Notice of Availability of the Draft Buffalo Resource Management Plan Amendment and Fortification Creek Management Area Environmental Assessment, Wyoming, 46031-46032 [E8-18200]
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T. 20 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 1 and 2;
Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.
Containing 4,933.23 acres.
T. 21 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 3 and 6.
Containing 1,256.18 acres.
T. 22 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 1 and 2;
Secs. 11 to 15, inclusive;
Secs. 22, 23, 26, and 27.
Containing approximately 6,200 acres.
T. 11 N., R. 24 W.,
Sec. 6.
Containing approximately 372 acres.
T. 12 N., R. 24 W.,
Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive;
Secs. 15, 16, 20, and 21;
Secs. 29, 30, and 31.
Containing approximately 6,810 acres.
T. 13 N., R. 24 W.,
Secs. 7 to 11, inclusive;
Secs. 14 to 36, inclusive.
Containing approximately 16,141 acres.
T. 13 N., R. 25 W.,
Secs. 1, 12, 13, and 14;
Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
Sec. 36.
Containing approximately 6,145 acres.
Aggregating approximately 76,816 acres.
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Transfer Adjudication I.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–08–1610-DU]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Buffalo Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Fortification Creek
Management Area Environmental
Assessment, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The subsurface estate in these lands
will be conveyed to NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc. when the surface
estate is conveyed to Kikiktagruk
Inupiat Corporation. Notice of the
decision will also be published four
times in the Arctic Sounder.
DATES: The time limits for filing an
appeal are:
1. Any party claiming a property
interest which is adversely affected by
the decision shall have until September
8, 2008 to file an appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Bureau of Land Management by phone
at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared
a Draft Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Environmental
Assessment (RMPA/EA) for the Buffalo
Field Office (BFO) and by this notice is
announcing the opening of the comment
period for the Draft Buffalo RMPA and
Fortification Creek Management Area
EA. The BLM also announces the
availability of information regarding a
proposed Area of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC) designation considered
in the Draft RMPA/EA.
DATES: To assure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMPA/
EA within 60 days following the date
that this notice appears in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/
st/en/info/NEPA/bfodocs/
fortification_creek.html
• E-mail: Fort_Crk_WYMail@blm.gov;
• Fax: (307) 684–1122;
• Mail: Buffalo RMP Amendment/
Fortification Creek EA, BLM Buffalo
Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo,
WY 82834; or
• By personal delivery to the Buffalo
Field Office or at a BLM-hosted public
meeting.
Copies of the Draft RMPA/EA were
sent to affected Federal, State, and local
government agencies and interested
parties. There are a limited number of
hard copies available upon request.
Copies of the Draft RMPA/EA are
available in the Buffalo Field Office at
the above address and at the following
location:
• Bureau of Land Management,
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming
82003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMPA Team
Leader, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425
Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834; or by
telephone at 307–684–1133.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following descriptions of alternatives
considered in the Draft Buffalo RMPA
and Fortification Creek EA have been
included to provide context for
reviewing the proposed ACECs. The
Draft RMPA/EA documents the direct,
indirect, and cumulative environmental
impacts of three alternatives for
management of BLM-administered
public lands within the Fortification
Creek Management Area of the BFO.
Three alternatives are analyzed in
detail:
1. Alternative 1 (No Action
Alternative): Continues the existing
management direction; no ACECs;
2. Alternative 2: Establishes an ACEC
based on crucial elk habitats (52,069
acres; over 55 percent public surface);
and
3. Alternative 3: Establishes an ACEC
based on a citizen proposal (33,757
acres; mostly public surface).
There are no ACECs in the existing
BFO land use plan. As proposed in the
Draft RMPA/EA, there is potential for
designation of a Fortification Creek
ACEC in both Alternative 2 and 3.
Values of concern include steep slopes,
erosive soils, elk habitat, cultural
resources, and visual resource
management.
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PROPOSED ACEC RESOURCE—USE LIMITATIONS
Alternative 2: Crucial Elk Habitat ACEC
52,069 Acres
Alternative 3: Citizen Proposed ACEC
33,757 Acres
Performance-based, phased coalbed natural gas (CBNG) development
occurs by geographic area.
