3;
(7) any mortgagor (or affiliate of a
mortgagor) that failed to submit to HUD
on or before November 30, 2005,
audited financial statements for 1998
through 2004 for a project securing a
Mortgage Loan; and
(8) any individual or entity and any
Related Party (as such term is defined in
the Qualification Statement) of such
individual or entity that is a mortgagor
in any of HUD’s multifamily housing
programs and that is in default under
such mortgage loan or is in violation of
any regulatory or business agreements
with HUD, unless such default or
violation is cured on or before
November 30, 2005.
In addition, any entity or individual
that serviced or held any Mortgage Loan
at any time during the two-year period
prior to November 30, 2005, is ineligible
to bid on such Mortgage Loan or on the
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pool containing such Mortgage Loan,
but may bid on loan pools that do not
contain Mortgage Loans that they have
serviced or held at any time during the
two-year period prior to November 30,
2005. Also ineligible to bid on any
Mortgage Loan are: (a) Any affiliate or
principal of any entity or individual
described in the preceding sentence; (b)
any employee or subcontractor of such
entity or individual during that two-year
period; or (c) any entity or individual
that employs or uses the services of any
other entity or individual described in
this paragraph in preparing its bid on
such Mortgage Loan.
Prospective bidders should carefully
review the Qualification Statement to
determine whether they are eligible to
submit bids on the Mortgage Loans in
MHLS 2005–3.
Freedom of Information Act Requests
HUD reserves the right, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to disclose
information regarding MHLS 2005–3,
including, but not limited to, the
identity of any successful bidder and its
bid price or bid percentage for any pool
of loans or individual loan, upon the
closing of the sale of all the Mortgage
Loans. Even if HUD elects not to
publicly disclose any information
relating to MHLS 2005–3, HUD will
have the right to disclose any
information that HUD is obligated to
disclose pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act and all regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Scope of Notice
This notice applies to MHLS 2005–3
and does not establish HUD’s policy for
the sale of other mortgage loans.
Dated: December 4, 2005.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–070–1610–DP–011J]
Supplement to Notice of Availability of
the Draft Resource Management Plan
and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Price Field Office To
List Proposed Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern and Specific
Associated Resource Use Limitations
for Public Lands in Carbon and Emery
Counties, UT
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: A notice of availability for the
Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP)
and Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Price Field Office planning
area in Carbon and Emery Counties,
Utah was published in the Federal
Register, volume 69, number 136,
Friday, July 16, 2004. This supplements
that Notice with information on existing
and potential Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACECs)
considered within the Draft RMP and
EIS, as required in 43 CFR 1610.7–2.
The CFR also provides an associated 60day comment period.
DATES: The comment period will
commence with the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register and end
60 days after its publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on
ACECs should be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management, Price Field Office,
125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501.
If you have already submitted comments
during the comment period for the Draft
RMP and EIS held from July 16, 2004,
to November 30, 2004, they will be
considered for the Proposed RMP and
Final EIS, and there is no need to
resubmit them in response to this
notice.
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the Price
Field Office during regular business
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays and
will be subject to disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
They may be published as part of the
EIS and other related documents.
Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name or street address from public
review and disclosure under the FOIA,
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 or businesses will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Floyd Johnson, Assistant Field Manager,
BLM Price Field Office, 125 South 600
West, Price, UT 84501, phone 435–636–
3600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Price
Field Office planning area includes all
of the public land and Federal mineral
ownership managed by the Price Field
Office in Carbon and Emery Counties,
Utah. This area includes approximately
2.5 million acres of BLM-administered
surface lands and 2.8 million acres of
Federal mineral lands under Federal,
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State, and private surface in the area.
The decisions of the Price RMP will
only apply to BLM-administered public
lands and Federal mineral estate.
