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The proposed Agreement clarifies
management responsibilities and
expectations of the Service, WDFW, and
prospective participants. When signed,
the Agreement may serve as the basis for
additional enhancement of survival
permit applications. To be considered
for a permit, each participant will need
to complete and submit to the Service
a Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit
Application Form. An issued permit
would authorize incidental take of
CBPRs that are above the baseline
conditions of their enrolled property.
In addition to submitting a Permit
application, prospective participants
would also need to develop a Site Plan,
in cooperation with the Service, that
identifies the specific properties to be
enrolled and documents the baseline
conditions, existing and proposed future
land-use activities, and agreed-upon
conservation measures that would be
expected to provide a net conservation
benefit for the CBPR on the enrolled
properties. Each prospective participant
and the Service would need to sign the
completed Site Plan, which will remain
within the scope of, and tiered to, the
proposed Agreement.
We anticipate that the proposed
Agreement would result in the
following benefits to the CBPR: (1)
Appropriate habitats will be maintained
on enrolled properties and be available
for use by CBPRs released at the
recovery emphasis areas; (2) habitats on
enrolled properties will facilitate
dispersal of newly released CBPRs and
enhance connectivity of recovery
emphasis areas; (3) new subpopulations
of CBPRs may form on enrolled
properties through natural population
expansion; (4) additional wild CBPRs
may be located on properties being
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AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Notice of issuance of permits for
marine mammals.
ACTION:
SUMMARY:
The following permits were
issued.
Documents and other
information submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division
of Management Authority, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,
Virginia 22203; fax 703/358–2281.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Division of Management Authority,
telephone 703/358–2104.
Notice is
hereby given that on the dates below, as
authorized by the provisions of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
Fish and Wildlife Service issued the
requested permits subject to certain
conditions set forth therein.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–140–1610–DT–009C]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Roan Plateau Resource Management
Plan Amendment/Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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Applicant
Dated: August 18, 2006.
Monica Farris,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,
Division of Management Authority.
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considered for enrollment and be
secured for captive breeding and/or
translocation efforts, which will
improve the overall recovery outlook for
the species; (5) monitoring and future
collection of biological information
concerning the CBPR (e.g., dispersal,
survival, productivity) will be improved
through cooperative management efforts
on enrolled properties; (6) research and
adaptive management for the CBPR can
be made more comprehensive if
implemented at a broader scale through
facilitated access to enrolled properties;
and (7) successful implementation of
cooperative, voluntary conservation
measures will increase public awareness
and support for CBPR recovery efforts.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA and NEPA
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). The
Service will evaluate the permit
applications, associated documents, and
comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the proposed
Agreement and permit applications
meet the requirements of NEPA
regulations and section 10(a) of the ESA.
If it is determined that the requirements
are met, the Agreement will be finalized
and signed and these permits will be
issued to the Applicants for incidental
take of the covered species. The final
NEPA and permit determinations will
not be completed until after the end of
the 30-day comment period, and will
fully consider all public comments
received during the comment period.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Proposed Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Final Environmental
Impact Statement (PRMPA/FEIS) for the
Roan Plateau planning area.
The BLM Planning Regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
DATES:
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who participated in the planning
process, and has an interest which is or
may be adversely affected, may protest
BLM’s approval or amendment of a
RMP. You must file a protest within 30
days of the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes this Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
Instructions for filing of protests are
described on the inside front cover of
the PRMPA/FEIS and in the
Supplementary Information section of
this notice.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the
document, visit the Web site at
http:www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau
and follow the instructions, or write to:
Roan Plateau Request, Glenwood
Springs Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 50629 Highways 6 & 24,
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Goodenow—Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, Steve
Bennett—Associate Field Manager, or
Jamie Connell—Field Manager at the
Glenwood Springs Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 50629 Highways
6 & 24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
81601. The Glenwood Springs Field
Office telephone number is (970) 947–
2800. All three can be reached via email at
colorado_roanplateau@co.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
the PRMPA/FEIS have been sent to
affected Federal, State, tribal, and local
government agencies and to interested
parties. Copies of the PRMPA/FEIS are
available for public inspection at the
BLM Glenwood Springs Field Office
(50629 Highways 6 & 24, Glenwood
Springs, Colorado) or the White River
Field Office (73544 Highway 64,
Meeker, Colorado, 81641) during normal
working hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
except weekends and holidays).
Interested persons may also review
the PRMPA/FEIS on the Internet at
http:www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau.
Comments on the Draft RMP
Amendment/EIS received from the
public and internal BLM review
comments were incorporated into the
PRMPA/FEIS. Public comments resulted
in the addition of clarifying text, and
development of a new alternative with
impacts within the range of impacts of
the alternatives analyzed in the Roan
Plateau Draft RMP Amendment/EIS.
