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During those periods, several public
involvement activities were completed,
such as: establishment of an Internet
Web page and a telephone hotline, 15
public scoping meetings (seven in
October 2006 and eight in February
2007), and several meetings with a
number of affected local jurisdictions.
Consultation with agencies and tribal
governments also continued after the
formal scoping ended. In addition,
notices regarding alternatives to be
evaluated in the EIR/EIS were mailed to
interested parties in March and May of
2007.
Comments received may be published
as part of the EIS/EIR process. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
J. Anthony Danna,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources
(CA–930).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV–912–1640–PH; 08–08807; TAS:
14X1109]
Notice Public Meetings: Sierra Front
Northwestern Basin Resource
Advisory Council, Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Announcement of meetings.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Sierra FrontNorthwestern Great Basin Resource
Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as
indicated below.
DATES AND TIMES: The RAC will meet
twice in fiscal year 2008: April 29–30 at
the BLM Carson City Field Office, 5665
Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, Nevada;
and July 15–16 at Bruno’s Country Club
´
Cafe, 445 Main Street, Gerlach, Nevada,
with a field trip to the Black Rock-High
Rock National Conservation Area. All
meetings are open to the public.
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Meeting times are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
will include a general public comment
period, where the public may submit
oral or written comments to the RAC.
Each public comment period will begin
at approximately 3 p.m. unless
otherwise listed in each specific, final
meeting agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Struble, (775) 885–6107, E-mail:
mark_struble@nv.blm.gov.
The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management
issues associated with public land
management in Nevada.
Topics for discussion will include,
but are not limited to:
April 29–30, (Carson City)—SNPLMA
Round 9 (review of R9 proposals and
RAC-hosted public comment time for
development of tri-RAC
recommendations to the Executive
Committee), Pine Nut Mountains
Resource Management Plan
Amendment, Sand Mountain
implementation of Conservation
Strategy, grazing for fuels management,
wind and geothermal energy proposals,
wild horse and burro issues.
July 15–16, (Gerlach)—Winnemucca
Resource Management Plan update,
Black Rock National Conservation Area
and wilderness areas planning (field
tour), drought issues related to springs/
water sources for wild horses, livestock
and wildlife (field tour), tour of Friends
of Black Rock facility in Gerlach,
overnight at Soldier Meadows.
Managers’ reports of field office
activities will be given at each meeting.
The council may raise other topics at
either of the two planned meetings.
Final agendas with any additions/
corrections to agenda topics, locations,
field trips and meeting times, will be
posted on the BLM Web site at: https://
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
carson_city_field.html, and sent to the
media at least 14 days before each
meeting. Individuals who need special
assistance such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, or who wish to
receive a copy of each agenda, should
contact Mark Struble no later than 10
days prior to each meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: January 7, 2008.
Don Hicks,
Carson City Field Office Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID–210–1220–MA]
Notice of Emergency Closure of
Certain Public Lands to Motorized
Vehicles in Twin Falls and Owyhee
Counties, ID and Elko County, NV,
Under Murphy Complex Emergency
Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Closure-Emergency/
Safety.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Jarbidge Field
Office is implementing an emergency
closure in order to protect cultural and
natural resources and stabilization
treatments as recommended in the
Department of the Interior’s Emergency
Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan for
the Murphy Complex Fire. The closure
allows motorized vehicle traffic (e.g.
All-Terrain Vehicles, pickups,
motorcycles, sport utility vehicles, etc.)
on established roads within the fire
perimeter, legal boundaries and
transportation routes (please refer to
supplementary information for
description of closure area). The
purpose of the closure is to restrict offroad vehicle use while providing
continued public access to and through
the area. Vehicles traveling crosscountry in a burned area may damage
reemerging plants, increase erosion and
spread noxious weeds. Closure signs
will be posted at main entry points to
this area. Maps of the closure area may
be obtained at the address listed below.
