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(PRMP/FEIS) for the Richfield Field
Office.
President
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing Ordinance was enacted
by the Legislative Council of the Jicarilla
Apache Nation on the 5th day of
December 2007, by a vote of 8 for, 0
against, and 0 abstaining, at a duly
called meeting at which a quorum of the
Legislative Council members were
present.
ATTEST:
/signed/
Secretary of the Nation
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–050–1610–012J]
Notice of Availability of Richfield Field
Office Proposed Resource
Management Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS)
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
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 Proposed Resource Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
phone: (435)896–1500; or e-mail at:
John_Russell@blm.gov.
The BLM planning regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who meets the conditions as described
in the regulations may protest the BLM’s
PRMP/FEIS. A person who meets the
conditions and files a protest must file
the protest within 30 days of the date
that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes this notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Richfield
Field Office PRMP/FEIS were sent to
affected Federal, state, and local
government agencies and to interested
parties. Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are
available for public inspection at:
Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900
North, Richfield, UT 84701. Utah State
Office, 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake
City, UT 84145.
Interested persons may also review
the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/
richfield/planning.html. All protests
must be in writing and mailed to the
following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC
20035
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075,
Washington, DC 20036
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
John Russell, Richfield Field Office, 150
East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
The
Richfield RMP planning area is located
in central Utah. The BLM administers
approximately 2.1 million acres of
surface estate and 3.0 million acres of
Federal mineral estate within the
planning area.
The Richfield RMP will provide
future broad-scale management
direction for land use allocations and
allowable uses on public lands within
the planning area. Implementation of
the decisions of the PRMP/FEIS would
apply only to BLM-administered public
lands and Federal mineral estate. In the
Draft RMP/EIS (DRMP/DEIS), which
was released for public review and
comment in October 2007, five
alternatives were analyzed, including a
No Action alternative. These
alternatives were developed through
issue identification during the scoping
process. Such issues included: visual
resources, non-WSA lands with
wilderness characteristics, livestock
grazing, recreation, travel management
(OHVs), minerals and energy resources,
and special designations (ACECs and
WSRs).
The PRMP/FEIS would designate one
new Area of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC), and the continuation
of one existing ACEC, totaling 2,530
acres. Resource use limitations that
apply to the proposed ACECs include a
range of different prescriptions as
described in Table 1 below.
TABLE 1—EVALUATION OF AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN
Values of concern
Resource use limitations
North Caineville Mesa ................
Relict vegetation .........................
Old Woman Front .......................
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Area name
Relict vegetation .........................
No surface occupancy for oil and gas, recommend withdrawal
from mineral entry, unsuitable for surface coal mining, unavailable for livestock grazing, closed to OHV use.
No wildlife habitat manipulation; prohibit introduction or
spread of exotic animal species; no logging or harvest of
woodland products, fuelwood gathering, or Christmas tree
cutting; unavailable for livestock grazing; no range improvements; no special recreation permits; closed to OHV use;
no new roads, trails, or physical improvements; no surface
occupancy for oil and gas; recommend withdrawal from
mineral entry.
Comments on the Richfield Field
Office DRMP/DEIS received from the
public and internal BLM review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the PRMP/FEIS. Public
comments resulted in the addition of
clarifying text, but did not significantly
change proposed land use plan
decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
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PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear
Reader Letter of the Richfield Field
Office PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR
1610.5–2.
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-
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mail or faxed protest as an advance copy
and it will receive full consideration. If
you wish to provide the BLM with such
advance notification, please direct faxed
protests to the attention of the BLM
protest coordinator at 202–452–5112,
and e-mails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. All protests,
including the follow-up letter (if emailing or faxing) must be in writing
and mailed to the appropriate address,
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as set forth in the ADDRESSES section
above.
Before including your phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your protest,
you should be aware that your entire
protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your protest to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2,
43 CFR 1610.5–1.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
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Dated: August 4, 2008.
Gary D. Cooper,
District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur
d’Alene District Resource Advisory
Council Meeting and Recreation
Subcommittee Meeting; Idaho
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID–420–1610–DQ–034D]
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of public meeting.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), and the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act of 2004 (FLREA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Coeur d’Alene
District Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) and Recreation RAC
Subcommittee will meet as indicated
below.
September 9, 2008. The meeting
will start at 10 a.m. and end no later
than 4 p.m. The public comment period
will be from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the Idaho
Department of Labor and Commerce,
1350 Troy Rd, Moscow, ID.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Wagner, RAC Coordinator, BLM Coeur
d’Alene District, 3815 Schreiber Way,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815 or
telephone at (208) 769–5014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member RAC advises the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Bureau of Land
Management, on a variety of planning
and management issues associated with
public land management in Idaho. The
agenda will include the following topic:
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Forest Service recreation fee proposals
(Recreation RAC Subcommittee).
Additional topics may be added and
will be included in local media
announcements. More information is
available at https://www.blm.gov/rac/id/
id_index.htm.
All meetings are open to the public.
The public may present written
comments to the RAC in advance of or
at the meeting. Each formal RAC
meeting will also have time allocated for
receiving public comments. Depending
on the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited. Individuals who plan to attend
and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
contact the BLM as provided above.