The Draft RMP/EIS addresses five
alternatives and provides proposed
management decisions and impact
analysis of the alternatives. The number
and acreages of ACECs that would be
designated vary by alternative. For
example, Alternative A would designate
eight ACECs comprising 167,439 public
surface acres, while Alternative C would
designate 19 ACECs comprising 642,516
acres. Resource use limitations applied
to the ACECs also vary by alternative in
some cases. There are presently 13
existing designated ACECs (289,629
total acres) in the Price Field Office,
which were established by the San
Rafael RMP (1991). These are reflected
in the No Action Alternative of the Draft
RMP and EIS. There are also 9 potential
ACECs (286,416 total acres), each of
which is being considered in at least
one action alternative. Specific ACEC
proposals, including resource use
limitations, are described in detail by
alternative in Chapter 2 of the Draft
RMP/EIS. A summary of this
information follows:
The 13 currently designated ACECs
that are being reconsidered are as
follows: Big Flat Tops ACEC (192 acres),
Copper Globe ACEC (128 acres), San
Rafael Canyon ACEC (49,791 acres),
Sids Mountain ACEC (55,165 acres),
Bowknot Bend ACEC (1,087 acres), Dry
Lake Archaeological District ACEC
(18,007 acres), Pictographs ACEC (43
acres), San Rafael Reef ACEC (74,102
acres), Muddy Creek ACEC (25,751
acres), Segers Hole ACEC (7,369 acres),
Highway I–70 Scenic ACEC (39,488
acres), Swasey’s Cabin ACEC (60 acres)
and Temple Mountain ACEC (2,442
acres). These currently designated
ACECs would continue to be designated
in the No Action Alternative and in at
least one of the action alternatives.
Boundaries and acreages vary by
alternative for the San Rafael Canyon
ACEC, Sids Mountain ACEC, and
Highway I–70 Scenic ACEC (acreage
figures shown above are for existing
ACEC boundaries). Resource use
limitations for all currently designated
ACECs vary by alternative and relate to
leasing for oil and gas, locatable mineral
entry, right-of-way (ROW) grants,
private or commercial use of woodland
products, livestock use, land treatments
and range improvements, visual
resource management (VRM), offhighway vehicle (OHV) use, disposal of
mineral materials, and fire suppression
activities. In addition, cultural resource
considerations are made for Dry Lake
Archaeological District ACEC,
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Pictographs ACEC, San Rafael Reef
ACEC, Muddy Creek ACEC, Segers Hole
ACEC, and Highway I–70 Scenic ACEC.
Under all action alternatives, the
Pictographs ACEC name would change
to the Rock Art ACEC and 12 sites
would be added, totaling 16,047 acres.
Under Alternatives C and D, Swasey’s
Cabin ACEC and Temple Mountain
ACEC would be included as a part of the
Heritage Sites Potential ACEC.
The 9 potential ACECs being
considered are the Lower Green River
Potential ACEC (38,317 acres), Gordon
Creek Potential ACEC (2,620 acres),
Beckwith Plateau Potential ACEC
(50,531 acres), Temple-CottonwoodDugout Wash Potential ACEC (72,796
acres), Nine Mile Canyon Potential
ACEC (48,861 acres), Range Creek
Potential ACEC (65,495 acres),
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
Potential ACEC (767 acres), Heritage
Sites Potential ACEC (2,862 acres, 7
locations) and Uranium Mining Districts
Potential ACEC (4,167 acres, 4
locations).
The Lower Green River Potential
ACEC, Gordon Creek Potential ACEC,
and Beckwith Plateau Potential ACEC
are proposed for designation under at
least one action alternative. Resource
use limitations would vary by
alternative and relate to livestock
grazing, leasing for oil and gas; disposal
of mineral materials, locatable mineral
entry, OHV use, and VRM. Use
limitations for ROWs within the
Beckwith Plateau Potential ACEC would
vary by alternative, and protective
measures would have to be taken within
the Gordon Creek Potential ACEC before
surface-disturbing activities could
occur.
The Temple-Cottonwood-Dugout
Wash Potential ACEC, Nine Mile
Canyon Potential ACEC, and the Range
Creek Potential ACEC are proposed for
designation under at least one action
alternative. Resource use limitations
relate to oil and gas leasing, OHV use,
disposal of mineral materials, and
locatable mineral entry. Within the
Range Creek potential ACEC, public
access would be limited to hiking and
horseback riding only. The Nine Mile
Canyon Potential ACEC would have
restrictions relating to VRM and cultural
resources as well.