Surface disturbance is not allowed on areas of highly erosive soils and/
or slopes of 25 percent or more.
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PROPOSED ACEC RESOURCE—USE LIMITATIONS—Continued
Alternative 2: Crucial Elk Habitat ACEC
52,069 Acres
Alternative 3: Citizen Proposed ACEC
33,757 Acres
After interim CBNG reclamation, there is an up to two-year rest period
from livestock grazing.
Direct discharge of water to drainages is permissible, with subsequent
monitoring and mitigation of downstream impacts on lease.
Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG facilities, including compressors, are located outside of yearlong elk range.
There is a winter timing limitation for surface-disturbing and disruptive
activities from November 15 through April 30 in elk crucial winter
range as well as a timing limitation for surface-disturbing and disrupting activities from May 1 through June 30 in elk calving ranges.
CBNG well metering and monitoring/maintenance activities are restricted to weekly visitation in 1) elk crucial winter range from November 15 through April 30 and 2) elk calving areas from May 1
through June 30.
Allow for no net road density change from BLM base data to conserve
elk security habitat.
Overhead power on BLM surface along existing corridors is allowed ....
After interim CBNG reclamation, there is a one-year rest period from
livestock grazing.
No direct discharge of water is allowed into ephemeral or intermittent
drainages.
Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG facilities, including compressors, are located outside of elk crucial winter range and elk calving areas.
There is no winter timing limitation in elk crucial winter range but there
is a timing limitation from May 1 through June 30 in elk calving
ranges.
When commenting, please include
reference to either the page or section in
the Draft RMPA/EA to which the
comment applies. To facilitate analysis
of comments and information
submitted, BLM encourages commenters
to submit comments in an electronic
format.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
respondents will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays. 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.
Donald A. Simpson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E8–18200 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Public Meeting; Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
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CBNG well metering and monitoring/maintenance activities are prohibited in 1) elk crucial elk winter range from November 15 through April
30 and 2) elk calving areas from May 1 through June 30.
Allow road density change from BLM base data to conserve 80 percent
elk security habitat.
Same as Alternative 2.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 2 and 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The September 2 meeting
will be at the Missouri Breaks
Interpretive Center, 701 7th Street, in
Fort Benton, Montana. This meeting
will begin at 1 p.m. with a 30-minute
public comment period. This meeting
will adjourn at 3:30 p.m. The September
3 meeting will be at the Hampton Inn,
2301 14th Street SW., in Great Falls,
Montana. This meeting will begin at 8
a.m. with a 30-minute public comment
period. This meeting is scheduled to
adjourn at 3 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: Gary
L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, Lewistown Field
Manager, Lewistown Field Office, P.O.
Box 1160, Lewistown, Montana 59457,
406–538–1900.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior on a variety of management
issues associated with public land
management in Montana. During these
meetings the council will participate in/
discuss/act upon:
A field trip through the Missouri
Breaks Interpretive Center;
A Missouri River recreation use
update;
A Malta Resource Management Plan
(RMP) briefing;
Field manager updates;
Discussions about the alternatives for
the Malta RMP;
A briefing about U.S. Forest Service
fee proposals; and
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Administrative details (next meeting
agenda, location, etc.)
All RAC meetings are open to the
public. The public may present written
comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC
meeting will also have time allocated for
hearing public comments. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited.
Dated: August 1, 2008.
Gary L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes,
Lewistown Field Manager.
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Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake
Resource Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Vale District.
ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John
Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The John Day/Snake Resource
Advisory Council meeting is scheduled
for September 16, 2008, in John Day,
Oregon.
The John Day/Snake Resource
Advisory Council meeting is scheduled
for September 16, 2008. The meeting
will take place at the Malheur National
Forest Supervisor Office, 431 Patterson
Bridge Road, John Day, OR, from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The meeting may include such
topics as the Baker Resource
Management Planning, Transportation
Planning, Wallowa-Whitman Weed
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-100-08-1610-DU]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Buffalo Resource Management
Plan Amendment and Fortification Creek Management Area Environmental
Assessment, Wyoming
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 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Environmental Assessment (RMPA/EA) for the Buffalo Field
Office (BFO) and by this notice is announcing the opening of the
comment period for the Draft Buffalo RMPA and Fortification Creek
Management Area EA. The BLM also announces the availability of
information regarding a proposed Area of Critical Environmental Concern
(ACEC) designation considered in the Draft RMPA/EA.