DATES: This closure is effective upon
publication in the Federal Register, and
will remain in effect for two years from
January 11, 2008. It may be lifted sooner
if BLM determines that revegetation and
stabilization efforts have resulted in
successful re-growth of desired
vegetation, as described below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max
Yingst, Outdoor Recreation Planner,
Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 2536 Kimberly Road,
Twin Falls, Idaho, 83301–7975, or call
(208) 736–2362.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the closure and a
map of the closed area may be obtained
at the BLM, Jarbidge Field Office, 2536
Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho
83301, telephone (208) 736–2350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In July
2007, the Murphy Complex Fire
consumed 496,760 acres in the Idaho
BLM Twin Falls District, Jarbidge Field
Office. This closure order applies to
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approximately 510,477 acres of BLM
lands and is considered an emergency
situation to enhance protection of the
resources involved. The Normal Fire
Emergency Rehabilitation Plan (NFRP)
Environmental Assessment, BLM,
Lower Snake River District states:
‘‘Access within the [Emergency
Stabilization and Rehabilitation] project
area may be temporarily limited during
the recovery period (e.g., access limited
to existing roads and trails).’’ This order
affects public lands in Owyhee and
Twin Falls Counties, Idaho and Elko
County, Nevada thus described:
Township 10S, Range 10E, sections 01, 02,
10–16, 20–29, 35, 36
Township 10S, Range 11E, sections 07–36
Township 10S, Range 12E, sections 07–11,
14–23, 25–36
Township 11S, Range 10E, sections 01, 02,
11–14, 23–26, 35, 36
Township 11S, Range 11E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 11S, Range 12E, sections 01–12,
14–23, 27–34
Township 12S, Range 07E, sections 25, 26,
32–36
Township 12S, Range 08E, section 31
Township 12S, Range 10E, sections 01 and
12
Township 12S, Range 11E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 12S, Range 12E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 06E, sections 13, 24,
25, and 36
Township 13S, Range 07E, 01–05, 07–36
Township 13S, Range 08E, sections 06, 07,
17–20, 28–36
Township 13S, Range 09E, sections 31–35
Township 13S, Range 11E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 12E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 13E, sections 18–21,
26–36
Township 14S, Range 06E, sections 01, 12,
13, and 24
Township 14S, Range 07E, sections 01–36
Township 14S, Range 08E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 09E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 10E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 11E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 12E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 13E, sections 01–31
Township 15S, Range 07E, sections 01–30,
32–36
Township 15S, Range 08E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 15S, Range 09E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 15S, Range 10E, sections 01–36
Township 15S, Range 11E, sections 01–36
Township 15S, Range 12E, sections 01–12,
14–23, 26–35
Township 15S, Range 13E, section 06
Township 16S, Range 07E, sections 01–05,
08–16, 21–28, 32–36
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Township 16S, Range 08E, all sections of
BLM lands
Township 16S, Range 09E, sections 01–21,
24, 25, 28–32
Township 16S, Range 10E, sections 03–09,
17–20, 30
Township 16S, Range 11E, sections 01–03,
11–13
Township 16S, Range 12E, sections 02–11,
14–23
Township 16S, Range 13E, sections 11–16,
21–28
Township 16S, Range 14E, sections 05–08,
18, 19, 29, 30
Township 47N, Range 56E, sections 01–04,
08–17, 20–29, 33, 34
Township 47N, Range 57E, sections 01–13,
16–21
Township 47N, Range 58E, sections 04–09,
18
BLM lands per county (acres):
Elko County, NV—18,631
Owyhee County, ID—435,968
Twin Falls County, ID—55,878
A total of approximately 510,477 acres.
The closure does not apply to
authorized vehicles, rescue vehicles,
BLM operation and maintenance
vehicles, resource management
activities, or use by fire and law
enforcement vehicles. In addition,
access to private property by property
owners may be authorized by the BLM
Field Manager. Nothing in this closure
is intended to affect legal hunting as
consistent with Idaho Department of
Fish and Game regulations; however
there will be no exceptions granted for
cross country travel.
