Notice of Availability of the Records of Decision of the Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District, 829-830 [E9-103]
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922,880 acres of BLM-administered
public lands and 1,199,280 acres of
Federal mineral estate under Federal,
State, and Private surface ownership.
The Approved Pinedale RMP
describes the goals, objectives, and
management actions to meet desired
resource conditions for upland and
riparian vegetation, recreation, grazing
management, cultural and visual
resources, and wildlife habitat,
including habitat for threatened and
endangered species. The Approved RMP
also describes the actions and
anticipated levels of development for
fluid minerals resources, and locatable
minerals in the Pinedale Field Office
Planning Area.
The agency-preferred alternative
(Alternative 4, in the Proposed RMP/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS), with minor modifications) is the
selected alternative for the Approved
RMP. After the publication of the
Proposed RMP and Final EIS on August
22, 2008, 13 protests were received. The
Governor of Wyoming also identified
issues during the governor’s consistency
review. As the result of protest and
consistency review, minor
modifications were made to the
Proposed RMP to address these issues.
The description of land use
restrictions in Visual Resource
Management (VRM) classes was
clarified to indicate the application of
land use restrictions based on VRM
class is not made at the RMP level; the
application of mitigation guidelines and
operating standards, which are included
in Appendix 3, was clarified to have
possible application to exploratory oil
and gas drilling; Appendix 3 was
updated to include an operating
standard regarding the control of water
pits to limit the spread of West Nile
virus; a cultural resource management
action was removed to clarify that
contributing segments of the National
Historic Trails within the Pinedale
Planning Area were identified; a
statement included in Table 2–25 was
corrected to present the appropriate
management action regarding
restrictions on high-profile structures
near sage-grouse leks; the maps showing
special designations and management
areas were reprinted on a larger scale to
improve readability; and typographical
errors were corrected in Appendix 3 and
the Glossary.
No inconsistencies were identified
between the RMP and State or local
plans. The governor’s consistency
review identified four issues that are
further clarified in the ROD: (1)
Revision of the definition of ‘‘avoidance
area’’ in the Glossary in order to clarify
that right-of-way applications would be
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allowed in and through the Pinedale
Field Office Planning Area; (2)
elaboration on the Section 390
Categorical Exclusions (CX) under the
Energy Policy Act of 2005; (3)
elucidation of the potential need for
future air quality monitoring and
modeling; and (4) inclusion of a
reference to the Wyoming Executive
Order 2008–2 regarding greater sagegrouse core area protection.
Jamie E. Connell,
Acting Associate State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–930–6310–DR–WOPR; HAG–09–0045]
Notice of Availability of the Records of
Decision of the Resource Management
Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of
Land Management Salem, Eugene,
Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford
Districts, and the Klamath Falls
Resource Area of the Lakeview District
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), and the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
policies, the BLM announces the
availability of the Records of Decision
(RODs) for the Approved Resource
Management Plans of the Salem,
Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and
Medford Districts, and the Klamath
Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview
District in western Oregon. The
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, signed the RODs on
December 30, 2008, which constitutes
the final decision of the Secretary of the
Interior. The Approved Resource
Management Plans (RMPs) are effective
immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the RODs will be
sent to affected federal, state, and local
government agencies, and to tribal
governments. Interested persons may
review the RODs on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/or/plans/wopr/
index.php. Copies of the RODs will be
available for public inspection at the
Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and
Medford District offices and the Grants
Pass, Klamath Falls and Tillamook
Resource Area offices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Hubbard, Western Oregon Plan
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Revisions Public Outreach Coordinator;
at (503) 808–6115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
has analyzed revisions of six Resource
Management Plans with a single Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
The FEIS describes four alternatives,
including the Proposed RMP alternative,
for managing approximately 2,550,000
acres of federal land within the western
Oregon planning area, most of which are
Oregon and California Railroad and
Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands.
The major resource management
issues addressed in the Approved RMPs
include:
• Providing a sustainable supply of
wood and other forest products, as
mandated by the Oregon and California
Lands Act of 1937, while also meeting
other applicable laws.
• Providing for conservation of
species listed under the Endangered
Species Act.
• Contributing to meeting the goals of
the Clean Water Act and the Safe
Drinking Water Act.
• Reducing wildfire hazard and
integrating fire back into the ecosystem.
The Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
was published in the Federal Register
on August 10, 2007. During the
planning process over 170 meetings
were offered and nearly 30,000
comment letters were received during
the comment period. Comments
received on the DEIS were important in
shaping the Approved RMPs. The
Approved RMPs are based on
Alternative 2 from the DEIS, but include
portions of the other alternatives in the
DEIS.