The Roan Plateau Resource
Management Plan Amendment (RMPA)
and Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) presents options for management
of BLM administered lands in the Roan
Plateau Planning Area. This includes
Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSRs)
Numbers 1 and 3, for which
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management was transferred from the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to
BLM in 1997. The Planning Area, which
is in west-central Colorado, includes
approximately 73,602 acres of land
(Federal surface, Federal mineral estate,
or both), and is located in Garfield
County with a small portion in southern
Rio Blanco County. The Planning Area
lies north of Interstate 70 (I–70) between
the towns of Rifle and Parachute.
Transfer of NOSRs 1 and 3 from DOE
to BLM was effected by the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998, Public Law 105–85 (the
‘‘Transfer Act’’). The Roan Plateau RMP
Amendment/EIS analyzes options for
implementing the Transfer Act, which
directed the BLM to enter into leases, as
soon as practicable, with one or more
private entities for the purpose of
exploration, development, and
production of petroleum. In addition,
the Transfer Act stipulates that the
transferred lands are to be managed in
accordance with the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)
and other laws applicable to public
lands.
Five alternatives were published in
the Draft RMPA/EIS in November 2004
ranging from leaving 44,267 acres of the
73,602 acre planning area closed to oil
and gas leasing (No Action Alternative)
to the most development-oriented
alternative (Alternative V). All
alternatives would have allowed some
development, and would have provided
some environmental safeguards.
Alternative III (Preferred) would have
deferred leasing atop the plateau until
the lower elevations were substantially
developed, and would have provided
substantial environmental mitigation
atop the plateau. Following the 90-day
public comment period (extended to
120 days), BLM continued to work with
Cooperating Agencies, including the
Colorado Department of Natural
Resources (and its agencies the Colorado
Division of Wildlife, Colorado Oil and
Gas Conservation Commission, the
Colorado Geological Survey, and
Colorado Division of Parks), Garfield
County, Rio Blanco County, City of
Rifle, Town of Parachute, and City of
Glenwood Springs. As a result of the
Cooperating Agency meetings and
discussion, the Colorado Department of
Natural Resources (CDNR) proposed an
innovative approach to oil and gas
development atop the plateau intended
to accommodate the development of the
underlying gas resource while providing
substantial levels of natural resource
protection. The CDNR approach, which
has been adopted by the BLM as the
preferred alternative, would mitigate
impacts to sensitive resources by
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requiring phased and clustered
development within an Undivided
Federal Unit on the upper plateau.
Mitigation under the CDNR proposal
would also result from limiting the
amount of land in a disturbed condition
at any one time to approximately 1
percent of the total area of the upper
plateau (350 acres).
Alternatives considered represent
possible amendments to the current
management direction provided by the
1984 Resource Management Plan (RMP)
for the Glenwood Springs Resource Area
(GSRA), revised in 1988 and amended
in 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2002,
and the 1997 White River Resource Area
(WRRA) RMP.
The overarching goal of the PRMP/
FEIS is to protect key ecological, visual,
and recreational values while allowing
for the leasing and development of oil
and gas resources under strict and
performance-based standards:
• The PRMP/FEIS would designate
four Areas of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACECs), including East Fork
Parachute Creek and Trapper/
Northwater Creek atop the plateau and
Magpie Gulch and Anvil Points along
and below the cliffs, with a combined
area of 21,034 acres.
• The upper area of the plateau
would be identified as the Parachute
Creek Watershed Management Area to
meet the special management
requirements of this particular resource
and encompasses 33,575 acres.
• Protection of stream segments
found eligible for designation as Wild
and Scenic Rivers (WSRs) would also be
provided.
• Motorized and mechanized travel
would be limited to designated routes
throughout the Planning Area, except
for over-snow travel by snowmobile
with at least 12 inches of snow cover,
and an existing area of concentrated
OHV use to be designated as the
Hubbard Mesa OHV Riding Area.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
PRMP/FEIS may be found at 43 CFR
1610.5–2. A protest may only raise those
issues which were submitted for the
record during the planning process. Email 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, the BLM will consider the email 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
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protest coordinator at 202–452–5112,
and e-mails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. Please direct the
follow-up letter to the appropriate
address provided below. The protest
must contain:
(1) The name, mailing address,
telephone number and interest of the
person filing the protest;
(2) A statement of the issue or issues
being protested;
(3) A statement of the part or parts of
the plan amendment (Proposed Plan)
being protested;
(4) A copy of all documents
addressing the issue or issues that were
submitted during the planning process
by the protesting party or an indication
of the date the issue or issues were
discussed for the record; and
(5) A concise statement explaining
why the State Director’s decision is
believed to be wrong.
All protests must be in writing and
mailed to one of the following
addresses:
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.
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 protest. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by law.
All protests from organizations and
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety. The Director will promptly
render a decision on protests. 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 is the final
decision of the Department of the
Interior.