Jkt 214001
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Cottonwood Resource Management
Plan and Final Environmental Impact
Statement; Idaho
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS) for the Cottonwood Field
Office, Idaho.
DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who participated in the planning
process, and has an interest which is or
may be adversely affected, may protest
BLM’s approval of a Resource
Management Plan. You must file a
protest within 30 days of the date that
the Environmental Protection Agency
publishes their Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. Instructions for
filing of protests are described in the
Dear Reader letter of the Cottonwood
PRMP/FEIS and in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice. To
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ensure compliance with the protest
regulations, please consult BLM’s
Planning Regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5–
2.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Huibregtse, RMP Team Lead, BLM
Cottonwood Field Office, 1 Butte Drive,
Cottonwood, ID 83522; (208) 962–3784;
or Dean_Huibregtse@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
planning area covers approximately
143,830 acres of public lands within the
following Idaho Counties: Latah,
Clearwater, Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho and
Adams. The Cottonwood RMP, when
completed, will provide management
guidance for use and protection of the
resources managed by the Cottonwood
Field Office. The Draft Cottonwood
RMP/EIS was published for public
comment on August 25, 2006. During
the 90-day public comment period BLM
received 30 comment letters, e-mails,
and faxes containing 376 individual
comments. Comments on the Draft
RMP/EIS from the public and internal
BLM review comments were
incorporated into the proposed plan.
Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text and minor
changes to the Preferred Alternative, but
did not significantly change proposed
land use decisions. The planning issues
addressed in the PRMP/FEIS include:
invasive plant species, forest vegetation,
special status species, watershed
management, transportation and travel
management, commercial land uses,
fuels reduction treatments, public land
management and recreational demands.
Copies of the Cottonwood PRMP/FEIS
have been sent to affected Federal, State
and Local Government agencies and to
interested parties. Copies of the PRMP/
FEIS are available for public inspection
at the BLM Cottonwood Field Office at
the address shown above. Interested
persons may review the PRMP/FEIS on
the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/rmp/
id/cottonwood/. You may also obtain a
copy on CD–ROM, or paper copy at the
BLM Cottonwood Office at the address
listed above, or by contacting Dean
Huibregtse at (208) 962–3784.
As noted above, 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, BLM will consider the email or faxed protest as an advance copy
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-050-1610-012J]
Notice of Availability of Richfield Field Office Proposed
Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS)
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 Proposed Resource Management
Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS) for the Richfield
Field Office.
DATES: The BLM planning regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any
person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may
protest the BLM's PRMP/FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date that
the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS were sent to
affected Federal, state, and local government agencies and to
interested parties. Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are available for public
inspection at: Richfield Field Office, 150 East 900 North, Richfield,
UT 84701. Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT
84145.
Interested persons may also review the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/richfield/planning.html. All protests
must be in writing and mailed to the following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Hudgens-Williams,
1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: John Russell, Richfield Field Office,
150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701; phone: (435)896-1500; or e-
mail at: John_Russell@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Richfield RMP planning area is located
in central Utah. The BLM administers approximately 2.1 million acres of
surface estate and 3.0 million acres of Federal mineral estate within
the planning area.
The Richfield RMP will provide future broad-scale management
direction for land use allocations and allowable uses on public lands
within the planning area. Implementation of the decisions of the PRMP/
FEIS would apply only to BLM-administered public lands and Federal
mineral estate. In the Draft RMP/EIS (DRMP/DEIS), which was released
for public review and comment in October 2007, five alternatives were
analyzed, including a No Action alternative. These alternatives were
developed through issue identification during the scoping process. Such
issues included: visual resources, non-WSA lands with wilderness
characteristics, livestock grazing, recreation, travel management
(OHVs), minerals and energy resources, and special designations (ACECs
and WSRs).
The PRMP/FEIS would designate one new Area of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC), and the continuation of one existing
ACEC, totaling 2,530 acres. Resource use limitations that apply to the
proposed ACECs include a range of different prescriptions as described
in Table 1 below.
Table 1--Evaluation of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area name Values of concern Resource use limitations Acres
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
North Caineville Mesa............... Relict vegetation....... No surface occupancy for oil and gas, 2,200
recommend withdrawal from mineral
entry, unsuitable for surface coal
mining, unavailable for livestock
grazing, closed to OHV use.
Old Woman Front..................... Relict vegetation....... No wildlife habitat manipulation; 330
prohibit introduction or spread of
exotic animal species; no logging or
harvest of woodland products,
fuelwood gathering, or Christmas
tree cutting; unavailable for
livestock grazing; no range
improvements; no special recreation
permits; closed to OHV use; no new
roads, trails, or physical
improvements; no surface occupancy
for oil and gas; recommend
withdrawal from mineral entry.
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Comments on the Richfield Field Office DRMP/DEIS received from the
public and internal BLM review were considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the PRMP/FEIS. Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change proposed
land use plan decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear Reader Letter of the
Richfield Field Office PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2.
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 the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of the BLM
protest coordinator at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to Brenda_Hudgens-
Williams@blm.gov. All protests, including the follow-up letter (if e-
mailing or faxing) must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate
address,
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as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above.
Before including your phone number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5-1.
Selma Sierra,
State Director.
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