Some of the key changes include:
• Including wider Riparian
Management Areas, as described in
Alternative 1 of the DEIS.
• Reconfiguring Late Successional
Management Areas to match the Final
Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan.
• Deferring harvest for 15 years in
older and more structurally complex
multi-layered conifer stands in the
Timber Management Area to be
consistent with the Final Northern
Spotted Owl Recovery Plan.
• Using uneven-aged management
from Alternative 3 in the southern
Medford District and Klamath Falls
Resource Area to decrease fire hazard
and increase fire resiliency.
The Notice of Availability of the FEIS/
PRMP was published in the Federal
Register on October 17, 2008. The
Governor’s consistency review period
ended on December 8, 2008. The
Governor did not identify any
inconsistency between the Proposed
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RMP (PRMP) and approved resource
related plans, and the policies or
programs contained therein, of State or
local governments or offer any specific
recommendation to change the plan to
address a finding of inconsistency with
State or local plans. The Governor did
identify concerns with the PRMP which
were addressed by the BLM State
Director, Oregon/Washington.
A protest period for the PRMP was
provided between November 7 and
December 8, 2008. Two hundred and
sixty four protests were received on the
PRMP during the protest period. A
minor change resulted from resolution
of the protests: Two small parcels
purchased with Land and Water
Conservation Funds were added to an
Area of Critical Environmental Concern
in the Salem RMP. Additional minor
editorial modifications were made in
preparing the Approved RMPs to
provide further clarification of some of
the decisions. Through its protest
resolution process, the BLM has
determined that the PRMP complies
with applicable laws, regulations, and
policies.
The plan does not include any
implementation level decisions. When
the BLM proposes to take an action on
lands managed under the revised plans,
any party to a case adversely affected by
that decision may appeal such decision
to the Interior Board of Land Appeals in
accordance with regulations found at 43
CFR Part 4.
Edward W. Shepard,
State Director, Oregon/Washington, Bureau
of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Public Land Order No. 7725;
Revocation of Oil Shale Withdrawal;
Utah
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AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
SUMMARY: This order revokes a
withdrawal established by an Executive
Order insofar as it affects public lands
and federally owned mineral deposits in
the State of Utah withdrawn for
investigation, examination and
classification of oil shale. This order
also restores those withdrawn oil shale
deposits and public lands containing
such deposits to oil shale leasing and
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opens all lands to the operation of the
public land laws, excepting the
operation of the 1872 Mining Law.
DATES: Effective Date: February 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rhonda Flynn, BLM Utah State Office,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, P.O. Box
45155, Salt Lake City, Utah, 801–539–
4132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
Order No. 5327 temporarily withdrew
public lands from lease or other
disposal for investigation, examination
and classification of oil shale. The
Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law
No. 109–58, dated August 8, 2005,
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to make public lands containing
federally owned oil shale deposits
available for leasing. Approximately
1,652,000 acres in the State of Utah are
affected by this revocation. The lands
will not be opened to the operation of
the 1872 Mining Law until completion
of an analysis to determine if any of the
lands need special designation and
protection. There is also a
complementary withdrawal of these
lands that disallows the location of
mining claims for metalliferous
minerals under the 1872 Mining Law.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
1. The withdrawal established by
Executive Order No. 5327, dated April
15, 1930, as amended, which withdrew
oil shale deposits and lands containing
such deposits, is hereby revoked insofar
as it affects public lands and federally
owned mineral deposits in the State of
Utah.
2. At 9 a.m. on February 9, 2009, all
federally owned oil shale deposits and
public lands containing oil shale
deposits in the State of Utah withdrawn
by Executive Order No. 5327 referenced
in Paragraph 1, will be opened to the
operation of the public land laws and to
development activities pursuant to
section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920 (30 U.S.C. 241), as amended by
section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (Pub. L. No. 109–58) and
regulations promulgated thereunder, but
will not be opened to the operation of
the 1872 Mining Law, subject to valid
existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, other segregations of
record, and the requirements of
applicable law. All valid applications
received at or prior to 9 a.m. on
February 9, 2009, will be considered as
simultaneously filed at that time. Those
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the order of filing.
Dated: December 26, 2008.
C. Stephen Allred,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management.
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Public Land Order No. 7726;
Revocation of Oil Shale Withdrawals;
Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
SUMMARY: This order revokes a
withdrawal established by an Executive
Order insofar as it affects public lands
and federally owned mineral deposits in
the State of Wyoming withdrawn for
investigation, examination and
classification of oil shale. This order
also restores those withdrawn oil shale
deposits and public lands containing
such deposits to oil shale leasing and
opens all lands to the operation of the
public land laws, excepting the
operation of the 1872 Mining Law.