The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
Potential ACEC would be designated in
all action alternatives. Resource use
limitations would vary by alternative
and relate to public access, OHV use,
construction of facilities, recreation, oil
and gas leasing, disposal of mineral
materials, locatable mineral entry; and
collection of nonrenewable resources.
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The Heritage Sites Potential ACEC
and the Uranium Mining Districts
Potential ACEC would be designated
under Alternatives C and D. Resource
use limitations for the Heritage Sites
Potential ACEC relate to oil and gas
leasing, locatable mineral entry,
disposal of mineral materials, ROW
grants, land treatments and range
improvements, and VRM. Resource use
limitations for the Uranium Mining
Districts Potential ACEC relate to
firewood collection, livestock use, oil
and gas leasing, disposal of mineral
materials, locatable mineral entry, and
cultural resources.
Dated: October 18, 2005.
Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E5–7254 Filed 12–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–080–1610–DP–010J]
Supplement to Notice of Availability of
the Draft Resource Management Plan
and Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Vernal Field Office
To List Proposed Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern and Specific
Associated Resource Use Limitations
for Public Lands in Daggett, Duchesne,
Uintah and Grand Counties, UT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: A notice of availability for the
Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP)
and Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Vernal Field Office
planning area in Daggett, Duchesne, and
Uintah Counties, Utah was published in
the Federal Register, volume 70,
number 10, on Friday, January 14, 2005.
This supplements that Notice with
information on existing and potential
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
(ACECs) considered within the Draft
RMP and EIS, as required in 43 CFR
1610.7–2. The CFR also provides an
associated 60-day comment period on
the potential ACECs.
DATES: The comment period will
commence with the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register and end
60 days after its publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on
ACECs should be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management, Vernal Field Office,
170 South 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078;
Fax 435–781–4410. If you have already
submitted comments during the
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comment period for the Draft RMP and
EIS held from January 14, 2005, to June
24, 2005, they will be considered for the
Proposed RMP and Final EIS, and there
is no need to resubmit them in response
to this notice.
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the Vernal
Field Office during regular business
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays and
will be subject to disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
They may be published as part of the
EIS and other related documents.
Individual respondents may request
confidentiality with respect to their
name, address, and phone number. If
you wish to withhold your name or
street address from public review and
disclosure under the FOIA, 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
or businesses will be made available for
public inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Kenczka, Planner, BLM Vernal Field
Office, 170 South 500 East, Vernal, UT
84078, phone 435–781–4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Vernal Field Office planning area
includes all of the public land and
Federal mineral ownership managed by
the Vernal Field Office in Daggett,
Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, in
northeast Utah, and about 3,000 acres in
Grand County. This area includes
approximately 1.8 million acres of BLM
administered surface lands and 2.1
million acres of Federal mineral lands
under Federal, state, private, and Ute
Tribal surface in the four county areas.
The Draft RMP/EIS addresses four
alternatives and provides proposed
management decisions and impact
analysis of the alternatives. The number
and acreages of ACECs that would be
designated vary by alternative. For
example, Alternative D would designate
seven ACECs comprising 165,944 public
surface acres, while Alternative C would
designate 13 ACECs comprising 681,310
acres. Resource use limitations often
vary by ACEC and alternative as well.
There are presently 7 designated
ACECs (165,944 acres) in the Vernal
Field Office, which were established by
the Diamond Mountain Resource
Management Plan (RMP) (1994). These
are reflected in the No Action
Alternative (Alternative D) of the Draft
RMP and EIS. There are also 6 potential
ACECs (515,366 acres), each of which is
being considered in at least one
alternative. Specific ACEC proposals,
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including resource use limitations, are
described in detail by alternative in
Chapter 2 of the Draft RMP/EIS. A
summary of this information follows:
The 7 currently designated ACECs
that are being reconsidered are as
follows (acreage figures shown are for
existing ACEC boundaries): Red
Mountain-Dry Fork ACEC (24,285
acres), Nine Mile Canyon ACEC (44,181
acres), Browns Park ACEC (52,721
acres), Lower Green River ACEC (8,470
acres), Lears Canyon ACEC (1,375 acres)
and Pariette Wetlands ACEC (10,437
acres), and the Red Creek Watershed
ACEC (24,475 acres). Resource use
limitations for these ACECs would vary
by alternative, and relate to oil and gas
leasing, visual resource management
(VRM) and management of off-highway
vehicle (OHV) use. In addition, there are
limitations regarding disposal of
mineral materials within the Lears
Canyon and Pariette Wetlands ACECs.