Under section 303(a) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 CFR
8360–7), if you violate this closure on
public land within the boundaries
established, you may be tried before a
United States Magistrate and fined no
more than $1,000 or imprisoned for no
more than 12 months, or both. Such
violations may also be subject to the
enhanced fines provided by Title 18
U.S.C. 3571.
Conditions for Ending Closure: Soil
stabilization and revegetation treatments
will be considered successful, if and
when the following occur:
1. Slopes and soils show signs of
stabilization and have not experienced
slope failure through at least one winter
season.
2. Re-growth of vegetation has
sufficiently obscured cultural sites
exposed by the fire.
3. Seeding treatments on burned areas
are successfully established.
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Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1 and 43 CFR
8341.2
Rick Vander Voet,
Jarbidge Field Office Manager, Idaho Bureau
of Land Management.
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National Park Service
Minor Boundary Revision at Mesa
Verde National Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Announcement of Park
Boundary Revision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
revision to the boundary of Mesa Verde
National Park to include the parcel of
land known as Tract 01–135. The
United States will acquire this tract
from The Mesa Verde Foundation upon
the revision of the boundary. The
National Park Service has determined
that this boundary revision will make a
significant contribution to the purpose
for which the Park was created. The
effect date of this boundary revision is
the date on which this notice is
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Mesa Verde National
Park, P.O. Box 8, Mesa Verde NP, CO
81130–0008 or by telephone at 928–
567–5276.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
presonal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 16 U.S.C.
460l–9(c)(1) provides that after notifying
the House Committee on Natural
Resources and the Senate Committee on
Energy and Resources, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to make this
boundary revision. This action will add
one parcel of land comprised of 37.66
acres of land to the Mesa Verde National
Park. The National Park Service
proposes to acquire his parcel by
donation from The Mesa Verde
Foundation. This parcel is adjacent to
the Park entrance. The acquisition of
this parcel is necessary to construct a
curatorial storage facility and visitor
orientation center for Mesa Verde
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID-210-1220-MA]
Notice of Emergency Closure of Certain Public Lands to Motorized
Vehicles in Twin Falls and Owyhee Counties, ID and Elko County, NV,
Under Murphy Complex Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Closure-Emergency/Safety.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Jarbidge Field Office is
implementing an emergency closure in order to protect cultural and
natural resources and stabilization treatments as recommended in the
Department of the Interior's Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation
Plan for the Murphy Complex Fire. The closure allows motorized vehicle
traffic (e.g. All-Terrain Vehicles, pickups, motorcycles, sport utility
vehicles, etc.) on established roads within the fire perimeter, legal
boundaries and transportation routes (please refer to supplementary
information for description of closure area). The purpose of the
closure is to restrict off-road vehicle use while providing continued
public access to and through the area. Vehicles traveling cross-country
in a burned area may damage reemerging plants, increase erosion and
spread noxious weeds. Closure signs will be posted at main entry points
to this area. Maps of the closure area may be obtained at the address
listed below.