DATES: To assure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft RMPA/EA within 60 days following the date
that this notice appears in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/bfodocs/
fortification_creek.html
E-mail: Fort_Crk_WYMail@blm.gov;
Fax: (307) 684-1122;
Mail: Buffalo RMP Amendment/Fortification Creek EA, BLM
Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834; or
By personal delivery to the Buffalo Field Office or at a
BLM-hosted public meeting.
Copies of the Draft RMPA/EA were sent to affected Federal, State,
and local government agencies and interested parties. There are a
limited number of hard copies available upon request. Copies of the
Draft RMPA/EA are available in the Buffalo Field Office at the above
address and at the following location:
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Bills, Buffalo RMPA Team
Leader, BLM Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo, WY 82834;
or by telephone at 307-684-1133.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following descriptions of alternatives
considered in the Draft Buffalo RMPA and Fortification Creek EA have
been included to provide context for reviewing the proposed ACECs. The
Draft RMPA/EA documents the direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of three alternatives for management of BLM-
administered public lands within the Fortification Creek Management
Area of the BFO. Three alternatives are analyzed in detail:
1. Alternative 1 (No Action Alternative): Continues the existing
management direction; no ACECs;
2. Alternative 2: Establishes an ACEC based on crucial elk habitats
(52,069 acres; over 55 percent public surface); and
3. Alternative 3: Establishes an ACEC based on a citizen proposal
(33,757 acres; mostly public surface).
There are no ACECs in the existing BFO land use plan. As proposed
in the Draft RMPA/EA, there is potential for designation of a
Fortification Creek ACEC in both Alternative 2 and 3. Values of concern
include steep slopes, erosive soils, elk habitat, cultural resources,
and visual resource management.
Proposed ACEC Resource--Use Limitations
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Alternative 2: Crucial Elk Habitat ACEC Alternative 3: Citizen Proposed
52,069 Acres ACEC 33,757 Acres
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Performance-based, phased coalbed Same as Alternative 2.
natural gas (CBNG) development occurs
by geographic area.
Surface disturbance is not allowed on Same as Alternative 2.
areas of highly erosive soils and/or
slopes of 25 percent or more.
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After interim CBNG reclamation, there After interim CBNG reclamation,
is an up to two-year rest period from there is a one-year rest
livestock grazing. period from livestock grazing.
Direct discharge of water to drainages No direct discharge of water is
is permissible, with subsequent allowed into ephemeral or
monitoring and mitigation of intermittent drainages.
downstream impacts on lease.
Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG Reservoirs and ancillary CBNG
facilities, including compressors, are facilities, including
located outside of yearlong elk range. compressors, are located
outside of elk crucial winter
range and elk calving areas.
There is a winter timing limitation for There is no winter timing
surface-disturbing and disruptive limitation in elk crucial
activities from November 15 through winter range but there is a
April 30 in elk crucial winter range timing limitation from May 1
as well as a timing limitation for through June 30 in elk calving
surface-disturbing and disrupting ranges.
activities from May 1 through June 30
in elk calving ranges.
CBNG well metering and monitoring/ CBNG well metering and
maintenance activities are restricted monitoring/maintenance
to weekly visitation in 1) elk crucial activities are prohibited in
winter range from November 15 through 1) elk crucial elk winter
April 30 and 2) elk calving areas from range from November 15 through
May 1 through June 30. April 30 and 2) elk calving
areas from May 1 through June
30.
Allow for no net road density change Allow road density change from
from BLM base data to conserve elk BLM base data to conserve 80
security habitat. percent elk security habitat.
Overhead power on BLM surface along Same as Alternative 2.
existing corridors is allowed.
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When commenting, please include reference to either the page or
section in the Draft RMPA/EA to which the comment applies. To
facilitate analysis of comments and information submitted, BLM
encourages commenters to submit comments in an electronic format.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of respondents
will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address
during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays. 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.
Donald A. Simpson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-18200 Filed 8-6-08; 8:45 am]
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