The Red Mountain-Dry Fork ACEC,
Browns Park ACEC, Lears Canyon
ACEC, Pariette Wetlands ACEC, Red
Creek Watershed ACEC, and Nine Mile
Canyon ACEC would continue to be
designated in all alternatives, although
boundaries and acreages vary by
alternative for the Nine Mile Canyon
and Brown’s Park ACEC. The Lower
Green River ACEC would continue to be
designated in Alternatives A, C, and D,
and boundaries and acreages for this
ACEC would vary by alternative.
The 6 potential ACECs being
considered are as follows: Middle Green
River Potential ACEC (6,768 acres), Four
Mile Wash Potential ACEC (50,280
acres), Main Canyon Potential ACEC
(100,915 acres), Coyote Basin Potential
ACEC, White River Potential ACEC, and
Bitter Creek Potential ACEC. Boundaries
and acreages would vary by alternative
for the Coyote Basin, White River, and
Bitter Creek Potential ACECs. When
included in more than one alternative,
resource use limitations for these ACECs
would vary and relate to oil and gas
leasing, visual resource management,
and management of OHV use.
Dated: October 18, 2005.
Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E5–7253 Filed 12–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-070-1610-DP-011J]
Supplement to Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource
Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Price
Field Office To List Proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
and Specific Associated Resource Use Limitations for Public Lands in
Carbon and Emery Counties, UT
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: A notice of availability for the Draft Resource Management
Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Price Field
Office planning area in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah was published
in the Federal Register, volume 69, number 136, Friday, July 16, 2004.
This supplements that Notice with information on existing and potential
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) considered within the
Draft RMP and EIS, as required in 43 CFR 1610.7-2. The CFR also
provides an associated 60-day comment period.
DATES: The comment period will commence with the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register and end 60 days after its publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on ACECs should be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management, Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, UT
84501. If you have already submitted comments during the comment period
for the Draft RMP and EIS held from July 16, 2004, to November 30,
2004, they will be considered for the Proposed RMP and Final EIS, and
there is no need to resubmit them in response to this notice.
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review at the Price Field Office during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays and will be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). They may be published as part of the EIS and
other related documents. Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street address
from public review and disclosure under the FOIA, 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 or businesses will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Floyd Johnson, Assistant Field
Manager, BLM Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, UT 84501,
phone 435-636-3600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Price Field Office planning area
includes all of the public land and Federal mineral ownership managed
by the Price Field Office in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah. This area
includes approximately 2.5 million acres of BLM-administered surface
lands and 2.8 million acres of Federal mineral lands under Federal,
State, and private surface in the area. The decisions of the Price RMP
will only apply to BLM-administered public lands and Federal mineral
estate.
The Draft RMP/EIS addresses five alternatives and provides proposed
management decisions and impact analysis of the alternatives. The
number and acreages of ACECs that would be designated vary by
alternative. For example, Alternative A would designate eight ACECs
comprising 167,439 public surface acres, while Alternative C would
designate 19 ACECs comprising 642,516 acres. Resource use limitations
applied to the ACECs also vary by alternative in some cases. There are
presently 13 existing designated ACECs (289,629 total acres) in the
Price Field Office, which were established by the San Rafael RMP
(1991). These are reflected in the No Action Alternative of the Draft
RMP and EIS. There are also 9 potential ACECs (286,416 total acres),
each of which is being considered in at least one action alternative.