DATES: This closure is effective upon publication in the Federal
Register, and will remain in effect for two years from January 11,
2008. It may be lifted sooner if BLM determines that revegetation and
stabilization efforts have resulted in successful re-growth of desired
vegetation, as described below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max Yingst, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2536
Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho, 83301-7975, or call (208) 736-2362.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the closure and a map of the closed area may be
obtained at the BLM, Jarbidge Field Office, 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin
Falls, Idaho 83301, telephone (208) 736-2350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In July 2007, the Murphy Complex Fire
consumed 496,760 acres in the Idaho BLM Twin Falls District, Jarbidge
Field Office. This closure order applies to
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approximately 510,477 acres of BLM lands and is considered an emergency
situation to enhance protection of the resources involved. The Normal
Fire Emergency Rehabilitation Plan (NFRP) Environmental Assessment,
BLM, Lower Snake River District states: ``Access within the [Emergency
Stabilization and Rehabilitation] project area may be temporarily
limited during the recovery period (e.g., access limited to existing
roads and trails).'' This order affects public lands in Owyhee and Twin
Falls Counties, Idaho and Elko County, Nevada thus described:
Township 10S, Range 10E, sections 01, 02, 10-16, 20-29, 35, 36
Township 10S, Range 11E, sections 07-36
Township 10S, Range 12E, sections 07-11, 14-23, 25-36
Township 11S, Range 10E, sections 01, 02, 11-14, 23-26, 35, 36
Township 11S, Range 11E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 11S, Range 12E, sections 01-12, 14-23, 27-34
Township 12S, Range 07E, sections 25, 26, 32-36
Township 12S, Range 08E, section 31
Township 12S, Range 10E, sections 01 and 12
Township 12S, Range 11E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 12S, Range 12E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 06E, sections 13, 24, 25, and 36
Township 13S, Range 07E, 01-05, 07-36
Township 13S, Range 08E, sections 06, 07, 17-20, 28-36
Township 13S, Range 09E, sections 31-35
Township 13S, Range 11E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 12E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 13S, Range 13E, sections 18-21, 26-36
Township 14S, Range 06E, sections 01, 12, 13, and 24
Township 14S, Range 07E, sections 01-36
Township 14S, Range 08E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 09E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 10E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 11E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 12E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 14S, Range 13E, sections 01-31
Township 15S, Range 07E, sections 01-30, 32-36
Township 15S, Range 08E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 15S, Range 09E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 15S, Range 10E, sections 01-36
Township 15S, Range 11E, sections 01-36
Township 15S, Range 12E, sections 01-12, 14-23, 26-35
Township 15S, Range 13E, section 06
Township 16S, Range 07E, sections 01-05, 08-16, 21-28, 32-36
Township 16S, Range 08E, all sections of BLM lands
Township 16S, Range 09E, sections 01-21, 24, 25, 28-32
Township 16S, Range 10E, sections 03-09, 17-20, 30
Township 16S, Range 11E, sections 01-03, 11-13
Township 16S, Range 12E, sections 02-11, 14-23
Township 16S, Range 13E, sections 11-16, 21-28
Township 16S, Range 14E, sections 05-08, 18, 19, 29, 30
Township 47N, Range 56E, sections 01-04, 08-17, 20-29, 33, 34
Township 47N, Range 57E, sections 01-13, 16-21
Township 47N, Range 58E, sections 04-09, 18
BLM lands per county (acres):
Elko County, NV--18,631
Owyhee County, ID--435,968
Twin Falls County, ID--55,878
A total of approximately 510,477 acres.
The closure does not apply to authorized vehicles, rescue vehicles,
BLM operation and maintenance vehicles, resource management activities,
or use by fire and law enforcement vehicles. In addition, access to
private property by property owners may be authorized by the BLM Field
Manager. Nothing in this closure is intended to affect legal hunting as
consistent with Idaho Department of Fish and Game regulations; however
there will be no exceptions granted for cross country travel.
Under section 303(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 CFR 8360-7), if you violate this
closure on public land within the boundaries established, you may be
tried before a United States Magistrate and fined no more than $1,000
or imprisoned for no more than 12 months, or both. Such violations may
also be subject to the enhanced fines provided by Title 18 U.S.C. 3571.
Conditions for Ending Closure: Soil stabilization and revegetation
treatments will be considered successful, if and when the following
occur:
1. Slopes and soils show signs of stabilization and have not
experienced slope failure through at least one winter season.
2. Re-growth of vegetation has sufficiently obscured cultural sites
exposed by the fire.
3. Seeding treatments on burned areas are successfully established.
Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1 and 43 CFR 8341.2
Rick Vander Voet,
Jarbidge Field Office Manager, Idaho Bureau of Land Management.
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