Dated: May 17, 2006.
Jamie E. Connell,
Field Manager.
This document was received at the Office
of the Federal Register on August 31, 2006.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
White-tailed Deer Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement,
Valley Forge National Historical Park,
King of Prussia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of intent to prepare a
White-tailed Deer Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement, Valley
Forge National Historical Park, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, the National Park Service (NPS)
will prepare a White-tailed Deer
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for Valley Forge
National Historical Park (NHP), King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of
this plan and EIS is to support long-term
protection, preservation, and restoration
of native vegetation and other natural
resources within the park. A scoping
brochure will be prepared that details
the issues identified to date, and
possible alternatives to be considered.
Brochures may be obtained from
Kristina Heister, Natural Resources
Manager, Valley Forge NHP or from the
Valley Forge NHP Web site (https://
www.nps.gov/vafo).
DATES: The NPS will accept comments
from the public regarding this Notice of
Intent until October 10, 2006. In
addition, several public scoping
meetings will be conducted in the
Valley Forge area beginning in Fall
2006. Please check local newspapers,
the park Web site or contact Kristina
Heister.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review and
comment at the Valley Forge NHP
library by appointment (Contact
dona_mcdermott@nps.gov), local public
libraries, park Web site at https://
www.nps.gov/vafo, and the Planning,
Environment and Public Comment
(PEPC) Web site at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristina Heister, Natural Resources
Manager, Valley Forge NHP, 1400 North
Outer Line Drive, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania 19406, or
kristina_heister@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A major
purpose of Valley Forge National
Historical Park is preservation of the
‘‘cultural and natural resources that
embody and commemorate the Valley
Forge experience and the American
Revolution.’’ The purpose of this plan
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and environmental impact statement is
to support long-term protection,
preservation, and restoration of native
vegetation and other natural resources
within the park. A deer management
plan is needed at this time to address
browsing by an increasing number of
deer over the past two decades and
resulting changes in the species
composition, abundance, and
distribution of native plant communities
and associated wildlife. The plan will
also provide opportunities for
coordinating management actions with
other jurisdictional entities. The plan
will develop an informed, scientificallybased approach to deer management
that will maintain a white-tailed deer
population within the park while
ensuring the natural resources that
support the purposes of Valley Forge
National Historical Park remain in good
condition.
A set of objectives further describing
the purpose of the plan will be included
in the public scoping brochure. A list of
preliminary alternatives that will be
considered to meet the purpose and
need, including continuation of current
management (no-action alternative) also
will be provided.
Persons commenting on the purpose,
need, objectives, preliminary
alternatives, or any other issues
associated with the plan, may submit
comments by any one of several
methods (see below). The dates and
times of public scoping meetings will be
advertised a minimum of 15 days in
advance. Notice of the meetings will be
posted in local newspapers, libraries, on
the park Web site and the Planning,
Environment and Public Comment
(PEPC) Web site. In addition, a public
scoping brochure will be mailed to
interested parties.
Comments may be mailed to Natural
Resource Management, Valley Forge
NHP, 1400 North Outer Line Drive, King
of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 or sent
via the Internet at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov. Please submit
Internet comments as a text file avoiding
the use of special characters and any
form of encryption. Please put ‘‘Deer
Management’’ in the subject line and
include your name and return address
in your Internet message. If persons
commenting do not receive a receipt
confirmation from the system, please
contact Kristina Heister.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names, home addresses, home
phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their names
and/or home addresses, etc., but if you
wish us to consider withholding this
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO-140-1610-DT-009C]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Roan Plateau Resource
Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement,
Colorado
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 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMPA/FEIS) for the
Roan Plateau planning area.
DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any
person
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who participated in the planning process, and has an interest which is
or may be adversely affected, may protest BLM's approval or amendment
of a RMP. You must file a protest within 30 days of the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency publishes this Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register. Instructions for filing of protests are
described on the inside front cover of the PRMPA/FEIS and in the
Supplementary Information section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the document, visit the Web site at
http:www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau and follow the instructions, or
write to: Roan Plateau Request, Glenwood Springs Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 50629 Highways 6 & 24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
81601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Goodenow--Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, Steve Bennett--Associate Field Manager, or
Jamie Connell--Field Manager at the Glenwood Springs Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 50629 Highways 6 & 24, Glenwood Springs,
Colorado 81601. The Glenwood Springs Field Office telephone number is
(970) 947-2800. All three can be reached via e-mail at colorado_
roanplateau@co.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the PRMPA/FEIS have been sent to
affected Federal, State, tribal, and local government agencies and to
interested parties. Copies of the PRMPA/FEIS are available for public
inspection at the BLM Glenwood Springs Field Office (50629 Highways 6 &
24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado) or the White River Field Office (73544
Highway 64, Meeker, Colorado, 81641) during normal working hours (7:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except weekends and holidays).