Specific ACEC proposals, including resource use limitations, are
described in detail by alternative in Chapter 2 of the Draft RMP/EIS. A
summary of this information follows:
The 13 currently designated ACECs that are being reconsidered are
as follows: Big Flat Tops ACEC (192 acres), Copper Globe ACEC (128
acres), San Rafael Canyon ACEC (49,791 acres), Sids Mountain ACEC
(55,165 acres), Bowknot Bend ACEC (1,087 acres), Dry Lake
Archaeological District ACEC (18,007 acres), Pictographs ACEC (43
acres), San Rafael Reef ACEC (74,102 acres), Muddy Creek ACEC (25,751
acres), Segers Hole ACEC (7,369 acres), Highway I-70 Scenic ACEC
(39,488 acres), Swasey's Cabin ACEC (60 acres) and Temple Mountain ACEC
(2,442 acres). These currently designated ACECs would continue to be
designated in the No Action Alternative and in at least one of the
action alternatives. Boundaries and acreages vary by alternative for
the San Rafael Canyon ACEC, Sids Mountain ACEC, and Highway I-70 Scenic
ACEC (acreage figures shown above are for existing ACEC boundaries).
Resource use limitations for all currently designated ACECs vary by
alternative and relate to leasing for oil and gas, locatable mineral
entry, right-of-way (ROW) grants, private or commercial use of woodland
products, livestock use, land treatments and range improvements, visual
resource management (VRM), off-highway vehicle (OHV) use, disposal of
mineral materials, and fire suppression activities. In addition,
cultural resource considerations are made for Dry Lake Archaeological
District ACEC, Pictographs ACEC, San Rafael Reef ACEC, Muddy Creek
ACEC, Segers Hole ACEC, and Highway I-70 Scenic ACEC. Under all action
alternatives, the Pictographs ACEC name would change to the Rock Art
ACEC and 12 sites would be added, totaling 16,047 acres. Under
Alternatives C and D, Swasey's Cabin ACEC and Temple Mountain ACEC
would be included as a part of the Heritage Sites Potential ACEC.
The 9 potential ACECs being considered are the Lower Green River
Potential ACEC (38,317 acres), Gordon Creek Potential ACEC (2,620
acres), Beckwith Plateau Potential ACEC (50,531 acres), Temple-
Cottonwood-Dugout Wash Potential ACEC (72,796 acres), Nine Mile Canyon
Potential ACEC (48,861 acres), Range Creek Potential ACEC (65,495
acres), Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Potential ACEC (767 acres),
Heritage Sites Potential ACEC (2,862 acres, 7 locations) and Uranium
Mining Districts Potential ACEC (4,167 acres, 4 locations).
The Lower Green River Potential ACEC, Gordon Creek Potential ACEC,
and Beckwith Plateau Potential ACEC are proposed for designation under
at least one action alternative. Resource use limitations would vary by
alternative and relate to livestock grazing, leasing for oil and gas;
disposal of mineral materials, locatable mineral entry, OHV use, and
VRM. Use limitations for ROWs within the Beckwith Plateau Potential
ACEC would vary by alternative, and protective measures would have to
be taken within the Gordon Creek Potential ACEC before surface-
disturbing activities could occur.
The Temple-Cottonwood-Dugout Wash Potential ACEC, Nine Mile Canyon
Potential ACEC, and the Range Creek Potential ACEC are proposed for
designation under at least one action alternative. Resource use
limitations relate to oil and gas leasing, OHV use, disposal of mineral
materials, and locatable mineral entry. Within the Range Creek
potential ACEC, public access would be limited to hiking and horseback
riding only. The Nine Mile Canyon Potential ACEC would have
restrictions relating to VRM and cultural resources as well.
The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Potential ACEC would be
designated in all action alternatives. Resource use limitations would
vary by alternative and relate to public access, OHV use, construction
of facilities, recreation, oil and gas leasing, disposal of mineral
materials, locatable mineral entry; and collection of nonrenewable
resources.
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The Heritage Sites Potential ACEC and the Uranium Mining Districts
Potential ACEC would be designated under Alternatives C and D. Resource
use limitations for the Heritage Sites Potential ACEC relate to oil and
gas leasing, locatable mineral entry, disposal of mineral materials,
ROW grants, land treatments and range improvements, and VRM. Resource
use limitations for the Uranium Mining Districts Potential ACEC relate
to firewood collection, livestock use, oil and gas leasing, disposal of
mineral materials, locatable mineral entry, and cultural resources.
Dated: October 18, 2005.
Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E5-7254 Filed 12-12-05; 8:45 am]
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