DATES: Effective Date: February 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet Booth, BLM Wyoming State Office,
5353 N. Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box
1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307–
775–6124.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
Order No. 5327 temporarily withdrew
public lands from lease or other
disposal for investigation, examination
and classification of oil shale. The
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15801), Public Law 109–58, dated
August 8, 2005, authorizes the Secretary
of the Interior to make public lands
containing federally owned oil shale
deposits available for leasing.
Approximately 6,031,000 acres of public
lands and federally owned mineral
deposits in the State of Wyoming are
affected by this revocation. The lands
will not be opened to the operation of
the 1872 Mining Law until completion
of an analysis to determine if any of the
lands need special designation and
protection. There is also a
complementary withdrawal of these
lands that disallows the location of
mining claims for metalliferous
minerals under the 1872 Mining Law.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-930-6310-DR-WOPR; HAG-09-0045]
Notice of Availability of the Records of Decision of the Resource
Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Salem,
Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford Districts, and the Klamath
Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policies, the BLM announces the
availability of the Records of Decision (RODs) for the Approved
Resource Management Plans of the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and
Medford Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview
District in western Oregon. The Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, signed the RODs on December 30, 2008, which constitutes the
final decision of the Secretary of the Interior. The Approved Resource
Management Plans (RMPs) are effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the RODs will be sent to affected federal, state,
and local government agencies, and to tribal governments. Interested
persons may review the RODs on the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/or/
plans/wopr/index.php. Copies of the RODs will be available for public
inspection at the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, and Medford
District offices and the Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Tillamook
Resource Area offices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Hubbard, Western Oregon Plan
Revisions Public Outreach Coordinator; at (503) 808-6115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has analyzed revisions of six
Resource Management Plans with a single Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS). The FEIS describes four alternatives, including the
Proposed RMP alternative, for managing approximately 2,550,000 acres of
federal land within the western Oregon planning area, most of which are
Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands.
The major resource management issues addressed in the Approved RMPs
include:
Providing a sustainable supply of wood and other forest
products, as mandated by the Oregon and California Lands Act of 1937,
while also meeting other applicable laws.
Providing for conservation of species listed under the
Endangered Species Act.
Contributing to meeting the goals of the Clean Water Act
and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Reducing wildfire hazard and integrating fire back into
the ecosystem.
The Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) was published in the Federal Register on August 10,
2007. During the planning process over 170 meetings were offered and
nearly 30,000 comment letters were received during the comment period.
Comments received on the DEIS were important in shaping the Approved
RMPs. The Approved RMPs are based on Alternative 2 from the DEIS, but
include portions of the other alternatives in the DEIS.
Some of the key changes include:
Including wider Riparian Management Areas, as described in
Alternative 1 of the DEIS.
Reconfiguring Late Successional Management Areas to match
the Final Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan.
Deferring harvest for 15 years in older and more
structurally complex multi-layered conifer stands in the Timber
Management Area to be consistent with the Final Northern Spotted Owl
Recovery Plan.
Using uneven-aged management from Alternative 3 in the
southern Medford District and Klamath Falls Resource Area to decrease
fire hazard and increase fire resiliency.
The Notice of Availability of the FEIS/PRMP was published in the
Federal Register on October 17, 2008. The Governor's consistency review
period ended on December 8, 2008. The Governor did not identify any
inconsistency between the Proposed
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RMP (PRMP) and approved resource related plans, and the policies or
programs contained therein, of State or local governments or offer any
specific recommendation to change the plan to address a finding of
inconsistency with State or local plans. The Governor did identify
concerns with the PRMP which were addressed by the BLM State Director,
Oregon/Washington.
A protest period for the PRMP was provided between November 7 and
December 8, 2008. Two hundred and sixty four protests were received on
the PRMP during the protest period. A minor change resulted from
resolution of the protests: Two small parcels purchased with Land and
Water Conservation Funds were added to an Area of Critical
Environmental Concern in the Salem RMP. Additional minor editorial
modifications were made in preparing the Approved RMPs to provide
further clarification of some of the decisions. Through its protest
resolution process, the BLM has determined that the PRMP complies with
applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
The plan does not include any implementation level decisions. When
the BLM proposes to take an action on lands managed under the revised
plans, any party to a case adversely affected by that decision may
appeal such decision to the Interior Board of Land Appeals in
accordance with regulations found at 43 CFR Part 4.
Edward W. Shepard,
State Director, Oregon/Washington, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E9-103 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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