Interested persons may also review the PRMPA/FEIS on the Internet
at http:www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau. Comments on the Draft RMP
Amendment/EIS received from the public and internal BLM review comments
were incorporated into the PRMPA/FEIS. Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text, and development of a new alternative with
impacts within the range of impacts of the alternatives analyzed in the
Roan Plateau Draft RMP Amendment/EIS.
The Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) presents options for management of
BLM administered lands in the Roan Plateau Planning Area. This includes
Naval Oil Shale Reserves (NOSRs) Numbers 1 and 3, for which management
was transferred from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to BLM in
1997. The Planning Area, which is in west-central Colorado, includes
approximately 73,602 acres of land (Federal surface, Federal mineral
estate, or both), and is located in Garfield County with a small
portion in southern Rio Blanco County. The Planning Area lies north of
Interstate 70 (I-70) between the towns of Rifle and Parachute.
Transfer of NOSRs 1 and 3 from DOE to BLM was effected by the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, Public Law
105-85 (the ``Transfer Act''). The Roan Plateau RMP Amendment/EIS
analyzes options for implementing the Transfer Act, which directed the
BLM to enter into leases, as soon as practicable, with one or more
private entities for the purpose of exploration, development, and
production of petroleum. In addition, the Transfer Act stipulates that
the transferred lands are to be managed in accordance with the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and other laws applicable to
public lands.
Five alternatives were published in the Draft RMPA/EIS in November
2004 ranging from leaving 44,267 acres of the 73,602 acre planning area
closed to oil and gas leasing (No Action Alternative) to the most
development-oriented alternative (Alternative V). All alternatives
would have allowed some development, and would have provided some
environmental safeguards. Alternative III (Preferred) would have
deferred leasing atop the plateau until the lower elevations were
substantially developed, and would have provided substantial
environmental mitigation atop the plateau. Following the 90-day public
comment period (extended to 120 days), BLM continued to work with
Cooperating Agencies, including the Colorado Department of Natural
Resources (and its agencies the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the Colorado Geological Survey,
and Colorado Division of Parks), Garfield County, Rio Blanco County,
City of Rifle, Town of Parachute, and City of Glenwood Springs. As a
result of the Cooperating Agency meetings and discussion, the Colorado
Department of Natural Resources (CDNR) proposed an innovative approach
to oil and gas development atop the plateau intended to accommodate the
development of the underlying gas resource while providing substantial
levels of natural resource protection. The CDNR approach, which has
been adopted by the BLM as the preferred alternative, would mitigate
impacts to sensitive resources by requiring phased and clustered
development within an Undivided Federal Unit on the upper plateau.
Mitigation under the CDNR proposal would also result from limiting the
amount of land in a disturbed condition at any one time to
approximately 1 percent of the total area of the upper plateau (350
acres).
Alternatives considered represent possible amendments to the
current management direction provided by the 1984 Resource Management
Plan (RMP) for the Glenwood Springs Resource Area (GSRA), revised in
1988 and amended in 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2002, and the 1997
White River Resource Area (WRRA) RMP.
The overarching goal of the PRMP/FEIS is to protect key ecological,
visual, and recreational values while allowing for the leasing and
development of oil and gas resources under strict and performance-based
standards:
The PRMP/FEIS would designate four Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACECs), including East Fork Parachute Creek and
Trapper/Northwater Creek atop the plateau and Magpie Gulch and Anvil
Points along and below the cliffs, with a combined area of 21,034
acres.
The upper area of the plateau would be identified as the
Parachute Creek Watershed Management Area to meet the special
management requirements of this particular resource and encompasses
33,575 acres.
Protection of stream segments found eligible for
designation as Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSRs) would also be provided.
Motorized and mechanized travel would be limited to
designated routes throughout the Planning Area, except for over-snow
travel by snowmobile with at least 12 inches of snow cover, and an
existing area of concentrated OHV use to be designated as the Hubbard
Mesa OHV Riding Area.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the PRMP/FEIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. A protest may
only raise those issues which 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, the 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
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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:
(1) The name, mailing address, telephone number and interest of the
person filing the protest;
(2) A statement of the issue or issues being protested;
(3) A statement of the part or parts of the plan amendment
(Proposed Plan) being protested;
(4) A copy of all documents addressing the issue or issues that
were submitted during the planning process by the protesting party or
an indication of the date the issue or issues were discussed for the
record; and
(5) A concise statement explaining why the State Director's
decision is believed to be wrong.
All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following
addresses:
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.
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 protest. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by law. All protests from organizations
and businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their entirety. The Director will
promptly render a decision on protests. 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 is the final decision
of the Department of the Interior.
Dated: May 17, 2006.
Jamie E. Connell,
Field Manager.
This document was received at the Office of the Federal
Register on August 31, 2006.
[FR Doc. E6-14695 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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